1. What was Fred's first movie with Ginger Rogers? Flying Down To Rio. Everyone got this one right!

2. The assistant hotel manager in that movie appeared for the last time with Fred in which movie? Eric Blore, who played assistant hotel manager, appeared with Fred again in The Sky's The Limit

3. The lyricist for #2 was also wrote the music and lyrics for which Fred movie? Johnny Mercer wrote the words for the songs which were sung in The Sky's The Limit and Daddy Long Legs (which he also wrote the music for).

4. In #3, Fred visits a foreign country. He actually lives in that country for the entire duration (beginning to end) of this next movie, despite his attempts to leave: He visited France in Daddy Long Legs; in Silk Stockings, he lived there but tried to get a visa to the Soviet Union.

5. The man who wrote the music for #4 also wrote all the songs in this Fred movie, specifically for the movie. Cole Porter wrote the songs for Silk Stockings and also specifically for You'll Never Get Rich (Fred's other Cole Porter movies were converted stage musicals).

6. #5 was the first time Fred collaborated with the choreographer of that movie. Which movie was the second time? Robert Alton was dance director for You'll Never Get Rich and Easter Parade (Alton also worked on Ziegfeld Follies but not with Fred).

7. One of the dance numbers in #6 employed a spectacular special effect which was first used by Fred in which movie? The slow motion effect was first used in Carefree.

8. Fred’s partner in #7 dances with him for the last time in this movie. Ginger, of course, in The Barkleys of Broadway.

9. The last word of the title of #8 appears in the title of one other Fred movie- which one? Broadway Melody of 1940.

10. The production studio of #9 was not the first time Fred worked with this studio. Which movie was the first? First first appeared in an MGM movie in Dancing Lady.

11. The director of #10 shares the same middle initial as the director of this movie? Robert Z. Leonard shares the same middle initial as Norman Z. McLeod, director of Let's Dance.

12. Fred made a movie with the production company of #11 5 years earlier with this movie? Paramount was the home for both Let's Dance and Blue Skies.

13. Fred’s main partner in #12 partnered him previously in this movie? Holiday Inn, his main partner being Bing Crosby.

14. Fred’s director for #13 directed him for the first time in this movie? Mark Sandrich, who directed many of Fred's movies, first directed him in The Gay Divorcee.

15. Fred’s partner in #14 acted with him again. What was the next movie she did with him? Ginger, yet again, who appeared with him in their next movie, Roberta.

16. The man who played Fred’s best friend in #15 appeared as his best friend again in this movie? Randolph Scott, close friend of Fred's in real life, appeared again in Follow The Fleet.

17. The lyricist of #16 wrote the lyrics most recently previous to this movie in which Fred movie? Irving Berlin, another frequent collaborator with Fred, in Top Hat.

18. The producer of #17 produced several Fred movies, the last of which was? Tricky question. Pandro S. Berman, who produced Top Hat, was "in charge of production" for The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, although the movie was "produced by" George Haight. So both can be considered producers.

19. The last word in the title of #18 is the surname of the choreographer in which movie? Nick Castle, in Royal Wedding.

20. The man who wrote the music for #19 also wrote the music for which other Fred movie? Burton Lane, for Finian's Rainbow.

21. An actor with a supporting role in #20 also had a supporting role as Fred’s manager in this movie? Keenan Wynn, who appeared many times with Fred, in Three Little Words.

22. Fred’s partner in #21 was also his partner in which other movie? The great, immortal, wonderful, Vera-Ellen, in The Belle of New York.

23. Someone who appears very briefly in the very first scene of #22 also has a brief dance number early in what other movie? Fred's stand-in, Joe Niemeyer, danced in A Damsel In Distress and was hired to be Fred's stand-in from that movie onward.

24. The director of #23 also directed which other movie of Fred’s? George Stevens also directed Swing Time.

25. Fred’s sidekick in #24 also appears with him in another movie, but not in the same scene and never interacts with Fred. Which movie is that? Victor Moore was the hapless man whose lawyer refused to pay the two dollars in Ziegfeld Follies.

26. Fred’s first dance partner in #25 dances again with him. When is the next time that she does so? Cyd Charisse danced with Fred at the very beginning of Ziegfeld Follies and then in The Band Wagon.

27. #26 was the last time that its director worked with Fred. Which movie, chronologically, was the first? Vincente Minelli first worked with Fred in Ziegfeld Follies, but it was shelved and released after Yolanda and the Thief.

28. When was the next time that the credited choreographer for #27 shared a choreography credit with Fred? Eugene Loring staged the dances for Yoland and the Thief and then again in Funny Face.

29. Fred performs a neat choreographic trick in #28 which is actually repeated from a previous movie 15 years before. Which movie is that? The umbrella toss was a repeat of the trick where he tossed a cane in You Were Never Lovelier.

30. The lyricist for #29 had one musical collaborator; in another movie, he had no less than three. Which movie was that? Johnny Mercer wrote with Hal Borne, Artie Shaw, and Bernie Hanighen in Second Chorus.

Which leaves one last movie? (5 bonus points for this movie) Shall We Dance.

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