Q 01/05

Which comedian, an Oscar winner for Ghost, plays Deloris Van Cartier?

A) Whoopi Goldberg

B) Bette Midler

C) Queen Latifah

D) Angela Bassett

Answer · why

A) Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg, who had won Best Supporting Actress for Ghost in 1991, took the part after the script, originally written for another star, was rewor...

Q 02/05

Which star, the screenwriter's first choice for Deloris, turned it down fearing fans would not want her as a nun?

A) Cher

B) Bette Midler

C) Barbra Streisand

D) Goldie Hawn

Answer · why

B) Bette Midler

Bette Midler was the star Paul Rudnick had in mind when he pitched the film to producer Scott Rudin in 1987, but she passed on playing a nun.

Q 03/05

Under what pseudonym is screenwriter Paul Rudnick credited on the film?

A) Alan Smithee

B) Joseph Howard

C) Robert Harling

D) Nancy Meyers

Answer · why

B) Joseph Howard

Joseph Howard is the pseudonym Rudnick chose after a string of other writers, Carrie Fisher among them, reworked the script until it no longer resembl...

Q 04/05

Which Dirty Dancing director made Sister Act?

A) Garry Marshall

B) Emile Ardolino

C) Herbert Ross

D) Penny Marshall

Answer · why

B) Emile Ardolino

Emile Ardolino, who had won a documentary Oscar for He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin', directed both films; he died in 1993, a year after Sister Act.

Q 05/05

What is Deloris's real surname, before she adopts the stage name Van Cartier?

A) Wilson

B) Watson

C) Jackson

D) Williams

Answer · why

A) Wilson

Deloris Wilson is her legal name, with Van Cartier a stage flourish; Watson is Rita's surname in the sequel.