Q 01/05

Which actress won her second Best Actress Oscar playing Blanche DuBois in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire?

A) Bette Davis

B) Olivia de Havilland

C) Vivien Leigh

D) Katharine Hepburn

Answer · why

C) Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh got the film part only after Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland turned it down; she had already played Blanche on the London stage.

Q 02/05

Which actor, almost unknown when cast, played Stanley on Broadway and in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire?

A) John Garfield

B) Burt Lancaster

C) James Dean

D) Marlon Brando

Answer · why

D) Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando was cast after the producer had first wanted John Garfield, and the film earned him the first of four straight Best Actor nominations.

Q 03/05

Which animated series staged a musical version of A Streetcar Named Desire, titled Oh, Streetcar!, in a 1992 episode?

A) The Simpsons

B) Tiny Toon Adventures

C) The Ren & Stimpy Show

D) Darkwing Duck

Answer · why

A) The Simpsons

The Simpsons cast Marge as Blanche opposite Ned Flanders as Stanley, and a song mocking New Orleans drew so many complaints that Bart apologized in th...

Q 04/05

Which garment did Stanley's costume in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire help turn into fashionable outerwear?

A) The leather jacket

B) The polo shirt

C) The bomber jacket

D) The T-shirt

Answer · why

D) The T-shirt

The T-shirt was still a navy undergarment that veterans had begun wearing with their uniform trousers, until the film helped make it stylish on its ow...

Q 05/05

Which body of law does Stanley cite in Scene Two of A Streetcar Named Desire to claim a share of Stella's property?

A) Spanish colonial law

B) The Homestead Act

C) The Napoleonic Code

D) The Code of Justinian

Answer · why

C) The Napoleonic Code

The Napoleonic Code still shaped Louisiana law from its French colonial past, so Stanley argues that if Stella was swindled out of the family estate, ...