Girly Movies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Elvis Presley

Elvis rocketed to fame in the early 1950s when his upbeat style became popular with teens. This led to roles in 31 feature films like "King Creole", "Jailhouse Rock" and "Kid Galahad". In this movie, the plot involved Presley as a poor fishing guide whot wants to start his own business. Meanwhile, he is involved in a love triangle with two women played by Stella Stevens and Laurel Goodwin. Elvis gets to sing "A Boy Like Me, A Girl Like You" and "Return To Sender" amongst other songs in this tuneful musical.

Answer: George Cukor

"Les Girls" starred Kelly, but was directed by Cukor, who was nominated five times for Academy Awards. His only win was in 1965 for "My Fair Lady". He is often cited as being a "women's director" because many of his films were focused on strong female characters.

The plot of "Les Girls" centers on a female dancer who decides to write an exposé of her days as a dance hall entertainer. The movie shows the theme from the viewpoints of three people involved.

Answer: Bette Davis

Another film directed by George Cukor, the plot is like a 1930s version of "Desperate Housewives". Marital affairs and gossip abound amongst wealthy Manhattan socialites. Norma played Mary Haines whose husband is having an affair with a shop clerk Crystal Allen (Crawford).

She discovers this by hearing gossip arranged by Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell). With over 130 characters in this movie, interestingly no men appear in this film; even the animals used were females. Other stars in this film include Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine and Mary Boland.

Answer: He could read women's minds.

Played by Mel Gibson, Nick gained the ability to hear women's thoughts after an accident. Being somewhat of a chauvinist, he tried to use his power to sabotage Darcy McGuire (Helen Hunt), a woman who was hired to fill a position he had hoped to get in the ad agency for which he worked.

This movie won several awards - ASCAP Film and Television Music Award, Blockbuster Entertainment Award, The Bogey Award and The Golden Screen. It was nominated, but received no wins for The Golden Globes, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Film, The Casting Society of America, The Satellite Award and Young Artist Award.

Answer: A college professor wants to publish a book disproving jealousy.

This film stars Don Ameche as the professor of psychology, John Hathaway, who wants to publish a book on the theme of jealousy to disprove it. He isn't the jealous type as evidenced by his lack of response to other men's attentions to his wife, Julie (Rosalind Russell). Julie can't understand John's attitude since she becomes jealous when she sees John embracing his publisher's assistant, Nellie (Kay Francis) although the reason was innocent.

This leads to a free-for-all between John, his publisher (Donald Meek), Julie and Nellie.

This seems to change John's attitude and when another man makes a pass at Julie, he begins to understand what jealousy is.

Answer: no

Hedy Lamarr starred as over-the-hill actress, Vanessa Windsor. She meets a handsome movie extra, Chris Farley, played by George Nader, and he is soon a guest at her beach house. While there he meets her alcoholic daughter, Penny (Jane Powell) who also pursues him which causes conflicts between mother and daughter.

Answer: gambling

Henry Fonda and Joanne Woodward star as a poor pioneer couple, Meredith and Mary. He decides to risk it all in a game of poker with the town's wealthiest and experienced men to try to win enough money to buy a farm. However, he suffers a debilitating heart attack and Mary, who knows nothing about gambling, must finish the game. Jason Robards, Paul Ford and Burgess Meredith also have substantial roles.

Answer: Sylvia Kristel

Sylvia Kristel starred as the loving but compromised wife of Sir Clifford Chatterley (Shane Briant) who was rendered impotent in an accident. With his blessing, she seeks a man that can meet her needs and finds one in their gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors (Nicholas Clay). Kristel was born in 1952 in The Netherlands and acted in many European films in the early 1970s.

In 1979, she relocated to Hollywood and appeared in "Airport '79", "Private Lessons" and "Mata Hari". She was fluent in four languages (Dutch, Italian, English and French). Sadly she passed away in 2012 at age 60.

Answer: newspaper editor

Cary played Walter Burns, the editor of a Chicago-based newspaper. When he learns his his ex-wife and star reporter, Hildy (Rosalind Russell) is engaged to an insurance salesman, he attempts to win her back with an elaborate ploy. Howard Hawks directed this comedy.

He campaigned to make the movie after presenting the script of "The Front Page", the play on which the movie is based, at a cocktail party and had some guests read through it. After hearing a woman read the part of Hildy, which was originally a male role, he changed that character's gender for the film.

Answer: Pretty Woman

Julia Roberts and Richard Gere star in this 1990 romantic comedy. He's a businessman on a trip to Los Angeles and decides to hire a call girl, Vivian (Roberts). He likes her so much that he offers her money to act as his companion at social events. Roberts was nominated for an Academy Award for this movie and although she didn't win, she did win a Golden Globe.

This line is said by Roberts to Gere when they start to have feelings for each other and she confides that to him. She reveals her unhappy childhood and even in the present, she is ignored or ridiculed by shop clerks and business people.