Adam Sandler Movies
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This Adam Sandler movie trivia quiz has 175 free questions with answers and runs through three decades of Sandler films: the 1990s cult comedies (Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy), the 2000s hits (Mr. Deeds, Anger Management, 50 First Dates, Click, Grown Ups), the Netflix era (Murder Mystery, Hubie Halloween, Happy Gilmore 2) and the dramatic turns critics loved, from Punch-Drunk Love to Uncut Gems, Hustle and Spaceman. A Benchwarmers trivia round covers the 2006 Happy Madison baseball comedy Sandler produced: the Schneider-Spade-Heder trio, Jon Lovitz's billionaire, Reggie Jackson's cameo, the Pizza Hut finale and its box-office record. Expect plot details, casting stories, box-office facts and Razzie history. About a third of the questions are easy enough for anyone who has seen a couple of Sandler movies, a third are medium, and the rest reward the fan who knows the name of the alligator, the sandwich chain and the fictional amnesia. Every answer has been checked against a primary source, and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01In Happy Gilmore, what sport was Happy failing at before he discovered golf?
Ice hockey
Ice hockey was Happy's dream, but he could barely skate; the slapshot swing he carried to the driving range instead sent golf balls some 400 yards.
Q 02Happy Gilmore takes up golf to save his grandmother's house from which creditor?
The IRS
The IRS wants $270,000 in back taxes from Grandma Anna and gives her 90 days before the house is lost, so Happy joins the pro tour for the prize money.
Q 03In Happy Gilmore, Happy's mentor Chubbs Peterson lost his hand to what?
An alligator
An alligator took Chubbs's hand and ended his pro career; Happy later kills the one-eyed gator and proudly presents its head, and the shock sends Chubbs out of a window.
Q 04Which game-show host brawls with Happy at a pro-am and shared an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight?
Bob Barker
Bob Barker, then host of The Price Is Right, beats Happy up when their pro-am pairing falls apart; the brawl costs Happy a $25,000 fine and a one-month suspension.
Q 05In Happy Gilmore, which sandwich chain signs Happy to an endorsement deal?
Subway
Subway signs Happy as its spokesman once he becomes a tour sensation; he films a sub commercial and uses the money to bid on Grandma's house.
Q 06Who plays Happy's arrogant rival Shooter McGavin?
Christopher McDonald
Christopher McDonald plays Shooter McGavin, the smug tour pro who taunts Happy and buys Grandma's house at auction to spite him.
Q 07In Happy Gilmore, which prize does Shooter McGavin crave so badly that he tries to steal it at the end?
A gold jacket
A gold jacket goes to the Tour Championship winner; early drafts had Happy winning the Masters and its green jacket until golf adviser Mark Lye objected.
Q 08In Billy Madison, what must Billy redo to inherit his father's company?
Grades 1 through 12
Grades 1 through 12, two weeks apiece: Billy's father had paid his teachers to pass him the first time round, so control of Madison Hotels now rides on his passing honestly.
Q 09Which SNL comedian made his feature-film debut as Billy's layabout friend Frank in Billy Madison?
Norm Macdonald
Norm Macdonald plays Frank, one of the pals who idle at Billy's mansion; three years later Sandler turned up uncredited as Satan in Macdonald's own vehicle, Dirty Work.
Q 10Billy Madison's school principal Max Anderson was once a pro wrestler known as what?
The Revolting Blob
Principal Anderson wrestled as The Revolting Blob, and Eric Gordon uses that past to blackmail him into claiming Billy cheated.
Q 11How does Billy Madison propose to settle who inherits Madison Hotels?
An academic decathlon
An academic decathlon ends in a quiz-show round where Billy picks 'business ethics' for Eric, who has no answer, snaps, and pulls a gun.
Q 12Which actor has an uncredited cameo in Billy Madison as Danny McGrath, the classmate Billy once bullied?
Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi plays Danny McGrath; Billy apologises for tormenting him at school, and Danny repays it at the finale by shooting Eric before he can hurt Veronica.
Q 13In The Waterboy, Bobby Boucher's only means of transportation is what?
A riding lawnmower
Q 21In Big Daddy, Sonny Koufax lives comfortably off what?
