* The title refers to the lyrics from the musical The Sound of Music "Maria" sung by the nuns that goes "How do you solve a problem like Maria?".
* One of the cars end up running into Raymond. Raymond, still high, says "I'd like to solve the puzzle, Pat", referencing a common phrase on Wheel of Fortune.
* Roberta bursts out of her room spinning and slobbering like the Tasmanian Devil from the Looney Tunes cartoons.