10 Question Movie Quiz: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof | Movies

Answer: He broke his leg

Brick had been drinking and had gone to the football stadium where he had played during high school. In his mind he relived his past glories as a high school football star and attempted to jump a hurdle. He fell and broke his leg.

Answer: Burl Ives

Burl Ives, a big man with a gentle voice, was known for his rendition of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". He attended Eastern Illinois State Teachers' College from 1927-29, but decided he was wasting his time and dropped out. The school, now Eastern Illinois University, named a building after him 60 years later.
Ives also starred in "East of Eden" and "Desire Under the Elms".

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor

Taylor, born in London, is the daughter of American parents who were both from Kansas and were residing in London at the time of her birth. She starred in her first motion picture at the age of nine, and has won three Academy Awards during her film career. During the filming of "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof", her third husband Michael Todd was killed in a plane accident.

Answer: marching band number

Even though Mae had trained her children to sing and play instruments for Big Daddy's birthday, they were rather rude and irritated other family members throughout the movie. One even went so far as to tell Maggie she was jealous because she couldn't have children.

Answer: She scooped up some of the ice cream from her legs and rubbed it in the child's face.

As Maggie rubbed the ice cream in Trixie's face, Mae was screeching to her husband about why he had let the child do this. His response, as he looked up from reading a book, was that the child had washed her hands.

Answer: By jumping from a window in a tall building

Skipper and Brick had played football together, but age was catching up with them.
Skipper played a bad game, got drunk and called Brick wanting help. Brick didn't help because he thought there was something going on between Skipper and Maggie. This was the reason he was wouldn't have anything to do with Maggie.

Answer: indigestion

Big Daddy and his wife had been told by the doctor that Big Daddy's health was fine, but the truth was that Big Daddy had cancer and didn't have long to live. Since Mae was determined that Cooper would inherit his father's fortune, she had to hide her disappointment when she found out Big Daddy wasn't dying. Brick was the first one to hear the truth from the doctor.

Answer: young, old

Maggie wanted Brick to realize how Cooper and Mae were doing everything possible to make sure Big Daddy gave Cooper control of his fortune. When Brick said he didn't want the money, Maggie told him how hard it was being poor - having to suck up to people, having no clothes, and having to wear a hand-me-down wedding dress.

Answer: cashmere robe

Maggie had bought the robe and tried to get Brick interested in the gift, but he didn't want any part of it as he didn't want any part of his family or his father's celebration. When the family urged Big Daddy to open his gift, he told them to open it themselves because he wanted to talk to Brick.

Answer: Maggie

Maggie lied about being pregnant. She told Big Daddy that was her birthday present to him. He and Big Mama were overjoyed, but Mae became enraged and said Maggie was lying. She said she could hear through the bedroom walls and knew that Maggie and Brick had not been together.

She tried to make Maggie out as a liar because if Maggie was pregnant, Cooper had less chance of inheriting his father's fortune.