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Sweet Home Alabama Multiple Choice Quiz | Movies

In 2002 Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey and Josh Lucas starred in this romantic comedy. Let's see how much you remember.

A multiple-choice quiz by tdakoo. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
tdakoo

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
252,269

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
7045

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (9/10), Guest 99 (7/10), Guest 86 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Melanie Smooter tries to distance herself from her home in Alabama by changing her last name to Carmichael. Where did she come up with this name? Hint

Her childhood pet's name

Her mother's maiden name

An estate nearby

The town she lived in

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of Melanie's fashion mentor? Hint

Frederick Virginia

Frederick Madison

Frederick Phoenix

Frederick Montana

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Question 3 of 10

3. According to Bobby Ray, which magazine called Melanie's clothes "less than mediocre"? Hint

Women's Day

Cosmopolitan

Women's Wear Daily

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of Jake's mother (Melanie's mother-in-law) who owns a bar? Hint

Ella

Stella

Bella

Drella

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these acts is Melanie not accused of doing? Hint

Stealing from the Piggly Wiggly

Breaking and entering

Stealing a tractor

Blowing up the bank

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the last name of Melanie's fianc�? Hint

Hastings

Hennings

Helmond

Harrison

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Question 7 of 10

7. What dessert does Melanie's father tell her mother to get out of the ice chest? Hint

Bologna Cake

Carrot Cake

Tomato Soup Cake

Fish Cake

8. After her return to Alabama Melanie warned Jake and his friends that she didn't want to play a game in which she was captured between two men. Of the following, which was not a version of this game? Hint

Melanie sandwich

Melanie corndog

Melanie taco

Melanie fish stick

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is Melanie's mother's name? Hint

Opal

Ruby

Crystal

Pearl

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Question 10 of 10

10. What serves as the cake topper for Melanie and Jake's wedding cake? Hint

Rock 'em sock 'em robots

He-mand and She-ra

Transformers

Barbie and Ken

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Apr 20 2024 : Guest 172: 9/10
Apr 17 2024 : Guest 99: 7/10
Apr 09 2024 : Guest 86: 6/10
Apr 06 2024 : Guest 166: 6/10
Apr 05 2024 : Guest 174: 7/10
Apr 04 2024 : Guest 172: 10/10
Apr 03 2024 : Guest 172: 8/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Melanie Smooter tries to distance herself from her home in Alabama by changing her last name to Carmichael. Where did she come up with this name?

Answer: An estate nearby

In this film Melanie Carmichael/Smooter (Reese Witherspoon) is a fashion designer in New York. She goes by the last name "Carmichael" which is the name of a plantation estate near her home in Alabama where her father participates in reenactments of the Civil War.
In real life the Carmichael Plantation was home to Martha Berry who founded Berry College (where the home is located) in Mt. Berry, Georgia.

2. What is the name of Melanie's fashion mentor?

Answer: Frederick Montana

Frederick (played by Nathan Lee Graham) is her fashion mentor turned fashion rival. In the end of the movie he has a flirtation with Melanie's longtime friend Bobby Ray (Ethan Embrey).
Many of the film's opening scenes take place in New York City. "Sweet Home Alabama" was the first movie to be allowed to shoot in New York after the September 11 attacks in 2001.

3. According to Bobby Ray, which magazine called Melanie's clothes "less than mediocre"?

Answer: Women's Wear Daily

Bobby Ray says that "Women's Wear Daily" panned Melanie's clothes, and this prompts Melanie to retaliate by outing Bobby Ray.
None of the other magazines were mentioned in the film although a photo of Melanie and Frederick appears on the cover of "W" magazine.

4. What is the name of Jake's mother (Melanie's mother-in-law) who owns a bar?

Answer: Stella

Jake's mother Stella (Jean Smart) owns a bar where Melanie, Jake (Josh Lucas) and Bobby Ray hang out, and which later serves as the reception hall for Melanie and Jake's wedding.
Jean Smart would later star on the TV series "24" with Mary Lynn Rajskub who played Melanie's friend Dorothea.

5. Which of these acts is Melanie not accused of doing?

Answer: Stealing from the Piggly Wiggly

When Melanie goes to the house that she and Jake once shared, he tries to get her arrested for breaking into his house, then says that she once stole a tractor. Later Jake tells Andrew (Patrick Dempsey) that Melanie accidentally blew up the bank when she strapped dynamite to a cat. He also mentions that she stole steaks form the Winn Dixie (NOT the Piggly Wiggly).
It's no wonder they called her Felony Melanie.

6. What is the last name of Melanie's fianc�?

Answer: Hennings

Melanie's fianc� is Andrew Hennings, the son of New York City Mayor Kate Hennings (Candice Bergen).
Andrew was played by Patrick Dempsey a number of years before he returned to mainstream stardom on "Grey's Anatomy".

7. What dessert does Melanie's father tell her mother to get out of the ice chest?

Answer: Bologna Cake

Bologna cake is an actual cake made from bologna, cream cheese and horseradish. Doesn't that just sound appetizing?

Answer: Melanie fish stick

Melanie said no more Melanie sandwich, Melanie taco or Melanie corndog. Gee, that corndog one sounds like it could be painful.

9. What is Melanie's mother's name?

Answer: Pearl

Melanie's mother, played by Mary Kay Place, was named Pearl Smooter. Her husband, played by Fred Ward, was named Earl.
Mary Kay Place would later guest star on the TV series "Grey's Anatomy" with her "Sweet Home Alabama" costar Patrick Dempsey.

10. What serves as the cake topper for Melanie and Jake's wedding cake?

Answer: Rock 'em sock 'em robots

All of these were popular toys in 1980s, but the Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots are most appropriate for this couple who have had a volatile marriage.
Then the cat Melanie supposedly blew up starts licking the frosting. I love that part!

Source: Author tdakoo

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