The Ultimate Fried Green Tomatoes Quiz | Movies

Answer: Alabama

The majority of this film takes place in Alabama. The Southern feel of the movie is apparent throughout the film, especially in the scene where the Ku Klux Klan capture Big George. The Ku Klux Klan was very popular in the South.

Answer: Mary Stuart Masterson

Idgie is probably the wildest character in the film. As a child, she refuses to wear a dress to her sister's wedding, and instead wears suspenders.
Mary Stuart Masterson plays Idgie. Mary-Louise Parker plays Ruth, Kathy Bates plays Evelyn, and Cicely Tyson plays Sipsey.

Answer: Frank Bennett

All of these choices are characters in the movie, but Frank Bennett is the name of Ruth's husband. He is a very abusive man. When Idgie comes to pay Ruth a visit, she is surprised to see Ruth with a black eye. Idgie puts two and two together. The next time she comes to visit, she takes an expecting Ruth with her and threatens to kill Frank Bennett in his own home!

Answer: Idgie Threadgoode and Big George

Idgie and Big George are put on trial for Bennett's murder, even though neither one of them actually committed it. Idgie is assumed to have committed it by a lawyer from Georgia who has an insider tell him about the threat Idgie gave Bennett when she went to get Ruth.

Answer: Buddy

Ruth names her son Buddy Threadgoode Jr., after Idgie's dead older brother. Before he died, he always tried to woo Ruth with his charm.

Answer: True

Buddy Threadgoode Jr. does get his arm ripped off by a train. Oddly, Buddy Threadgood Sr. is also in an accident involving a train, but he doesn't survive.

Answer: Ed

Evelyn Couch's husband is named Ed. They are continuously trying to spice up their marriage. At one point in the film, Evelyn imagines what Ed would do if she answered the door wrapped in nothing but Ceran Wrap!

Answer: Grady

Grady Kilgore is the local sheriff. He is always hitting on Idgie. He and Idgie often play poker together. Idgie always wins.

Answer: Sipsey

Sipsey kills Frank. We do not find this out until the very end of the movie. When Frank comes back to kidnap his son, Sipsey counteracts by hitting him on the head with a frying pan. Ruth thinks that Idgie murdered Frank, and has no idea of the crime Sipsey has committed. Smokey Lonesome is also present at the murder, but he does nothing except tell Frank that he should not take Ruth's baby.

Answer: Cancer

Sadly, Ruth dies of cancer. In her final hours, she asks Idgie to tell her one more tall tale. Idgie tells her the one about the ducks that carry a frozen lake to Georgia, because that is Ruth's favorite.