“I Stay With The Semi, Like Eddie In Coming To America…”
AUDIO By Gotty™ on February 24, 2009 at 12:21 pm
It’s readily apparent that I get all types of emails & material in my inbox. Those messages often include actual personal emails from friends & acquaintances, i.e. people I like receiving emails from. Well, Suave sent this one and, even though I’ve seen the movie more than enough, some of these stumped me. Therefore, I ask for your help in completing the “Coming To America Quiz.”
1. What is Akeem’s full name?
2. “My name is Peaches…” what is her sister’s name?
3. Who is Dottie?
4. Who falls down the stairs and farts?
5. In the Miss Black Awareness Pageant, how many women are wearing a thong bikini?
6. Who directed Coming to America?
7. What year and month did Coming to America hit the theaters?
8. “It’s got one window facing a brick wall. I used to rent it to a blind man” How is this later contradicted?
9. How does the king punish Semmi?
10. What is the name of Randy Watson’s band?
11. What is the big difference between the Big Mic and the Big Mac?
12. What is the address to McDowells?
13. Who plays Mrs. McDowell?
14. How does Akeem really know Mortimer and Randolph?
15. Besides Martin Luther King, who does Mr. Clarence claimed to have met?
16. What is the name of Akeem’s pet elephant?
17. What is the name of the Jackie Wilson song Akeem sings?
18. How many characters do Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall play in the movie?
19. Who does Semmi end up falling in love with?
20. What famous South African chorus sings the opening sequence of the movie?
21. Why can’t Darryl help stop the robbery at Mc Dowells?
22. What airline do Akeem and Semmi fly to America?
23. What university does Akeem claim he attends?
24. James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair, also play King and Queen in what other famous movie?
25. What famous singer choreographed the African dance leading to Imani’s reveal?
26. In what part of the movie does John Landis make his director’s cameo?
27. What is Imani’s favorite food?
28. Who originally came up with the fictional name Zamunda?
29. How old was Joe Louis when he fought Rocky Marcianno according to Mr. Clarence?
30. How much did Akeem spend on the Ruby earrings for Lisa?
Bonus Questions For NYC Residents
Bonus #1: In the apartment scenes, how do we know they are not really filming in Queens, NY?
Bonus #2: What is the name of the subway stop Akeem is in when he chases Lisa?
Bonus #3: McDowell’s is really what popular food chain in Queens?
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#12 wow. Obviously most people were too busy laughing to get that one.
At this point, Suave claims to have all the answers. I’m calling bullshit til I see them. Then, somebody’s gonna have to go back & watch the shit to check’em lol.
“not it!”
11. What is the big difference between the Big Mic and the Big Mac?
Sesame seed bun
10. What is the name of Randy Watson’s band?
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Failure to answer this one = one week of banishment.
3. Who is Dottie?
cleo mcdowell’s dog
4. Who falls down the stairs and farts?
Stoop
5. In the Miss Black Awareness Pageant, how many women are wearing a thong bikini?
one
29. How old was Joe Louis when he fought Rocky Marcianno according to Mr. Clarence?
167 years old.
I could do this all day dammit, I watched this shit last week
Every Eddie flick from the 80’s is in my top ___ list. I’ll play.
1) since the king is Jeffrey Jaffor or something like that, I’l say Akeem Jaffor
6) John Landis
9) Confinement at the Waldorf-Astoria
10) If you don’t know this one…
11) Big Mic buns gots no seeds
12) 8507 QUEENS Boullie!
13) John Amos
14) From Trading Places (My favorite flick)
15) Frank Sinatra
16) Babar
17) “To Be Loved”
18) Ed- Akeem, Old Jewish cat from My-T-Sharp, Clarence, Randy Watson
Arsonio- Semi, “Tall Black Motherfucker” from My-T-Sharp, the Rev.
21) He had a hot cup of coffee, and you know that that goes
22) Concorde
23) The University Of The United States.
25) Paula Abdul
27) Whatever Akeem likes
29) Joe Louis was 137 years old!
30) $500,000
25. What famous singer choreographed the African dance leading to Imani’s reveal?
Paula Abdul?
James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair, also play King and Queen in what other famous movie?
