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Quiz about Entertaining Nuns
Quiz about Entertaining Nuns

Entertaining Nuns Trivia Quiz


Over the years various media, movies, and TV have used fictional nuns to entertain us. Can you answer trivia questions about them?

A multiple-choice quiz by missnlindsey. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
missnlindsey
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
383,755
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
12 / 15
Plays
565
Last 3 plays: adam36 (11/15), Guest 99 (15/15), Guest 173 (10/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. In the 1960s TV sitcom, "The Flying Nun", which future Academy Award winning actress portrayed the title character, Sister Bertrille? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Actress Hayley Mills played a mischievous student at a convent boarding school in part one of this movie franchise. Her costars, Rosalind Russell and Marge Redmond, portrayed the nuns in charge. What was the name of this film? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. In the 1959 dramatic movie, "The Nun's Story" a physician's assertive daughter leaves her life of wealth and privilege to become a nun. What famous actress, born in Belgium, played the title role, Sister Luke, in the movie? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. In this sequel to a Christmas Classic, "Going My Way" Bing Crosby again portrays Father O'Malley. Bing partners with co-star, Ingrid Bergman, the convent headmistress, Sister Benedict, to save an inner-city convent school. What is the name of the sequel? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. In this 1970 movie set in the old west near Mexico, an ill-mannered, coarse young nun, finds a protector in a gunfighter hired to help keep the French from invading Mexico. The movie was "Two Mules for Sister Sara". Which two actors played the leads? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. This 1990 comedy featured actors, Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane, disguised as nuns to avoid being killed by the crime boss they had worked for. What is the name of this movie? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. In 1961, the song "Dominique". a number one hit on the United States Billboard charts, was recorded by a Belgian nun, and later performed, on the "Ed Sullivan Show". By what other name was Sister Luc-Gabrielle (Jeanne Paule Deckers) known? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. A group of nuns find out that their cook accidentally poisoned 52 nuns. To pay for burials, the nuns sell greeting cards and later the survivors put on a bizarre variety show to pay for the last funerals. What off-Broadway musical is this? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. In this movie Jane Fonda starred as a court-appointed psychiatrist sent to evaluate a very naive nun who had given birth to a baby that was found strangled in her wastebasket at the convent. What is the name of this 1985 film? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Elvis Presley made many movies during his career, but only one in 1969 starring Mary Tyler Moore as a nun. Presley, as a doctor in a low-income clinic, falls for his co-worker, not knowing that she is a nun. Name the movie? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. This movie, about an ill-fated love affair driving the heroine, Angela Chiaromonte, to enter an Italian convent as a nun, was made three times. What was the sibling sounding name of these movies? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. This 1992 movie featured Whoopi Goldberg as a nightclub singer who sees a murder and is placed in witness protection as a nun. What movie was this? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. This movie based on a 1939 novel, explores the way a group of nuns react to the ambiance of a lavish, sensual Himalayan setting in a convent building that was originally designed as a palace bordello. Which egocentric floral title was given to this 1947 movie, starring Deborah Kerr as the Anglican Mother Superior? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. The 1962 film "Lilies of the Field" tells of an itinerant handyman who is hired by a group of German nuns for a few small projects in the Arizona desert. Which actor played the lead role of the handyman? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. This 1965 Academy Award-winning Rodgers and Hammerstein musical starts and ends in the Austrian Alps just outside a convent. Name the film about this musical family. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In the 1960s TV sitcom, "The Flying Nun", which future Academy Award winning actress portrayed the title character, Sister Bertrille?

Answer: Sally Field

"The Flying Nun", according to the premise of the show, could take to the skies because of her light weight and aerodynamic head wear. Hollywood used Sally Field's previous work on the show "Gidget" to define her life before becoming a nun, as a surfer girl. In fact, some clips from "Gidget" were actually used in "The Flying Nun".
2. Actress Hayley Mills played a mischievous student at a convent boarding school in part one of this movie franchise. Her costars, Rosalind Russell and Marge Redmond, portrayed the nuns in charge. What was the name of this film?

Answer: The Trouble with Angels

After winning an Oscar for her 1960 performance in the film "Pollyanna", only Jackie Kennedy was a bigger superstar at that time than Hayley Mills. Hayley is also remembered for her role playing twins in the original, 1961 movie, "The Parent Trap".
3. In the 1959 dramatic movie, "The Nun's Story" a physician's assertive daughter leaves her life of wealth and privilege to become a nun. What famous actress, born in Belgium, played the title role, Sister Luke, in the movie?

Answer: Audrey Hepburn

The author of "The Nun's Story," Marie-Louise Habets, later took care of Audrey Hepburn after a horse riding accident in 1960. The year after Marilyn Monroe sang "Happy Birthday" to President JFK, Audrey Hepburn, one of JFK's mistresses, sang "Happy Birthday" to him.
4. In this sequel to a Christmas Classic, "Going My Way" Bing Crosby again portrays Father O'Malley. Bing partners with co-star, Ingrid Bergman, the convent headmistress, Sister Benedict, to save an inner-city convent school. What is the name of the sequel?

Answer: The Bells of Saint Mary's

"The Bells of Saint Mary's" was the highest earning movie ever made at RKO pictures. The $3.1 million profit was more than even the original "King Kong" or "Citizen Kane", also from RKO, made.
5. In this 1970 movie set in the old west near Mexico, an ill-mannered, coarse young nun, finds a protector in a gunfighter hired to help keep the French from invading Mexico. The movie was "Two Mules for Sister Sara". Which two actors played the leads?

