Forrest Gump - Test
  • 1. Who is the author of the novel 'Forrest Gump' on which the movie is based?
A) Nicholas Sparks
B) John Grisham
C) Winston Groom
D) Stephen King
  • 2. Which actor plays the lead role of Forrest Gump in the movie?
A) Will Smith
B) Leonardo DiCaprio
C) Tom Hanks
D) Brad Pitt
  • 3. What is the name of Forrest Gump's childhood friend and love interest?
A) Amy Johnson
B) Jenny Curran
C) Karen Smith
D) Sally Field
  • 4. What famous historical event does Forrest unwittingly find himself involved in?
A) Korean War
B) Cold War
C) World War II
D) Vietnam War
  • 5. What does Forrest's mother always say life is like?
A) A puzzle
B) A box of chocolates
C) A treasure hunt
D) A marathon
  • 6. Who is Forrest's commanding officer in the Vietnam War?
A) Captain Dan
B) Lieutenant Dan
C) Sergeant Dan
D) Major Dan
  • 7. What is the iconic phrase Forrest uses to describe his running?
A) Sprint to victory!
B) Fast like the wind!
C) Run, Forrest, Run!
D) Race to the finish!
  • 8. Which famous leader does Forrest meet on The Dick Cavett Show?
A) Elvis Presley
B) Richard Nixon
C) John Lennon
D) Martin Luther King Jr.
  • 9. Who narrates the majority of the story in the movie?
A) Lieutenant Dan
B) Forrest Gump
C) Jenny Curran
D) Mrs. Gump
  • 10. Who directed the film 'Forrest Gump'?
A) Winston Groom
B) Tom Hanks
C) Eric Roth
D) Robert Zemeckis
  • 11. In which year was the novel that 'Forrest Gump' is based on published?
A) 2000
B) 1986
C) 1994
D) 1975
  • 12. Who wrote the screenplay for 'Forrest Gump'?
A) Eric Roth
B) Robert Zemeckis
C) Winston Groom
D) Tom Hanks
  • 13. Where did principal photography for 'Forrest Gump' primarily take place?
A) Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
B) California, Nevada, and Arizona
C) Alabama, Texas, and Florida
D) New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
  • 14. What significant event does Forrest Gump witness at the University of Alabama?
A) President Kennedy's visit to the university
B) A student protest against segregation
C) Governor George Wallace's Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
D) The signing of the Civil Rights Act
  • 15. Who does Forrest Gump meet at the anti-war March on the Pentagon rally?
A) Martin Luther King Jr.
B) Ralph Abernathy
C) Malcolm X
D) Abbie Hoffman
  • 16. What sport does Forrest become a celebrity in during his service?
A) Baseball
B) Basketball
C) Ping-pong
D) Soccer
  • 17. Which U.S. President grants Forrest Gump a room at the Watergate Hotel?
A) Lyndon B. Johnson
B) Ronald Reagan
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Richard Nixon
  • 18. What does Forrest invest in that makes him and Dan millionaires?
A) Apple Computer
B) IBM
C) Google
D) Microsoft
  • 19. How does Jenny Curran describe her relationship with Forrest when she returns to Alabama in 1976?
A) She asks him for money
B) She tells him she loves him
C) She says they should never see each other again
D) She proposes a business partnership
  • 20. Which award did 'Forrest Gump' NOT win?
A) Best Picture
B) Best Supporting Actor
C) Best Adapted Screenplay
D) Best Director
  • 21. What was Forrest Gump's IQ level at an early age?
A) 100
B) 75
C) 90
D) 85
  • 22. Who played young Forrest Gump in the film?
A) Michael Conner Humphreys
B) Haley Joel Osment
C) Tom Hanks
D) Gary Sinise
  • 23. What unique characteristic did Tom Hanks incorporate into Forrest's accent?
A) An Irish brogue
B) A British accent
C) Michael Conner Humphreys' Southern accented drawl
D) A New York accent
  • 24. What movement did Jenny Curran become part of in the 1960s?
A) The feminist movement
B) The civil rights movement
C) The environmental movement
D) The hippie movement
  • 25. Which disease did Jenny Curran die from complications of?
A) HIV/AIDS
B) Diabetes
C) An unnamed disease intended to be Hepatitis C
D) Cancer
  • 26. Who played Lieutenant Dan Taylor in the film?
A) Gary Sinise
B) Robin Wright
C) Tom Hanks
D) Michael Conner Humphreys
  • 27. What type of prosthetics did Lieutenant Dan use at the end of the film?
