Trivia Contest: Young Frankenstein Ticket & Prize Giveaway!

By: Nov. 08, 2007
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One of the hottest and most hard-to-get tickets in town is for the new musical by Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein. Scheduled to officially open at The Hilton Theatre (213 W. 42nd St) on November 8, 2007, BroadwayWorld brings you a very special Young Frankenstein trivia contest and ticket give-away!

How well do you know your movie AND Broadway trivia?
Test your Young Frankenstein smarts and win big!

Grand Prize: Two (2) tickets to Young Frankenstein
First Prize: Signed Young Frankenstein Poster
Second Prize: Young Frankenstein T-Shirt
Third Prize: Young Frankenstein Hat

In order to qualify for the contest, you MUST answer all 10 trivia questions.  Four randomly-selected entrant with all 10 answers correct will win!

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN TRIVIA

Q1. While Young Frankenstein takes place in Transylvania, most of the natives speak what language, or have what country's distinctive heavy-accent?
A1. German

Q2. One scene from Young Frankenstein features Igor asking The Doctor to "walk this way," whereupon Dr. Frankenstein crosses the room imitating Igor's limp. This is gag is apparent in some of Mel Brooks' other creations. Which character first utters this line in the Broadway stage production of The Producers?
A2. Carmen Ghia

Q3. Aside from the movie's credits, assistant property master Charles Sertin's name appears where else in the film?
A3. Brain on the shelf

Q4. In the cast recording of The Producers, Mel Brooks supplied the sound of the screeching cat in "You Never Say Goodluck (on Opening Night)"... To what animal sound did Mel Brooks lend his voice in the making of the Young Frankenstein movie?
A4. Howling wolf

Q5. At the beginning of the film, how many times does the clock chime?
A5. Thirteen

Q6. Whose last name, when spoken, causes lightning and thunder to occur and scare the horses?
A6. Blucher

Q7. The Hilton Theatre originally opened as the Ford Center for the Performing Arts in 1998. The architects were Richard Blinder and whom?
A7. Peter Kofman

Q8. Where does Frederick Frankenstein accidentally stab himself with a scapel during the lecture?
A8. Thigh

Q9. For which musical did Broadway costume designer William Ivey Long win his first Tony Award?
A9. Nine

Q10. After The Producers, in which musical did Roger Bart next play opposite Nathan Lane?
A10. The Frogs

Contest Closed!

In order to win, you must answer all 10 questions correctly.
Winners with all 10 correct answers will be selected at random to receive prizes. 


Young Frankenstein is scheduled to officially open on November 8 at the Hilton Theatre (213 W 42nd St). Visit www.youngfrankensteinthemusical.com.

The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein stars Roger Bart (Dr. Frankenstein), Megan Mullally (Elizabeth) , Sutton Foster (Inga), Shuler Hensley (The Monster), Andrea Martin (Frau Blucher), Fred Applegate (Inspector Kemp/Hermit) and Christopher Fitzgerald (Igor).

The company of 27 includes: Heather Ayers, Jim Borstelmann, Paul Castree, Jennifer Lee Crowl, Jack Doyle, James Gray, Amy Heggins, Eric Jackson, Kristin Marie Johnson, Renee Feder, Kevin Ligon, Barrett Martin, Linda Mugleston, ChrisTina Marie Norrup, Justin Patterson, Brian Shepard, Sarrah Strimel, Craig Waletzko, and Courtney Young.

Young Frankenstein features a book by three-time Tony Award winner Mel Brooks and three-time Tony Award winner Thomas Meehan and music and lyrics by Brooks. Young Frankenstein is directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman . Musical supervision is by Glen Kelly.

"Based on the Oscar-nominated smash hit 1974 film, Young Frankenstein is the wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic from the comic genius of Mel Brooks.  When Frederick Frankenstein, an esteemed New York brain surgeon and professor, inherits a castle and laboratory in Transylvania from his grandfather, deranged genius Victor Von Frankenstein, he faces a dilemma.  Does he continue to run from his family's tortured past or does he stay in Transylvania to carry on his grandfather's mad experiments reanimating the dead  and, in the process,  fall in love with his sexy lab assistant Inga?" describe press notes.



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