Answer: Clint Eastwood and Shirley Maclaine

In the end, it is revealed that the young woman disguised as a nun was actually a harlot sabotaging the French army. The role of Sister Sara was originally offered to Elizabeth Taylor, who showed the script to Clint Eastwood, who became interested in the project.
6. This 1990 comedy featured actors, Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane, disguised as nuns to avoid being killed by the crime boss they had worked for. What is the name of this movie?

Answer: Nuns On The Run

Eric Idle was famous for his comedy in "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
Coltrane was probably better known for roles in two James Bond Movies and eight "Harry Potter" films where he reprised his role as Rubeus Hagrid.
7. In 1961, the song "Dominique". a number one hit on the United States Billboard charts, was recorded by a Belgian nun, and later performed, on the "Ed Sullivan Show". By what other name was Sister Luc-Gabrielle (Jeanne Paule Deckers) known?

Answer: The Singing Nun

Sister Luc-Gabrielle, born Jeanne Paule Deckers, felt the call to religious life as a young woman and in 1959 joined the Missionary Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of Fichermont. Nearly all profits from her international recording exploits went to the church, and her Reverend Mother censored her lyrics to make sure they were nothing but joyful.

In 1966, she left the convent due to increasing disparity between her views and Catholic Church reform. In March of 1985, Decker and her longtime "roommate", Annie Pécher, entered into a suicide pact and were buried side by side.
8. A group of nuns find out that their cook accidentally poisoned 52 nuns. To pay for burials, the nuns sell greeting cards and later the survivors put on a bizarre variety show to pay for the last funerals. What off-Broadway musical is this?

Answer: Nunsense

The Little Sisters of Hoboken learn that the convent cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, had accidentally poisoned 52 nuns. To pay for the burials, the nuns made and sold greeting cards. The card sales only covered the final expenses of 48 of the poisoned sisters.

The last four dead nuns were put in the freezer. "Nunsense" was the brainchild of Dan Goggin, who once produced funny sarcastic greeting cards with religious overtones himself. Goggin then took his ideas and developed a cabaret show based on his greeting card successes, and later transformed the cabaret into a musical.
9. In this movie Jane Fonda starred as a court-appointed psychiatrist sent to evaluate a very naive nun who had given birth to a baby that was found strangled in her wastebasket at the convent. What is the name of this 1985 film?

Answer: Agnes of God

The young nun, played by Meg Tilly, was convinced that the baby had been the result of an immaculate conception and claimed no memory of having a baby. The film actually focused on the battle between the Mother Superior (Anne Bancroft), who protected the very emotionally fragile Sister Agnes and tried to prevent Jane Fonda's character from probing for the truth.
10. Elvis Presley made many movies during his career, but only one in 1969 starring Mary Tyler Moore as a nun. Presley, as a doctor in a low-income clinic, falls for his co-worker, not knowing that she is a nun. Name the movie?

Answer: Change of Habit

The movie, "Change of Habit", was Elvis's 31st and final feature film.
Presley fans may recognize the title "In the Ghetto", which was the name of one of his songs. This song was not sung by Elvis in this movie.
11. This movie, about an ill-fated love affair driving the heroine, Angela Chiaromonte, to enter an Italian convent as a nun, was made three times. What was the sibling sounding name of these movies?

Answer: The White Sister

This movie was produced three times, once as a silent film, in 1915, starring Viola Allen. In 1923, it was remade as a talky starring Lillian Gish, and lastly, in 1933, starring Helen Hayes and directed by Victor Fleming. The 1923 movie also starred Ronald Colman as the love interest, but in the 1933 version Clark Gable played the lover, Captain Giovanni Severini.
12. This 1992 movie featured Whoopi Goldberg as a nightclub singer who sees a murder and is placed in witness protection as a nun. What movie was this?

Answer: Sister Act

According to the plot of "Sister Act," Whoopi's character, Sister Mary Clarence, takes over the convent choir and brings out the singing talents of her fellow nuns. "Sister Act 2 - Back in the Habit" was the name of the sequel.
13. This movie based on a 1939 novel, explores the way a group of nuns react to the ambiance of a lavish, sensual Himalayan setting in a convent building that was originally designed as a palace bordello. Which egocentric floral title was given to this 1947 movie, starring Deborah Kerr as the Anglican Mother Superior?

Answer: Black Narcissus

The "Black Narcissus" earned Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for Jack Cardiff and Best Art Direction for Alfred Junge. The movie was popular not only for its stunning imagery, captured in Technicolor, but for its complex, earthy, and adult themes in a convent.
14. The 1962 film "Lilies of the Field" tells of an itinerant handyman who is hired by a group of German nuns for a few small projects in the Arizona desert. Which actor played the lead role of the handyman?

Answer: Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier won the best actor Academy Award for his portrayal of the handyman, Homer Smith. This award was the first best actor Oscar won by a black man. Billy Dee Williams played Homer Smith in the sequel, "Christmas Lilies of the Field."
15. This 1965 Academy Award-winning Rodgers and Hammerstein musical starts and ends in the Austrian Alps just outside a convent. Name the film about this musical family.

Answer: The Sound of Music

The lead character was an impetuous nun in training, before becoming the family governess to seven motherless children during early Nazi occupation in Europe. She later marries the children's father and escapes with their family into Switzerland. This movie is loosely based on the story of the Von Trapp Family Singers, and starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Robert Wise was the director.
Source: Author missnlindsey

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