A) Titanium alloy prosthetics called 'magic legs'
B) Carbon fiber prosthetics
C) Plastic prosthetics
D) Wooden prosthetics
  • 28. Who was supposed to be the senior partner in the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company?
A) Mrs. Gump
B) Bubba Blue
C) Lieutenant Dan Taylor
D) Forrest Gump
  • 29. Who provided the voice for Elvis Presley in the film?
A) Robin Wright
B) Gary Sinise
C) Kurt Russell (uncredited)
D) Tom Hanks
  • 30. Who played Forrest Gump's mother?
A) Haley Joel Osment
B) Gary Sinise
C) Sally Field
D) Robin Wright
  • 31. Who played Principal Hancock at Forrest's elementary school?
A) Sam Anderson
B) Robin Wright
C) Gary Sinise
D) Tom Hanks
  • 32. Which studio initially acquired the rights to adapt 'Forrest Gump'?
A) 20th Century Fox
B) Warner Bros.
C) Paramount Pictures
D) Columbia Pictures
  • 33. Who was initially considered for the role of Benjamin Buford Blue?
A) David Alan Grier
B) Gary Sinise
C) Joe Pesci
D) Kevin Bacon
  • 34. Which rapper auditioned for a role in 'Forrest Gump'?
A) Tupac Shakur
B) Dr. Dre
C) Snoop Dogg
D) Eminem
  • 35. Who was considered for the role of Lieutenant Dan Taylor before Gary Sinise?
A) Joe Pesci
B) Kevin Bacon
C) Chevy Chase
D) Bill Murray
  • 36. Which actress played Forrest Gump's love interest, Jenny Curran?
A) Julia Roberts
B) Reese Witherspoon
C) Robin Wright
D) Meg Ryan
  • 37. Which actor played a character with a disability in the film 'I Am Sam'?
A) Sean Penn
B) Tom Hanks
C) Robin Williams
D) Dustin Hoffman
  • 38. Which visual effects company was responsible for Forrest Gump's CGI?
A) DreamWorks Animation
B) Industrial Light & Magic
C) Blue Sky Studios
D) Pixar Animation Studios
  • 39. Which location was used for filming additional scenes in Monument Valley?
A) Arizona's Grand Canyon
B) Utah's Monument Valley
C) New Mexico's White Sands National Park
D) California's Death Valley
  • 40. What was done to enhance the Vietnam scenes visually?
A) Creating digital landscapes
B) Over 20 palmetto trees were planted
C) Using green screen technology
D) Filming in a studio set
  • 41. Which location was used for filming Forrest's running scene on the Blue Ridge Parkway?
A) On the Appalachian Trail
B) Near Grandfather Mountain
C) In Virginia near Shenandoah National Park
D) In Asheville, North Carolina
  • 42. Which location was used for filming scenes in Glacier National Park?
A) Zion National Park, Utah
B) Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
C) Yosemite National Park, California
D) Montana's Glacier National Park
  • 43. Where were additional scenes filmed in Arizona?
A) Arizona
B) California
C) New Mexico
D) Nevada
  • 44. What was the budget for producing Forrest Gump?
A) $55 million
B) $75 million
C) $45 million
D) $100 million
  • 45. On what date did Forrest Gump open in theaters in the United States and Canada?
A) Saturday, September 10, 1994
B) Wednesday, July 6, 1994
C) Monday, August 15, 1994
D) Friday, June 24, 1994
  • 46. How much did Forrest Gump gross in its first two days?
A) $12 million
B) $15 million
C) More than $8 million
D) $5 million
  • 47. What was the total box office gross for Forrest Gump in its initial U.S. and Canadian run?
A) $350 million
B) $300 million
C) $400 million
D) $329.7 million
  • 48. Which film did Forrest Gump narrowly beat in its opening weekend at the U.S. box office?
A) Jurassic Park
B) The Lion King
C) Home Alone
D) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • 49. How many times did Forrest Gump top the U.S. box office list in its first twelve weeks?
A) Seven times
B) Ten times
C) Three times
D) Five times
  • 50. In which week of release did Forrest Gump surpass Raiders of the Lost Ark as Paramount's highest-grossing film?
A) Twelfth week
B) Tenth week
C) Fifth week
D) Eighth week
  • 51. What was Forrest Gump's worldwide box office gross after reissues?
A) $600 million
B) $700 million
C) $677,945,399
D) $750 million
  • 52. How many days did it take Forrest Gump to gross $200 million in box office receipts?
A) 60 days
B) 46 days
C) 75 days
D) 30 days
  • 53. Which film overtook Forrest Gump as the highest-grossing Paramount film three years later in 1997?
