Q 01/05

Who directed Scrooged (1988)?

A) Harold Ramis

B) Ivan Reitman

C) John Landis

D) Richard Donner

Answer · why

D) Richard Donner

He had made Superman and The Goonies and would follow this with Lethal Weapon 2. He and Murray met for drinks before signing on to check they got alon...

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

He runs IBC and is staging a live Christmas Eve broadcast of A Christmas Carol, which is what makes the film a story about the story.

Q 03/05

What is the name of the fictional network Frank runs?

A) IBC

B) UBS

C) NBS

D) WNN

Answer · why

A) IBC

Its Christmas line-up includes 'Robert Goulet's Cajun Christmas' and 'The Night the Reindeer Died'. Exteriors were shot outside the Seagram Building i...

Q 04/05

Which two former Saturday Night Live writers wrote the Scrooged screenplay?

A) Al Franken and Tom Davis

B) Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd

C) Jim Downey and Don Novello

D) Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue

Answer · why

D) Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue

Murray reworked the script with them before agreeing to star. O'Donoghue later estimated only 40% of their script survived and disowned the finished f...

Q 05/05

How long had Bill Murray been away from acting before Scrooged?

A) One year

B) Two years

C) Four years

D) Seven years

Answer · why

C) Four years

He retreated after The Razor's Edge flopped in 1984 and the Ghostbusters phenomenon overwhelmed him. He said the flop made him feel 'radioactive'.