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- In "Without Feathers," what were the cases of Inspector Ford, and what was the clue that solved each of them?
Case #1-- The Case of the Murdered Socialite: because of the house's layout, Ives the butler would have had to sneak up in front of the victim, who would have hit him with his mallet.
Case #2-- A Curious Riddle: The body was found with cash in its pockets. A man who was planning to commit suicide would have signed for everything.
Case #3-- The Stolen Gem: One day before the theft, the suspect had said, "Boy, if I had a large sapphire, I could get out of the delicatessen business."
Case #4-- The Macabre Accident: An experienced hunter never would have stalked deer in his underwear. His wife killed him and tried to make it look like a hunting accident by transporting his body to the woods. However, she forgot to dress him.
Case #5-- The Bizarre Kidnaping: Although the victim lived with his parents, he was sixty and his parents were eighty. Kidnapers would never abduct a sixty-year-old child, as it makes no sense.
- In "Manhattan," what is the title of Isaac's short story about his mother?
"The Castrating Zionist."
- In "Annie Hall," what does Annie order when she and Woody Allen are in the delicatessen?
A pastrami on white bread with mayonnaise, tomatoes and lettuce.
- Sing the song of the rebels from Woody Allen's movie "Bananas."
"Rebels are we! / Born to be free! Just like the fish in the sea!"
- In "Sleeper," Woody Allen is asked to identify 13 artifacts from the years 1950-2000. Name these 13 artifacts.
Ten of them are: photographs of Charles DeGaulle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Chiang Kai-Shek, Billy Graham, Norman Mailer, and women burning their bras; a Playboy centerfold; a videotape of Richard Nixon; the chattering teeth; a videotape of Howard Cosell. The other three are, uh, super double secret.
- In "Sleeper," Woody Allen finds two things preserved in a cave. One is a Volkswagon, and the other is a New York Times. What did the bumper sticker on the VW say, and what was the headline of the newspaper?
- In "Sleeper," what two things does Miles Monroe believe in? What do these two things have in common, and how do they differ?
Sex and death. They both occur just once in a person's lifetime-- but after death, you're not nauseous.
- In "Zelig," what aviation record did Leonard Zelig set while under the delusion that he was a pilot?
Fastest flight across the Atlantic while upside-down.
- In "Hannah and Her Sisters," why does Woody Allen dislike Nietzsche's idea of eternal recurrence?
It means he'll have to sit through the Ice Capades again.
- In "The Purple Rose of Cairo," how did Tom Baxter always introduce himself?
"Hi, I'm Tom Baxter, poet, adventurer, explorer, of the Chicago Baxters."
- In his album "The Nightclub Years," what household objects does Woody Allen have a meeting with?
His toaster, clock, and blender.