32 Pollyanna Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: Hayley Mills

She was also in "The Parent Trap".

Answer: Roast Chicken

Mrs. Lagerlof thinks Polly is highly unoriginal for choosing chicken every Sunday. But she rationalizes that it doesn't matter much, since everyone in town has sour stomach after Sunday morning.

Answer: The Glad Girl

She was always playing the "Glad Game" that her father had taught her.

Answer: Boilers blew, pipes burst, and flooded everything

The mayor is upset and wants to rebuild a new building for the orphans, but Polly is insistent on fixing the existing problems and keeping the building intact. Harrington House has been a landmark in town and she intends to keep it that way.

Answer: A cow

This is right before she has a nice chat with Doc Chilton about Aunt Polly's hairstyle.

Answer: Polly

Pollyanna was named after her two aunts, Polly and Anna. (This is from the book.)

Answer: Boys skinnydipping

Pretty risque, even for its time! All the other events happen during the title sequence, but after the boys go for a dip.

Answer: Jimmy Bean

Later on he got adopted by old Mr. Pendergast.

Answer: 826

Pollyanna says her father counted almost 800, but Rev. Ford stays up all night and counts the exact number.

Answer: Calf's foot jelly

Mrs. Snow always wants chicken when given calf's foot jelly, and lamb's broth when given chicken. That's why Pollyanna is so shocked when Mrs. Snow "had her heart set on lamb's broth" when she delivers calf's foot jelly.

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

David Swift, the director and writer of the film, admitted in the DVD commentary that when he visited Disneyland and saw them selling replicas of Pollyanna's locket, he had them pull them off the shelves, since he actually made the quote up!

Answer: A flag

She got to sing "America the Beautiful" dressed up as a flag with some other girls.

Answer: Cousin Fred

Nancy assigns this name for George when she doesn't want Pollyanna knowing her boyfriend's real name. Later on, he calls himself, "Old Uncle George", but he must be a distant relative to Cousin Fred.

Answer: Cotton Candy

She was stuffing herself with food when she was supposed to be getting ready to sing.

Answer: Death

After a long pregnant pause, this is his first sentence in his sermon. It is also the last, but said with much more fury than in the beginning. Oh, and he manages to not forget the "amen" before stepping off the pulpit.

Answer: Rainbow makers

He said he didn't participate in community projects, but he ended up selling rainbow makers anyway!

Answer: Watermelon, cake, corn-on-the-cob

Okay, okay, maybe I'm the only one who pays attention to the food. But it looks so good! How can you resist? Plus, Pollyanna never gets to eat hardly any of it!

Answer: Trees

After he tells Pollyanna this, he drags her to Pendergast's place to show her the best climbing tree in town.

Answer: Nancy and George

Remember? Pollyanna is going to be Nancy's flower-girl! (PS. Polly and Edmund never really establish much of their future relationship, other than the good doctor telling Polly that they can both give the love Pollyanna needs.)

Answer: Men smoking in the Parlor car

She tells her husband to write a letter to the president of the railroad, but all he does is shrug when the conductor stares at him.

Answer: A bucket and a rock

He doesn't "got" a hook or any traditional equipment. And in the end, he gives up. Ironically, Edmund (Doc Chilton), who's fishing nearby, has all the gear that Jimmy needs.

Answer: She tries to reach for her falling doll

If she only left the doll on the ledge and climbed inside before reaching it, the silly girl wouldn't have fallen off! But then again, Polly wouldn't have seen her faults, fallen in love with Edmund again, and the entire town of Harrington wouldn't have seen how much Pollyanna meant to them. So, who am I to say anything?

Answer: Begonias

Mr. Thomas gets so mad at them for walking through the begonia bed, and he asks nicely to go around the tree, but they don't seem to hear him!

Answer: Glad

In case you didn't notice, Pollyanna's "Word of the Day" is "glad". Actually, it's more than just the day's word, but her mantra in life.

Answer: Matthew

Reverend Ford doesn't even bother to read the passages Polly sends, but instead, crumples the letter up, after Pollyanna's words about her missionary father reaches his heart.