Mommie Dearest Trivia Quiz

Answer: expelled

Joan says this in the scene with the boarding school principal. Her bullying obviously extends beyond that of just her close friends and family. She is responding to Christina being caught with the boy in the stables. The principal responds that the school is upstanding and this behavior is not to be tolerated.

Answer: rodeo

During the board room scene, the Pepsi board try to oust Joan, and she is having nothing of it! This scene occurs just after Al has died and Joan is trying to salvage her image and finances. The board responds by allowing Joan to stay on as a board member.

Answer: fans

Christina makes this statement to Joan during the reporter's visit. She truly wants to make Joan understand that she is angry about her childhood. This line really sends Mommie Dearest over the edge and she responds by attacking Christina.

Answer: stranger on the street

Joan makes this comment to Christina during the reporter's visit. She thinks that Christina is being spoiled and insensitive and is confronting her about it. Christina's response is quite insensitive, with direct anger toward Joan.

Answer: kill

Christina is talking to her little-seen brother here. This is during the wire hanger scene as Christopher gets out of bed to help Christina clean up. His role is very mysterious in this film.

Answer: booze

Joan fires this one off after yanking Christina out of her boarding school. This happens after Christina is caught with a boy in the stables at school. Talk about rubbing salt in the wound!

Answer: bedsheets

This is Joan's highly dramatic answer to the suggestion that if she chose to adopt, the baby would need a father. This is one of the movie's early scenes and almost leads the audience to sympathize with her. Later on, it becomes quite evident that this line is one of many that she delivers as if every moment of her life is spent in front of a movie camera.

Answer: axe

Joan exclaims this to Christina in a scene following her meeting with Mayer. Joan is upset that her career is fading and again involves her children in one of her many angry outbursts. Christina promptly responds to her request in a fearful manner. In order to work out her frustrations, Joan hacks down a rose bush.

This seems very symobolic seeing as the "bloom" of her own flower is so obviously fading. This is the scariest scene involving roses ever!

Answer: dirt

Joan says this while inspecting Helga's housework. Helga is nervous and very apologetic during this scene. This is our first real glimpse of Joan's OCD concerning cleanliness.

Answer: three-hundred

Of course Joan makes this statement to Christina during this, the most famous scene in the movie. Joan actually wakes Christina out of her sleep to punish her for finding a wire hanger in her closet. Christina wakes in horror as her mother proceeds to beat her with the hanger.