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Hey, Forrest! Trivia Quiz

How closely did you watch this movie?

A multiple-choice quiz by rosadebon. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
rosadebon

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
85,105

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
14 / 20

Plays
27679

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 75 (18/20), Guest 66 (17/20), Guest 99 (17/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. In the opening credits, a feather drifted down and landed between Forrest's feet. What was the name of the book he put it inside of for safekeeping? Hint

"Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"

"Curious George"

"Dr. Dan the Bandage Man"

"Mr. Bear Squash You All Flat"

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Question 2 of 20

2. What was Forrest's home town? Hint

Greenbow, Alabama

Greenlee, Alabama

Greevey, Alabama

Greenhow, Alabama

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Question 3 of 20

3. Several people sat on the bus stop bench next to Forrest, listening to the story of his life. What magazine was the first woman reading? Hint

"Time"

"Family Circle"

"Us"

"People"

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Question 4 of 20

4. Forrest loved one woman all his life. What was her name? Hint

Jenny Curwen

Jenny Curzon

Jenny McCurran

Jenny Curran

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Question 5 of 20

5. When Jenny got her first job performing as a folk singer, what name did she appear under? Hint

Bobbie Dylan

Phyllis Seeger

Phyllis Ochs

Barbie Dylan

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Question 6 of 20

6. How many men did Forrest carry to safety during the firefight in Vietnam? Hint

Three

Five

Four

Six

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Question 7 of 20

7. What were Bubba's last words? Hint

"Hello, Forrest"

"Forrest, why'd this happen?"

"I'll be okay"

"I just want to go home"

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Question 8 of 20

8. What was Lt. Dan's full name? Hint

Dan Naylor

Dan Taylor

Dan Richards

Dan Marlowe

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Question 9 of 20

9. Everyone knows Forrest was wounded "in the buttocks, sir," but what did he show to President Johnson? Hint

He was stopped before he dropped his pants.

His left buttock

His right buttock

Both buttocks

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Question 10 of 20

10. How many Dr. Peppers did Forrest drink when he met President Kennedy? Hint

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Question 11 of 20

11. True or false: When Forrest got his first set of leg braces and when his mother died after he came back from Vietnam, they were treated by the same doctor.

True

False

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Question 12 of 20

12. Where was Bubba from? Hint

Bayou Lafitte, Alabama

Bayou Labatt, Alabama

Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Bayou La Batterie, Alabama

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Question 13 of 20

13. When Forrest met his son, what television program did they watch together? Hint

"Sheriff Tex"

"The Electric Company"

"Sesame Street"

"Captain Kangaroo"

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Question 14 of 20

14. Lt. Dan finally thanked Forrest for saving his life -- if you can take his "I never did thank you for saving my life" as a thankyou. When did this happen? Hint

When Forrest addresed the anti-war rally in Washington

New Year's Eve in New York

After the hurricane left them the only shrimping boat afloat

When Forrest won the Medal of Honor

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Question 15 of 20

15. When Forrest gave Bubba's mother Bubba's share of the profits from the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, what did she do? Hint

Went to Bubba's grave to thank him personally

Fell over backward

Started singing, dancing and kissing her children

Wrote Forrest to thank him personally

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Question 16 of 20

16. One of the most wrenching scenes in the movie was an incident on a balcony in a flashback of Jenny's life. What happened there? Hint

She was beaten by her lover

She left her longtime lover

She tried to jump off, but couldn't

She injected herself with tainted drugs

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Question 17 of 20

17. What was Jenny doing for a living when she wrote and asked Forrest to come visit her? Hint

Clerking at a WalMart

Waitressing

Running a day care center

Singing in a nightclub

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Question 18 of 20

18. What became of Jenny's childhood home? Hint

It became a bed and breakfast, like Forrest's mother's house

She and the neighborhood boys threw rocks through all the windows

It was demolished.

It was sold after her father went to prison

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Question 19 of 20

19. What did Jenny say she was dying of? Hint

Hepatitis

Kidney failure

Pneumonia

a mysterious virus

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Question 20 of 20

20. What kept Forrest awake at night when he visited Washington, D.C.? Hint

The noise of the anti-war rally

Too many Dr. Peppers. Again.

