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  Secrets of "The Secret Garden"   popular trivia quiz  
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This is a basic quiz on the 1993 adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic novel, starring Kate Maberly and Maggie Smith.
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  The Secret Garden (1949)    
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See how much you know about the original 1949 family-oriented movie.
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  The Secret Garden    
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This is a quiz for the 1993 version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's turn-of-the-century classic.
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Who yells at Mary for entering the garden?

From Quiz "Secrets of "The Secret Garden""





The Secret Garden Trivia Questions
1. At the start of the movie, recently orphaned Mary Lennox is sent from India to England to live with a maternal uncle. Under what circumstances did Mary's parents die?

From Quiz The Secret Garden (1949)

Answer: cholera epidemic

The cholera outbreak is mentioned several times. In fact, one of the British officers that comes to the Lennox estate is not feeling very well. This probably referred to the first pandemic which swept over India between 1817 and 1824.

2. How do Mary's parents die?

From Quiz Secrets of "The Secret Garden"

Answer: In an earthquake.

While Mary's parents are at one of their frequent parties, an earthquake strikes India, leaving many children orphaned. Mary, having hidden under her parents' bed at the time, manages to survive.

3. Mary brought something of her mother's with her from India. What was it?

From Quiz The Secret Garden

Answer: an ivory elephant

When Mary went into her aunt's bedroom, she noticed that it looked just like her mother's. They even had the same ivory elephants.

4. Who shows Mary the door to the secret garden?

From Quiz Secrets of "The Secret Garden"

Answer: A robin

After Ben Weatherstaff, the gardener, tells Mary that the robin is the only one who goes in the garden anymore, Mary asks the robin to show her the way inside. The robin flutters away, and Mary follows his flight to find the door nestled behind a patch of ivy.

5. When she opened her aunt's jewerly box, what did she find in it?

From Quiz The Secret Garden

Answer: A key

Mary also found out that this item was what she needed to open the garden, and she needed to hide it so nobody would know that she found the key.

6. Who meets Mary on her arrival in England?

From Quiz The Secret Garden (1949)

Answer: Mrs. Medlock

Mary had already endured much bullying by the other children on the boat who were also orphans. They called her uncle a hunchback. Then she is met by Mrs. Medlock (Gladys Cooper) who is presented as a stern, hard-nosed housekeeper. She is in charge of the Craven estate and makes no effort to hide her attitude of having the care of Mary added to her duties.

7. What does Martha give Mary as a gift soon after she arrives at Misselthwaite?

From Quiz Secrets of "The Secret Garden"

Answer: A skipping rope.

Martha is stunned when Mary has no idea what to do with the rope. She says, "You mean for all they've got tigers and elephants in India, they've not got skipping ropes?" Martha's kindness is what brings Mary's first smile in the film.

8. What was Mary's sick, bedridden cousin's name?

From Quiz The Secret Garden

Answer: Colin

Colin always says that he is sick, because he thinks that he will get a lump on his back and then die.

9. Everyone believes that Mary's cousin, Colin, is gravely ill. What is his problem?

From Quiz The Secret Garden (1949)

Answer: He can't walk.

Colin (Dean Stockwell) is a 10-year old boy who was born when his mother died. Bedridden, with his legs in braces, he has been kept confined and never allowed to go out of doors. He is very spoiled, just as Mary was, from being waited on by servants and has frequent tantrums when he is not getting his way.

10. What is Mary's uncle's first name?

From Quiz Secrets of "The Secret Garden"

Answer: Archibald

Mrs. Medlock first mentions Lord Craven's full name when she picks Mary up from the dock to take her to Misselthwaite. John Lynch took on the role of Lord Craven just before filming began, after the first actor who was cast in the role had to drop out.

11. Who played Dickon in the movie "The Secret Garden"?

From Quiz The Secret Garden

Answer: Andrew Knott

Andrew Knott has not been in many other American films.

12. Mary meets Dickon, a local boy with an affinity for nature. What animal seems to enjoy Dickon's companionship?

From Quiz The Secret Garden (1949)

Answer: a raven

The raven and Dickon (Brian Roper) seem inseparable. It is also the raven that tips Mary off about the garden behind the wall and shows where the key to the door is buried.

13. The day he goes out into the garden for the first time, what does Colin say to the servants when he wants everyone to leave?

From Quiz Secrets of "The Secret Garden"

Answer: I have spoken. All depart.

Colin speaks with a very regal air, and asks Mary what people say in India when they want someone to leave. This is the answer she gives him.

