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1 What is Lucy's response when Reese tells her they are driving at 105 MPH?
Answer: Who cares? I'm having a baby.

Lucy is unimpressed with the speed seeing as how she is seconds away from giving birth. Good thing for Reese, however, his son Ricky has no problem going fast.
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After Ricky becomes the new driver, who becomes the main sponsor of the car?




2 What phrase does Ricky repeat throughout his early childhood?
Answer: "I wanna go fast!"

When his mother goes inside to the grocery store, and Ricky is still in the car, Ricky crawls into the driver's seat and starts the car! When he starts driving, he says, "I'm going fast!". "If you ain't first, you're last," was said by his father, and also by Ricky during the later stages of his life. When Ricky is older he says, "I'm the best there ever was."
3 Who did Ricky Bobby NOT say "Help me!" to when he thought he was on fire?
Answer: Ben Stiller

Ricky Bobby was in a car crash when this happened. He thought he was on fire. This happened in Jean Girard's first race. He was not hurt physically but thought he was paralyzed.
4 What class are Ricky and Cal thrown out of for playing with matchbox cars?
Answer: Biology

Apparently the two of them aren't thought of too much by their classmates. But in the school's defense, who in high school still plays with toy cars?
5 When Ricky is grown up, he is a member of a pit crew for a team. Who sponsors this team?
Answer: Laughing Clown Malt Liquor

When the driver stops to go to the bathroom and eat a sandwich, Ricky must take over the car. He ends up getting a job as a racecar driver. Little Bo Peep's Strip Club is the sponsor of the team in the 2005 version of "The Bad News Bears".
6 Who directed the movie?
Answer: Adam McKay

Adam McKay also played Terry Cheveaux in the movie. Terry Cheveaux was a part of Ricky's pit crew. McKay also directed "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" and some film segments in "Saturday Night Live".
7 Who drives the number 26 car in the beginning of the film?
Answer: Terry Cheveaux

Terry is the driver in the film's opening race. After giving up on his crew, Terry is replaced by anxious jack man Ricky Bobby.
8 After Ricky becomes the new driver, who becomes the main sponsor of the car?
Answer: Wonder Bread

Powerade and Fig Newtons are two of his sponsors, but his main sponsor is Wonder Bread. He wears a Wonder Bread shirt, and his car is covered with the Wonder Bread logo. He even has Wonder Bread for dinner, when everything else is fast food. Old Spice is the main sponsor of his best friend, Cal Naughton Jr.'s car.
9 What is the first band playing on the jukebox when the guys are at The Pit Stop?
Answer: Lynard Skynard

The song is "Gimme Three Steps". Most of the song is hard to hear because of the talking, but you hear the song's intro when you see the exterior shot of the bar.
10 Who played Reese Bobby?
Answer: Gary Cole

Gary Cole played Reese Bobby. He was Ricky Bobby's father and a racer. He told Ricky and his classmates, "If you ain't first, you're last." That phrase stuck with Ricky his entire racing career.
11 What does Jean Girard say to Ricky to prompt him to reply "Well, that's strikes two and three right there"?
Answer: I have come here to defeat you.

In a weak attempt to defend his title of the best race car driver, Ricky tries to attack Jean. The bad news for Ricky, however, is that Jean is well equipped in defending himself.
12 Who played Carley Bobby?
Answer: Leslie Bibb

Carley Bobby married Ricky Bobby in the movie. She later divorced him. Carley and Ricky had two kids, Walker and Texas Ranger.
13 At which track does Ricky have his "fire" attack?
Answer: Lowes Motorspeedway

It is at Lowes that Ricky thinks he is on fire, although he's not actually on fire. However, Ricky runs around the track in his underwear, even after attempts by Cal to "put him out".
14 What are the names of Ricky's children?
Answer: Walker and Texas Ranger

Ricky says that they sometimes like to call Texas Ranger, T.R. Walker is the 10-year-old boy, and Texas Ranger is the 7-year-old boy. These names are derived from the television series, "Walker, Texas Ranger" starring Chuck Norris.
15 Who did John C. Reilly play?
Answer: Cal Naughton Jr.

Cal Naughton Jr. was Ricky's best friend. In the movie, Cal got married to Ricky's ex-wife, Carley. Cal Naughton Jr. was also a racer who was originally on Ricky's team but then switched to a new team. He switched because he and Ricky weren't friends anymore.
16 What does Ricky do to prove to Cal and Lucius that he is in fact paralyzed?
Answer: Stabs himself in the leg with a knife

Ricky is convinced that he is unable to walk. After Cal and Lucius explain to him that it is all in his head, Ricky takes a steak knife and jams it into his leg to show he has no feeling or use of his legs.
17 What stage of Jesus' life does Ricky like to imagine Jesus as?
Answer: Infant

He starts his prayers with, "Dear Lord Baby Jesus...". When his wife and father-in-law hear him saying this, they think that it is weird. He tells them that when they're praying they can pray to whatever Jesus they want, but he likes the baby Jesus the best.
18 What restaurant did the Bobbys get thrown out of?
Answer: Applebee's

They got thrown out of an Applebee's because Reese Bobby said that they purposely put onions on his steak. After they got thrown out, Reese left them again.
19 What is Ricky forced by contract to mention at every grace?
Answer: Powerade

During his grace, Ricky says, "Also due to a binding endorsement contract that stipulates that I must mention Powerade at each grace, I just want to say that Powerade is delicious and it cools you off on a hot summer day. And we look forward to its release of Mystic Mountain Blueberry." Ricky also has a Powerade logo on his car.
20 In Ricky's first race, what place did he finish in?
Answer: 3rd

Ricky said he wanted to go fast when Lucius asked the pit crew, "Who wants to go fast?" Ricky had said he had wanted to go fast ever since he was a little kid.
21 What are Ricky and Cal's nicknames at the end of the film?
Answer: Magic Man and El Diablo

For most of the film they are known as Shake and Bake. After Ricky is fired from Dennit Racing and divorced by Carley, Cal tells him Shake and Bake is dead.
22 Who is Ricky's special friend that he always leaves two tickets for?
Answer: His father

After Ricky goes up to the box office wondering if they still have the two tickets, one worker looks at the other. He says, "That's the saddest thing I've ever seen in my life...you know that boy leaves two tickets for his daddy at every race, and he never shows up."
23 What racing league was John Girard in?
Answer: Formula One

In the movie, he was originally from France. He also was Ricky's worst enemy. Before the last race, he told Ricky he wanted to be beaten by someone better than him and wanted him to win so he could retire.
24 Who drives the number 26 car in the last race of the movie?
Answer: Brian Wavecrest

Although Ricky Bobby is the driver of the number 26 Wonder Bread car for most of the film, it is Brian Wavecrest who replaces Ricky Bobby on the Dennit Racing roster.
25 When Ricky is no longer a race car driver, what is his job?
Answer: Pizza deliverer

Ricky works for Hugalo's Pizza. He ends up delivering a pizza to his father, who gives him some advice.