# "Fargo" Movie Trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395 "2012-08-23T17:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/21 "2012-08-23T21:08:07Z")
Without looking at anybody else’s answers: 1. What lake is Ecklund & Swetlin’s closer to? Moose Lake? 2. What king adorns the back of Scotty’s bedroom door? The Polka King! 3. Jerry can get you what kind of sealant? (It’s really super.) dunno 4. What company does Mike Yanagita claim to work for? Honeywell 5. What fast food does Norm bring to Marge’s office? Arby’s 6. Who’ll say no dice, because that’s why Wade pays him? Stan Grossman 7. Which guy isn’t circumcized? the little fella 8. What stamp does Norm’s painting end up on? 3 cent 9. How much money can Riley Deifenbach not account for? dunno 10. What prison did Shep Proudfoot do time in? Stillwater 11. What’s the minimum price for long term parking? dunno 12. What color is the Ciera? (There are two acceptable terms for this color.) Tan 13. What member of the cast played himself? dunno 14. What does Gaear Grimsrud need when Jean bites him? Unguent 15. What kind of grades is Scotty getting? Cees and dees ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/22 "2012-08-23T21:29:06Z")
I think I know most of these, sadly! [spoiler] 1. What lake is Ecklund & Swetlin’s closer to? _Moose Lake_? 2. What king adorns the back of Scotty’s bedroom door? _Polka King_? 3. Jerry can get you what kind of sealant? (It’s really super.) _Clearcoat_ 4. What company does Mike Yanagita claim to work for? _3M_ 5. What fast food does Norm bring to Marge’s office? _“This Arby’s is good!”_ 6. Who’ll say no dice, because that’s why Wade pays him? _Jerry_ 7. Which guy isn’t circumcized? _“the little one”_ 8. What stamp does Norm’s painting end up on? _3-cent_? The kind you need when they increase the price of the others! 9. How much money can Riley Deifenbach not account for? ☹ 10. What prison did Shep Proudfoot do time in? ☹ 11. What’s the minimum price for long term parking? ☹ 12. What color is the Ciera? (There are two acceptable terms for this color.) _TAN!_ 13. What member of the cast played himself? _the statue of Paul Bunyon?_ 14. What does Gaear Grimsrud need when Jean bites him? \*that anti-bacterial stuff… crap. ☹ \* 15. What kind of grades is Scotty getting? [/QUOTE] _C’s. “It’s the discrepancy that bothers your father and me. You know what discrepancy is?”_[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/23 "2012-08-23T21:32:27Z")
How could I miss Stan Grossman? I need to watch this movie again. I think “Paul Bunyon” should be accepted for #13. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/24 "2012-08-23T22:00:15Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I was thinking about the greatest movie of all time, “Fargo,” … What happened to [Machete](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=594878)? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/25 "2012-08-24T00:52:41Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > 1. The little guy who is funny looking. In what way? ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/26 "2012-08-24T00:57:42Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Not sure I agree with your answer key work there on number #8, RickJay. 🙂 I’m not gonna debate you, fiddlesticks. I’m not gonna sit here and debate. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/27 "2012-08-24T01:24:31Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > I’m not gonna debate you, fiddlesticks. I’m not gonna sit here and debate. Oh no. It’s real sound. It’s all worked out. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/28 "2012-08-24T01:56:18Z")
Whoops. 13. The three cent. 1. What Minneapolis detective is Marge’s liason in the Twin Cities? 2. What sport does Jerry obviously love, as his office is filled with knickknacks of it? 3. What is Jerry’s pseudonym at the North Dakota motel he hides out in at the end of the movie? 4. How many times does Carl Showalter shoot Wade Gustafson? 5. How much money does Jerry tell the thugs the ransom is (as opposed to the $1 million it actually is)? 6. What artist is playing on the jukebox in the King of Clubs when Jerry walks in? 7. What is Wade watching on TV when Jerry comes home from Fargo? 8. Why did Grimsrud kill Jean Lundegaard? 