Sister Act Trivia
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48 free Sister Act trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
40 free Sister Act trivia questions with answers. Sister Act put Whoopi Goldberg in a habit, turned a convent choir into a Motown revue and became one of the biggest comedies of the 1990s. This quiz covers the 1992 film, its 1993 sequel and the stage musical: Deloris's real surname, the Reno mobster she witnesses, Sister Mary Patrick, Mary Lazarus and Mary Robert, the Reverend Mother's helicopter guilt trip, 'My Guy' becoming 'My God', the Bette Midler casting story, the writer who took his name off the script, the San Francisco church, the pope's visit, Lauryn Hill's breakout in Back in the Habit, the Broadway show's Tony nominations and the long-promised Sister Act 3. Easy questions ask who plays Deloris and what she disguises herself as; the hard ones want the screenwriter's pseudonym, the church in Noe Valley, the real choir teacher who inspired the sequel and how many performances the musical ran on Broadway. Written for musical fans, 90s kids and anyone who has belted 'I Will Follow Him' at karaoke. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the films, the musical and the cast, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01Which comedian stars as lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act?
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg, who had won Best Supporting Actress for Ghost in 1991, took the part after the script, originally written for another star, was reworked for her.
Q 02Which star, the screenwriter's first choice to play Deloris in Sister Act, turned the part down?
Bette Midler
Bette Midler was the star Paul Rudnick wrote the part for, but she backed out, telling him 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple'.
Q 03Which Star Wars star was among the script doctors who reworked the Sister Act screenplay?
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher was one of several writers who reworked the script; by the end Paul Rudnick felt it was no longer his and took the screen credit Joseph Howard.
Q 04Which Dirty Dancing director made Sister Act?
Emile Ardolino
Emile Ardolino made dance films for PBS and won an Oscar for the documentary He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'; he had never directed a feature before Dirty Dancing.
Q 05In Sister Act's opening flashback, young Deloris names the Apostles by listing members of which band?
The Beatles
The Beatles: asked in 1968 to name the Apostles, young Deloris Wilson offers 'John, Paul, George and Ringo', and the exasperated nun sends her to the blackboard.
Q 06In which city is Deloris singing when she witnesses a murder?
Reno
Reno is where she sings in a casino lounge run by her married gangster boyfriend, Vince LaRocca; going to hand back a gift from him, she walks in on a murder.
Q 07Who plays the mobster Vince LaRocca?
Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel played the mob boss for laughs in 1992, the same year as his far bloodier turns in Reservoir Dogs and Bad Lieutenant.
Q 08What is the name of the police lieutenant who hides Deloris in the convent?
Eddie Souther
Eddie Souther, played by Bill Nunn, hides her as a protected witness, then learns a leak in his own department has given her away and rushes to warn her.
Q 09What is the name of the parish where Deloris hides?
St. Katherine's
St. Katherine's is a struggling convent in danger of closing, so when the police promise a generous donation the Reverend Mother takes Deloris in against her better judgement.
Q 10What name does Deloris take as a nun?
Sister Mary Clarence
Sister Mary Clarence is the name the Reverend Mother gives her; Deloris asks if that means Clarence Williams III of The Mod Squad and is told it honours a saint.
Q 11Who plays the stern Reverend Mother?
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith plays the Reverend Mother, who decides to leave the convent when she feels her authority undermined, then changes her mind after the rescue.
Q 12Which upbeat, optimistic nun does Kathy Najimy play?
Sister Mary Patrick
Sister Mary Patrick, Kathy Najimy's first major film role, welcomes the newcomer on behalf of the sisters with 'a great, big hi there and hello'.
Q 13Which nun leads the convent choir, badly, before Deloris takes over?
Sister Mary Lazarus
Sister Mary Lazarus, played by the deadpan Mary Wickes, runs the tuneless choir; Deloris is ordered to join it as punishment for sneaking out to a bar.
Q 21Which future star of I Know What You Did Last Summer plays choir member Margaret in Sister Act 2?
