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  The Great Baseball Film 'Bull Durham'    
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Here are some questions on my all-time favorite movie, "Bull Durham", starring Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon.
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  The Ultimate Bull Durham Quiz   popular trivia quiz  
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Trivia and behind the scenes tidbits about one of the greatest sports movies ever made, 1988's "Bull Durham".
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  What do you know about Bull Durham?    
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One of the best baseball movies ever made.
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Which actor did writer and director Ron Shelton orginally have in mind to play the role of career minor leaguer Crash Davis?

From Quiz "The Great Baseball Film 'Bull Durham'"





Bull Durham Trivia Questions
1. According to Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon), where do the lava lizards of the Galapagos Islands breathe?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Through its eyelids

She mentions this while she is trying to help rookie pitcher "Nuke" LaLoosh work on his powers of concentration.

2. What side of the plate did Crash Davis hit from?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Switch

He's actually got a really good swing from either side.

3. Which actor did writer and director Ron Shelton orginally have in mind to play the role of career minor leaguer Crash Davis?

From Quiz The Great Baseball Film 'Bull Durham'

Answer: Kurt Russell

Russell, who had been a minor league ballplayer till a shoulder injury ended his career at age 22, had read the script and talked to Shelton about playing the role. He went to Europe for 3 weeks and when he came back Kevin Costner had already been cast.

4. Annie Savoy gives Ebby "Nuke" LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) a garter belt. According to Crash Davis (Kevin Costner), where does the rose go?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: the front

While getting dressed in the locker room for a game, Crash sees that the garter belt is on backwards and tells Nuke, "The rose goes in the front, big guy."

5. What is Nuke's middle name?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Calvin & Calven

Who even thought up the name for him?

6. Who plays himself in the film?

From Quiz The Great Baseball Film 'Bull Durham'

Answer: Max Patkin

Max Patkin, the 'Clown Prince of Baseball', performs on the field and then that night in the bar tells Annie that Crash has 'played in more ballparks than I have.'

7. Who was originally cast to play Crash Davis?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Kurt Russell

Russell actually helped Director Ron Shelton with the script but after auditions, both men agreed that Costner was better suited for the role.

8. Who does Walt Whitman play for?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Cosmic All-Stars

I didn't know that Walt pitched....

9. In Annie's voice over at the start of the film, she says she decided to 'give Jesus a chance' when she found out that there were the same number of stitches in a baseball as beads in a Catholic rosary. How many does she say are in each?

From Quiz The Great Baseball Film 'Bull Durham'

Answer: 108

10. What was the Bulls record when Manager Joe Riggins (Trey Wilson) has his bat throwing tirade in the locker room?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: 8-16

During the tirade, Riggins asks coach Larry Hockett what their record was. When Hockett answers "8-16", Riggins sarcastically asks "How'd we ever win 8?" to which Hockett answered "It's a miracle."

11. What was the assistant coach playing with when Crash first came into the manager's office as the 'player to be named later'?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Blow up Oscar Meyer Hotdogs

Where, exactly, does one find a blow up Oscar Meyer 12 pack of hot dogs?

12. What does Max say to Annie in describing Crash to her?

From Quiz The Great Baseball Film 'Bull Durham'

Answer: 'He's a little different. I actually saw him read a book without pictures once.'

13. During that same locker room tongue lashing, what does Manager Riggins accuse the players of doing?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Lollygagging

He tells the team that they lollygag to first base, they lollygag to the outfield, they lollygag in and out of the dugout, etc. Then he asks Coach Hockett what that makes them and he perceptively answers "Lollygaggers."

14. What type of car does Annie drive?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Volvo

They must have found this car the same place they found the inflatable wieners. By the way, I believe it's a Volvo pv444.

15. What are Annie's 'ground rules', as explained to Crash and Nuke?

From Quiz The Great Baseball Film 'Bull Durham'

Answer: She only hooks up with one guy each season.

Annie's explanation to Crash and Nuke: 'These are the ground rules. I hook up with one guy a season. Usually takes me a couple weeks to pick the guy -- kinda my own spring training. And, well, you two are the most promising prospects of the season so far, so I just thought we should kinda get to know each other.'

16. During a speech to Annie, Crash mentions, among other things, that he believes presents should be opened on Christmas Day and not Christmas Eve. Who does he say killed J.F.K.?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald

Davis says that he believes Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. The irony was that years later, Kevin Costner played Jim Garrison in the Oliver Stone movie "J.F.K.", in which he set out to prove there was a conspiracy.

17. What number or symbol is on Max Patkin's jersey?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: ? & Question Mark

'The Clown Prince of Baseball'. Crash has played in more ballparks than even Max has.

18. What minor league record does Crash break during the film?

From Quiz The Great Baseball Film 'Bull Durham'

Answer: most home runs

Crash breaks the record with another team which he hooked on with after getting released by the Durham Bulls.

19. During a conversation at the mound, Crash tells "Nuke" that strikeouts are what?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Fascist

Crash is lecturing LaLoosh at the mound after he keeps throwing fastballs, and he says that strikeouts are fascist.

20. What does the coach call his players after he throws all the bats into the showers?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Lollygaggers & Lolly Gaggers & Lolligaggers & Lolli Gaggers

'You guys... you lollygag the ball around the infield...'

21. In response to Annie's query 'What do you believe in', Crash mentions 'long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses' that last how long?

From Quiz The Great Baseball Film 'Bull Durham'

Answer: 3 days

Crash tells Annie he believes 'in the soul,...the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve...'

22. According to Coach Larry Hockett (Robert Wuhl), what makes a nice wedding gift?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Candlesticks

Coach Hockett gives this advice during a conference at the mound when, according to Crash, they are dealing with a lot of heavy stuff.

23. When Nuke breathes through his eyelids, it's like the lava lizards. When he sees without looking it's like the...?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Aztecs

'Is it a Mayan thing?' 'Aztec'. 'I always get them confused...'

24. How long was Crash in the Major Leagues?

From Quiz The Great Baseball Film 'Bull Durham'

Answer: 21 days

He calls them 'the 21 greatest days of my life. You get white balls for batting practice. And the ballparks are like cathedrals. The hotels all have room service. And the women all have long legs and brains.'

25. What did a player win, if he hit a home run that hit the bull above the right field fence?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: A free steak

An opposing player hits a home run off the bull after Crash tells him what kind of pitch is coming. When Crash goes to the mound, he tells LaLoosh "that guy just won a free steak." When the bull was hit, its eyes lit up and smoke came out of its nose.

26. In the beginning of the movie, an announcement over the PA system states a little girl has lost her father -- what was her full name?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Lyda Ann Baker

Sorry -- I know this was hard, but the female PA announcer's southern accent was so perfect when she said it.

27. How does Annie tell Nuke to breathe when he is pitching?

From Quiz The Great Baseball Film 'Bull Durham'

Answer: through his eyelids

Like the lizards of the Galapogos Islands.

28. What does Annie do to "Nuke" after she ties him up in bed?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Reads poetry to him

"Nuke" thinks the whole thing is great and kind of kinky, until she starts reading poetry (Walt Whitman) instead of having sex with him.

29. Crash played in the show once, where they hit white balls for batting practice and someone else handled your luggage. What did the women have?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: Long legs and brains

'They throw ungodly breaking stuff in the show too...'

30. What is the team motto for the Durham Bulls (written on the stadium and always said by the announcer)?

From Quiz Bull Durham

Answer: The Greatest Show On Dirt

When your mascot gets beaned, how can it not be the greatest show on dirt?

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