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"Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" on Screen

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Cat on A Hot Tin Roof on Screen game quiz
"As many of us know, film adaptions can leave a lot of stuff out of the original. So, what came from the play by Tennessee Williams, and what came from the film?"

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1. One of Gooper and Mae's children throws ice cream at Maggie in the film. But what do they throw in the play?
    Hot buttered biscuit
    Hard boiled sweets
    Cream pies
    Peas


2. Maggie recalls when a drunk spat tobacco juice at Susan McPheeters, the carnival queen, a few years previously. Which version of "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" does this happen in?
    The film
    Neither play nor film
    Both play and film
    The play


3. How does Skipper die in the film?
    Maggie pushes him out the window
    Brick stabs him
    Of alcoholism
    Commits suicide by jumping out of the window


4. Maggie says that she and Skipper slept together, in the film.
    True
    False


5. Brick and Maggie sleep together at the end of the film because Brick decides to give in to Maggie. But what happens at the end of the play?
    Maggie locks up Brick's liquor to get him to sleep with her
    Brick leaves Maggie
    The same as the film.
    Maggie and Gooper sleep together


6. Maggie is infertile, in the play.
    True
    False


7. In the play and film, we all know Big Daddy's dying of cancer, but in the film the characters do not say the word 'cancer'.
    True
    False


8. Which actor who appeared in the premiere of the play reprised the role for the film?
    Burl Ives
    Madeline Sherwood
    Paul Newman
    Elizabeth Taylor


9. "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" won the Pulitzer Prize in 1955. How many Oscars did the film win?
    Three
    One
    None
    Two


10. After the film, there was a TV adaptation in 1976. Which famous actress played Maggie?
    Joan Plowright
    Marilyn Monroe
    Lana Turner
    Natalie Wood


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Compiled Jun 28 12