Q 01/05

Who directed the 1998 film Practical Magic?

A) Griffin Dunne

B) Penny Marshall

C) Nora Ephron

D) Garry Marshall

Answer · why

A) Griffin Dunne

Griffin Dunne, the After Hours actor, admits witches did not interest him at all; he found his way into the story through the generations of strong wo...

Q 02/05

Whose 1995 novel is Practical Magic based on?

A) Anne Tyler

B) Alice Hoffman

C) Amy Tan

D) Alice Walker

Answer · why

B) Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman. She left the Owens family alone for 22 years, then wrote two prequels and a sequel, the last of which became the basis of the 2026 film...

Q 03/05

Which drink do the Owens women mix at midnight in the best-loved kitchen scene of Practical Magic?

A) Mojitos

B) Martinis

C) Margaritas

D) Mint juleps

Answer · why

C) Margaritas

Margaritas. The aunts chant a recipe of Barbados lime and cragged salt, wake the house and set everyone dancing round the kitchen, until the party sou...

Q 04/05

In Practical Magic, what sound tells an Owens woman her lover is doomed?

A) The ticking of a deathwatch beetle

B) The howling of a black dog

C) The cawing of a crow

D) The chime of a stopped clock

Answer · why

A) The ticking of a deathwatch beetle

The ticking of a deathwatch beetle. When Sally hears it under the floor, she tears up board after board trying to find the insect, but the curse still...

Q 05/05

Which two actresses play aunts Frances and Jet in Practical Magic?

A) Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest

B) Diane Keaton and Bette Midler

C) Cloris Leachman and Anne Bancroft

D) Shirley MacLaine and Olympia Dukakis

Answer · why

A) Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest

Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest. One leading critic thought the film would have been funnier had the two aunts, not their nieces, got the romances,...