14. What was the name of the head housekeeper at their house?

From Quiz The Secret Garden

Answer: Mrs. Medlock

Mrs. Medlock is a very strict lady and she wants everything to be her way or no way.

15. What gift does Dickon's mother give Mary?

From Quiz The Secret Garden (1949)

Answer: a skipping rope

Dickon presents Mary with a skipping rope (in America it would be called a jump rope) saying it's a gift from his mother. Mary has never seen anything like it and doesn't even know what to do with it. It is Martha the maid (Elsa Lanchester) who demonstrates how to use it.

16. Who yells at Mary for entering the garden?

From Quiz Secrets of "The Secret Garden"

Answer: Ben

Ben climbs up and sees the children and scolds them for being in the secret garden. He then softens when he sees Colin, and Ben admits that he himself has been in the garden, even after Lord Craven ordered it closed.

17. What is their house's name?

From Quiz The Secret Garden

Answer: Misselthwaite Manor

Misselthwaite Manor is a very large country home that has almost 100 rooms.

18. What is the Craven estate's groundskeeper's name?

From Quiz The Secret Garden (1949)

Answer: Ben Weatherstaff

Ben (Reginald Owen) always seems to be hanging around the garden wall when Mary and Dickon go out to play. The children have to be very careful after finding the entrance to the garden. They don't want Ben to tell Mr. Craven they found it and have been working to restoring it after it has been untended for 10 years.

19. How does Mary escape to see Colin after Mrs. Medlock locks Mary in her bedroom?

From Quiz Secrets of "The Secret Garden"

Answer: She goes through a secret passageway.

Mary discovers the passage on her first day at Misselthwaite Manor. When Mrs. Medlock locks her up in her bedroom, Mary is very angry at first, then remembers the passage and sneaks away.

20. Who was Mrs. Medlock's servant?

From Quiz The Secret Garden

Answer: Martha

Mary also said that Martha was her servant because she waited on her.

21. Why does Archibald Craven forbid access to the garden?

From Quiz The Secret Garden (1949)

Answer: His wife died in it.

Craven and his beloved wife were sitting in the garden having tea one day when a branch fell from a tree and killed her, forcing the birth of Colin. This greatly affected Craven. Ben says that he laid for days grieving, then took up an ax and tried to cut down the tree, but being handicapped, he didn't have the stamina to finish the job. After that he decided to lock the garden up permanently and bury the key, psychologically cutting off that part of his life.

22. How do the children convince Lord Craven to return to Misselthwaite?

From Quiz Secrets of "The Secret Garden"

Answer: They perform a chant around a fire.

With Ben's help, the children sing a chant around the fire, led by Colin, who begs the "great magic" to send his father home. That night, Lord Craven has a dream about his wife, prompting him to return.

23. Where did Colin take his first steps?

From Quiz The Secret Garden

Answer: In the garden

Dickon helped him up to be able to take his first steps.

24. Why does Mary run off crying when Lord Craven returns home?

From Quiz Secrets of "The Secret Garden"

Answer: She thinks no one wants her around.

Mary is afraid of how her uncle will react at seeing the garden open. On the contrary, he thanks her for what she has done. As Mary remarks at the end of the film. "The spell was broken. My uncle learned to laugh, and I learned to cry."

25. Where did Lord Craven see Colin walk first?

From Quiz The Secret Garden

Answer: In the garden

Lord Craven wanted to go and see why Colin was not in his room. When he went outside to find Colin, he found him playing in the garden.

26. At the end of the movie, Mr. Craven decides to sell the mansion and take Colin to live with him in which country?

From Quiz The Secret Garden (1949)

Answer: Italy

Craven thinks it is best for Colin's health if they live in Italy. The plans are derailed, however, when Ben discovers the children in the garden and outs them to Craven. Craven hurries there and is at first dismayed, but then is elated when he sees that Mary and Dickon have taught Colin to walk. The buyer of the estate, who is also present, is shown tearing up his cheque, implying that the Cravens will be staying. Shades of "Heidi"!

27. What is the name of the song that plays at the end of the film?

From Quiz Secrets of "The Secret Garden"

Answer: Winter Light

Linda Ronstadt provides the vocals for the version that plays during the closing credits. Instrumental versions of this can be heard all throughout the film.

28. Which character said, "If you look the right way, you can see the whole world is a garden"?

From Quiz The Secret Garden

Answer: Mary

This expression was said at the end of the movie.

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