Q 01/05

Which 2005 film, adapted from a Tyler Perry stage play, gave Madea her big-screen debut?

A) Madea's Witness Protection

B) Diary of a Mad Black Woman

C) Madea Goes to Jail

D) Meet the Browns

Answer · why

B) Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Diary of a Mad Black Woman was made for about $5.5 million, raised partly from stage-show ticket sales, and took more than $50 million at the box offi...

Q 02/05

Southerners know the name Madea as a shortened, affectionate form of which two-word phrase?

A) Mother dear

B) Madam dear

C) My dearest

D) Missus dear

Answer · why

A) Mother dear

Mother dear, run together in Southern speech, gives Madea her name. Tyler Perry based the character on his own mother and an aunt.

Q 03/05

In her first film, Madea takes which tool to the living room of her granddaughter's cheating husband?

A) A sledgehammer

B) A crowbar

C) A chainsaw

D) A blowtorch

Answer · why

C) A chainsaw

A chainsaw lets Madea wreck the mansion's living room, a rampage that puts her in front of a judge as a repeat offender.

Q 04/05

Which Modern Family star plays T.T., Madea's serial-killer cellmate, in Madea Goes to Jail?

A) Julie Bowen

B) Sarah Hyland

C) Ariel Winter

D) Sofía Vergara

Answer · why

D) Sofía Vergara

Sofía Vergara had already worked with Tyler Perry a year earlier, playing the brick-throwing best friend in Meet the Browns.

Q 05/05

Which real TV personality is Madea's anger management counselor in Madea Goes to Jail?

A) Dr. Oz

B) Dr. Drew

C) Dr. Phil

D) Dr. Ruth

Answer · why

C) Dr. Phil

Dr. Phil gets nowhere with her: the sessions go badly, and Madea is soon in trouble again over a stolen parking space.