All About Eve - Quiz
All About Eve
  • 1. In what year was All About Eve first released on VHS?
A) 1996
B) 1999
C) 2003
D) 1979
  • 2. When did The Criterion Collection release their Blu-ray edition of the film?
A) 1999
B) 2003
C) November 25, 2019
D) February 1, 2011
  • 3. What audio format does The Criterion Collection Blu-ray use?
A) Stereo
B) 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
C) Original mono audio
D) 7.1 Surround Sound
  • 4. Which television show featured an episode titled 'A New Sue Ann'?
A) The L Word
B) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
C) Family Guy
D) The Simpsons
  • 5. In 'A New Sue Ann', who played the character Sue Ann Nivens?
A) Tina Louise
B) Betty White
C) Linda Kelsey
D) Malu Mader
  • 6. Which Brazilian telenovela was loosely based on the plot of All About Eve?
A) Celebridade
B) The Ice Tower
C) Todo sobre mi madre
D) A Beginner's Mind
  • 7. In the film Magic Mike, what is the name of the ambitious young upstart?
A) Lisa
B) Adam
C) Alana
D) Eve
  • 8. Which actor plays the character named Adam in Magic Mike?
A) Alex Pettyfer
B) Angelo De Augustine
C) Steven Soderbergh
D) Channing Tatum
  • 9. In the episode 'All About Lisa' from The Simpsons, which character's assistant does Lisa become?
A) Jenny Schecter
B) Krusty the Clown
C) Sue Ann Nivens
D) Margo Channing
  • 10. Which Pedro Almodóvar film is an homage to All About Eve?
A) The Ice Tower
B) Celebridade
C) Magic Mike
D) Todo sobre mi madre
  • 11. In Gilligan's Island, what is the name of the character who takes over Ginger's persona?
A) Laura Prudente da Costa
B) Eva Grubb
C) Alana Fitzgerald
D) Maria Clara Diniz
  • 12. In the Family Guy episode 'All About Alana', who does Alana move in with?
A) Lois Griffin
B) Lisa Simpson
C) Jenny Schecter
D) Sue Ann Nivens
  • 13. Which song on the album A Beginner's Mind was inspired by All About Eve?
A) The Ice Tower
B) Lady Macbeth in Chains
C) A New Sue Ann
D) All About Alana
  • 14. In the AEW wrestling storyline, who is the protegé of 'Timeless' Toni Storm?
A) Mariah May
B) Alana Fitzgerald
C) Linda Kelsey
D) Eva Grubb
  • 15. Who directed the 2025 fantasy drama film The Ice Tower?
A) Lucile Hadžihalilović
B) Sufjan Stevens
C) Pedro Almodóvar
D) Steven Soderbergh
  • 16. How much had All About Eve earned in US and Canadian rentals by January 1951?
A) $8.4 million
B) $1.4 million
C) $5.0 million
D) $3.1 million
  • 17. What was the original budget of All About Eve?
A) $8.4 million
B) $1.4 million
C) $2.0 million
D) $3.1 million
  • 18. What was the cumulative gross of All About Eve?
A) $8.4 million
B) $3.1 million
C) $1.4 million
D) $10.5 million
  • 19. Which critic called All About Eve 'a superior satire'?
A) Richard L. Coe
B) John McCarten
C) Abel Green
D) Bosley Crowther
  • 20. How did Abel Green characterize the film All About Eve?
A) A literate, adult film
B) A historical documentary
C) A shallow melodrama
D) A musical comedy
  • 21. Who described the role of Margo Channing as Bette Davis's 'greatest role'?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Abel Green
C) Bosley Crowther
D) Richard L. Coe
  • 22. What is the approval rating of All About Eve on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 88%
B) 95%
C) 99%
D) 100%
  • 23. What Metacritic score was assigned to All About Eve?
A) 98 out of 100
B) 100 out of 100
C) 85 out of 100
D) 90 out of 100
  • 24. To which other film did Roger Ebert compare All About Eve regarding the aging actress plot?
A) Sunset Boulevard
B) Citizen Kane
C) The Wizard of Oz
D) Casablanca
  • 25. According to Kathleen Woodward, what is one of the options Margo faces as an aging actress?
