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Quiz about Cat on A Hot Tin Roof on Screen

"Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" on Screen Quiz

As many of us know, film adaptions can leave a lot of stuff out of the original. So, what came from the play by Tennessee Williams, and what came from the film?

A multiple-choice quiz by kelby_lake. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
kelby_lake

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
291,107

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. One of Gooper and Mae's children throws ice cream at Maggie in the film. But what do they throw in the play? Hint

Hot buttered biscuit

Hard boiled sweets

Cream pies

Peas

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Question 2 of 10

2. Maggie recalls when a drunk spat tobacco juice at Susan McPheeters, the carnival queen, a few years previously. Which version of "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" does this happen in? Hint

The play

Both play and film

The film

Neither play nor film

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Question 3 of 10

3. How does Skipper die in the film? Hint

Brick stabs him

Maggie pushes him out the window

Commits suicide by jumping out of the window

Of alcoholism

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Question 4 of 10

4. Maggie says that she and Skipper slept together, in the film.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Brick and Maggie sleep together at the end of the film because Brick decides to give in to Maggie. But what happens at the end of the play? Hint

Maggie locks up Brick's liquor to get him to sleep with her

Brick leaves Maggie

The same as the film.

Maggie and Gooper sleep together

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Question 6 of 10

6. Maggie is infertile, in the play.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the play and film, we all know Big Daddy's dying of cancer, but in the film the characters do not say the word 'cancer'.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which actor who appeared in the premiere of the play reprised the role for the film? Hint

Elizabeth Taylor

Paul Newman

Burl Ives

Madeline Sherwood

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" won the Pulitzer Prize in 1955. How many Oscars did the film win? Hint

Three

One

None

Two

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Question 10 of 10

10. After the film, there was a TV adaptation in 1976. Which famous actress played Maggie? Hint

Natalie Wood

Lana Turner

Joan Plowright

Marilyn Monroe

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. One of Gooper and Mae's children throws ice cream at Maggie in the film. But what do they throw in the play?

Answer: Hot buttered biscuit

Maggie refers to their children as 'no-neck monsters' and as we see in the play and film, they really are brats.

2. Maggie recalls when a drunk spat tobacco juice at Susan McPheeters, the carnival queen, a few years previously. Which version of "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" does this happen in?

Answer: The play

In the film, the drunk spits at Mae, who was a carnival queen in the play and film.

3. How does Skipper die in the film?

Answer: Commits suicide by jumping out of the window

In the play, Skipper became an alcoholic because of how he felt about Brick, and died from alcoholism. Brick blames himself for not helping his friend.

4. Maggie says that she and Skipper slept together, in the film.

Answer: false

She says that she was about to when she realised that her husband might hate her instead of Skipper. However in the play, Maggie says that they did.

5. Brick and Maggie sleep together at the end of the film because Brick decides to give in to Maggie. But what happens at the end of the play?

Answer: Maggie locks up Brick's liquor to get him to sleep with her

Maggie tells Big Daddy that she is pregnant and so she has to force Brick to make it come true.

6. Maggie is infertile, in the play.

Answer: false

She says that she went to see a top gynaecologist and they said she could have children anytime she wanted to. This is in the film and the play.

7. In the play and film, we all know Big Daddy's dying of cancer, but in the film the characters do not say the word 'cancer'.

Answer: True

In the film, they always drift off: 'Everybody knows Big Daddy's dying of...' whereas in the play they do actually say it.

8. Which actor who appeared in the premiere of the play reprised the role for the film?

Answer: Burl Ives

Burl Ives played Big Daddy in both the original play and the film.

9. "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" won the Pulitzer Prize in 1955. How many Oscars did the film win?

Answer: None

It was nominated for six - including best actor for Paul Newman and best actress for Elizabeth Taylor - but ultimately lost out.

10. After the film, there was a TV adaptation in 1976. Which famous actress played Maggie?

Answer: Natalie Wood

Although Joan Plowright's husband, Laurence Olivier, directed it.

Source: Author kelby_lake

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