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Great Kate : Katharine Hepburn Quiz

She was labeled Box Office Poison. She was nominated for twelve Best Actress Acadamy Awards. She was Great Kate, and here's where you can test your knowledge of a woman once known as a living legend.

A multiple-choice quiz by shaylab. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
shaylab

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
16,410

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
4461

Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (10/10), Guest 107 (8/10), polly656 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was Katharine Hepburn's first movie? Hint

The Lion in Winter

A Bill of Divorcement

The Philadelphia Story

Bringing Up Baby

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Katharine Hepburn comedy showed her doing a flip off of Cary Grant's shoulders? Hint

Holiday

Bringing Up Baby

The Philadelphia Story

Sylvia Scarlett

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which pithy satirist and columnist said of Kate, 'She runs the gamut of emotion from A to B'? Hint

Liz Smith

Hedda Hopper

Dorothy Parker

Louella Parsons

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the first movie Kate filmed with Spencer Tracy? Hint

Pat and Mike

Woman of the Year

Adam's Rib

Desk Set

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what film did Kate utter her famous line, 'The calla lilies are in bloom again'? Hint

Woman of the Year

Stage Door

Adam's Rib

Break of Hearts

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Question 6 of 10

6. What film featured the line, 'Mr. Alnutt...dear'? Hint

The African Queen

Woman of the Year

Break of Hearts

Christopher Strong

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Question 7 of 10

7. Where did Kate attend college? Hint

Radcliffe

Harvard

Yale

Bryn Mawr

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Question 8 of 10

8. What profession did Kate's father practice? Hint

Law

Acting

Writing

Medicine

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was Katharine Hepburn's first film with Henry Fonda? Hint

On Golden Pond

Operation Petticoat

It's a Wonderful Life

Grand Hotel

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the one-syllable title of Kate's autobiography? Hint

Kate

Ha!

Film

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Katharine Hepburn's first movie?

Answer: A Bill of Divorcement

Kate starred with John Barrymore in the film, 'A Bill of Divorcement.'

2. Which Katharine Hepburn comedy showed her doing a flip off of Cary Grant's shoulders?

Answer: Holiday

While 'The Philadelphia Story' featured the famous scene of Cary Grant pushing Hepburn through the doorway, it was in the lesser known 'Holiday' that Kate actually did a flip off Grant's shoulders.

3. Which pithy satirist and columnist said of Kate, 'She runs the gamut of emotion from A to B'?

Answer: Dorothy Parker

Yup, it was Dorothy Parker. That was right before Hepburn was labeled box office poison.

4. What was the first movie Kate filmed with Spencer Tracy?

Answer: Woman of the Year

The dynamic duo teamed up for the first time in 'Woman of the Year'.

5. In what film did Kate utter her famous line, 'The calla lilies are in bloom again'?

Answer: Stage Door

'Stage Door' featured a play within a film, and Kate's character spoke those lines during her first entrance.

6. What film featured the line, 'Mr. Alnutt...dear'?

Answer: The African Queen

Kate's famous 'morning after' line was spoken in 'The African Queen', to Bogie's Charlie Alnutt.

7. Where did Kate attend college?

Answer: Bryn Mawr

Kate attended Bryn Mawr College.

8. What profession did Kate's father practice?

Answer: Medicine

Kate's father was a respected doctor.

9. What was Katharine Hepburn's first film with Henry Fonda?

Answer: On Golden Pond

'On Golden Pond'. Kate and Henry weren't even in the other films.

10. What is the one-syllable title of Kate's autobiography?

Answer: Me

Kate's rambling, first-person autobiography was called Me. Because, it's all about me.

Source: Author shaylab

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