A) Performing the role of a young woman
B) Marrying a younger man
C) Retiring to the countryside
D) Becoming a film director
  • 26. Why has All About Eve been a favored film among gay audiences?
A) Its low box office performance
B) Its focus on Broadway history
C) Its depiction of San Francisco
D) Its campy overtones and the casting of Bette Davis
  • 27. Which publication interviewed Bette Davis in 1972 regarding her support for gay men?
A) The Advocate
B) Variety
C) The New York Times
D) The New Yorker
  • 28. How did Richard L. Coe describe All About Eve?
A) A boring drama
B) The wittiest comedy of the year
C) A poorly scripted movie
D) A tragic look at Broadway
  • 29. What does Rebecca Flint Marx note regarding the Broadway and Hollywood relationship?
A) Antagonism
B) Collaboration
C) Mutual respect
D) Indifference
  • 30. Who was Mankiewicz's original choice for the role of Margo Channing?
A) Susan Hayward
B) Claudette Colbert
C) Ingrid Bergman
D) Bette Davis
  • 31. Why was Susan Hayward considered too young for the role of Margo?
A) She lacked dramatic experience
B) She was under contract elsewhere
C) She had a scheduling conflict
D) She was 32 years old
  • 32. Which actress was hospitalized with a back injury, losing the role of Margo?
A) Ingrid Bergman
B) Barbara Stanwyck
C) Claudette Colbert
D) Marlene Dietrich
  • 33. Why did Mankiewicz reject the script changes requested by Gertrude Lawrence's attorney?
A) He felt she was too expensive
B) He insisted on using Liszt's music
C) He disliked the torch song she chose
D) He did not want to remove smoking or drinking from the character
  • 34. What was the main reason Marlene Dietrich was not cast as Margo?
A) She was busy filming in Italy
B) She was deemed too old for the part
C) She refused to work with Zanuck
D) Her German accent was considered incompatible with the dialogue
  • 35. Who did Zanuck contact to replace Claudette Colbert after she became injured?
A) Susan Hayward
B) Marlene Dietrich
C) Ingrid Bergman
D) Bette Davis
  • 36. How long did Bette Davis have to prepare for filming after receiving the script?
A) Three days
B) One month
C) Ten days
D) Two weeks
  • 37. Who was Zanuck's first choice for the role of Eve Harrington?
A) Barbara Bates
B) Anne Baxter
C) Jeanne Crain
D) Marilyn Monroe
  • 38. Why did Mankiewicz feel Jeanne Crain was unsuitable for Eve Harrington?
A) She refused the part
B) She lacked the required bitch virtuosity
C) She was too old
D) She was not under contract to Fox
  • 39. What prevented Jeanne Crain from playing Eve Harrington?
A) She retired from acting
B) She became pregnant
C) She rejected the script
D) She was busy with another film
  • 40. Who was Mankiewicz's first choice for the role of Miss Casswell?
A) Anne Baxter
B) Barbara Bates
C) Marilyn Monroe
D) Sheree North
  • 41. How many scenes does Marilyn Monroe appear in within the film?
A) Four
B) One
C) Two
D) Six
  • 42. Who was the first choice for the role of Addison DeWitt?
A) Mankiewicz
B) George Sanders
C) José Ferrer
D) Gary Merrill
  • 43. Who played the minor character Phoebe?
A) Anne Baxter
B) Thelma Ritter
C) Sheree North
D) Barbara Bates
  • 44. Which actress did Mankiewicz write the role of Birdie Coonan for?
A) Thelma Ritter
B) Barbara Bates
C) Bette Davis
D) Anne Baxter
  • 45. Who directed the 1950 film All About Eve?
A) Mary Orr
B) Darryl F. Zanuck
C) George Sanders
D) Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • 46. What is the name of the character played by Anne Baxter?
A) Karen Richards
B) Margo Channing
C) Eve Harrington
D) Phoebe
  • 47. How many Academy Award nominations did All About Eve receive?
A) 25
B) 10
C) 14
D) 6
  • 48. Who is the acerbic theatre critic who narrates the film?
A) Lloyd Richards
B) Max Fabian
C) Bill Simpson
D) Addison DeWitt
  • 49. In what year was All About Eve selected for the National Film Registry?
