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The Big C Trivia Quiz

This is my first quiz, about my new favorite TV show on Showtime, "The Big C" - Season 1, with Laura Linney. I hope you enjoy it! (These should be easy if you've watched the first season).

A multiple-choice quiz by pashmina1778. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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pashmina1778

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5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
340,310

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. At the beginning of the series, we find out Cathy Jamison has been diagnosed with Stage IV of what deadly cancer? Hint

Ductal carcinoma (breast cancer)

Metastatic carcinoma of the lung (lung cancer)

Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

Melanoma (skin cancer)

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Question 2 of 10

2. The opening title sequence of each episode centers around Cathy swimming blissfully in a pool while various characters look down at her quizzically. Why does Cathy want a pool in her tiny backyard so badly? Hint

She wants to be able to do the banana split and dive off her porch. Some of her happiest memories are summers in the pool with her brother.

She wants to be able to throw her husband Paul and son Adam into the pool anytime they get on her nerves. She thinks this is perfect retribution.

She wants to be able to swim in the summer and ice skate in the winter (this is Minnesota after all).

She wants to throw a big summer block party at her house as a way of saying goodbye to everyone.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Until near the end of season 1, Cathy's husband, Paul, is out of the house and sleeping on his sister's couch. Why are Cathy and Paul separated when we meet them? (ONLY when we first meet them) Hint

Paul cheated on Cathy.

No specific reason- Paul's childishness has become a fundamental problem for Cathy.

Paul bought a Vespa with their savings and didn't tell Cathy.

Paul wanted Adam to go to soccer camp, Cathy didn't.

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Question 4 of 10

4. For several episodes, Cathy's curmudgeon neighbor, Marlene, is the only one who knows about Cathy's cancer outside of her oncologist. Marlene knows Cathy has cancer because her dog can smell it, and he continues to follow Cathy home, even waking her up by licking her all over at one point. What is Marlene's dog's name? Hint

Wilbur

Mudgy

Edgar

Thomas

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Question 5 of 10

5. Cathy tells Andrea, her plus-sized and sassy student, that you can't be fat and mean. You can either be fat and jolly or a skinny bitch. How much does Cathy offer to pay Andrea to help motivate her to lose weight? Hint

$100

$25

$50

$150

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Question 6 of 10

6. Mid-season, Cathy and her brother, Sean, take a somewhat impromptu road trip to visit their father. On the way, Cathy is persuaded to let loose by drinking a beer in the car, stealing a road sign for "Dingleberry Creek", and eating where? Hint

They steal a picnic lunch from a vacationing family

At a roadside diner

Out of a dumpster

At a Denny's

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Question 7 of 10

7. Cathy has a brief affair with a charmer named Lenny, an artist painting a mural at Cathy's school. What kind of accent does Lenny have? Hint

Southern US

Australian

English

Canadian

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Question 8 of 10

8. In what becomes a tearjerker episode, Cathy cashes out her 401(k), purchasing a red convertible as well as birthday, Christmas, graduation and other gifts for Adam for after she is gone, placing them in a storage unit. Which birthday does Cathy decide on for the convertible? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. Cathy and her oncologist, Dr. Mauer, drive to Canada to explore an alternative treatment therapy involving bee stings. While there, Dr. Mauer does something unexpected. What is it? Hint

He buys Cathy expensive jewelry at the border.

He cures Cathy's cancer with a new drug he brought with him.

He kisses Cathy.

He proposes to Cathy.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Cathy takes drastic measures to prevent her son Adam from going away for a month to soccer camp, so that she can spent time with him. What exactly does she do? Hint

Cathy ties Adam to a chair in his bedroom, telling him she'll untie him when he decides to stay home.

Cathy bribes him with $50,000 to stay home with her.

Cathy hunts down Adam's bus with a paintball gun. She and Andrea force him to come home.

Cathy slashes the tires of Adam's friend's car. That was his ride to the camp.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. At the beginning of the series, we find out Cathy Jamison has been diagnosed with Stage IV of what deadly cancer?

Answer: Melanoma (skin cancer)

We find out in the pilot episode that Cathy has Stage IV Melanoma, but hasn't, and isn't planning on telling anyone anytime soon. She doesn't want to be treated differently.

Answer: She wants to be able to do the banana split and dive off her porch. Some of her happiest memories are summers in the pool with her brother.

Cathy fondly reminisces to her handsome oncologist that although her family didn't have much money growing up, they had a pool, where she and her brother would spend summers making up dives. Despite paying the contractor a double rate, Cathy's plan is thwarted by Marlene's interference when she is required to file the proper permits.

Answer: No specific reason- Paul's childishness has become a fundamental problem for Cathy.

Later on in season 1, both Cathy and Paul end up cheating on each other, (Cathy with Lenny, and Paul with the 'rugby lady') but in the beginning of the season, it is merely Cathy's discontent with Paul's immature behavior that lands him on his sister's couch. He is back in the house by the end of the season.

Answer: Thomas

Thomas was able to smell the cancer in Marlene's late husband too. Marlene explains this to Cathy after Thomas follows her home again, and we learn Marlene isn't as tough as she appears.

Answer: $100

Cathy offers $100 to Andrea for each pound lost after catching Andrea smoking in the halls. Andrea agrees, mostly for the money, but jokes that she's fairly sure another bikini season will pass her by.

Answer: Out of a dumpster

Cathy is slightly mortified that she is "dumpster diving," but clearly is having a lot of fun too.

Sean to Cathy: "Fact: This box of Little Debbies is hermetically sealed. Do Little Debbies even have expiration dates? I don't think so."

7. Cathy has a brief affair with a charmer named Lenny, an artist painting a mural at Cathy's school. What kind of accent does Lenny have?

Answer: English

While Cathy is seducing/being seduced by Lenny, we see that Andrea has had a serious crush on him the entire time. This later causes a serious rift between Cathy and Andrea.

Answer: 30

In the season finale, and one of the more moving moments of the series, Adam discovers the storage locker. He breaks down and cries upon seeing all of the cards and gifts laid out for future celebrations that will happen without his mother.

9. Cathy and her oncologist, Dr. Mauer, drive to Canada to explore an alternative treatment therapy involving bee stings. While there, Dr. Mauer does something unexpected. What is it?

Answer: He kisses Cathy.

Dr. Mauer (Todd) kisses Cathy after he cuts in on a dance between her and the "bee man". He apologizes many times over, but admits that he has struggled with his feelings for her. Cathy tells him that he should pick the "girl that lives".

10. Cathy takes drastic measures to prevent her son Adam from going away for a month to soccer camp, so that she can spent time with him. What exactly does she do?

Answer: Cathy hunts down Adam's bus with a paintball gun. She and Andrea force him to come home.

This hysterical scene allows Cathy to take an unknowing Adam back home to spend the summer in her company. Unfortunately, it also reinforces the feeling in Adam that his mother has lost her mind.

Source: Author pashmina1778

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