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50 free Knocked up trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Knocked Up arrived in June 2007 and turned Seth Rogen into a leading man, made Judd Apatow the decade's dominant comedy brand and gave the world Kristen Wiig telling Katherine Heigl that she legally couldn't be asked to lose weight. It grossed $219 million on a $25 million budget, made the AFI's ten best list, and later became a flashpoint when Heigl called it 'a little sexist'. This quiz covers the whole film and its afterlife: the plot beats (the E! promotion, the empty ring box, the fantasy baseball draft, the Bar Mitzvah gynecologist), the cast and the many cameos, who almost played Alison, the Freaks and Geeks connections, the Loudon Wainwright soundtrack, the box office, reviews and awards, the Heigl controversy, and the This Is 40 spin-off. It starts easy and works up to details for people who have watched the unrated cut more than once. Every answer has been checked against documented production and release records, so it is safe for a movie night or a 2000s-comedy quiz round.
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Q 01Who wrote, produced and directed Knocked Up?
Judd Apatow
It was his second feature as director, after The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Both films' casts overlap heavily with his cancelled TV shows.
Q 02Who plays slacker Ben Stone in Knocked Up?
Seth Rogen
It was his first leading role in a studio film. He was also an executive producer with his writing partner Evan Goldberg.
Q 03Who plays Alison Scott, the newly promoted TV reporter, in Knocked Up?
Katherine Heigl
She was then starring on Grey's Anatomy. Hathaway, Wilde and Bosworth were all attached or auditioned for the part first.
Q 04Which entertainment network has just given Alison an on-air job in Knocked Up?
E!
Her morning sickness kicks in during an on-camera interview with a movie star playing himself.
Q 05What kind of website do Ben and his roommates half-heartedly work on in Knocked Up?
A celebrity nudity site
The site, Flesh of the Stars, catalogues nude scenes; they later discover the idea already exists as Mr. Skin.
Q 06How does Ben support himself before Alison's pregnancy in Knocked Up?
An injury compensation payout
The Canadian-born character is living off the settlement in a shared house with four friends who all use their actors' first names.
Q 07Which actor is Alison interviewing when morning sickness first hits her in Knocked Up?
James Franco
Franco, an Apatow TV alumnus, is one of several celebrities playing themselves, alongside Jessica Alba, Eva Mendes and Andy Dick.
Q 08Who play Alison's sister Debbie and her husband Pete in Knocked Up?
Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd
Mann is Apatow's wife, and their real daughters Maude and Iris play Debbie's kids. The couple got their own film, This Is 40, in 2012.
Q 09What does Debbie discover Pete has secretly been sneaking out at night to do in Knocked Up?
Play in a fantasy baseball draft
He has also been going to the movies alone, to escape what he calls her manipulative manner. Paul Feig cameos as the Fantasy Baseball Guy.
Q 10What does Ben propose to Alison with in Knocked Up?
An empty ring box
He promises to buy a real ring someday; she says it is too early to think about marriage while she is hiding the pregnancy from her bosses.
Q 11Where do Ben and Pete go on their road trip after their relationships collapse in Knocked Up?
Las Vegas
Tripping, they see a Cirque du Soleil show and Ben has a meltdown about the hotel-room chairs.
Q 12What are Ben and Pete on when they realise they need to save their relationships in Knocked Up?
Psychedelic mushrooms
The Vegas trip ends with a heartfelt talk about how much they miss the women in their lives.
Q 13Why are Debbie and Alison refused entry to a nightclub in Knocked Up?
One is too old, the other is pregnant
Q 21Which Growing Pains actress plays Alison's mother, who urges her to have an abortion, in Knocked Up?
Joanna Kerns
The baby photo of her in the closing credits was the same one used in the opening titles of Growing Pains' early seasons.
Q 22Who play the passive-aggressive E! executives Jack and Jill in Knocked Up?
Alan Tudyk and Kristen Wiig
Wiig's needling, passive-aggressive boss became one of the film's most quoted characters. Hader appears separately as Brent.
Q 23Which TV host's cameo won him a Teen Choice Award for 'Best Hissy Fit'?
Ryan Seacrest
The sympathetic doorman delivers the bad news, prompting Debbie's tearful monologue about her life.
Q 14Which comedian plays the club doorman who turns Debbie and Alison away in Knocked Up?
Craig Robinson
It was one of the Office star's first big film moments. He was later a regular in Apatow-produced comedies like Pineapple Express and This Is the End.
Q 15Where is Alison's gynecologist when she goes into labour in Knocked Up?
At a Bar Mitzvah
He had emphatically insisted he never took vacations. Ben leaves him a profane voicemail before Ken Jeong's Dr. Kuni takes over.
Q 16Which future Hangover star plays the brusque Dr. Kuni, who delivers Alison's baby in Knocked Up?
Ken Jeong
Jeong was a practising physician at the time. The film also features B.J. Novak and Mo Collins as doctors.
Q 17What sex is Ben and Alison's baby in the theatrical cut of Knocked Up?
A girl
An alternate ending on the DVD makes the baby a boy. Real footage of a birth was used, which reportedly drove the originally cast actress from the role.
Q 18Which actress was originally cast as Alison before dropping out of Knocked Up?
Anne Hathaway
Apatow said she objected to plans to use real footage of a woman giving birth. Hewitt, Bosworth and Olivia Wilde then auditioned.
Q 19Which pop star was a contender for the female lead in Knocked Up but turned it down to promote an album?
Christina Aguilera
She was busy with Back to Basics. Her rival Britney Spears did make it in, via 'Toxic' on the soundtrack.
Q 20Which late Ghostbusters star plays Ben's overjoyed father in Knocked Up?
Harold Ramis
Ramis's Harris Stone is the film's warmest voice; his talk with Ben triggers Ben's decision to grow up.
He rants that rising young stars are ruining his day. The film itself won Choice Comedy.
Q 24Which four Knocked Up housemates share their first names with the actors who play them?
Jason, Jay, Jonah and Martin
Segel, Baruchel, Hill and Starr all came from Apatow's TV shows. Martin loses a beard-growing bet.
Q 25Which cancelled Apatow-produced 1999 series gave Knocked Up its stars Rogen, Segel, Starr and Franco?
Freaks and Geeks
Jay Baruchel came from Undeclared. Paul Feig, who co-created Freaks and Geeks, has a cameo.
Q 26Which studio released Knocked Up on June 1, 2007?
Universal Pictures
It had premiered at South by Southwest that March. Universal also released The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Q 27What was Knocked Up's production budget?
$25 million
It grossed about $219M worldwide, nearly nine times its cost.
Q 28Roughly how much did Knocked Up gross worldwide?
$219 million
About $149M of that came from the US and Canada. It spent eight weeks in the domestic top ten, the longest streak of any May-June opener that year.
Q 29Which blockbuster kept Knocked Up out of the number-one spot on its opening weekend?
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
It opened at number two with about $30.7M against the Pirates threequel's second weekend.
Q 30Which folk singer-songwriter composed Knocked Up's soundtrack album, Strange Weirdos, with Joe Henry?
Loudon Wainwright III
Wainwright also appears on screen as Dr. Howard, and had played a father on Apatow's Undeclared.