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50 free Legally Blonde trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
42 free Legally Blonde trivia questions with answers. Legally Blonde is one of those films people can quote start to finish, and it turns out the making of it is just as good: MGM had to be talked into Reese Witherspoon, the ending was reshot in London after test audiences demanded more, and the whole thing exists because a law student resubmitted her manuscript on pink paper. This quiz runs 50 questions covering the 2001 film in detail (Elle's LSAT score, the alibi, the perm, the graduation speech), plus the casting stories, the soundtrack, the fictional CULA, the 2003 sequel in Washington, the Broadway and West End musical, and the 2026 prequel series Elle. It starts with questions any fan will get and works up to ones only a superfan will know. Every answer has been checked against reference sources, shown under each question once you answer, so it works for a girls' movie night, a sorority social or a film round at pub trivia.
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Q 01Who plays Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (2001)?
Reese Witherspoon
The director said he knew by page five of the script that he wanted her, but she had to audition several times to convince MGM.
Q 02Which author's novel, drawn from her own law-school years, was the basis of the film?
Amanda Brown
She only landed an agent after resubmitting her manuscript on pink paper, which got it fished out of the slush pile.
Q 03What is the full name of the boyfriend who dumps Elle at the start of the film?
Warner Huntington III
He wants to be a senator and thinks Elle is not 'serious' enough; she ends up rejecting him as a 'complete bonehead'.
Q 04What score does Elle get on the LSAT to get into Harvard?
179
Combined with her 4.0 GPA (and a video essay), it gets her into Harvard Law alongside Warner.
Q 05What is the name of Elle's fictional undergraduate college?
CULA
Both USC and Stanford refused to let their names be used, so the writers invented the California University of Los Angeles.
Q 06What is the name of the local manicurist who becomes Elle's best friend in Boston?
Paulette Bonafonté
Jennifer Coolidge got the part; Courtney Love and Kathy Najimy were rumoured to have been considered.
Q 07Who plays Paulette in Legally Blonde?
Jennifer Coolidge
The Paulette subplot was expanded because producer Marc Platt wanted a B-plot for her.
Q 08Who plays Vivian Kensington, Warner's new fiancée who eventually becomes Elle's friend?
Selma Blair
Blair and Witherspoon had already worked together on Cruel Intentions; Chloë Sevigny had been the writers' first suggestion.
Q 09What is the name of the fitness instructor accused of murdering her husband, whom Elle helps defend?
Brooke Windham
Ali Larter originally wanted to play a sorority sister but fell for this role after reading the script.
Q 10What is Brooke's secret alibi that she refuses to reveal in court?
She was having liposuction
Elle keeps the secret even from Professor Callahan, which is what wins over Vivian.
Q 11What hair fact lets Elle break Chutney's testimony on the stand?
You cannot wet a perm in the first 24 hours
Chutney claimed she was in the shower after a perm, but her curls were still intact; washing would have deactivated the ammonium thioglycolate.
Q 12Who really killed Brooke's husband?
Chutney, his daughter
She was furious at having a stepmother her own age and shot her father after mistaking him for Brooke.
Q 13Who plays Callahan, the law teacher who tries to seduce Elle and is fired from the case?
Victor Garber
Q 21Which TV courtroom star was written into a cameo for Elle's Harvard video essay before the scene was cut?
Judge Judy Sheindlin
Judy Sheindlin could not get on board, so Elle and her friends never got to chase her down on screen.
Q 22Which singer performs 'Perfect Day', the song that opens Legally Blonde?
Hoku
Vanessa Carlton, Samantha Mumba and Superchick also appear on the soundtrack.
Q 23Legally Blonde was nominated for a Golden Globe in which category?
Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy
After his advance Brooke replaces him with Elle, supervised by Emmett because students can only appear in court under a licensed attorney.
Q 14The screenwriters had which actor in mind from the start for Emmett Richmond?
Luke Wilson
One producer wanted Paul Bettany, but the crew felt Emmett should be American.
Q 15Who directed Legally Blonde?
Robert Luketic
The Australian newcomer had broken through with a short film called Titsiana Booberini.
Q 16What was the film's approximate budget and worldwide gross?
$18 million and $142 million
It was released in North America by MGM in July 2001 and earned Witherspoon a Golden Globe nomination.
Q 17Which colour did the filmmakers settle on as Elle's signature, after considering alternatives?
Pink
After meeting real sorority girls, the costume team concluded it had to be pink; the novel manuscript had also been submitted on pink paper.
Q 18The film's original ending was reshot after test screenings. Where does the final version take place?
Elle's Harvard graduation
The new graduation scene was filmed at Dulwich College in London, because Witherspoon was there shooting The Importance of Being Earnest.
Q 19Where were most of the 'Harvard' campus scenes actually filmed?
USC, UCLA, Caltech and a Pasadena high school
Rose City High School in Pasadena stood in for parts of the Ivy League campus.
Q 20The earliest draft had no murder trial and ended with Elle in a relationship with which kind of person?
One of her law teachers
When the plot changed, McCullah and Smith added new characters, including Paulette.
Witherspoon was also nominated for Best Actress and won the 2002 MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance.
Q 24Which prestigious 2021 list from the Writers Guild of America included the Legally Blonde screenplay?
101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century
Not bad for a script MGM initially doubted its lead could carry.
Q 25Which producer, later behind Wicked, developed the manuscript into a novel and the film?
Marc Platt
He was intrigued by a heroine who 'doesn't judge herself or anybody else' and pushed for a bigger role for Paulette.
Q 26What is the title of the 2003 sequel?
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Elle heads to Washington to outlaw animal testing after discovering that Bruiser's mother is a cosmetics-company lab dog.
Q 27In Legally Blonde 2, what is Elle trying to get passed in Congress?
Bruiser's Bill, banning animal testing
She calls herself the 'voice for those who can't speak' and is nicknamed 'Capitol Barbie' by a sarcastic staffer.
Q 28Which Oscar-winning actress plays Congresswoman Victoria Rudd in Legally Blonde 2?
Sally Field
Bob Newhart plays the hotel doorman who teaches Elle how Washington really works.
Q 29Though set in Washington, D.C., where were the sequel's government interiors mostly filmed?
Salt Lake City and Springfield, Illinois
The aerial views of Washington were scale models built by the crew.
Q 30What is Elle's failed office-morale idea in the sequel, where co-workers write compliments?
The Snap Cup
It flops, and Elle briefly loses faith in Washington politics before rallying.