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jennifer Love Hewitt had moved from Texas to Los Angeles at ten to perform, and before she joined the St. Francis choir her first album was already out, in Japan but not at home.
Q 22Which Disney label released Sister Act in 1992?
Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Pictures was the label Disney set up in 1984 to release more grown-up films without the family Disney name; Sister Act went out under it in May 1992.
Q 23Which Beverly Hillbillies actress sued Disney for $200M, claiming Sister Act plagiarised her book project?
Donna Douglas
Q 14Which traditional hymn does the choir sing at Mass before swerving into gospel and rock and roll?
Hail Holy Queen
Hail Holy Queen starts as a traditional hymn and breaks into a gospel arrangement; Reverend Mother is furious, but the monsignor is thrilled that new people came in off the street.
Q 15Which Motown hit do the Sister Act nuns turn into a hymn by swapping one word for 'God'?
My Guy
My Guy, the 1964 Mary Wells hit written by Smokey Robinson, becomes 'My God'; Deloris had already sung it straight in her lounge medley.
Q 16At the end of Sister Act, what two words does Deloris have for Vince as he is taken away?
Bless you
Bless you: with Vince under arrest and shouting at her, Deloris says she has two words for him, and out comes a blessing where an insult seemed due.
Q 17How do the nuns travel to rescue Deloris from the casino in Sister Act?
By helicopter
By helicopter: the Reverend Mother leads the sisters in praying aloud at a pilot until guilt makes him fly them, and Vince's men then cannot bring themselves to shoot a nun.
Q 18Which song does the choir perform for the pope in the Sister Act finale?
I Will Follow Him
I Will Follow Him, the 1963 Little Peggy March hit, closes the concert for the Pope; it had also been part of Deloris's opening lounge medley.
Q 19Whose song 'Shout' plays over the closing credits?
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers recorded 'Shout' in 1959; over the credits Deloris, the sisters and her old backing group the Ronelles belt out their own version.
Q 20In which city is the convent where Deloris hides in Sister Act?
San Francisco
San Francisco: the church used is St. Paul's in well-to-do Noe Valley, so the storefronts across the street were dressed down to make the neighbourhood look seedy.
Donna Douglas, Elly May in The Beverly Hillbillies, said it copied a screenplay of the book A Nun in the Closet; she and her partner turned down a $1 million offer and lost in court.
Q 24How were Sister Mary Robert's solos performed in Sister Act?
Dubbed
Dubbed: the shy novice who finds her voice in the choir is borrowing one, with singer Andrea Robinson supplying the vocals while actress Wendy Makkena lip-syncs.
Q 25Which Martha and the Vandellas hit opens Deloris's lounge act?
Heat Wave
Heat Wave, the 1963 Martha and the Vandellas single, opens the lounge medley Deloris sings with the Ronelles; its other two songs come back later as numbers for the nuns.
Q 26What is the subtitle of Sister Act 2, the 1993 sequel?
Back in the Habit
Back in the Habit came out in December 1993, eighteen months after the original; critics panned it, but it grew into a cult favourite.
Q 27Sister Act 2 is loosely based on the life of Iris Stevenson, a choir teacher where in Los Angeles?
Crenshaw High
Crenshaw High's Iris Stevenson was to be the subject of her own drama, but Disney, wanting a Christmas 1993 release, reworked that script into the sequel.
Q 28Which singer made her film breakout as rebellious student Rita Watson in Sister Act 2?
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill, then 18, played Rita, who joins the choir against her strict mother's wishes and sings 'His Eye Is on the Sparrow' as a duet; the Fugees' first album followed in 1994.
Q 29Where is Deloris starring in her own show at the start of Sister Act 2?
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is where she stars in a nun-themed act based on her time hiding from the mob, until the sisters turn up in the audience to recruit her.
Q 30Which book does Deloris give Rita to persuade her to follow her passion for singing?
Letters to a Young Poet
Letters to a Young Poet, by Rilke, is a book Deloris says her own mother gave her; its lesson, she tells Rita, is that if singing is all you wake up thinking about, you're a singer.