Q 01/05

William Powell and Carole Lombard of My Man Godfrey had, until a 1933 split, been what to each other off screen?

A) Vaudeville partners

B) Husband and wife

C) Agent and client

D) Business partners

Answer · why

B) Husband and wife

Husband and wife from 1931 to 1933, the two stayed such good friends that he would take the part of Godfrey only if she played Irene.

Q 02/05

In My Man Godfrey, which party game sends the Bullock sisters to a shantytown looking for a homeless man?

A) A scavenger hunt

B) A game of charades

C) A game of forfeits

D) A game of dares

Answer · why

A) A scavenger hunt

A scavenger hunt has the rich guests racing to bring back oddities, and Irene wins her round by producing Godfrey as a so-called forgotten man.

Q 03/05

What does Godfrey give Irene Bullock in My Man Godfrey when she fakes a fainting spell to win his sympathy?

A) Smelling salts

B) A glass of brandy

C) A cold shower

D) A bucket of ice

Answer · why

C) A cold shower

A cold shower is his cure, and it backfires: Irene takes his loss of temper as proof that he loves her.

Q 04/05

In My Man Godfrey, Carlo, the Bullocks' freeloading protégé, entertains the family by leaping about like which animal?

A) A seal

B) A kangaroo

C) A rooster

D) A gorilla

Answer · why

D) A gorilla

A gorilla impression is Carlo's party piece, and the role turned Mischa Auer from a screen villain into an Oscar-nominated comic.

Q 05/05

William Powell, the butler of My Man Godfrey, starred opposite Myrna Loy in which series of detective films?

A) Charlie Chan

B) The Thin Man

C) The Falcon

D) Bulldog Drummond

Answer · why

B) The Thin Man

The Thin Man and its five sequels cast him as Nick Charles, and the first of them brought his first Best Actor nomination, two years before Godfrey br...