Brooks has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oscars in addition to his Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the 1967 movie The Producers.

There are 5 of these awarded in any year.

Mel Brooks has won an EGOT (an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony combined).  What other prestigious lifetime-achievement award has been bestowed on him?

This show gave us the shoe-phone, bazooka broom, and the notorious Cone of Silence, among others.

"Missed it by *that* much!"

Get Smart was a Mel Brooks television show that ran from 1965 to 1970.  What kind of show did this parody?

Wilder went on to act in Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, two of Brooks biggest comedy hits.

He played Leo Bloom in the original movie.

The Producers was Brooks' first major movie success.  Which actor began his long association with Brooks in this movie?

Springtime for Hitler is still a punchline for comedy writers to this day.

What is the big musical number intended to offend audiences in The Producers?

Yes, The Bride from Kill Bill played the Swedish bombshell who delivered such lines as "Why Bloom go so far camera right?"

Almost 40 years after its original cinematic release, The Producers became both a Broadway musical hit and then movie starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.  Who played Ulla in the 2005 movie?

Pryor actually has a writing credit for the movie, but the studio wouldn't approve financing the production with Pryor in the lead due to his drug use.

Blazing Saddles may be the ultimate parody of the Western.  Cleavon Little played Sheriff Bart, but who did Brooks originally intend the part for?

This was the first major collaboration between Kahn and Brooks, one of the great comedy team-ups of the '70s & '80s.

"Oh, it's twue. It's twue. It's twue, it's twue!"

Which comedic actress played the role of Lili Von Shtüpp in Blazing Saddles?

This character had huge impact on American history, being indirectly responsible for the invention of the Candy-gram.  (Not really... just a line from the movie.)

Football-player-turned-comedy-actor Alex Karras played which character in Blazing Saddles?

Brooks has never shied away from his Jewish roots, playing rabbis, Moses, Comicus (a stand-up philosopher), and Yoghurt.

Brooks often has roles in movies he directs, Blazing Saddles being no exception with 2 roles: Governor Lepetomane and a Native American chief.  What makes his chief portrayal different?

Not many people know that Boyle was not just the Monster, but a close friend of John Lennon (who was Boyle's best man at his wedding.)

Young Frankenstein was Brooks' next cinematic success.  Who played the Monster in the movie?

If you have never seen this routine, you have missed one of the great moments in comedy.

Obscure musical trivia: think Taco's only hit.

What musical number does Frankenstein perform with the Monster to demonstrate the success of his operation?

There were so many... MANY inappropriate jokes I could have made here.

At one point in the story, Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn) is abducted by the Monster.  What song does she break into when they (*ahem*) grow intimate?

It's said that the horses react because "Blücher" means "glue" in German.

There is a running joke in Young Frankenstein is whenever a certain name is spoken, the horses whinny and react in fear.  What name?

For those who miss the joke, Marcel Marceau is probably the only famous mime... probably with good reason.

Yes, this is a trivia answer.

Silent Movie has only one spoken line.  Who had that line?

Bancroft won an Oscar for her role in The Miracle Worker in 1962, the first of her five Oscar nominations.

Mel Brooks was married for 40 years to an Oscar-winning actress who had a brief role in Silent Movie.  Who was she?

Yes, Citizen Kane provided the gravitas to carry the faux epic documentary feel of the movie.

Brooks' next success was History of the World, Part 1, poking fun at such times as the Old Testament, Roman Empire and French Revolution.  Which famous actor narrated the movie?

"The Lord, the Lord Jehovah has given unto you these Fifteen..." (drops tablet which breaks) "Oy!  Ten!  Ten Commandments for all to obey!"

He broke the tablet with 5 more commandments

Brooks plays a role in each section of History of the World.  As Moses, what does he do that wasn't part of the original Old Testament?

Hines dances, jokes, battles Brooks as a gladiator to entertain the emperor, and ultimately helps our heroes escape Rome by introducing the Roman legions to cannabis.

Hint:  "I got a heck of a corkscrew."  (Crowd reaction)  "This is a hip crowd!"

In History of the World Part 1, the Roman Empire section features which comedic actor/dancer played Josephus?

John Hurt (Oscar-nominated actor for his playing The Elephant Man) plays Jesus while Brooks tries to push the mulled wine on his customers.

After escaping Rome and arriving in Judea, Comicus gets a job as what?

It's a running gag where he constantly corrects everyone, saying "It's 'dee mo-nay'," (actually spelled de Monet).

In the French Revolution section of History of the World, Part 1, Harvey Korman plays a nobleman that everyone calls...

Okay, this wasn't Brooks' cleverest send-up of a character name, but they can't all be gems.

Brooks' next hit lampooned the Star Wars franchise with the help of John Candy and Rick Moranis.  What character did Moranis play?

Joan Rivers is probably the only actress that could successfully play a combination protocol droid/chastity belt.

Hint: "Can we tawk?"

One of Brooks' brilliant choices was casting this female comedienne as the voice of Dot Matrix (the C-3PO parody).  Who was she?

Instead of the Millennium Falcon, Spaceballs has the Eagle 5.  What is unique in it's design?

Yes, Wesley from Princess Bride was Robin Hood, partly "Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent."

The next Brooks parody sent up the Robin Hood genre, and Costner's version specifically.  Brooks capitalized on the success of The Princess Bride by casting which actor as Robin?

It was a very young Chappelle who played Ahchoo, son of Asneeze (played by Isaac Hayes).

Men in Tights had a bit of fun re-casting Robin's sidekick (Azim/Morgan Freeman in the original).  Who played Ahchoo in Men in Tights?

Robin's answer to Tuchman's question: "No, no. We're straight. Just... merry."

Rabbi Tuckman is Brooks at his most... Jewish?  

Brooks played the Friar Tuck replacement.  When he encounters the Merry Men, what does he assume?

Playing Van Helsing, Brooks joined the ranks of Peter Cushing, Lawrence Olivier, Anthony Hopkins, and Hugh Jackman.  Not bad company, huh?

The vampire genre was Brooks next target with Dracula: Dead and Loving It.  Leslie Nielsen played Dracula, but what does Brooks play?

Brooks played Vlad, Mavis's grandfather and Dracula's (Adam Sandler) dad in the movie.

With a bit of irony, Brooks played the vampire in an an animated horror spoof.  What movie was this?

Carl Reiner and Brooks also collaborated on the "2000 Year Old Man" comedy album which sold over a million copies.

Mel Brooks had a long-running friendship with another comedy legend who had also been a writer on Your Show of Shows.  Who was this comedic icon?

Peter O'Toole played the Errol Flynn role while Mark Linn-Baker played the Mel Brooks role.  O'Toole received an Oscar nomination for the movie.

Hint: "I'M NOT AN ACTOR!  I'M A MOVIE STAR!"

Brooks time as a comedy writer for live television was the basis for a 1982 movie recounting his experience with Errol Flynn.  What was the movie titled?

The man who created Spaceballs, The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and lots of other comedic milestones: EGOT-winning comic, actor, producer, director, writer Mel Brooks!  And if you don't know him, you should!