Q 01/05

Which hit 1960s sitcom did creator Sol Saks admit was partly inspired by Bell, Book and Candle?

A) I Dream of Jeannie

B) Bewitched

C) The Addams Family

D) The Munsters

Answer · why

B) Bewitched

Bewitched reached ABC six years after the film, and a fellow writer recalled Saks being honest that its modern-witch premise was not a particularly or...

Q 02/05

What is the name of Gillian Holroyd's cat, the conduit for her spells, in Bell, Book and Candle?

A) Pyewacket

B) Grimalkin

C) Mephisto

D) Salem

Answer · why

A) Pyewacket

Pyewacket shares a name with an imp listed in a 17th-century English witch-trial confession, and several cats shared the role on screen.

Q 03/05

On which night of the year does Bell, Book and Candle open, as Shep Henderson first meets the Holroyds?

A) Halloween

B) New Year's Eve

C) Christmas Eve

D) Walpurgis Night

Answer · why

C) Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve sets the scene, and the score works a few bars of Jingle Bells into the opening credits to match.

Q 04/05

The two leads of Bell, Book and Candle had co-starred earlier in 1958 in which Hitchcock thriller?

A) Rear Window

B) Spellbound

C) Notorious

D) Vertigo

Answer · why

D) Vertigo

Vertigo was made on loan: the leading lady's studio lent her to Paramount, and her co-star's services for this comedy were the return favour.

Q 05/05

According to the witches' rules in Bell, Book and Candle, what costs a witch her magical powers?

A) Falling in love

B) Telling a mortal

C) Entering a church

D) Touching cold iron

Answer · why

A) Falling in love

Falling in love strips a witch of her magic, which is why Gillian hesitates before accepting Shep's marriage proposal.