Q 01/05

Which star played Maggie in the 1958 film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, returning to the set weeks after being widowed?

A) Janet Leigh

B) Shirley MacLaine

C) Elizabeth Taylor

D) Carroll Baker

Answer · why

C) Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor lost her husband, producer Mike Todd, in a plane crash days into the shoot and was back at work within a month. She later called Magg...

Q 02/05

Which actor earned his first Oscar nomination playing Brick Pollitt in the 1958 film Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?

A) Paul Newman

B) Marlon Brando

C) Montgomery Clift

D) Rock Hudson

Answer · why

A) Paul Newman

Paul Newman was cast because the director felt the camera could rest on his silent face for minutes at a time. He was not yet a big star, and the Osca...

Q 03/05

In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, what was a drunken Brick Pollitt doing when he broke his ankle?

A) Climbing a trellis

B) Jumping hurdles

C) Riding a horse

D) Dancing on a table

Answer · why

B) Jumping hurdles

Jumping hurdles at night on his old high-school track was Brick's drunken bid to relive his athletic glory. The 1958 film opens with the stunt, while ...

Q 04/05

Tennessee Williams so disliked the 1958 film of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof that he reportedly did what?

A) Sued the studio

B) Burned his contract

C) Walked out of the premiere

D) Told the queue to leave

Answer · why

D) Told the queue to leave

Williams is said to have told the queue to leave, warning people lining up that the picture would set the industry back 50 years. Audiences ignored hi...

Q 05/05

Which folk singer played Big Daddy both on Broadway and in the 1958 film of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?

A) Burl Ives

B) Pete Seeger

C) Harry Belafonte

D) Gene Autry

Answer · why

A) Burl Ives

Burl Ives is better known to millions as the voice of Sam the Snowman, narrator of the 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Big Daddy was h...