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The Prince of Tides Trivia Quiz

Take this quiz on Pat Conroy's beautiful and moving novel.

A multiple-choice quiz by ressas. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
ressas

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,741

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
14 / 25

Plays
349

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. Why did Tom go to New York? Hint

because of Savannah

he needed a change of pace

to live with his sister

troubles with his wife

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Question 2 of 25

2. What is Tom and Savannah's birthdate? Hint

October 4, 1945

October 5, 1945

October 5, 1944

October 4, 1944

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Question 3 of 25

3. What was the name of the priest who helped Henry?

Answer: (Watch your spelling!)

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Question 4 of 25

4. Who is Savannah's neighbor?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 25

5. When Henry went to Korea, whom did the Wingos live with? Hint

Sallie

Amos

Papa John and Tolitha

Susan

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Question 6 of 25

6. What kind of invertebrate did Papa John raise? Hint

black widows

ants

fireflies

butterflies

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Question 7 of 25

7. What was the name of Tom and Savannah's first-grade teacher? Hint

Agnes Day

Immaculata

Isabel Newbury

Helen Trent

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Question 8 of 25

8. What did Savannah and Tom call the man who was obsessed with Lila?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 25

9. What did Savannah say the stillborn baby was? Hint

lucky

sad

cold

dead

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Question 10 of 25

10. What's the name of the man who directs traffic in Colleton? Hint

Mr. Fruit

Mr. Apple

Mr. Tomato

Mr. Raspberry

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Question 11 of 25

11. What did Tolitha lay down in, mortifying Tom?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 12 of 25

12. What is the name of the women's group that Lila desperately wants to be accepted into?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 13 of 25

13. Why did Tom beat up Todd Newbury? Hint

Todd insulted Tolitha

Todd insulted Savannah

Todd called him white trash

Todd beat up Tom first

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Question 14 of 25

14. What sport does Lowenstein's son desperately want to play? Hint

Basketball

Baseball

Wrestling

Football

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Question 15 of 25

15. In what state did Lila grow up? Hint

Tennessee

Florida

Kansas

Georgia

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Question 16 of 25

16. What does Lila make for dinner that Henry refuses to eat? Hint

beef Wellington

coq au vin

sweetbreads

shrimp scampi

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Question 17 of 25

17. What does she make him to eat instead? Hint

chicken fried steak

a steak

hash

fried chicken

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Question 18 of 25

18. What do the Wingo children put in the Newbury's house when they are vacationing? Hint

dead shrimp

dead deer

dead fish

dead turtle

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Question 19 of 25

19. What is the name of the book that Savannah publishes under the pen name of Renata Halpern? Hint

The Way of the South

The Southern Way

The Way of the Southern

The Southern Ways

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Question 20 of 25

20. Did the man Tom and Savannah called 'Callanwolde' ever return?

Answer: (One Word yes or no)

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Question 21 of 25

21. What song does Herbert play on his violin, especially for Tom?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 22 of 25

22. True or false: Luke went to Vietnam?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 23 of 25

23. What is the name of the patrolman who gives Amos a hard time for driving on the wrong side of the road? Hint

Williams

Johnson

Sasser

Andrews

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Question 24 of 25

24. Why does Henry end up in prison? Hint

robbery

spousal abuse

drugs

murder

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Question 25 of 25

25. At the end of the movie, does Tom leave his wife for Susan, or does he go back to her?

Answer: ((Two words,goes back or leaves her))

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Why did Tom go to New York?

Answer: because of Savannah

Tom went to New York to help his sister Savannah, who had tried to commit suicide.

2. What is Tom and Savannah's birthdate?

Answer: October 4, 1944

Tom and Savannah were born during the great storm Bathsheba, midwifed by Sarah Jenkins.

3. What was the name of the priest who helped Henry?

Answer: Gunter Kraus

Later, when Henry would tell the story about his time in the war to Luke, Savannah and Tom, Savannah thought that Agnes Day was the name of the woman that the priest was in love with.

4. Who is Savannah's neighbor?

Answer: Eddie

Eddie lives across the hall from Savannah, and is always trying to tempt Tom to 'cross over'.

5. When Henry went to Korea, whom did the Wingos live with?

Answer: Papa John and Tolitha

When Henry went to Korea, Lila decided that Colleton was not the place she wanted to be with three small children, so she relocated and lived with Tolitha and Papa John.