The Lion King
14. How does Akeem really know Mortimer and Randolph?
From Trading Places
As if I need another reason to watch this movie AGAIN…
and #10 is almost as easy as spelling my name.
(I’ll go along w/ this, Suave, but time is ticking on the answers. Out w/ ‘em lol)
Pop would’ve known all these answers. *Solitary tear*.
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10. What is the name of Randy Watson’s band?
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Failure to answer this one = one week of banishment.
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LMFAO
^^^ Too easy lol.
“That boy can sing!”
“I warned ya didn’t I? Dottie SICK ‘EM!”
*Flowers and jheri curl juice flying all over the place*
18) Ed- Akeem, Old Jewish cat from My-T-Sharp, Clarence, Randy Watson
Arsonio- Semi, “Tall Black Motherfucker” from My-T-Sharp, the Rev.
Arsenio played the He-She @ the club too.
Yo!… these are hard
I cant get them all but let me stab at them off the top off the dome
1. Akeem J. Joffer
2. Sugar
3. Lisa’s dog
4. –
5. guessin 8
6. Joh Landis
7. himm .. i know it was 88 .. Oct
8. Akeem went on the balcony to sing or some ish
9. go tot he Waldorf and get bathed.. Yes Lawd!
10. SEXUAL CHOCOLATE!!
11. Our buns don’t have the seeds
12. ?? There was a Mrs McDowell??
14. Trading Places
15. Frank Sinatra
16. Babar
17. yikes.. “When your in love” I think is the name
18. 4 each
19. Lisa’s sister.. now her name is a real trick question to me
20. —
21. HE Da Besstttttt…lol —
22. British Airlines ???
23. University of America
24. Really??
25. Sighh — Paula Abdul — she counts as a famous singer?
26. I want to say the guy taking the pics of McDowells — BTW.. thanks !!
27. Whateva Akeem likes.. but pizza I think
28. –
29. 76
30. was it 400K or 40K… I think 400K
Bonus round 1. Cause they got room to move around.. Buh doom Tishhhh
BR 2. good one.. All the sudden I cant think of the stop.. The F line Sutphin sounds right
BR 3… Crown Fried Chicken?
weren’t the mcdowell’s scenes filmed @ a wendy’s or some shit
I would give the answer to where they lived and not the restaurant.. I need weed to make me think.
@ole sole.. that what I thought.. but I wasn’t in the city @ the time.. But methinks you are right
Time to pull this and Friday off the rack … popcorn .. old school still
7. it came out in late june of 88..?
8. when the landlord and eddie switch rooms..the apartment has a shitload of sunshine suddenly
@ Belve
Hey, Friday got some hidden gems, too. I didn’t know there was another dude in Joi’s bed until 2005. I know, I know, I’m late. But I was too busy laughing.
Yea.. I didn’t catch that for a LONGGGG time
1.Prince Akeem j. joffer
26. “see you next wed.” appears on some poster in the subway station..?
20. ladysmith black mambazo..they sing mbude
Time to pull this and Friday off the rack
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SHIIIIIT……..I would clean up on Friday!!!
Friday = Greatest movie of all time!! IMO
*dont start callin bullshit* ^
dudes that don’t know number 10 are refusing to comment on this quiz.
JUST LET YOUR SOOOUL GLOOOOOOW!!!
dudes that don’t know number 10 are refusing to comment on this quiz.
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LOL!
Greatest movie of all time is Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Greatest movie of all time is Pulp Fiction.
# 10 bonus..wut song did the band sing
# 10 bonus..wut song did the band sing
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The Greatest Love Of All
“I believe the children are our future….”
My JHS graduation song. Corny, I know lol.
SEXUAL CHOCOLATE………SEXUAL CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!LMBAO!
Greatest movie of all time is Dogma. Fuck what you heard.
LOL It’s just my opinion, that’s all.
i keep forgetting that this movie is older than i am…
LMAO @ #21
“I had a hot cup of coffee in my hand, you understand?”
*dead*
So you see my son, there is a thin line between love and nausea.
Bonus: The NBA center (then in college) playing in the game Akeem saw at Madison Square Garden?
Bonus Bonus: What college?
Greatest movie of all time is Pulp Fiction.
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Greatest movie of all time is The Usual Suspects.
