The Stepford Wives
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40 free The Stepford Wives trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Stepford Wives began as a slim satirical horror novel in 1972 and never really left. A young family swaps the city for a spotless suburban town where every wife seems a little too perfect, and the heroine slowly discovers why. The story gave English a new insult and gave storytellers a lasting trope: the flawless suburb with something rotten underneath. This quiz covers the whole franchise. There are questions on the book and its author, the 1975 thriller and its troubled production, the television sequels, and the star-filled 2004 comedy remake, along with the films and series that borrowed the idea later. It suits fans of classic horror and satire, book clubs, and anyone setting a film round for a quiz night. The questions run from the plot points most people remember to behind-the-scenes stories, and every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01In which New England state is Stepford, the fictional town of The Stepford Wives, located?
Connecticut
Connecticut is home to fictional Stepford, and the 1975 film was shot on location in real towns across the state.
Q 02The insult 'Stepford wife', born from a satirical horror novel, describes a woman who is what?
Submissive and docile
Submissive and docile is the meaning, usually a put-down for a wife who seems to fit a subservient stereotype.
Q 03Which novelist wrote The Stepford Wives five years after his Satanic chiller Rosemary's Baby?
Ira Levin
Ira Levin also wrote The Boys from Brazil and Sliver, and many of his novels were turned into films.
Q 04Which website named its Stepford Smiler and Stepford Suburbia pages after The Stepford Wives?
TV Tropes
TV Tropes uses Stepford Smiler for a character whose flawless, cheerful front hides someone hollow or quietly falling apart.
Q 05Which horror film did director Jordan Peele say was influenced by the 1975 film The Stepford Wives?
Get Out
Get Out was Peele's directorial debut, and he named the 1975 thriller as an influence on its satirical premise.
Q 06Which Oscar winner for The Hours played Joanna Eberhart in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives?
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman's version was played for laughs: the remake was meant to be far more comedic than the earlier thriller.
Q 07Which actress plays Claire Wellington, the secret mastermind of the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives?
Glenn Close
Glenn Close's Claire built Stepford herself after discovering her husband's affair, a twist the earlier versions never had.
Q 08Which future voice of Marge Simpson played newcomer Megan in the TV sequel Revenge of the Stepford Wives?
Julie Kavner
Julie Kavner's Megan is hired as a reporter's research assistant before the town's men have her brainwashed.
Q 09Where is the robotic Joanna seen in the final scene of the 1975 film The Stepford Wives?
A supermarket
A supermarket is where the glamorously dressed wives vacantly greet one another, while a newly arrived couple argue about moving to town.
Q 10Which star of The Graduate played Joanna Eberhart in the 1975 film The Stepford Wives?
Katharine Ross
Katharine Ross got the part only after several other actresses turned it down or dropped out, one of them a week before filming.
Q 11What is the profession of Joanna Eberhart, who moves from New York City in the novel The Stepford Wives?
Photographer
Photographer Joanna is described as talented, and in the 1975 film she wins a prestigious gallery contract shortly before she is replaced.
Q 12In The Stepford Wives, which husbands' club does Walter Eberhart join soon after moving to town?
The Men's Association
The Men's Association meets in a mansion and bars women, and Joanna comes to suspect it is behind the changes in the wives.
Q 13In the novel The Stepford Wives, the husbands' club leader once worked as an engineer for which company?
Disney
Q 21Which actor was first cast as Walter in the 2004 Stepford Wives remake, with his sister Joan as Bobbie?
John Cusack
John Cusack and his sister both withdrew only weeks before filming began to be with their dying father.
Q 22Which Gilligan's Island star played trophy wife Charmaine in the 1975 film The Stepford Wives?
Tina Louise
Tina Louise, the sitcom's movie star Ginger, plays one of the first friends Joanna sees transformed.
Q 23Which future director of Carrie was first lined up to direct the 1975 film The Stepford Wives?
Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma was the producer's pick after his thriller Sisters, but the screenwriter reportedly threatened to quit over it.
Disney was a real spark for the book: the presidential animatronics at Disneyland helped inspire its lifelike replacement wives.
Q 14Which screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid adapted The Stepford Wives for the 1975 film?
William Goldman
William Goldman tried to take his name off the film after the director rewrote most of his script.
Q 15Which English director of Seance on a Wet Afternoon made the 1975 film The Stepford Wives?
Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes was hired because the producer wanted an Englishman to bring a new slant to the story.
Q 16Which Muppets performer, also the puppeteer of Yoda, directed the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives?
Frank Oz
Frank Oz later said he had too much money on the film and failed to follow his own instincts.
Q 17Which star of Beaches and Hocus Pocus plays Joanna's friend Bobbie in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives?
Bette Midler
Bette Midler's Bobbie is a feminist writer with a messy house who reappears as a blonde in a frilly dress.
Q 18Which actor plays Mike Wellington, the club leader exposed as a robot, in the 2004 Stepford Wives remake?
Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken's Mike is beheaded with a candlestick by Joanna, which exposes him as fully animatronic.
Q 19Which country music star made her film debut as Sarah Sunderson in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives?
Faith Hill
Faith Hill's Sarah dances wildly and then collapses in front of the newcomers, an early sign that something is wrong with the wives.
Q 20Which Ferris Bueller's Day Off star plays Joanna's husband Walter in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives?
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick later admitted the shoot was not enjoyable and said he found his own part uninteresting.
Q 24Which author of The Feminine Mystique called the 1975 Stepford Wives a rip-off of the women's movement?
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan urged women to boycott the film, even though her own book had been a major influence on the novel.
Q 25Which Fried Green Tomatoes star debuted at eight as Joanna's daughter in the 1975 Stepford Wives?
Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson played a daughter to her real-life father, Peter Masterson, who was cast as Walter.
Q 26In the 1975 Stepford Wives, what does Charmaine have destroyed once she turns into a devoted wife?
Her tennis court
Her tennis court is torn up and her maid fired, the change that sends Joanna and Bobbie investigating.
Q 27In the 1975 Stepford Wives, which topic derails the women's liberation meeting Joanna helps organize?
Cleaning products
Cleaning products are all the other wives will talk about, so the gathering Joanna set up with Bobbie and Charmaine fails.
Q 28In the 1975 film The Stepford Wives, how does Joanna discover that her friend Bobbie is now a robot?
Stabs her with a knife
Joanna stabs her with a knife in the kitchen; Bobbie does not bleed and instead begins to malfunction.
Q 29In the novel The Stepford Wives, what does each wife share with her husband just before she changes?
A romantic weekend away
A romantic weekend away comes first each time, which is how Joanna loses her friends Bobbie and Charmaine one after the other.
Q 30The 1975 Stepford Wives screenwriter first imagined the robot wives looking like which idealized figure?
A Playboy Playmate
A Playboy Playmate look was dropped once the director cast his own wife, then about forty, as one of the Stepford women.