A) 1990
B) 1946
C) 1998
D) 1950
  • 50. What award is Eve Harrington receiving at the ceremony shown at the start of the film?
A) Best Actress Oscar
B) Critics Choice Award
C) Sarah Siddons Award
D) Broadway Star Trophy
  • 51. Who is the wife of playwright Lloyd Richards?
A) Phoebe
B) Margo Channing
C) Eve Harrington
D) Karen Richards
  • 52. What is Margo Channing's age at the beginning of the film?
A) Forty
B) Fifty
C) Thirty
D) Thirty-five
  • 53. Who is Margo Channing's romantic partner and the play's director?
A) Addison DeWitt
B) Bill Simpson
C) Lloyd Richards
D) Max Fabian
  • 54. What is the real name of Eve Harrington, as revealed by Addison?
A) Cora
B) Phoebe
C) Gertrude Slescynski
D) Mary Orr
  • 55. Who is the young fan that Eve encounters in her apartment at the end of the film?
A) Karen
B) Margo
C) Phoebe
D) Eve
  • 56. How many awards did All About Eve win at the 23rd Academy Awards?
A) 4
B) 1
C) 14
D) 6
  • 57. Who tries to seduce Bill after her successful performance?
A) Margo
B) Karen
C) Eve
D) Phoebe
  • 58. What rank was All About Eve on AFI's 1998 list of the 100 best American films?
A) No. 1
B) No. 16
C) No. 25
D) No. 10
  • 59. In what magazine was The Wisdom of Eve first published?
A) The New Yorker
B) Cosmopolitan
C) Vanity Fair
D) Harper's Bazaar
  • 60. Whose anecdote inspired the story The Wisdom of Eve?
A) Darryl F. Zanuck
B) Susan Hayward
C) Mary Orr
D) Elisabeth Bergner
  • 61. What was the original title of the 82-page film treatment written by Mankiewicz?
A) Greatly Admired
B) Best Performance
C) The Wisdom of Eve
D) All About Eve
  • 62. How much did Twentieth Century-Fox pay to option the film rights to the story?
A) $10,000
B) $1,000
C) $5,000
D) $50,000
  • 63. What is the title of the autobiography where Elisabeth Bergner confirms the basis for the story?
A) Bewundert viel und viel gescholten
B) Best Performance
C) All About Eve
D) The Wisdom of Eve
  • 64. What did Mankiewicz change Margo's surname to in his film draft?
A) Richards
B) Cranston
C) Harrington
D) Channing
  • 65. Who was the studio president that provided suggestions for the screenplay?
A) Darryl F. Zanuck
B) Joseph L. Mankiewicz
C) James Fisher
D) Mary Orr
  • 66. How many pages long was Mankiewicz's original draft before it was truncated?
A) 500 pages
B) 180 pages
C) 223 pages
D) 82 pages
  • 67. Which company published the screenplay of All About Eve in hardcover format?
A) Random House
B) Twentieth Century-Fox
C) Cosmopolitan
D) NBC
  • 68. To whom did Mankiewicz dedicate the published screenplay?
A) Rosa
B) Elisabeth Bergner
C) Mary Orr
D) Darryl F. Zanuck
  • 69. Where did Mankiewicz spend six weeks expanding his treatment into a first draft?
A) Booth Theatre
B) Radio City Playhouse
C) San Ysidro Ranch
D) Twentieth Century-Fox studios
  • 70. When was the radio episode of The Wisdom of Eve broadcast?
A) April 29, 1949
B) January 1, 1950
C) March 7, 1950
D) January 24, 1949
  • 71. When did the Academy Film Archive preserve the film All About Eve?
A) 2016
B) 1997
C) 2000
D) 1990
  • 72. What rank did the Writers Guild of America give to the screenplay of All About Eve in 2006?
A) First
B) Second
C) Fifth
D) Fifty-ninth
  • 73. In what year did the Directors Guild of America rank All About Eve?
A) 2016
B) 1990
C) 1997
D) 2006
  • 74. What rank did the Directors Guild of America give to All About Eve in 2016?
A) 59th
B) 5th
C) 80th
D) 2nd
  • 75. Since what year has the Directors Guild of America been ranking films?
A) 1950
B) 2016
C) 1936
D) 1990
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