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'Gone With The Wind' Challenge Quiz

From my favorite book, I've tried to pick out some challenging trivia. ALL questions are based on the book, NOT the movie! Good luck and enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by EmpressEcho. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
EmpressEcho

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
79,966

Updated
Mar 12 23

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
8 / 20

Plays
4314

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 31 (5/20), Guest 31 (6/20), Guest 73 (20/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. Melanie was angry after Ashley's surprise party. Why? Hint

India was gossiping about Scarlett and Ashley.

Governor Bullock attended the party.

Ashley drank too much at the party.

Nobody helped to clean up after the party.

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Question 2 of 20

2. When Grandma Fontaine was a girl, her family was slaughtered in a Native uprising. Which tribe was involved? Hint

Seminole

Cherokee

Comanche

Creek

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Question 3 of 20

3. Scarlett was once caught kissing one of Melanie's cousins. Who was he? Hint

Raymond Burr

Ashley Wilkes

Willie Burr

Willie Guinan

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Question 4 of 20

4. Which of these men was NOT one of Scarlett's beaux? Hint

Stuart Tarleton

Tony Fontaine

Alex Fontaine

Cade Calvert

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Question 5 of 20

5. Fanny Elsing's beau died at Gettysburg. What was his name? Hint

Carey Ashburn

Willie Guinan

Dallas McLure

Tommy Welburn

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Question 6 of 20

6. To which religion did Pierre Robillard ascribe? Hint

Catholicism

Calvinism

Huguenotism

Presbyterianism

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Question 7 of 20

7. Which was the LAST school the Tarleton brothers attended? Hint

The University of Alabama

The University of Virginia

The University of Georgia

The University of South Carolina

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Question 8 of 20

8. Which Tarleton brother was NOT killed at Gettysburg? Hint

Brent

Tom

Boyd

Stuart

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Question 9 of 20

9. While marching through Atlanta with the engineering corps, what song did Big Sam sing? Hint

'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'

'My Old Kentucky Home'

'Marching Through Georgia'

'Go Down, Moses'

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Question 10 of 20

10. What was Miss Pittypat's real name? Hint

Sarah Jane

Patty Marie

Mary Jane

Eugenie Victoria

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Question 11 of 20

11. What killed Charles Hamilton? Hint

Measles and malaria

Measles and dysentery

Measles and pneumonia

Pneumonia and dysentery

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Question 12 of 20

12. Who brought Rhett Butler to Twelve Oaks as a guest? Hint

John Wilkes

Frank Kennedy

Ashley Wilkes

Charles Hamilton

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Question 13 of 20

13. On what street did the Wilkes family live in Atlanta? Hint

Ivy Street

Elm Street

Peachtree Street

Washington Street

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Question 14 of 20

14. How much did Gerald O'Hara pay John Wilkes for Dilcey and Prissy? Hint

Nothing

Three hundred dollars

Three thousand dollars

One thousand dollars

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Question 15 of 20

15. What was the FIRST song the orchestra played at the Atlanta bazaar? Hint

'When This Cruel War Is Over'

'Dixie'

'Lorena'

'The Bonnie Blue Flag'

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Question 16 of 20

16. What did Scarlett suggest that Rhett do with his 'Confederate gold'? Hint

Give it to her for Tara

Invest in cotton

Buy a saloon

Distribute it to the needy

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Question 17 of 20

17. When Scarlett told Rhett that she was pregnant (with Bonnie), whom did Rhett threaten to kill? Hint

Mamie Bart

Dr. Meade

Ashley Wilkes

Bridget Flaherty

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Question 18 of 20

18. What did Rhett, Wade, and Mammy drink to celebrate Bonnie's birth? Hint

Whiskey, claret and rum

Claret and rum

Whiskey and rum

Champagne and whiskey

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Question 19 of 20

19. What church did Rhett attend with Wade? Hint

Episcopal

Catholic

Baptist

Anglican

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Question 20 of 20

20. Why was Bonnie afraid of the dark? Hint

Because of her imagination

Because she had nightmares

Because Lou let the lamp burn out

Because Mammy told her there were ghosts in the dark

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Melanie was angry after Ashley's surprise party. Why?

Answer: India was gossiping about Scarlett and Ashley.

