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Q 01What is the name of the divorced toy-company executive Tim Allen plays in The Santa Clause?
Scott Calvin
Scott Calvin is the toy-company executive Tim Allen plays; the initials S.C. are the film's quiet joke, since he is about to inherit the job of Santa Claus.
Q 02How does Scott end up with the job in the first film?
He startles the old man on his roof, who falls, and puts on the suit
He startles the old man on his roof, who falls, and puts on the suit; the card left with the suit says the reindeer will know what to do, and they whisk him to the next rooftop.
Q 03What is the name of Scott's eight-year-old son who rides along on that first Christmas Eve?
Charlie
Charlie, played by Eric Lloyd, is Scott's eight-year-old son, who insists the man they saw really was Santa and rides along with his father for that first Christmas Eve.
Q 04Which head elf, played by David Krumholtz, tells Scott he has eleven months to get his affairs in order?
Bernard
Bernard, the head elf played by David Krumholtz, is the one who tells Scott he has until the next Thanksgiving, eleven months away, to get his affairs in order.
Q 05Which physical change is NOT one Scott undergoes over the year after wearing the suit?
His eyes turning blue
His eyes turning blue never happens; the suit instead gives Scott a beard that regrows after shaving, hair that whitens despite dye, sudden weight gain and a craving for milk and cookies despite his lactose intolerance.
Q 06Roughly how much weight does Scott tell his doctor he has gained in a single week?
45 lbs
Scott tells his doctor he has gained 45 lbs in a single week; the doctor, who can find nothing wrong with him, has no explanation for a man ballooning that fast.
Q 07What is the profession of Neil, Laura's new husband, in the films?
Psychiatrist
Psychiatrist is Neil's profession; played by Judge Reinhold, he spends the first film insisting that Scott's Santa stories are doing the boy psychological harm.
Q 08What magical gift from the head elf lets Scott's son summon his father at any time?
A snow globe
A snow globe is the head elf's parting gift to Scott's son: shake it and his father will come. In the sequel the boy hands the same globe to Principal Newman to prove his father really is Santa.
Q 09Where do the police arrest Scott on Christmas Eve in the first film?
Inside Laura and Neil's home
Inside Laura and Neil's home the police are waiting, because the couple reported their son kidnapped after Scott vanished with him at Thanksgiving; the elves later spring Scott from jail.
Q 10What does Scott give Laura and Neil at the end of the first film?
Childhood presents they never got
Childhood presents they never got: a Mystery Date game for Laura and an Oscar Mayer wiener whistle for Neil, the gifts whose absence made each of them stop believing in Santa.
Q 11Which two comedy stars turned down the lead role before Tim Allen took it?
Bill Murray and Chevy Chase
Bill Murray and Chevy Chase were both offered the lead and passed; Tim Allen, then the star of TV's Home Improvement, took it for his first starring film role.
Q 12Which Canadian town stood in for Lakeside, Illinois in the first film?
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville, Ontario, a suburb west of Toronto, supplied the snowy streets of the fictional Lakeside, Illinois; most of the first film was shot around the Toronto area.
Q 13Why did Eric Lloyd, who plays Scott's son, wear a dental prosthetic for part of the film?
Q 21Which Star Trek actor voices and plays the Sandman on the Council?
Michael Dorn
Michael Dorn, Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation, plays the Sandman on the Council of Legendary Figures in the second and third films, dozing off in the middle of meetings.
Q 22What does Curtis build so Scott can leave the North Pole to find a wife?
A life-sized animatronic Toy Santa
A life-sized animatronic Toy Santa is Curtis's stand-in; the double reads the handbook too literally, decides the whole world is naughty and plans to deliver coal to everyone.
Q 23Which actress plays Principal Carol Newman, who becomes Mrs. Claus?
Elizabeth Mitchell
He lost his front teeth in an accident on a day off
He lost his front teeth in an accident on a day off during the shoot, so Eric Lloyd wore a dental prosthetic for his remaining scenes to keep the boy's smile consistent on screen.
Q 14Which line about a phone line was cut from later releases of The Santa Clause after complaints?
'1-800-SPANK-ME. I know that number.'
'1-800-SPANK-ME. I know that number.' referred to a real adult phone line; after a parent complained that her child had dialled it, Disney removed the line from later home releases.
Q 15Which film opened at number one the same weekend as The Santa Clause, holding it to second place?
Interview with the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire took the number-one spot on the weekend of 11 November 1994, leaving The Santa Clause in second; the Santa film outlasted it, finishing with roughly $190 million worldwide.
Q 16Roughly what was the first film's production budget?
$22 million
$22 million was the first film's budget; it grossed close to $190 million worldwide, nearly nine times that, which is why two sequels and a streaming series followed.
Q 17Which Canadian singer-songwriter wrote and performed 'The Bells of Christmas' for the first film?
Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt, the Celtic-influenced singer based in Stratford, Ontario, wrote and sang 'The Bells of Christmas' for the film; Michael Convertino composed the score.
Q 18What rule from the Handbook of Christmas drives the plot of the 2002 sequel?
The Mrs. Clause
The Mrs. Clause requires Santa to marry, and Scott learns he has until Christmas Eve to find a wife or he stops being Santa for good, which sends him home to Lakeside.
Q 19Why is Scott's teenage son on the naughty list in The Santa Clause 2?
He vandalised his school
He vandalised his school, spray-painting graffiti on school property, which lands him on the naughty list and in the office of Principal Carol Newman.
Q 20Which of these is NOT a member of the Council of Legendary Figures?
The Groundhog
The Groundhog has no seat; the council Scott sits on is Mother Nature, Father Time, Cupid, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman, plus Santa himself.
Elizabeth Mitchell, later Juliet on Lost, plays Carol Newman, the principal Scott courts and marries in the sequel; she returned as Mrs. Claus in the third film and the streaming series.
Q 24What is the name of the rambunctious reindeer-in-training Scott rides after Toy Santa in the sequel?
Chet
Chet is the young reindeer Curtis brings to fetch Scott; the pair crash-land back in the elf village, where the finale turns into an elf-versus-toy-soldier snowball fight.
Q 25Which 2003 film did Tim Allen skip so he could make The Santa Clause 2?
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat had cast Tim Allen as the Cat, but its shoot clashed with The Santa Clause 2 and he withdrew; Mike Myers took the role in the 2003 film.
Q 26Where was The Santa Clause 2 filmed?
Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, was the production base for the 2002 sequel, the first film of the series to be shot on Canada's west coast.
Q 27Which comedian plays Jack Frost in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause?
Martin Short
Martin Short plays Jack Frost, the smooth-talking winter spirit who schemes his way into the North Pole; Short had come up through SCTV and Saturday Night Live.
Q 28Why is Jack Frost causing trouble in the third film?
He is jealous he has no holiday of his own
He is jealous he has no holiday of his own, so Jack Frost keeps trying to horn in on Christmas; the council puts him to work at the North Pole as punishment, which suits his plans perfectly.
Q 29What cover story does Scott use so Carol's parents will visit without learning he is Santa?
He is a toymaker in Canada
He is a toymaker in Canada, as far as Carol's parents know, so the elves plaster the North Pole with Canadian flags and signs to sell the story.
Q 30Which two screen veterans play Carol's parents, Bud and Sylvia Newman?
Alan Arkin and Ann-Margret
Alan Arkin and Ann-Margret play Carol's parents, Bud and Sylvia Newman; Arkin won the supporting-actor Oscar for 2006's Little Miss Sunshine, released the same year as the third film.