PRIME-TIME QUIZ: DONS AND DONALDS ON THE BIG AND LITTLE SCREEN
1. Which 1999 Sex and the City episode featured Donald Trump?
A. The Man, The Myth, The Viagra B. The Toupee, The Tower, The Tiny Hands C. The Legend, The Louse, The Liar
2. What was the tagline for the Donald Pleasence film Dr Crippen?
A. ‘If you want to remember your wife, send flowers. If you want to dismember her ... see Dr Crippen’ B. ‘Rejection, dejection, injection, dissection’ C. ‘The doctor of death will see you now’
3. Who once revealed that ‘a tearful Donny Osmond sat on my lap in a dimly lit Piccadilly nightclub and sang Puppy Love to me’?
A. Jeremy Clarkson B. Piers Morgan C. Stephen Fry
4. What did Jake Gyllenhaal admit after he finished filming his title role in Donnie Darko?
A. He had stayed awake for days to enhance the character’s creepiness B. He stole props for his apartment C. He had no idea what the film was about
5. Which Monty Don ‘fact’ is true?
A. He’s worked as a grave-digger, a dustman and a comedian/kissogram calling himself The Fool Monty B. He once threatened to ‘punch out Tony Blair’s lights’ in the green room before Question Time C. He was ‘kicked out of primary school for putting nettles down girls’ knickers and worms down their backs’?
6. In the annals of sitcom history, who was Donald Potts?
A. The skiving army private played by Frankie Howerd in Then Churchill Said To Me B. The buck-toothed pig farm labourer persona adopted by the ‘late’ Reggie Perrin C. The real name of bowler-hatted ladies’ man ‘Heavy Breathing’ in The Dustbinmen
7. Why did Don Ameche apologise to Eddie Murphy on the set of Trading Places?
A. For his character Mortimer Duke’s racist dialogue B. For ‘borrowing’ Eddie’s red leather jumpsuit C. For calling Eddie ‘Paddy’ for the first week of filming
8. Who did Donald Duck have a piano duel with in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
A. Bob Hoskins B. Daffy Duck C. Tweetie Pie
9. In Frasier, what crucial fact did Niles’s lawyer Donny Douglas discover about Maris during divorce proceedings?
A. Her family fortune came from urinal cakes and not timber as she claimed B. Her grandfather was a Nazi C. In her youth, she was arrested for shoplifting
10. What created a stink during the shooting of Donnie Brasco?
A. Johnny Depp’s wardrobe B. Al Pacino’s herbal cigarettes C. A nearby sewage treatment plant
11. Which Terry headlined a 1963 BBC comedy featuring Donald Sutherland as his straight man?
A. Terry-Thomas B. Terry Scott C. Terry Hall (and Lenny the Lion)
12. What was the name of Donald O’Connor’s character in Singin’ In The Rain?
A. Bilbo Bronson B. Harpo Henderson C. Cosmo Brown
13. What did Hawkeye and BJ do to Hot Lips’ inebriated fiancé Lt Colonel Donald Penobscott after his bachelor party?
A. Put him in plaster from head to toe B. Locked him in the latrine with an amorous goat C. Married him off to a waitress at Rosie’s bar
14. What was the Big Lebowski’s Donny’s full name?
A. Donald MacDonald Donaldson B. Donny Jethro Wawdowski C. Theodore Donald Kerabatsos
15. Which is the quote from a letter that Donald Trump wrote after taking exception to his portrayal in a TV programme?
A. (To Ellen DeGeneres) ‘Melania says you have “sad eyes like a lonely donkey” ’ B. (To Rosie O’Donnell) ‘You look like a million bucks ... was dropped on your face’ C. (To Selina Scott) ‘You’re obviously a woman who has seen better days’
16. On which show did Donald Cox the Sweaty Fox appear?
A. The Word B. Shooting Stars C. The Mighty Boosh
17. Which Toy Story character was voiced by Don Rickles?
A. Slinky Dog B. Hamm C. Mr Potato Head 18. How was Donald better known in Seinfeld? A. The Bubble Boy B. The Elephant Man C. The Lonely Guy
19. In The Godfather, what was Don Corleone’s legitimate business?
A. Manufacturing concrete shoes B. Importing olive oil C. Bespoke mortician
20. What was the tagline for Donnie Darko?
A. ‘113 minutes of brain teasing and head scratching’ B. ‘Off down the rabbit hole to Darkoland we go’ C. ‘Life is one long insane trip. Some people just have better directions’