Q 01/05

In which New England state is Stepford, the fictional town of The Stepford Wives, located?

A) Vermont

B) Connecticut

C) Massachusetts

D) Rhode Island

Answer · why

B) Connecticut

Connecticut is home to fictional Stepford, and the 1975 film was shot on location in real towns across the state.

Q 02/05

The insult 'Stepford wife', born from a satirical horror novel, describes a woman who is what?

A) Wealthy and idle

B) Cold and ambitious

C) Submissive and docile

D) Jealous and controlling

Answer · why

C) Submissive and docile

Submissive and docile is the meaning, usually a put-down for a wife who seems to fit a subservient stereotype.

Q 03/05

Which novelist wrote The Stepford Wives five years after his Satanic chiller Rosemary's Baby?

A) Ira Levin

B) Robert Bloch

C) Richard Matheson

D) Thomas Tryon

Answer · why

A) Ira Levin

Ira Levin also wrote The Boys from Brazil and Sliver, and many of his novels were turned into films.

Q 04/05

Which website named its Stepford Smiler and Stepford Suburbia pages after The Stepford Wives?

A) Urban Dictionary

B) Know Your Meme

C) Wikiquote

D) TV Tropes

Answer · why

D) TV Tropes

TV Tropes uses Stepford Smiler for a character whose flawless, cheerful front hides someone hollow or quietly falling apart.

Q 05/05

Which horror film did director Jordan Peele say was influenced by the 1975 film The Stepford Wives?

A) Midsommar

B) Hereditary

C) The Witch

D) Get Out

Answer · why

D) Get Out

Get Out was Peele's directorial debut, and he named the 1975 thriller as an influence on its satirical premise.