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65 free American Pie trivia questions with answers. American Pie turned an $11 million teen comedy into a billion-dollar franchise and a decade of quotable moments, and this quiz covers the lot. Most of the questions are about the movies: the 1999 original and its cast, the pact before prom, band camp, Stifler's mom, the sequels American Pie 2, American Wedding and American Reunion, and the direct-to-video spin-offs from Band Camp to Girls' Rules. A final round is for the other American Pie, Don McLean's 1971 epic, from the plane crash it mourns to the manuscript that sold for seven figures. Easy questions ask who plays Jim and which instrument Michelle carries; the hard ones want the real diner behind Dog Years, who directed the second film and where the song made its debut. There are no lyrics to complete and nothing you would be embarrassed to answer out loud, so it works for a movie night or a pub round. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the films, the cast and the song, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01Who wrote the screenplay for the original American Pie?
Adam Herz
He wrote it over a winter ski vacation in 1998 and it sold for a reported $650,000, launching his career.
Q 02Which pair of brothers directed American Pie, even though only one of them is credited?
Paul and Chris Weitz
Only Paul remains credited as director; Paul had co-written the animated film Antz the year before.
Q 03In which year was American Pie released in US theaters?
1999
It arrived on July 9, in the same summer as The Blair Witch Project and The Sixth Sense.
Q 04Roughly what was American Pie's production budget?
$11 million
The modest budget meant Universal left the filmmakers alone, and much of the dialogue was improvised.
Q 05American Pie is set in the fictional town of East Great Falls in which US state?
Michigan
Despite the setting, almost none of it was shot there.
Q 06The fictional town in the film is modeled on which real one, where the screenwriter went to high school?
East Grand Rapids
The screenplay's own working title was simply East Great Falls High.
Q 07Where was American Pie mostly filmed?
Long Beach, California
Millikan High School supplied the exteriors and Long Beach Polytechnic the interiors.
Q 08Why was the film's working title, Great Falls, dropped before release?
Test audiences reacted badly to it
The title Herz first shopped around was even stranger: 'Untitled Teenage Sex Comedy That Can Be Made For Under $10 Million That Most Readers Will Probably Hate But I Think You Will Love'.
Q 09What rating did the MPAA originally hand American Pie before edits were made?
NC-17
Cuts secured the R rating the studio needed for a wide teen-comedy release.
Q 10Who plays Jim Levenstein?
Jason Biggs
He was a Broadway veteran at 12 and had a Daytime Emmy nomination for As the World Turns before he ever met a pie.
Q 11Who plays Jim's endlessly supportive dad?
Eugene Levy
His character, Noah Levenstein, went on to appear in eight of the franchise's nine films.
Q 12Which comedy legend was considered for the role of Jim's dad?
Bill Murray
The part went instead to a veteran of the Canadian sketch show SCTV.
Q 13Who plays Steve Stifler?
Seann William Scott
It was his breakout part; he later voiced Crash in the Ice Age sequels and led Fox's Lethal Weapon series.
Q 14Which instrument does Michelle, the band-camp storyteller, play?
Q 21The four friends' pact has what deadline?
Prom night
They give themselves three weeks, which is roughly the length of the film's plot.
Q 22Which four-letter slang term did American Pie push into the mainstream?
MILF
John Cho plays one of the two 'MILF Guys' who ogle Stifler's mom.
Q 23What is Stifler's mom's first name?
Jeanine
It is rarely spoken aloud; nearly everyone in the films just calls her Stifler's mom.
Q 24Where did American Pie rank among the highest-grossing films of 1999?
Flute
Her band camp anecdotes became the film's most-quoted running joke and later spawned a whole spin-off.
Q 15Who plays Michelle Flaherty?
Alyson Hannigan
Her part was small in the first film and grew until she was the bride in American Wedding.
Q 16Nadia, the exchange student, comes from which country?
Czech Republic
Shannon Elizabeth reprised the role in American Pie 2 and American Reunion, and later became a noted celebrity poker player.
Q 17Which school group does jock Oz join to meet girls who don't know his reputation?
The choir
There he meets Heather, played by Mena Suvari, and ends up skipping his lacrosse championship for her.
Q 18Members of which real band cameo as musicians watching the infamous webcam stream?
Blink-182
Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker all appear.
Q 19Which teen star turned down the role of Jim?
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
The Home Improvement star was Universal's first choice.
Q 20Finch and Stifler's mom famously get together on top of what?
A pool table
The moment turned Jennifer Coolidge into a pop-culture fixture and gave the sequels a running joke.
12th
It made about $235 million worldwide on a budget smaller than most studio comedies' marketing spend.
Q 25Which real hot-dog restaurant inspired the gang's hangout, Dog Years?
Yesterdog
It sits in the Eastown neighborhood and still trades on the connection.
Q 26Who directed American Pie 2?
J. B. Rogers
Roger Ebert gave the 2001 sequel three stars out of four, kinder than most critics.
Q 27In American Pie 2, the friends rent a summer party house on which body of water?
Lake Michigan
Kevin gets the idea from his older brother, and painting the house is meant to cover the rent.
Q 28Which household product does Jim accidentally grab in American Pie 2, landing him in hospital?
Super glue
The injury is badly timed, because Nadia turns up early.
Q 29American Pie 2's opening weekend set a record for an R-rated comedy, beating which film?
Scary Movie
It took $45.1 million from 3,063 theaters in its first weekend.
Q 30Which entry is the highest-grossing film in the franchise?
American Pie 2
It earned about $287.5 million worldwide, more than the original despite worse reviews.