1. a horse
   a cat
2. a goat

Actor Alex Karras was an NFL player when he took on the role of Mongo, who famously punches a horse.

1. He's rich
   He doesn't carry a gun
2. He's black

The movie goes to great lengths to ridicule the racist ideals of the typical Western. In this story, the new sheriff is black.

1. New Delphia
   Rock Ridge
2. Long Island

The town of Rock Ridge is portrayed as a typical Old West town -- dusty and full of corruption that makes life harder for the locals.

1. Plot to kill him
   Build a new town
2. Set the town on fire

A corrupt politician trying to take over your town? Just build an identical town down the road to distract him, like the residents of Rock Ridge did.

1. Smith
   Johnson
2. Stewart

Everyone in the town is white and all of them have the same last name -- Johnson.

1. Lucy Ball
   Madeline Kahn
2. Mindy Gracin

Madeline Kahn played Von Shtupp so well she was nominated for best support actress at the 1974 Academy Awards.

1. Hated it
   Loved it
2. Immediately wanted a sequel

The executives hated the movie and nearly threw it away. After the filmmakers previewed the movie with a more general audience (who loved it), the executives changed their minds.

1. On bicycles
   In a limo
2. On horseback

The movie gets so ridiculous that it spills over into a "real" Hollywood movie set. Once the villains are vanquished, Jim and Bart hop into a limo and ride into the sunset.

1. Governor
   Mayor
2. Senator

Brooks is the governor who appoints a new sheriff to the town. The governor's name is William J. Le Petomane, a name borrowed from a real-life Frenchman known for his ability to fart at will.

1. Morgan Freeman
   Sidney Poitier
2. Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor was the first pick for the role but he had a notorious history of drug arrests that made the studio unwilling to work with him. The role went to Cleavon Little and it became one of his most well-known roles.

1. true
2. false

Brooks wanted to make fun of Westerns that always showed cowboys eating canned beans. In one famous scene, the cowboys devour beans and then exchange rounds of flatulence.

1. Bart
   Billy
2. Blackard

The governor intends him to serve as a distraction of sorts, but Bart turns out to be surprisingly competent.

1. 1969
   1974
2. 1980

The film was nominated for three Academy Awards and is ranked #6 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Laughs" list.

1. Rocks
   Dynamite
2. Baby powder

The townspeople construct dummies filled with dynamite, which they detonate as the henchmen attack. Eventually, their plan is victorious.

1. Artie Shaw
   Count Basie
2. Duke Ellington

In one of the movie's first scenes, Bart rides toward Rock Ridge to take on his new job. Count Basie plays with his band in the middle of the desert.

1. To set up a personal empire
   To create more room for business
2. To drive down land prices

Attorney general Lamarr wants to scare off the locals so that land prices will plummet, making it cheaper for a railroad to do business on this stretch of land.

1. true
2. false

The movie was a huge hit. It cost a paltry $2.6 million to make and then snagged nearly $120 million in box office receipts.

1. Five
   Eight
2. 12

As the story goes, there were five writers all essentially yelling out their favorite ideas for inclusion in the script. Because Brooks was director he had veto power for the final script.

1. 1864
   1874
2. 1884

The movie is set in 1874, in the years after the end of the Civil War. It follows life on the post-war western frontier.

1. Supported it
   Hated it
2. Tolerated it

Cleavon Little (actor) and Richard Pryor (writer), both black, were supportive of the use of the N-word in the film. The movie's over-the-top script was what set it apart from others.

1. Six
   Two
2. Three

"Blazing Saddles" got great reviews that propelled it to three Academy Award nominations. It has received all sorts of accolades in the decades since its release.

1. Didn’t pay back loans
   A character's name
2. Vulgarity

Actress Hedy Lamarr sued because the movie used a character named Hedley Lamarr. The suit was eventually settled out of court.

1. Best Music, Original Song
   Best Director
2. Best Actress in a Supporting Role

The movie wasn't nominated for Best Director. It didn't win any of the three awards for which it was nominated.

1. Mel Gibson
   Robert Redford
2. Cleavon Little

Mel Gibson obviously wasn’t really a fit for this movie, a silly, slapstick comedy with a Western setting.

1. Two
   Three
2. Four

Brooks was all over this movie, playing three onscreen characters as well as providing voices for two others. He plays Governor Le Petomane, the Yiddish-speaking Indian chief, and an applicant for Hedley Lamarr's thug army wearing aviator sunglasses and a flight jacket.

1. Gene Hackman
   Johnny Carson
2. Gene Wilder

Brooks wanted Johnny Carson to take a leading role in the movie, but Carson wasn't interested. Gig Young was initially hired but then fired because of his drinking problem.

1. Directing
   Music
2. Editing

Brooks didn't edit the movie. He acted, directed and wrote the quirky songs that helped to make the film so memorable.

1. "White Sands, Black Sunset"
   "Tex-X"
2. "Malcom on the Range"

From the get-go, the script was meant to be an homage of sorts to black civil rights leader Malcolm X. The original title was "Tex-X."

1. Thought it was funny
   Told Brooks never to contact him again
2. Said it was the dumbest thing he'd ever read

Wayne thought the script was funny but didn't think it would do his career any favors, so he passed on the role.

1. Norman Steinman
   Andrew Bergman
2. Mel Brooks

Berman wrote the first screenplay that eventually became "Blazing Saddles." He also had a hand in writing "Fletch," "The Freshman," and other big Hollywood productions.