Q 01/05

Which director made Scrooged a year after the first Lethal Weapon?

A) Tony Scott

B) John McTiernan

C) Paul Verhoeven

D) Richard Donner

Answer · why

D) Richard Donner

Richard Donner kept telling Bill Murray to play scenes 'louder, louder, louder', and Murray later joked that he thought the director was deaf.

Q 02/05

What is the job of Bill Murray's character in Scrooged?

A) Wall Street trader

B) Department store owner

C) Advertising executive

D) Television network president

Answer · why

D) Television network president

Frank Cross is a ruthless television network president, staging a live Christmas Eve broadcast of A Christmas Carol called 'Scrooge'.

Q 03/05

Which Bonnie and Clyde co-star plays Herman, the homeless man Frank meets at Claire's shelter in Scrooged?

A) Michael J. Pollard

B) Gene Hackman

C) Gene Wilder

D) Warren Beatty

Answer · why

A) Michael J. Pollard

Michael J. Pollard was Oscar-nominated as the hapless getaway driver in Bonnie and Clyde; two decades later he plays Herman, whose fate finally rattle...

Q 04/05

Scrooged co-writer Michael O'Donoghue wrote for Bill Murray on which TV show?

A) SCTV

B) Saturday Night Live

C) Late Night with David Letterman

D) The Tonight Show

Answer · why

B) Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live had O'Donoghue on its original writing staff, and Murray agreed to star in Scrooged only after reworking the script with its write...

Q 05/05

During his four-year break before Scrooged, Bill Murray took a cameo in which musical?

A) Pennies from Heaven

B) Earth Girls Are Easy

C) Little Shop of Horrors

D) A Chorus Line

Answer · why

C) Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors cast Murray as a pain-seeking dental patient, and he slips a 'Feed me, Seymour' ad-lib into Scrooged's closing singalong.