Q 01/05

What is Baby Houseman's real first name?

A) Eleanor

B) Margaret

C) Frances

D) Lisa

Answer · why

C) Frances

The screenwriter was nicknamed Baby herself as a girl, and Frances is the name of her older sister.

Q 02/05

In what year is Dirty Dancing set?

A) 1963

B) 1966

C) 1969

D) 1975

Answer · why

A) 1963

The New York Times called the film a metaphor for America that summer: orderly, prosperous, a Yiddish-inflected Camelot.

Q 03/05

What is the name of the resort where the Housemans spend the summer?

A) Grossinger's

B) Kellerman's

C) Brown's

D) The Concord

Answer · why

B) Kellerman's

It is an upscale Catskills resort in the Borscht Belt owned by Dr. Houseman's sarcastic best friend Max.

Q 04/05

What is Baby's father's profession?

A) Dentist

B) Accountant

C) Cardiologist

D) Lawyer

Answer · why

C) Cardiologist

He is Jake Houseman; Baby borrows money from him without saying it is for Penny's abortion.

Q 05/05

What is the name of Baby's older sibling?

A) Vivian

B) Lisa

C) Marjorie

D) Penny

Answer · why

B) Lisa

Jane Brucker played her and co-wrote the song Lisa sings at the show rehearsal, "Hula Hana".