A) Titanic
B) The Lost World: Jurassic Park
C) Forrest Gump II
D) Jurassic Park
  • 54. Until which year did Forrest Gump remain the highest-grossing film solely distributed by Paramount?
A) 1999
B) 2007
C) 2010
D) 2005
  • 55. Which film surpassed Forrest Gump as the highest-grossing film starring Tom Hanks in 2006?
A) Apollo 13
B) Saving Private Ryan
C) Cast Away
D) The Da Vinci Code
  • 56. What was the total amount of Paramount's losses due to high fees from distributors and exhibitors?
A) $50 million
B) $80 million
C) $70 million
D) $62 million
  • 57. What grade did audiences polled by CinemaScore give Forrest Gump?
A) B+
B) A-
C) A+
D) B
  • 58. Which critic described Forrest Gump as a 'hollow man'?
A) Todd McCarthy
B) Janet Maslin
C) Anthony Lane
D) Roger Ebert
  • 59. Which character did some critics compare Forrest Gump to?
A) Jay Gatsby
B) Huckleberry Finn
C) Tom Sawyer
D) Holden Caulfield
  • 60. What was the Metacritic rating for Forrest Gump out of 100?
A) 90
B) 82
C) 65
D) 75
  • 61. Which critic called Forrest Gump 'everything we admire in the American character'?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Peter Travers
C) Anthony Lane
D) Todd McCarthy
  • 62. What did Bruce Kawin and Gerald Mast suggest Forrest Gump's dimness represented?
A) Glamorized nostalgia as a blank slate for Baby Boomer memories
B) The simplicity of rural life
C) An idealistic view of American politics
D) A critique of modern education
  • 63. Which movie did academy members prefer over 'Forrest Gump' in a 2015 re-vote for Best Picture?
A) Pulp Fiction
B) The Shawshank Redemption
C) The Lion King
D) Schindler's List
  • 64. How much was Winston Groom paid initially for the screenplay rights to his novel?
A) $400,000
B) $500,000
C) $350,000
D) $250,000
  • 65. What percentage of the film's net profits was Winston Groom contracted for?
A) 10 percent
B) 3 percent
C) 7 percent
D) 5 percent
  • 66. When was 'Forrest Gump' first released on VHS?
A) April 27, 1995
B) July 10, 1995
C) June 15, 1995
D) May 1, 1995
  • 67. Which format was 'Forrest Gump' first released on the day after its VHS release?
A) Ultra HD Blu-ray
B) Laserdisc
C) DVD
D) Blu-ray
  • 68. When was the widescreen VHS release of 'Forrest Gump' released?
A) August 28, 2001
B) November 2009
C) September 10, 1996
D) June 2018
  • 69. When was 'Forrest Gump' released on Blu-ray?
A) November 2009
B) June 2018
C) April 27, 1995
D) May 7, 2019
  • 70. How long did 'Gump & Co.' remain in development hell?
A) Twenty years
B) Eight years
C) At least twelve years
D) Five years
  • 71. In which year was Forrest Gump selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress?
A) 2011
B) 1989
C) 1994
D) 2006
  • 72. What ranking did Forrest Gump achieve on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list?
A) #76
B) #71
C) #61
D) #37
  • 73. What ranking did Forrest Gump achieve on Empire's list of the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time?
A) #37
B) #61
C) #71
D) #76
  • 74. What was Forrest Gump's ranking on AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers list?
A) #40
B) #37
C) #76
D) #71
  • 75. In the Writers Guild of America West's list, what position did Forrest Gump's screenplay hold?
A) 40th
B) 71st
C) 61st
D) 89th
  • 76. What did Sally Field compare the feather to in 'Forrest Gump'?
A) The Vietnam War.
B) Political ideology.
C) Fate.
D) Intelligence.
  • 77. What did Bob Dole say about 'Forrest Gump's' message?
A) It supports countercultural movements.
B) It promotes political activism.
C) The American Dream is within everybody's reach, no matter the adversity.
D) It criticizes family values.
  • 78. What did Vivian Sobchack say about the humor and irony in 'Forrest Gump'?
A) They emphasize countercultural values.
B) They lack any form of irony.
C) They are based on political activism.
D) They rely on the audience's historical knowledge.
  • 79. What peak position did the Forrest Gump soundtrack reach on the Billboard album chart?
A) Number 1
B) Number 4
C) Number 3
D) Number 2
  • 80. What was Joel Sill's role in the Forrest Gump soundtrack?
A) Music producer
B) Director
C) Actor
D) Composer
  • 81. Who directed the Indian remake Laal Singh Chaddha?
A) Eric Roth
B) Robert Zemeckis
C) Advait Chandan
D) Tom Hanks
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