Melanie expressed her anger to Scarlett that India, Archie, and Mrs. Elsing, 'came to me with the filthy lies they'd concocted...' (Hardcover Edition, p. 759)

2. When Grandma Fontaine was a girl, her family was slaughtered in a Native uprising. Which tribe was involved?

Answer: Creek

(Hardcover Edition, p. 358)

3. Scarlett was once caught kissing one of Melanie's cousins. Who was he?

Answer: Willie Burr

Scarlett and Ashley were never actually caught kissing. Willie Guinan was a soldier in the militia, and Raymond Burr is not in the book - he's an actor! Mrs. Burr called her 'fast' when she was caught kissing Willie. (Hardcover Edition, p. 256-257)

4. Which of these men was NOT one of Scarlett's beaux?

Answer: Alex Fontaine

'She could afford to be loyal to Dimity and say nice things about her, for Alex Fontaine had never been one of her own beaux.' (Hardcover Edition, p. 387)

5. Fanny Elsing's beau died at Gettysburg. What was his name?

Answer: Dallas McLure

Fanny later married Tommy Welburn, but the beau who died at Gettysburg was Dallas McLure. (Hardcover Edition, pgs. 203 and 231)

6. To which religion did Pierre Robillard ascribe?

Answer: Presbyterianism

Although the rest of his family were Catholic, Pierre Robillard, 'was staunchly Presbyterian'. (Hardcover Edition, p. 43)

7. Which was the LAST school the Tarleton brothers attended?

Answer: The University of Georgia

The Tarleton brothers attended all four of these universities. However, The University of Georgia was the last. (*Stuart and Brent were expelled from each school, and Tom and Boyd, 'had come home with them, because they refused to remain at an institution where the twins were not welcome.' (Hardcover Edition, pgs. 4-5)

8. Which Tarleton brother was NOT killed at Gettysburg?

Answer: Boyd

Though all four of the Tarletons died in the war, Tom, Stuart and Brent were the three brothers who died at Gettysburg. Boyd was "dead the first year of the war, was buried God knew where in Virginia."

9. While marching through Atlanta with the engineering corps, what song did Big Sam sing?

Answer: 'Go Down, Moses'

Scarlett and Rhett sang 'My Old Kentucky Home' together at Pittypat's dinner party; Rhett sang 'Marching Through Georgia' while bringing the wounded Ashley home the night of the Klan raid. (Hardcover Edition, p. 241)

10. What was Miss Pittypat's real name?

Answer: Sarah Jane

'Aunt Pittypat had been christened Sarah Jane Hamilton sixty years before, but since the long-past day when her doting father had fastened this nickname upon her, because of her airy, restless, pattering little feet, no one had called her anything else.' (Hardcover Edition, p. 122)

11. What killed Charles Hamilton?

Answer: Measles and pneumonia

Poor Charles never got out of boot camp in South Carolina. Ah, the shame! (Hardcover Edition, p. 104)

12. Who brought Rhett Butler to Twelve Oaks as a guest?

Answer: Frank Kennedy

Rhett had been visiting Frank Kennedy in Jonesboro to buy cotton at the time of the Wilkes' barbeque, so Frank brought him along to Twelve Oaks out of courtesy for his guest. (Hardcover Edition, p. 79)

13. On what street did the Wilkes family live in Atlanta?

Answer: Ivy Street

The Wilkes house was on Ivy Street, directly behind Aunt Pittypat's house on Peachtree. (Hardcover Edition, p. 583)

14. How much did Gerald O'Hara pay John Wilkes for Dilcey and Prissy?

Answer: Three thousand dollars

Although John Wilkes offered to sell Dilcey and Prissy to his neighbor for next to nothing, Gerald insisted on a fair payment of $3,000. (Hardcover Edition, p. 25)

15. What was the FIRST song the orchestra played at the Atlanta bazaar?

Answer: 'Lorena'

Although all four of these songs were played at the bazaar, 'Lorena' was the first. (Hardcover Edition, p. 131-132)

16. What did Scarlett suggest that Rhett do with his 'Confederate gold'?

Answer: Distribute it to the needy

As unlikely as it sounds, Scarlett did indeed suggest that Rhett distribute the Confederate money to the needy. However, she didn't sound very convincing about it! (Hardcover Edition, p. 498)

17. When Scarlett told Rhett that she was pregnant (with Bonnie), whom did Rhett threaten to kill?

Answer: Mamie Bart

Mamie Bart told Scarlett there were 'things to do' if a woman didn't want to have children. Rhett, who had once seen a woman die from a botched abortion, was furious that Mamie had put the idea into Scarlett's mind. (Hardcover Edition, p. 706-707)

18. What did Rhett, Wade, and Mammy drink to celebrate Bonnie's birth?

Answer: Claret and rum

Rhett took a drink from the decanter of claret, then served diluted claret to Wade, and rum to Mammy.(Hardcover Edition, p. 710-711)

19. What church did Rhett attend with Wade?

Answer: Episcopal

Although Wade was (reputed to be) Catholic, Rhett brought him to the Episcopal Church during his campaign to rectify himself to the Old Guard for Bonnie's sake. (Hardcover Edition, p. 725-726)

20. Why was Bonnie afraid of the dark?

Answer: Because Mammy told her there were ghosts in the dark

Bonnie complained of nightmares; Rhett chalked it up to her imagination; and Lou let the lamp burn out - but all of these things happened AFTER Bonnie became afraid of the dark. After Bonnie's death, Mammy confessed to Rhett and Melanie that she had deliberately scared the child with ghost stories because Bonnie was always getting out of bed at night and running around the house barefoot.(Hardcover Edition, p. 799)

Source: Author EmpressEcho

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