Are you ready for some "It's A WONDERFUL LIFE" trivia?

Question

1. What does George have in his pocket that one of his family members gave him?
2. What physical disability does George have?
3. What are the character names of the two policemen?
4. One of the 2 policemen later had a tv show. Who is he and what was the name of the show?
5. Who loses the money that was for Mr. Potter?
6. How many kids does George have?
7. What is that funny catch phrase that George's friend always says? (It's the sound that a certain animal makes.)
8. What is your favorite line in the movie?

clint...I believe the kid is Carl Dean "Alfalfa" Switzer , from "The Little Rascals."

Answer 1

1. Petals from the flower ZuZu won at school -- they fell off and she said, "Paste it, Daddy." So he hides the petals in his pocket and tells her the flower is all better.

2. He's deaf in his left ear from where he fell in the ice saving his brother Harry when they were sledding. Young Mary Hatch, when she's having an ice cream at Gower's Drug Store (being served by George), leans over and asks, "Is this your bad ear?" When he doesn't reply, she whispers, "George Bailey, I'll love you till the day I die."

3. Bert and Ernie. The film gives no information on whether they like paperclips, marching bands, rubber duckies or tubas. (However, based on Bert's reaction to Violet Bick's figure as she saunters past -- played by the alluring and talented Gloria Grahame -- it's a safe assumption that there's no chance that THIS Bert and Ernie could be mistaken for a gay couple...)

4. Ward Bond (Bert the cop) was on "Wagon Train." He's also Father Lonegan in John Ford's classic, "The Quiet Man," starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.

5. Uncle Billy, played by brilliant character actor Thomas Mitchell. Uncle Billy was always forgetful; in an earlier scene he displays a hand with string tied to every finger, to try to get him to remember different things. The implication is that they all failed. (There is some question about whether Uncle Billy drinks...)

6. Four -- Tommy, Petey, Janey and ZuZu.

7. "Hee-haw!" That would be Sam Wainwright, George's rival for the attentions of Mary Hatch (played, at this stage, by Donna Reed) in high school. Mary's mom was very impressed with Sam's go-get-'em attitude (which does eventually make him a financial success), but as we know from the touching scene in Mr. Gower's store, Mary only has eyes for George.

8. Gosh, do I have to pick JUST one? Here's something I'm always yelling at my cats, at least half in jest: "That's it! Out you two pixies go, t'rough the door or out the window!" (Spoken by Nick the Bartender, played by Sheldon Leonard -- later to achieve great success as the producer of the hit TV series "I Spy" starring a young Bill Cosby and Robert Culp -- when he throws George and Clarence out of the bar, in the "alternate universe" in which George Bailey was never born.) But there are so many...

Thanks! It's a wonderful movie!

Answer 2

1. Zuzu's petals
2. Can't hear out of his right ear from saving his brother when they were kids
3. Bert the cop and Ernie the Cab Driver (not both cops)
4. Ward Bond, Wagon Train (Ward also got John Wayne into movies and was in several John Wayne films)
5. Uncle Billy
6. 4 2 boys, 2 Girls
7. Hee Haw
8. Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!

Trivia for you--who was the little rascal that opened up the pool underneath George Baily?

Answer 3

1) Zuzu's petals
2) He can't hear out of his (I think) left ear.
3) Bert and Ernie (named later for Sesame Street characters)
4) Not sure
5) George's Uncle Billy
6) 4 (I think)
7) Ehh-Uhh (Donkey brey)
8) Hummmm.... The last line "Here's to my big brother, George... The richest man in town."

Answer 4

1. ZuZu's petals
2. I forget - I think it has something to do w/ when he saved his brother from the icy lake. Maybe he hurt his ear/can't hear quite right.
3. Bert & Ernie (and I believe this was before Sesame Street came out).
4. I can't remember, but the bartender, Nick, was Sheldon Leonard & he was in Guys & Dolls and created a lot of TV shows including Dick van Dyke Show and I Spy. Edit: I just looked them up on imdb.com, and they've both been in a bunch of TV shows, but usually in only 1-2 episodes.
5. His uncle - Uncle Billy
6. I believe 4
7. Can't remember - I'll try to look it up
8. "Teacher says every time you hear a bell an angel gets his wings."

Answer 5

1. Zuzu's Petals
2. He can't hear in one of his ears
3. Officer Bert
4.
5. George's uncle Billy lost it
6. 4
7. HEE-HAW!!!!
8 something like " tell me what you want Mary, I'll lasso the moon for you if you ask"

Answer 6

1. Petals from a flower his daughter Zuzu won at school.
2. He's deaf in one ear
3. Bert & Ernie
5. Uncle Billy
6. 7
7. hee haw
8. I'm giving out wings

Answer 7

number 3 one police man bert the other was a taxi driver
mumber 8 Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends.

Answer 8

Since the first 7 questions have been answered, I will only answer #8.

My favorite is the exchange between the man on the porch and George...

(Man on Porch): "Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death?"
(George): "You want me to kiss her, huh?"
(Man on Porch): "Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people!"

Answer 9

eh

1. Zuzu's Petals!!!!! (forgot that one)
2. He can't hear in one of his ears
3. Officer Bert and Ernie Bishop
4. "Wagon Train"---Major Seth James
5. George's uncle Billy lost it---he left it in between the folds of the newspaper Mr. Potter was carrying
6. 4 ---2 girls (one of which is Zuzu), 2 boys
7. HEE-HAW!!!!
8. "Oh I wish I had a million dollars-----HOT DOG!!"

Answer 10

1. Rose pedals
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
d. ?
6. 3
7. ?
8. You want me to laso the moon?