9. According to the hookers, what person did “the big fella” kind of look like? 10. What food does Gaear Grimsrud love? 11. About whom does Mike Yanagita lie about dying of leukemia? 12. Where did Carl Showalter wait while Grimsrud was chasing the couple down the highway? 13. Who tells the story about the events that transpired at Ecklund & Swetlin’s? 14. What is Jerry’s job title? 15. What is Marge’s maiden name? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/29 "2012-08-24T01:56:51Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Oh no. It’s real sound. It’s all worked out. You want your own wife kidnapped? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/30 "2012-08-24T02:17:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > You want your own wife kidnapped? The thing is, my wife, she’s wealthy. Her dad, he’s real well off. Now, I’m in a little bit of trouble. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/31 "2012-08-24T02:22:05Z")
1. Golf 2. $80,000 3. “Gophers.” (hockey) 4. The Marlboro Man, but maybe only because he smoked Marlboros, you know, like subliminally? 5. Pancakes. 6. Mr. Mohra. 7. I’m the executive sales manager! ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/32 "2012-08-24T02:32:20Z")
Since y’all are Fargo mavens - and I am a fan, but can’t remember any of these details… is it true that Prince has a cameo in the movie? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/33 "2012-08-24T02:50:41Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > Since y’all are Fargo mavens - and I am a fan, but can’t remember any of these details… is it true that Prince has a cameo in the movie? As I recall, one of the actors had a Prince-like symbol for his name in the credits, but it’s not the actual old Prince symbol. A Minnesota in-joke. Thinking it was the guy who Grimsrud shoots in the back after he runs away from the car. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/34 "2012-08-24T03:01:40Z")
1. What sport does Jerry obviously love, as his office is filled with knickknacks of it? Golf (remembered from his notepad with the spiral doodles) 2. What is Wade watching on TV when Jerry comes home from Fargo? “Gophers” “Are they winning” _Wade hisses through teeth_ 3. Why did Grimsrud kill Jean Lundegaard? “She wouldn’t shut up” 4. According to the hookers, what person did “the big fella” kind of look like? The Marlboro Man, but that coulda been because he like, smoked Marlboros. 5. What food does Gaear Grimsrud love? Pancakes, ideally from “Pancakes House” 6. About whom does Mike Yanagita lie about dying of leukemia? His wife, but she fought real hard. 7. Where did Carl Showalter wait while Grimsrud was chasing the couple down the highway? The cop’s car. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/35 "2012-08-24T03:15:43Z")
My all-time favorite piece of Fargo trivia: Comedian Steve Park, who plays Mike Yanagita (and has my favorite line - “you’re such a SUPER LADY!”) was hired to voice a similar character in an episode of _The Venture Brothers_, Mike Soriyama. As in Fargo, Park’s Soriyama character is also obsessed with women from his past, going so far as to construct robot replicas of his college obsession as servant/slaves. [Please enjoy.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MsXqoGC44Q) ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/36 "2012-08-24T03:24:27Z")
Sorry, but when checking that the clip works, I caught that Mike’s college obsession is named Leslie\*\* Coen\*\*. Wheels within wheels, man. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/37 "2012-08-24T04:36:34Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > Sorry, but when checking that the clip works, I caught that Mike’s college obsession is named Leslie\*\* Coen\*\*. Wheels within wheels, man. The girl he’s pestering is called Linda Cooksey. Here is the clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IJOwQJsFi9I/hqdefault.jpg "Mike and Marge from the movie Fargo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJOwQJsFi9I) ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395/38 "2012-08-24T04:52:50Z")
Right, I meant his _Venture Brothers_ obsession is Leslie Coen, same initials as Linda Cooksey, too. Thanks for starting this thread. Fargo is one of my favorite movies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-movie-trivia/632395.md?page=1)