Q 01/05

Which magazine has sent photographer Robert Kincaid to Iowa in The Bridges of Madison County?

A) The Saturday Evening Post

B) National Geographic

C) Popular Photography

D) Life magazine

Answer · why

B) National Geographic

National Geographic gives Kincaid the assignment that brings him to Francesca's farm gate, where he stops to ask for directions.

Q 02/05

What destroyed the Cedar Bridge, pictured on the cover of the novel The Bridges of Madison County, in 2002 and 2017?

A) A flood

B) A tornado

C) Arson

D) Lightning

Answer · why

C) Arson

Arson claimed the 1883 original in 2002 and then its replica in 2017. The bridge was built a third time and reopened in 2019.

Q 03/05

Which Western star was born in Winterset, the Iowa town where much of The Bridges of Madison County was filmed?

A) Gary Cooper

B) Henry Fonda

C) James Stewart

D) John Wayne

Answer · why

D) John Wayne

John Wayne is Winterset's most famous son, and a museum devoted to him opened in 2015 across from the house where he was born.

Q 04/05

Which actress won the Oscar that Meryl Streep was nominated for as Francesca in The Bridges of Madison County?

A) Sharon Stone

B) Emma Thompson

C) Susan Sarandon

D) Elisabeth Shue

Answer · why

C) Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon won for playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking, her first victory after four losing nominations.

Q 05/05

Which 1995 film with a Clint Eastwood cameo kept The Bridges of Madison County from opening at number one?

A) Jumanji

B) Casper

C) Toy Story

D) Pocahontas

Answer · why

B) Casper

Casper was in its second weekend when the romance opened behind it at number two. Eastwood appears in the ghost comedy as himself.