Greatest movie of all time is Cornbread Earl & Me.
Suave DOES have the answers senor Gotty.
I am just at the slave count, I mean the workplace.
LOL
and just 2 prove it.
Number 4. it is Stu, “your rents due muthaf**ka!”
He also is Eddie Murphy’s uncle, who also played in Harlem Nights at the casino…
St. John University was team playing at MSG “in the face!”
# 4 – Stu
Hey Stu, your rent’s due, motherfucker! Now don’t be pulling that falling down the stairs shit on me again, you hear!?
Now you conscious! Every month, the same damn thang.
^^^ LOL! Classic shit. Y’all hear about Martin’s new movie, Back To Africa? He plays a Queens NY native who discovers he’s an African prince & he journey’s to Africa to claim the throne. It’s like Coming To America in reverse, innit?
Can i get an automatic A if I went to the actual Mcdowell’s on Queens Blvd?
Top 5 All time Comedy
GMOAT = Manchaurian Candidate (The Original not the Denzelified remake)
GHMOAT (Greatest hood movie of all time) = Menace to Society
Rik Smits
Marist (vs St Johns)
Don’t know many of these but a great movie
1. What is Akeem’s full name?
Prince Akeem Joffer
2. My name is Peaches… what is my sister’s name?
Sugar Cube, it’s displayed on her name plate necklace
3. Who is Dottie?
The Mc Dowell’s dog
4. Who falls down the stairs and farts?
Stu the drunk
5. In the Miss Black Awareness Pageant, how many women are wearing a thong bikini?
One, pink with sparkles
6. Who directed Coming to America?
John Landis
7. What year and month did Coming to America hit the theaters?
June 1988
8. “It’s got one window facing a brick wall. I used to rent it to a blind man” How is this later contradicted?
The very next scene Akeem goes out on the fire escape and yells out and Semmi opens a 2nd window next to him
9. How does the king punish Semmi?
Demanding he be throughly bathed at the Waldorf Astoria
10. What is the name of Randy Watson’s band?
Sexual Chocolate
11. What is the big difference between the Big Mic and the Big Mac?
The Big Mic has no seeds on the bun
12. What is the address to Mc Dowells?
8507 Queens Blvd
13. Who plays Mrs. Mc Dowell?
Nobody, she passed away
14. How does Akeem really know Mortimer and Randolph?
They were characters with Eddie Murphy in Trading Places
15. Besides Martin Luther King, who does Mr. Clarence claimed to have met?
Frank Sinatra
16. What is the name of Akeem’s pet elephant?
Barbar
17. What is the name of the Jackie Wilson song Akeems sings?
To Be Loved
18. How many characters do Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall play in the movie?
4 each
19. Who does Semmi end up falling in love with?
Aoleon’s lady in waiting
20. What famous South African chorus sings the opening sequence of the movie?
Lady Smith Mabazzo
21. Why can’t Darryl help stop the robbery at Mc Dowells?
He had a cup of coffee in his hand
22. What airline does Akeem and Semmi fly to America?
British Airways
23. What University does Akeem claim he attends?
The University of the United States
24. James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair, also play King and Queen in what other famous movie?
The Lion King
25.What famous singer choreographed the African dance leading to Imani’s reveal?
Paula Abdul
26.In what part of the movie does John Landis make his director’s cameo?
When Reverend Brown is preaching to Lisa at the Mc Dowell party, he is just to the left
27. What is Imani’s favorite food?
What ever food Akeem likes
28. Who originally came up with the fictional name Zamunda?
Richard Pryor, in a stand up act he referred to a africans living in a fictional place called Zamunda
He allowed Eddie to use it for the movie.
29. How old was Joe Louis when he fought Rocky Marcianno according to Mr. Clarence?
75 years old
30. How much did Akeem spend on the Ruby earrings for Lisa?
$500,000
Bonus questions for NYC residents:
Bonus #1: In the apartment scenes, how do we know they are not really filming in Queens, NY?
The is a street sign when Akeem picks up garbage from the street that say s5th st and Hooper which is in Brooklyn
Bonus #2: What is the name of the subway stop Akeem is in when he chases Lisa?
Hoyt- Shermerhorn
Bonus #3 Mc Dowell’s was really a Wendy’s
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