The lectures he got from the Black Panther Party members

Flashlights shining in his window

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the opening credits, a feather drifted down and landed between Forrest's feet. What was the name of the book he put it inside of for safekeeping?

Answer: "Curious George"

2. What was Forrest's home town?

Answer: Greenbow, Alabama

3. Several people sat on the bus stop bench next to Forrest, listening to the story of his life. What magazine was the first woman reading?

Answer: "People"

She politely tried to ignore Forrest talking to her. Forrest said you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes and that hers must be so comfortable she could walk all day and not get tired. She answered, "My feet hurt."

4. Forrest loved one woman all his life. What was her name?

Answer: Jenny Curran

Forrest called it "the most beautiful name in the world." Guess what he named his shrimp boat?

5. When Jenny got her first job performing as a folk singer, what name did she appear under?

Answer: Bobbie Dylan

She performed naked, shielded by an enormous acoustic guitar and sang, or attempted to sing, "Blowing in the Wind." Forrest rescued her when the rowdies in the audience tried grab her legs and get her to move the guitar.

6. How many men did Forrest carry to safety during the firefight in Vietnam?

Answer: Five

He didn't quite take Jenny's admonition that, if he ever ran into trouble in Vietnam, he should just run and keep on running. Good thing!

7. What were Bubba's last words?

Answer: "I just want to go home"

Forrest said that if he'd known this was the last time he was going to talk to Bubba, he would have thought of something better to say than, "Hey, Bubba!"

8. What was Lt. Dan's full name?

Answer: Dan Taylor

He taught Forrest how to hunt for "somebody named Charlie."

9. Everyone knows Forrest was wounded "in the buttocks, sir," but what did he show to President Johnson?

Answer: His right buttock

Lyndon Johnson just walked away laughing. He couldn't exactly be critical of Forrest: When President Johnson had surgery, he pulled up his shirt for the entire country to take a look at the scars.

10. How many Dr. Peppers did Forrest drink when he met President Kennedy?

Answer: 15

Which consumption was followed by the loudest and longest on screen belch since the outtakes of Mean Joe Green doing the Coca-Cola commercials!

11. True or false: When Forrest got his first set of leg braces and when his mother died after he came back from Vietnam, they were treated by the same doctor.

Answer: True

Anybody notice that while fitting Forrest with leg braces, the doctor was smoking a cigarette?

12. Where was Bubba from?

Answer: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

13. When Forrest met his son, what television program did they watch together?

Answer: "Sesame Street"

Specifically, Bert and Ernie!

14. Lt. Dan finally thanked Forrest for saving his life -- if you can take his "I never did thank you for saving my life" as a thankyou. When did this happen?

Answer: After the hurricane left them the only shrimping boat afloat

Forrest thought that, although Lt. Dan had never said it, he had made his peace with God.

15. When Forrest gave Bubba's mother Bubba's share of the profits from the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, what did she do?

Answer: Fell over backward

And she was smiling the whole way down.

16. One of the most wrenching scenes in the movie was an incident on a balcony in a flashback of Jenny's life. What happened there?

Answer: She tried to jump off, but couldn't

Her self-destructive behavior lasted a long, long time.

17. What was Jenny doing for a living when she wrote and asked Forrest to come visit her?

Answer: Waitressing

She was carrying a coffee pot when she looked over at the TV screen by chance and saw coverage of Forrest in his cross-country run.

18. What became of Jenny's childhood home?

Answer: It was demolished.

Forrest had it leveled to the ground after Jenny died.

19. What did Jenny say she was dying of?

Answer: a mysterious virus

It was strongly implied that she had AIDS, but since she died before AIDS became well known, she could only describe her sickness to Forrest as some kind of "mysterious virus." The movie concentrated on the intensity of Forrest's grief for her rather than what it was she died of.

20. What kept Forrest awake at night when he visited Washington, D.C.?

Answer: Flashlights shining in his window

He called the front desk to say that there must have been a power failure and they should come help the people hunting around with flashlights trying to find the fusebox. Did I mention he was staying in the Watergate?

Source: Author rosadebon

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