Q 01/05

In what year was Young Frankenstein released?

A) 1974

B) 1975

C) 1976

D) 1978

Answer · why

A) 1974

20th Century Fox put it out on December 15, the same year Brooks and Wilder made Blazing Saddles.

Q 02/05

Whose idea was Young Frankenstein, pitched to Brooks over coffee on the set of his previous film?

A) Mel Brooks's own

B) Marty Feldman's

C) Michael Gruskoff's

D) Gene Wilder's

Answer · why

D) Gene Wilder's

Brooks's first reaction was 'Not another! We've had the son of, the cousin of, the brother-in-law.'

Q 03/05

How does Frederick insist his surname be pronounced?

A) 'Frankensteen'

B) 'Fronkenstine'

C) 'Fronkensteen'

D) 'Frankenstine'

Answer · why

C) 'Fronkensteen'

He is a lecturing physician at an American medical school, desperate to distance himself from his mad-scientist grandfather Victor.

Q 04/05

How does Igor say his own name is pronounced?

A) 'Eye-gore'

B) 'Ay-gor'

C) 'Ee-gore'

D) 'Ig-or'

Answer · why

A) 'Eye-gore'

His grandfather worked for the original Dr Frankenstein; Wilder wrote the role specifically for Marty Feldman.

Q 05/05

What comic twist did Marty Feldman add to Igor without telling anyone?

A) Switching accents each scene

B) Growing a moustache mid-film

C) Changing his eye colour

D) Moving his hump from side to side

Answer · why

D) Moving his hump from side to side

When Frederick finally asks about it, Igor replies 'What hump?'; it was Feldman's American film debut.