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Forrest Gump . There are 105 questions on this topic. Last updated May 03 2024.
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51 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!"
Question Reference: Quiz: Hey, Forrest!.
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What phrase does Forrest use to describe his relationship with Jenny?




52 Why did the football coach like Forrest so much?
Answer: He could run fast

That's how the team scored all the points.
53 What's the school bus driver's name?
Answer: Dorothy

Dorothy Harris- Forrest and little Forrest's bus driver.
54 Forrest Gump's Southern dialect didn't come easily and Tom spent hours perfecting it. How did he arrive at Forrest's authentic speech pattern?
Answer: Taping and studying the Southern drawl of the actor who played young Forrest

Tom sat down with the young actor, Michael Conner Humphreys, who was from the State of Mississippi, and spent hours asking questions and recording Michael's Southern drawl replies. Tom shares this story demonstrating his fascinating transition from actor into character in a Graham Norton interview. Worth watching a real craftsman perfecting his craft and he's a great storyteller in real life, as well.
55 Lieutenant Dan surprised Forrest by attending his wedding on the lawn of his family home. Lt Dan brought someone with him. Who was she?
Answer: fiancée

Forrest watched as Lt Dan walked up and was astonished that he had "new legs" (titanium prostheses). Lt Dan introduces Forrest to his fiancée, Susan.
56 What was Jenny on when she thought about committing suicide?
Answer: The balcony

57 What was Lt. Dan's full name?
Answer: Dan Taylor

He taught Forrest how to hunt for "somebody named Charlie."
Question Reference: Quiz: Hey, Forrest!.
58 When Forrest met JFK, what did Forrest say to him?
Answer: I gotta pee

He had 15 Dr Peppers.
59 What was Bubba's real first name?
Answer: Benjamin

Benjamin Buford Blue
60 What real-life celebrity host in the 60s & 70s played himself in the movie? (one of his guests refers to him as "Dick")
Answer: Dick Cavett

Forrest, after his return from the ping pong championship in China, was a guest along with John Lennon on a talk show where Dick Cavett was the host. Forrest appeared to be a deer staring into the headlights as John commented on Forrest's impression of China using lyrics from one of his songs - "No Possessions?" "No Religion, Too?", "Easy If You Try, Dick" - that was when John Lennon addressed Dick by name.
"Imagine" was the song - Priceless!
61 Forrest went to visit me at the White House. He showed me a bullet wound in his buttock. Who was I?
Answer: President Johnson

Forrest showed the President the hole in his buttock. He later said it was a million-dollar wound, although he never received any money for it. He did meet President Nixon later and told him he was staying at a shady hotel. Nixon arranged for him to stay at a nicer hotel. However, the hotel was located across from the Watergate building and Forrest reported to security that a bunch of people kept him awake with flashlights. This turned out to be the break-in scandal that led to Nixon's resignation.
62 Who proposes marriage to whom?
Answer: First Forrest, then Jenny

Forrest asks Jenny to marry him first, when she comes to stay with him for a while at his home in Alabama. She refuses, saying that he wouldn't want to marry anyone like her. She later changes her mind when she knows she is terminally ill and that little Forrest will need his father. To her proposal, Forrest simply answers "Okay".
63 Name the hurricane that hit all the shrimping boats.
Answer: Carmen

Forrest's boat was the only one spared!
64 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.
Question Reference: Quiz: Hey, Forrest!.
65 Which war did Forrest take part in?
Answer: Vietnam

He was awarded the Medal of Honour.
66 Where did Forrest get shot?
Answer: buttocks

He showed the president his wound.
67 How did director Robert Zemeckis coordinate the humongous hippy-ish crowd at the Washington, D.C. anti-war rally? ("To be or not to be", Shakespeare circa 1603)
Answer: With 1,500 recruits from a local Renaissance fair

Knowing the costumed Renaissance participants would give off a 1970s hippy-ish vibe, each group of volunteers from the fair was filmed in various locations of The National Mall, an outside park in-between the Capitol steps and the Washington Monument. Zemeckis then computer assembled/generated panoramic shots, giving the illusion of hundreds of thousands of protestors.

Hmmm - now I want to know if Jenny and Forrest actually waded in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
68 One of Forrest's pots of gold was an investment into a fruit company. Which fruit did he refer to?
Answer: Apple

The fruit company Forrest referred to in the movie turned out to be Apple Computers. Lt. Dan was responsible for using the money from their Bubba Gump Shrimp Company to invest in the up and coming computer company.
69 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!
Question Reference: Quiz: Hey, Forrest!.
70 What is Bubba's real name?
Answer: Benjamin Buford Blue

It is said when Forrest first meets Bubba.
71 What did Forrest name his boat?
Answer: Jenny

'The most beautiful name in the world.'
72 How many total years did Forrest run?
Answer: 3

Acually he ran for three years, two months, fourteen days and sixteen hours!
73 How does Bubba die?
Answer: He gets shot

74 What bus number was Forrest supposed to take to get to Jenny's house?
Answer: 9

Take it to Henry St.
75 What street is Jenny's apartment on that she lives in with her son?
Answer: Henry St.