A $200,000 accident settlement
A $200,000 accident settlement lets Sonny coast: though he has a law degree, he works just one day a week, in a toll booth.
Q 22Which twin brothers shared the role of Julian in Big Daddy?
Dylan and Cole Sprouse
Twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse, born in 1992, alternated as Julian, the usual way a child role stays within daily work-hour limits.
Q 23Sonny's lawyer roommate Kevin in Big Daddy is played by which Daily Show host?
Jon Stewart
Bobby's only ride is a riding lawnmower; he and Vicki Vallencourt drive off on it after their wedding at the end of the film.
Q 14Bobby Boucher believes his father died of dehydration where?
The Sahara
Mama told Bobby his father died of dehydration in the Sahara Desert; Roberto Boucher later turns up alive, having simply walked out on the family.
Q 15Who plays Bobby Boucher's fiercely religious mother, Helen, in The Waterboy?
Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates threw the script in the bin after a few pages; her niece fished it out, spotted Sandler's name and talked her into playing Mama Boucher.
Q 16The Mud Dogs' season in The Waterboy ends at which New Year's Day game?
The Bourbon Bowl
The Bourbon Bowl pits the Mud Dogs against Red Beaulieu's Cougars; they trail 27-0 when Bobby turns up at halftime, and win 30-27 on the final play.
Q 17Which Waterboy assistant coach has a Cajun accent so thick that fans liken LSU's Ed Orgeron to him?
Farmer Fran
Farmer Fran, played by Blake Clark, speaks a Cajun mumble nobody can follow; fans link him to Orgeron because of the coach's own Louisiana roots and accent.
Q 18Which rock star helps Robbie serenade Julia on the plane in The Wedding Singer?
Billy Idol
Billy Idol, playing himself in first class, rallies the cabin so Robbie can sing 'Grow Old with You', co-written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy.
Q 19The Wedding Singer was later adapted into what?
A Broadway musical
A Broadway musical opened in 2006 with a book co-written by Tim Herlihy, the film's own screenwriter, and two of the movie's Sandler-Herlihy songs carried into the stage score.
Q 20The Wedding Singer was Sandler's first film with which co-star, later of 50 First Dates and Blended?
Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore sought Sandler out before they had ever worked together, telling him they were 'cinematic soulmates'; the pairing she pitched became The Wedding Singer.
Jon Stewart plays Kevin Gerrity, whose fiancée Corinne is mocked for her Hooters past; Stewart had taken over The Daily Show in January 1999, months before the film opened.
Q 24Big Daddy earned Sandler which dubious honour?
A Razzie for Worst Actor
Sandler took the 1999 Razzie for Worst Actor for Big Daddy, which nonetheless grossed $234.8 million worldwide.
Q 25In Punch-Drunk Love, Barry Egan buys huge quantities of what to earn frequent-flyer miles?
Pudding
Pudding was a real loophole: in 1999 engineer David Phillips turned about $3,000 of Healthy Choice cups into more than 1.2 million air miles, and the film borrowed his scheme.
Q 26What instrument does Barry find abandoned in the street in Punch-Drunk Love?
A harmonium
Barry finds a harmonium dumped on the street outside his warehouse after a car crash; he carries it inside and plays it throughout the film.
Q 27Which director wrote Punch-Drunk Love specifically for Sandler?
Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson, an avowed fan of Sandler's broad comedies, built his follow-up to Magnolia around him, and it won Anderson Best Director at Cannes in 2002.
Q 28What does Barry Egan's company sell in Punch-Drunk Love?
Novelty toilet plungers
Novelty toilet plungers are Barry's trade; when a phone-sex line run from a Utah mattress store starts extorting him, he drives there to face its owner.
Q 29Lucy in 50 First Dates suffers from a fictional amnesia named what?
Goldfield's syndrome
Lucy has Goldfield's syndrome, a fictional condition that erases each day's memories overnight, so she wakes every morning believing it is the day of her crash.
Q 30What is Henry Roth's job in 50 First Dates?
Marine veterinarian
Marine veterinarian Henry Roth works at Sea Life Park on Oahu and dates only tourists, so that no romance can outlast a holiday, until he meets Lucy.