"Show Boat" in Art Trivia Quiz

Answer: Magnolia

Magnolia is Captain Andy's daughter. She is naive and doesn't understand that acting is not all it appears to be. However, she gets her chance when Julie leaves the showboat.

The picture is "Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth" by Martin Johnson Heade.

Answer: gambling

Gaylord Revenal is a gambler who is in town while the "Show Boat" is there performing at the beginning of the movie. He meets Magnolia and the two "Only Make Believe" (as the song title says), what it would be like to be in love. They get married, but he continues gambling and eventually leaves her because of his addiction.

The picture is "A Friend in Need 1903" from "Dogs Playing Poker" by C.M. Coolidge.

Answer: Captain

Captain Andy is Magnolia's father and captain of the showboat. Andy and his wife do not want their daughter to become an actress. However, when Julie leaves, they are stuck, and they have to let her act.

The picture is of the painting of John Alston, Captain of the British 100th Regiment of Foot".

Answer: Julie

Julie was the leading actress on the showboat until it was discovered her mother was black. The law says she cannot work as an actor on the showboat, so Andy lets her go. Her husband, Steve, at this point, is also told he is illegally married to Julie. He cuts her hand with a knife and drinks the blood before bandaging the wound. He explains that now he also had "black blood". However, Julie's an alcoholic, and Steve cannot handle it and eventually leaves her.

The picture is of the painting "The Drinkers" by Vincent van Gogh.

Answer: Queenie

Queenie is a strong and independent woman who works in the kitchen. However, she loves her husband, Joe, and is loyal to him, even though they argue often.

The picture is of the painting "The Milkmaid" by Johannes Vermeer.

Answer: river

Perhaps the best-known recording of "Ol' Man River" is the version sung by Paul Robeson. The song essentially says this is what is happening in our lives (the African Americans), but despite everything, the Mississippi River just keeps "rolling along". Perhaps what makes this song stand out is the fact that it was written for a bass singer, when usually, in musicals, the big numbers like this would go to a tenor or a baritone.

The picture is of the painting "Hudson River, Logging" by Winslow Homer.

Answer: Parthy

Parthy is Magnolia's mother and Andy's wife. She is very protective of her daughter and does not want her acting. She believes that life on the stage leads to a sinful lifestyle. She loves her daughter and husband and later on, her granddaughter, very much.

The picture is of the painting of "Whistler's Mother" by James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

Answer: Baker

Steve Baker is the lead actor on the showboat. He is billed as "the most handsome fella in the Midwest". He is married to Julie, the lead actress. However, after they leave the showboat, when it's discovered Julie's mother is black, her drinking becomes excessive, and he leaves her.

The picture is of the painting "Baker Arent Oostwaard and his wife Catharina Keizerswaard" by John Steen.

Answer: girl

Gaylord and Magnolia separate before Magnolia realizes she is with child. She gives birth to a girl and names her Kim. By chance, Gaylord is in town and meets Kim and learns she is his child, and through Kim, he and Magnolia reconcile. Kim, like her mother, desires to become an actress. Just as Parthy did not want her daughter in theatre, she did not want her granddaughter involved.

The picture is of the painting, "Romaine Lacaux by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Answer: Ellie Mae

Ellie Mae is known as "the toast of Cairo, Illinois". She eventually marries actor Frank Schultz, and they become movie actors out in California.

The picture is of the painting "Hip, Hip, Hurrah!" by Peder Severin Kroyer.