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The Ultimate Abbott and Costello Trivia Quiz

by Jeffrey Rosen

1. The baker in "Abbott & Costello In The Navy" was played by:

a) Moe Howard
b) Larry Fine
c) Shemp Howard
d) Sydney Fields

2. The boys stole a Chicago city bus in:

a) Pardon My Sarong
b) In Society
c) Who Done It?
d) It Ain't Hay

3. In the flick "Lost In A Harem" when the boys are in jail, what place name starts the old ragged prisoner on the "Slowly I Turn" Routine?
a)Philadelphia
b)Niagara Falls
c)Cannondaiga Falls
d)Poco Moco

4. Lou mistakenly drives a race car onto a horse racing track during a race in:

a) Abbott & Costello meet the Keystone Cops
b) Buck Privates Come Home
c) Little Giant
d) The Time of Their Lives

5. In "The Time of Their Lives" what did Thomas Danberry hide in his clock?

a) a letter from George Washington
b) The murder weapon
c) Another Clock
d) His Memoirs

6. In "Keep Em Flying" the actress who played the dual role of the two twin waitresses in the "I'll take the turkey sandwich and a cup of coffee but YOU don't want anything" sketch is the same actress who played:

a) Grandmama on the Addams Family
b) The Mother Superior on "The Flying Nun"
c) Mrs Howell on Gilligan's Island
d) Mel's mother on "Alice"

7. Costello used the 7 x 13 = 28 routine to figure all the following EXCEPT:

a) How many doughnuts to bake
b) How many people to invite to Hillary's birthday party
c) How much back room rent is owed Mr Fields
d) How many vacuum cleaners Lou has to sell

8. In "Who Done It?" what does Lou win during a radio game show?

a) a years worth of comic books
b) $10,000
c) a radio
d) $1,000

9. In "Little Giant" Lou sells vacuum cleaners by:

a) mindreading
b) using Abbott as a shill
c) auction
d) the Hercules method

10. In which movie does Costello play a ghost?

a) Hold that Ghost
b) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
c) The Time of Their Lives
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WRONG!! It was actually Shemp Howard from the Stooges!
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Correct, Shemp played the baker.
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Wrong, it was "Pardon My Sarong". Remember when the bus went off the pier into the water & Lou put on the windshield wipers!!!

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WRONG!!! This was a tricky one. Niagara Falls was only on their TV Show (and also the Stooges). In "Lost In A Harem" the prisoner goes beserk when he hears "Poco Moco"
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Correct, its the Bank of the Poco Moco. Damn your good!!!
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WRONG- Its "Buck Privates Come Home"

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CORRECT!!!

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RIGHT!!! A letter of recommending Horatio Premm the tinker by the General George Washington himself!!

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Wrong, its the letter of recommendation by General George Washington
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Nope, its Mel's mother from Alice, Martha Raye

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Correct, you know your comedy!!!

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Wrong, only "B" was made up!!!

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CORRECT!!!

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Wrong, he won a radio. Remember, "Does it play in jail?" Answer:"Anywhere"

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Correct!!! A radio. Remember: "Does it play in jail" Answer:"Anywhere!!!"

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WRONG
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Correct!!!
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Wrong!!! It's too obvious an answer!!! The correct answer is "The Time of Their Lives

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Yep!!! Very good!!!
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Answer to the bonus question: Ella Fitzgerald

Now count how many you got right.

10-11 right-Superb-You really know your Abbott & Costello
7-9 right-excellent
4-6 right- good
1-3 right-no good, the law of averages gave you the few right ones!!!
None right-Very Bad-Lower than the law of averages, you were undoubtedly tricked.

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