Weekly knowledge-off quiz: Nuns
Oct 19, 2012, 11:29 AM | Updated: Oct 11, 2024, 1:03 pm
In honor of guest contestant Dori Monson, and his famous radio segment "one-on-one against the nuns," this week's quiz focuses on our sisters of the cloth. (AP Photo/Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, File)
(AP Photo/Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, File)
In honor of guest contestant Dori Monson, and his famous radio segment “one-on-one against the nuns,” this week’s quiz focuses on our sisters of the cloth.
1. The off-Broadway musical “Nunsense” was adapted from what?
A. A short story
B. A real-life tragedy
C. A comic strip
D. A line of greeting cards
2. The Sound of Music was chock full of nuns. But it wasn’t chock full of fun for actor Christopher Plummer, who hated working on the film. What was Plummer’s nickname for the movie?
A. The Sound of Misery
B. The Sound of Mucus
C. The Sound of Silence
D. The Sound of a Stalled Career
3. Washington’s Shaw Island is also known as “Nun’s Island.” What TV show filmed a scene on location there?
A. Highway to Heaven
B. Twin Peaks
C. The West Wing
D. The Real World: Cancun
4. Sally Field was not the first person selected to play The Flying Nun in the old TV series. Who was originally offered the part?
A. Patty Duke
B. Penny Marshall
C. Mary Tyler Moore
D. The guy who played Klinger on M*A*S*H (Jamie Farr)
5. Whoopi Goldberg, without a doubt, is most celebrated for her role as a pretend nun in the film “Sister Act.” But Whoopi isn’t just an actress – she also started her own line of bedding with a style inspired by what?
A. An Irish fairy tale
B. A teddy bear
C. Her daughter
D. A dragon tattoo
Answers: 1. D, 2. B, 3. C, 4. A, 5. D
