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Cat Ballou Trivia Quiz

This quiz pays tribute to the sleeper hit of 1965 starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin.

A multiple-choice quiz by scarltak. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
scarltak

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
139,062

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
594

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. At what place and time does the movie take place? Hint

Wolf City, Colorado in 1892

Wolf City, Nebraska in 1892

Wolf City, Kansas in 1894

Wolf City, Wyoming in 1894

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Question 2 of 10

2. There are two men who sing the narration throughout the movie. Who are they? Hint

Danny Kaye and Frank Sinatra

Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Nat King Cole and Danny Kaye

Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye

3. The town's people are dressed in their finest. They walk along the streets looking very excited. A ladies group has a band and is playing a lively tune. Why are all these people so enthusiastic? Hint

They are going to see a hanging

A congressman has arrived to give a speech

There is a fair in town

There is a barn dance

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is Cat doing in her cell? Hint

Praying

Sewing her dress

Singing with the band outside

Sleeping

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Question 5 of 10

5. On the train, Uncle Jed is pretending to be a preacher in order to get Clay out of the sheriff's custody. Finish the line he says to the sheriff. "I have come to comfort the sinner and..." Hint

"Return the stray lamb to the fold."

"Spread the good news."

"Give hope to the hopeless."

"Break out my nephew."

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the name of the gun fighter that the Wolf City Development Company has hired to drive Frankie Ballou off of his land? Hint

Jim Strong

Tim Strawn

Kid Sheleen

Kid Callahan

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who does Cat hire to protect her father from the gun fighter working for Wolf City Development? Hint

Tim Strawn

Kid Sheleen

Kid Callahan

Jim Strong

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where do Cat and her gang go after leaving the ranch? Hint

St. Louis

Dead Wood

Hole-in-the-Wall

Dodge City

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who owns the Wolf City Development Company? Hint

Sir Harry Wolf

Sir Samuel Percival

Sir Samuel Wolf

Sir Harry Percival

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Question 10 of 10

10. To save Cat from the hangman's noose, everyone has a job to do. Jackson drives the get-away hearse, Kid is their rear cover as they escape. What was Uncle Jed's job? Hint

To cut the rope

To distract the sheriff

To catch Cat

To help Kid

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. At what place and time does the movie take place?

Answer: Wolf City, Wyoming in 1894

This is part of the first song performed in the movie by Stubby Kaye and Nat King Cole.

2. There are two men who sing the narration throughout the movie. Who are they?

Answer: Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye

Stubby Kaye was actually a comedian.

Answer: They are going to see a hanging

The ladies group is singing "Pray, Jezebel, pray." Outside Cat's jail cell.

4. What is Cat doing in her cell?

Answer: Sewing her dress

The dress is white and lacy. If she wasn't in a jail cell, you could almost imagine that she was getting married.

5. On the train, Uncle Jed is pretending to be a preacher in order to get Clay out of the sheriff's custody. Finish the line he says to the sheriff. "I have come to comfort the sinner and..."

Answer: "Return the stray lamb to the fold."

He had a bit of trouble getting through the rest of his speech because the sheriff would interrupt him and he would have to start over.

6. What was the name of the gun fighter that the Wolf City Development Company has hired to drive Frankie Ballou off of his land?

Answer: Tim Strawn

Tim Strawn had his nose bit off in a fight. Frankie tells them that if he was going to be afraid of someone, he would be afraid of the guy who bit it off.

7. Who does Cat hire to protect her father from the gun fighter working for Wolf City Development?

Answer: Kid Sheleen

She sent him $50 in her letter, which he promptly drank away.

8. Where do Cat and her gang go after leaving the ranch?

Answer: Hole-in-the-Wall

Hole-in-the-Wall is a hideout for people with a price on their heads. Clay's price is $35 and Jed's is $25.

9. Who owns the Wolf City Development Company?

Answer: Sir Harry Percival

Cat tries to get Sir Harry to sign a confession stating that he hired a man to kill her father. He refuses. She holds a gun on him. They struggle and the gun goes off, killing him.

10. To save Cat from the hangman's noose, everyone has a job to do. Jackson drives the get-away hearse, Kid is their rear cover as they escape. What was Uncle Jed's job?

Answer: To cut the rope

Clay's job was to catch Cat. Jed disguised himself as a preacher again so he could stand on the gallows with Cat and cut the rope.

Source: Author scarltak

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