6. What kind of invertebrate did Papa John raise?

Answer: black widows

Papa John was a shoe salesman, and thousands of other people were shoe salesmen. So he decided to become the shoe salesman who raised black widow spiders.

7. What was the name of Tom and Savannah's first-grade teacher?

Answer: Immaculata

Immaculata, who Savannah later wrote a poem about, was their first-grade teacher.

8. What did Savannah and Tom call the man who was obsessed with Lila?

Answer: Callanwolde

Tom and Savannah called him 'Callanwolde', which is the name of the property where they saw him relieving himself against a tree.

9. What did Savannah say the stillborn baby was?

Answer: lucky

Savannah said that the baby was lucky because it didn't have to live with them.

10. What's the name of the man who directs traffic in Colleton?

Answer: Mr. Fruit

His name is Mr. Fruit. He is described as 'fantastic, black, and lanky'.

11. What did Tolitha lay down in, mortifying Tom?

Answer: coffin

At the funeral home, Tolitha decided to lay down in the casket to make sure that it felt right. She complained about the box springs. Mrs. Blankenship walked into the funeral parlor, and Tolitha scared her to death by taking a piece of gum from Tom - when she was still lying in the casket!

12. What is the name of the women's group that Lila desperately wants to be accepted into?

Answer: The Colleton League

Lila desperately wants to be a member of the Colleton League, although her wonderful husband tells her that 'they have a Colleton League to keep people like you out'.

13. Why did Tom beat up Todd Newbury?

Answer: Todd called him white trash

Tom beat up Todd because he called the Wingos white trash. Tom tells his mother this while trying to defend his actions, and Lila says that she just proved him right and calls him 'a stupid cracker'.

14. What sport does Lowenstein's son desperately want to play?

Answer: Football

Susan's son Bernard wants to play football, and she enlists Tom to help him with that dream.

15. In what state did Lila grow up?

Answer: Georgia

Lila grew up in the mountains of Georgia, the child of a drunkard and a textile mill worker.

16. What does Lila make for dinner that Henry refuses to eat?

Answer: sweetbreads

He refuses to eat it, because he's tired of the fancy food she keeps preparing. He gives the sweetbreads to Joop, who won't eat them.

17. What does she make him to eat instead?

Answer: hash

Lila made him a very special hash with a can of Alpo!

18. What do the Wingo children put in the Newbury's house when they are vacationing?

Answer: dead turtle

The three of them put the dead turtle in Reese and Isabel Newbury's bed and puts one of Isabel's sleeping bonnets on the turtle's head. Savannah buys their mother a copy of the 'Colleton League Cookbook' and writes out the recipe for Loggerhead Turtle Chez Newbury in it.

19. What is the name of the book that Savannah publishes under the pen name of Renata Halpern?

Answer: The Southern Way

Savannah writes the book 'The Southern Way' about their family and a horrible, horrible thing that happened to them many years ago.

20. Did the man Tom and Savannah called 'Callanwolde' ever return?

Answer: yes

He came back and he brought friends with him. One raped Lila, one Savannah, and the other Tom. Caesar, the tiger that Henry brought home from the circus, mauled them to death.

21. What song does Herbert play on his violin, especially for Tom?

Answer: Dixie

He plays 'Dixie' beautifully and flawlessly. Tom is holding Herbert's prized {$300,000} Stradivarius violin over the balcony.

22. True or false: Luke went to Vietnam?

Answer: true

Luke went to Vietnam and came back a very different person than he was before he left.

23. What is the name of the patrolman who gives Amos a hard time for driving on the wrong side of the road?

Answer: Sasser

I had to throw this one in - Sasser is my last name too. :) Amos fumes that he was driving a 'gasoline powered motorcar before that boy was even born'. Grandpa Wingo also tries water-skiing, to show Sasser that he can still drive.

24. Why does Henry end up in prison?

Answer: drugs

He was hauling drugs on his shrimp boat.

25. At the end of the movie, does Tom leave his wife for Susan, or does he go back to her?

Answer: goes back

Although it's sad to see Tom leave Susan - and he loves her a lot - he is a good man who goes home to his wife.

Source: Author ressas

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