10 Things I Hate About You Trivia
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This 10 Things I Hate About You trivia quiz has 79 free questions with answers and covers the 1999 film from every angle: the Stratford sisters and the boys scheming around them, Heath Ledger's bleacher serenade, the Tacoma school that played Padua High, the Shakespeare comedy underneath it all, the writers who dreamed it up after seeing Clueless, and the box office, reviews and awards that followed. It also reaches into the soundtrack, the 2009 television series and the sequels and stage musical announced since. It is built for anyone who can quote the poem scene from memory, but the early questions are gentle enough for a first-time viewer, and the later ones dig into casting near-misses and production details that reward true fans. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries and other primary references before publishing, so you can argue about the results with confidence.
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Q 01Which Shakespeare comedy is 10 Things I Hate About You loosely based on?
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew is set in the Italian city of Padua, which is why Kat and Bianca's school is called Padua High.
Q 02Who directed 10 Things I Hate About You?
Gil Junger
Gil Junger was a sitcom director making his first feature; he first said 'absolutely not' to a teen film, then read the script at his agent's urging and loved it.
Q 03In 10 Things I Hate About You, which East Coast college accepts Kat, to her father's dismay?
Sarah Lawrence
Sarah Lawrence appeals to Kat precisely because it is across the country; Walter wants her at his own old university nearby, yet by the end he has already sent the cheque.
Q 04Which screenwriting duo wrote 10 Things I Hate About You?
Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith
Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith became friends by phone after Smith read one of McCullah's scripts at work, then started their first screenplay on cocktail napkins the night they met.
Q 05What is Kat Stratford's full first name?
Katarina
The spelling nods to Katherina, the shrew of Shakespeare's original, without copying it exactly.
Q 06Who plays Cameron James, the new kid smitten with Bianca?
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was already a sitcom star and didn't want to make a high-school romantic comedy; he has since called his 17-year-old self naive or stuck-up for it.
Q 07Which actress plays the popular younger sister, Bianca Stratford?
Larisa Oleynik
Larisa Oleynik read for both sisters and badly wanted to play Kat; she thinks being relaxed about the Bianca scenes is exactly why she won that part.
Q 08The actress who plays Bianca was the title star of which Nickelodeon series?
The Secret World of Alex Mack
The Secret World of Alex Mack ended in January 1998, freeing its star to shoot the film that summer; casting recalled how popular the show had made her with young viewers.
Q 09Patrick Verona is described as a bad boy from which country?
Australia
Australia is where Patrick says he lived until he was ten, his answer when Kat asks whether the accent is real after he debunks the wilder rumours about him.
Q 10Who plays Ms. Perky, the school guidance counselor?
Allison Janney
Allison Janney was the casting the director says he couldn't wait to work with; months after the film opened she began her Emmy-winning run on The West Wing.
Q 11What does Ms. Perky work on at her desk between student meetings?
Racy novels
Racy novels: she hunts for synonyms between appointments, and when Kat mocks her hero Reginald's 'quivering member', the counsellor likes the phrase enough to keep it.
Q 12Which actress plays Chastity Church, Bianca's best friend?
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union was in her mid-twenties playing a high-schooler, and recalls steering clear of any mention of Earth, Wind & Fire so she wouldn't give away her age.
Q 13The actress who plays Chastity in 10 Things I Hate About You broke through a year later in which cheerleading film?
Bring It On
Q 21The Stratford sisters' surname nods to what in Shakespeare's life?
His birthplace
His birthplace was Stratford-upon-Avon, one of several such nods: Kat's friend Mandella calls herself 'involved' with the playwright and treasures a picture of him.
Q 22Party host Bogey Lowenstein belongs to a clique of aspiring what?
MBAs
MBAs: the Ivy-bound 'future MBAs' were led by Cameron's guide to the school until Bogey spread a rumour that he bought his Izod shirts at an outlet mall.
Q 23After the party, a drunk Kat opens up to Patrick about wanting to do what?
Form a band
Form a band: driving her home, Patrick guesses it, and Kat shoots back 'No, install car stereos' before admitting he is right and adding, drily, that her father would love that.
Bring It On cast her as Isis, captain of a rival squad, and pushed her into the mainstream after supporting parts in two 1999 teen films.
Q 14Andrew Keegan's affluent, self-absorbed character aspires to what career?
Model
Model: he has done 'mostly regional stuff' but is rumoured to have a big tube sock ad coming out, as Cameron is told on his first day at Padua High.
Q 15Which actor plays Cameron's geeky friend who masterminds the plan in 10 Things I Hate About You?
David Krumholtz
David Krumholtz wanted to play Cameron, but the director had worked with him on television and knew he could play the neurotic sidekick in his sleep.
Q 16The actor who ended up playing Cameron originally auditioned for that role and which other one?
Michael Eckman
Michael Eckman was the part he really wanted because he found it funnier; the director offered him Cameron instead, and he admits his first reaction was 'ugh'.
Q 17What is Walter Stratford's profession?
Obstetrician
Obstetrician: Walter defends his dating ban by saying he delivered twins to a 15-year-old that very morning, and he bolts mid-argument whenever his pager goes off.
Q 18What condition does Walter attach before Bianca may go out with boys?
Her sister Kat must date too
Her sister Kat must date too: Walter invents the rule on the spot, sure that Kat's contempt for boys means he will finally 'get to sleep at night'.
Q 19In 10 Things I Hate About You, Bianca is in which year of high school?
Sophomore
Sophomore: Bianca complains that she is the only one in her year to be asked to the prom, and she still can't go unless her older sister does.
Q 20Who secretly pays Patrick to take Kat out?
Joey Donner
Joey Donner pays to clear his own path to Bianca, then pays more to get Kat to the prom; his angry outburst at Patrick there is how Kat learns the truth.
Q 24Which song does Patrick sing to Kat from the bleachers during her soccer practice?
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Can't Take My Eyes Off You was not the first choice: the script began with 'I Think I Love You', and one writer recalls Heath Ledger pushing for something more romantic.
Q 25Which song was nearly used for Patrick's bleacher serenade before being dropped as not romantic enough?
I Touch Myself
I Touch Myself, the Divinyls hit, was in the script for a time; one writer admits it seemed a great idea then but would have been 'way less romantic'.
Q 26What briefly halted filming of Heath Ledger's bleacher serenade?
A winded guard needed a nurse
A winded guard needed a nurse: the director told the actors playing security only to try to catch Ledger, who ran with such joy that one of them feared a heart attack.
Q 27Heath Ledger's turn as Patrick earned an MTV Movie Award nomination in which category?
Best Musical Performance
Best Musical Performance recognised a scene the director says he barely staged: he told Ledger to do whatever he wanted and promised that the camera would follow.
Q 28At the 2000 MTV Movie Awards, Julia Stiles won which prize?
Breakthrough Female Performance
Breakthrough Female Performance crowned a role she landed at 17 after a ten-minute meeting with the director, who phoned the studio at once to say 'Hire this woman'.
Q 29How does Kat repay Patrick after the serenade?
She helps him escape detention
She helps him escape detention by distracting the teacher in charge while Patrick climbs out of a window; asked later how, she says she dazzled him with her wits.
Q 30Which real band performs at Club Skunk?
Letters to Cleo
Letters to Cleo play Kat's favourite band, and Patrick uses their set to win her round by ignoring her, complaining that she is ruining the show for him.