"The Princess Bride: True Love and High Adventure" Quiz

Answer: His father

In both the book and movie, "The Princess Bride" is written by S. Morgenstern (which is a pseudonym of the real author William Goldman.) In the book, according to William, when he was a boy, he became sick with pneumonia and during his recuperation, his father read "The Princess Bride" to him.

Answer: Sharks

Buttercup is kidnapped by Vizzini and his team. They all board a ship and set sail for the Cliffs of Insanity. While on the water, Buttercup jumps overboard and tries to escape from her kidnappers. In the book, Vizzini warns Buttercup of the sharks who attack when they smell blood. Vizzini then proceeds to cut himself, collect the blood in a cup, and throw it into the water.

Answer: True

In "The Princess Bride" book, Prince Humperdinck has bred the four fastest horses in Florin. The horses are known as the Whites; they are the only horses Prince Humperdinck rides, and he always rides bareback. Prince Humperdinck's horse in the movie is brown and is fitted with a fabric saddle.

Answer: The sea before a storm

In "The Princess Bride" book, Buttercup realizes her own love for Westley after a restless night of reasoning in which she considers Westley's eyes, which are like the sea before a storm.

Answer: Snow Sand and R.O.U.S.

In the movie there are three perils of the Fire Swamp: Flame Spurts, Lightning Sand, and R.O.U.S. (Rodent of Unusual Size), but in the book, there are just two: Snow Sand and R.O.U.S. The author, William Goldman explains the difference between Lightning Sand and Snow Sand: Lightning Sand is moist and destroys by drowning, Snow Sand is powdery and destroys by suffocation.

Answer: The Zoo of Death

In the movie, the Pit of Despair is simply an underground area where Count Rugen tortures Westley, and where Inigo and Fezzik arrive to find him dead. In the book, the Pit of Despair is the Zoo of Death; an underground area where Prince Humperdinck keeps an array of creatures for him to hunt. After Buttercup leaves Westley in the Fire Swamp, Prince Humperdinck has him thrown in the Zoo of Death. Later in the story, Inigo and Fezzik, not knowing Westley is dead, enter the Zoo of Death and defeat various creatures to rescue him.

Answer: 20

When Buttercup calls Humperdinck a coward and assures him that she is in love with Westley, he becomes filled with rage. Humperdinck locks Buttercup in her room and rushes underground, where Westley lies strapped to the Machine. Humperdinck speaks ill of Westley and Buttercup's love, raises the Machine to 20, and sucks away Westley's life.

Answer: Thieves Forest

In the movie, Prince Humperdinck tells Yellin there are rumors that soldiers of Guilder plan to kill his bride, Buttercup, on the day of their wedding. Humperdinck says he believes there are Guilderians posing as residents of Florin and that they are hiding in the Thieves Quarter, so he orders Yellin to have it emptied. It is just the same in the book, except the Thieves Quarter is called the Thieves Forest.

Answer: It makes the pill look better.

In both the book and movie, Inigo is confused by the appearance of the miracle pill, which looks like nothing more than a chocolate lump. In the movie, Max's wife Valerie explains that the chocolate coating helps the pill go down easier, but in the book, the miracle pill has a chocolate coating to make it look better.

Answer: He stole it from Max.

In the book, Inigo and Fezzik collect ingredients for the miracle pill. Inigo gathers the frog dust needed, and Fezzik gathers the holocaust mud, which requires wearing a cloak so he does not get burned. Later, when Westley requests a holocaust cloak as part of his plan to storm the castle, Fezzik has the one he stole from Max.