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1.	Long before Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) was helping Ed Masry (Albert Finney) to win a suit against giants PG&E, she was a former beauty queen. Which title did she win?
		Miss Omaha
		Miss Des Moines
		Miss Wichita
		Miss Little Rock

2.	What did Mrs. Gump (Sally Field) do in order to get little Forrest into public school?
		She bribed the superintendent
		She slept with the principal
		She made pies for the school board
		She moved to a district that would allow him to enroll

3.	In Baby Boom, JC Wiatt (Diane Keaton) leaves hectic New York City with new daughter Elizabeth, moves to Vermont and starts her own company, which produces...what?
		cloth diapers
		stuffed animals
		knit blankets and booties
		baby food

4.	In Juno, what does Juno (Ellen Page) write on the hastily written note to hopeful adoptive mom Vanessa (Jennifer Garner)?
		I'm not sure I still want to do this.
		If you're still in, I'm still in.
		You'll be a wonderful mother.
		He's all yours.

5.	In which movie did the mother of twins demand that someone obtain for them the unpublished manuscript of a Harry Potter novel?
		The Jane Austen Book Club
		The Devil Wears Prada
		Material Girls
		The Nanny Diaries

6.	In Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), how many children does Helen North (Lucille Ball) bring into the family when she marries Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda), a widower with 10 children?
		4
		6
		8
		10

7.	In The Incredibles, Helen Parr (aka Elastigirl) and her children Violet and Dash have ejected from a plane before it explodes. How does she help her children land safely?
		She stretches herself (and them) over to a nearby island
		She turns herself into a parachute and floats them down into the water
		She turns herself into a rubber band and flings them to safety
		She turns into a bubble and bounces with them over to land

8.	In Steel Magnolias, what does M'Lynn (Sally Field) do for daughter Shelby (Julia Roberts) in her time of need?
		She raises $25,000 for Shelby's medical treatment.
		She allows Shelby and her son to live with her after she divorces her husband.
		She carries a child for Shelby.
		She donates one of her kidneys to Shelby.

9.	The end of Parenthood shows the birth of which character's baby?
		Helen Buckman Brodsky (Dianne Wiest)
		Karen Buckman (Mary Steenburgen)
		Julie Buckman Higgins (Martha Plimpton)
		Susan Buckman Huffner (Harley Kozak)

10.	In Notorious, how did Madame Anna Sebastian (Leopoldine Konstantin) prevent daughter-in-law Alicia Huberman Sebastian (Ingrid Bergman) from leaving the house once it was discovered that she was an American spy?
		She locked Alicia in the wine cellar.
		She "accidentally" broke Alicia's tailbone.
		She tied Alicia to her bed.
		She put poison in Alicia's daily coffee.

11.	After twins Susan and Sharon (Hayley Mills) meet at summer camp in The Parent Trap (1961), they decide to pull a switcheroo. Sharon goes to California, masquerading as Susan, to spend time with her father. Where does Susan, masquerading as Sharon, go to meet her mother?
		Boston
		New York City
		Philadelphia
		Baltimore

12.	Who has played cinematic mother to Lindsay Lohan, Josh Hartnett and Eliza Dushku?
		Natasha Richardson
		Felicity Huffman
		Meryl Streep
		Jamie Lee Curtis

13.	Surprise! The real killer in the first film in the ______ series wasn't ________ at all, but actually his mother.
		A Nightmare on Elm Street / Freddy Kruger
		Hellraiser / Pinhead
		Halloween / Michael Myers
		Friday the 13th / Jason

14.	The Banks family seemed to desperately need a nanny - so Mary Poppins' (Julie Andrews) timing was perfect. Mr. Banks was always busy with work, and Mrs. Banks, although a loving mother, always seemed to be busy fighting for...what?
		the right to allow women to vote
		protection for abused women and children
		more imported furniture and home goods in her house
		the chance to be a woman in the workplace

15.	In Mask, 16-yr old Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz) is having a hard day, so his mother Rusty (Cher) decides to buy him something (after picking up some drugs for herself). What does she get Rocky?
		a share of her drugs
		a prostitute
		a bottle of vodka
		a carton of cigarettes

16.	In The Blind Side, Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) buys Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) something he says he's never had before. What is it?
		clothes that fit
		a bed
		a backpack
		a winter jacket

17.	Which movie mom dates astronaut Garret while agreeing to raise her grandchildren after her daughter's untimely death?
		Aurora Greenway (Terms of Endearment)
		M'Lynn Eatenton (Steel Magnolias)
		Mildred Pierce (Mildred Pierce)
		Helen Harris (Raising Helen)

18.	In Little Miss Sunshine, how does Sheryl (Toni Collette) get her son Dwayne (Paul Dano) to agree to attend his sister Olive's pageant with the rest of the family?
		She offers him $1,000 if he goes
		She agrees to let him sign up for the flight school he wants to attend
		She threatens to tell her husband that Dwayne has been stealing money out of his wallet
		She cries and makes him feel guilty

19.	Which of these mother/child actors have not co-starred in a movie together?
		Anne Meara / Ben Stiller
		Ingrid Bergman / Isabella Rosellini
		Goldie Hawn / Kate Hudson
		Vanessa Redgrave / Natasha Richardson

20.	What event was the catalyst for Psycho's Norman Bates' (Anthony Perkins) "transformation" into his mother?
		Mrs. Bates divorced her husband (Norman's father).
		Mrs. Bates committed suicide.
		Mrs. Bates kicked Norman out of the Bates Motel.
		Mrs. Bates found a new boyfriend.

21.	In Almost Famous, what does Elaine Miller (Frances McDormand) yell out the car window to her son William (Patrick Fugit) as he's heading inside to the Black Sabbath concert?
		"I love you, honey!"
		"Don't take drugs!"
		"Stay away from loose women!"
		"Make me proud!"

22.	Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) asks daughter Christina (Diana Scarwid) why she can't give her mother the same respect a stranger on the street would give - the respect she is 'entitled to'. 'Mommie Dearest' apparently doesn't like her daughter's answer, as she starts strangling Christina. What was Christina's answer?
		"I am not one of your fans."
		"You are a horrible mother."
		"You are not worthy of my respect."
		"I wish you would die!"

23.	In Heartbreakers, what song does Max (Sigourney Weaver) - masquerading as Ulga Yevanova - sing on stage while on a date with the wealthy William (Gene Hackman)?
		Soviet National Anthem
		Heartbreaker
		Sympathy For the Devil
		Back in the USSR

24.	Stepmom Isabel (Julia Roberts) tells her husband's ex Jackie (Susan Sarandon) that her fear is that on stepdaughter Anna's wedding day, all Anna will be thinking is "I wish my mom were here." What does Jackie say her fear is?
		that she will not be there on Anna's wedding day
		that Anna will not be wishing she was there
		that Isabel will be the one getting to help Anna instead of her
		that Isabel will be a huge presence in Anna's life

25.	As the Grogan family is saying their final goodbyes to beloved pet dog Marley in Marley and Me, mom Jenny (Jennifer Aniston) puts something into Marley's grave next to him. What is it?
		a note saying that Marley had made them a family even before the kids had been born
		the stuffed animal that Marley loved to chew
		a necklace that Marley had once ingested
		Marley's leash

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