Road House Trivia
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96 free Road House trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
42 free Road House trivia questions with answers. Pain don't hurt, and neither does this Road House trivia quiz. It covers Patrick Swayze's 1989 cult classic from top to bottom: Dalton the philosophy-degree bouncer, the Double Deuce in Jasper, Missouri, Frank Tilghman, Wade Garrett, Brad Wesley and his mansion across the lake, Jimmy Reno and the fight that broke Swayze's ribs, Doc Clay, Emmett's barn, the monster truck, and Jeff Healey playing behind chicken wire. There are questions on the making of it too: the actress originally cast as Doc, the California towns that played Missouri, the five Razzie nominations, the box office, the off-Broadway musical, the MST3K obsession and the NYPD training video. A final round covers Road House 2 and Doug Liman's 2024 remake with Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor McGregor and the Florida Keys, including the streaming-versus-cinema fight behind it. Easy questions first, deep cuts later. Every answer has been checked against the Wikipedia articles on the films and their stars, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01Who plays the bouncer Dalton in the 1989 film Road House?
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze did many of his own stunts as Dalton and paid for it: a log his opponent swung in their big fight scene cracked his ribs.
Q 02What is the name of the bar Dalton is hired to clean up in the 1989 Road House?
The Double Deuce
The Double Deuce is so unruly that Dalton starts by firing staff: a bouncer who loves a brawl, a waitress dealing drugs and a bartender skimming the till.
Q 03In which state is the town of Jasper, where Dalton's new bar sits?
Missouri
Jasper is in Missouri, though the film was shot in California, mostly around Newhall, Valencia and Canyon Country.
Q 04Where is Dalton working when the 1989 Road House opens?
A club in New York City
A club in New York City is where a small-town bar owner tracks Dalton down and hires him away to run security at his own troubled place.
Q 05Who owns the bar in Jasper and hires Dalton?
Frank Tilghman
Frank Tilghman owns the bar; he tells Dalton to clean the place up and gives him full authority over the staff.
Q 06Who plays the crime lord Brad Wesley?
Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara had been Broadway's original Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the part Paul Newman played on film; his Brad Wesley brought a Razzie nomination for Worst Supporting Actor.
Q 07Where does Dalton live while he is working in Jasper?
A loft in a farmer's barn
A loft in a farmer's barn is his choice, rented from old Emmet; it faces the mansion across the water, which turns out to belong to Brad Wesley.
Q 08Who plays Dr. Elizabeth "Doc" Clay?
Kelly Lynch
Kelly Lynch plays Dr. Elizabeth Clay, the Jasper doctor who stitches up Dalton's knife wound and becomes his love interest.
Q 09Which Tony-nominated newcomer from the stage was first cast as Doc in Road House and then replaced?
Annette Bening
Annette Bening, fresh from a Tony nomination for Coastal Disturbances, was cast as Doc and let go early on; her replacement later said the leading man felt no chemistry with her.
Q 10Who plays Dalton's mentor, the ageing bouncer Wade Garrett?
Sam Elliott
Sam Elliott plays Wade Garrett, Dalton's grizzled mentor, who comes to Jasper to back him up against Wesley's crew.
Q 11In the 1989 Road House, the bouncer Dalton surprises Doc by holding a degree in which subject?
Philosophy
Philosophy is his answer when Doc reads it in his file; asked whether studying man's search for faith gave him any answers, he admits it gave him not too many.
Q 12What is written on the note pinned to the knife in Wade Garrett's body?
"It was Tails"
"It was Tails" is Wesley's taunt: he had phoned Dalton to say a coin flip would decide whether Wade Garrett or Elizabeth died.
Q 13How does Dalton kill Wesley's henchman Jimmy Reno?
He rips out his throat
He rips out his throat with a bare hand when Jimmy pulls a gun, the move that has haunted Dalton since he first killed a man with it; Elizabeth sees the body and walks away.
Q 21How much did Road House gross worldwide on its 1989 release?
$61 million
Road House grossed about $61 million worldwide, roughly half of it from its North American theatrical run.
Q 22Which comedian phones the husband of Road House's leading lady whenever her love scene airs on TV?
Bill Murray
Bill Murray, or one of his brothers, rings screenwriter Mitch Glazer to report what his wife is up to on screen; Glazer, who co-wrote Scrooged, once took the call from Russia.
Q 23Which critic wrote that Road House sits on the edge between the good-bad movie and the merely bad?
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert gave it two and a half stars and hesitated to recommend it, yet granted that, seen in the right frame of mind, it is not a boring film either.
Q 14Who finally shoots Brad Wesley dead at the end of the 1989 Road House?
The townsmen
The townsmen do it: business owners Wesley had been squeezing gun him down as he reaches for a pistol, then hide the weapons and play innocent when the police arrive.
Q 15Which Canadian blues guitarist leads the house band in the 1989 film Road House?
Jeff Healey
Jeff Healey leads the house band as Cody; self-taught from the age of three, he worked out his own way of playing, with the guitar laid flat across his lap.
Q 16How did the guitarist who leads the house band in Road House lose his sight?
Retinoblastoma as a baby
Retinoblastoma as a baby: the rare eye cancer cost him both eyes before his first birthday, yet he had picked up a guitar by the age of three.
Q 17Who composed the score for the 1989 Road House?
Michael Kamen
Michael Kamen also worked in rock, arranging the orchestra on Pink Floyd's The Wall; by Road House he had scored Lethal Weapon and Die Hard for the same producer.
Q 18Which monster truck was built specially for the 1989 film Road House?
Bigfoot #7
Bigfoot #7 was built for the shoot; on Wesley's orders it ploughs through a car dealer's showroom, crushing the stock to remind Jasper who runs the town.
Q 19Who directed the 1989 film Road House?
Rowdy Herrington
Rowdy Herrington had worked as a lighting gaffer and directed just one feature, the thriller Jack's Back, before making Road House for producer Joel Silver.
Q 20How many Golden Raspberry nominations did Road House receive?
5
It won none, but Razzie founder John Wilson later listed it among the 100 most enjoyably bad movies ever made.
Q 24What is the first name of Dalton, the hero of the 1989 Road House?
James
James is the name the sequel Road House 2 uses for him, though the 1989 credits bill him only as Dalton; the 2024 remake renamed him Elwood.
Q 25Who is the hero of the 2006 direct-to-video sequel Road House 2?
Dalton's son, Shane Tanner
Dalton's son, Shane Tanner, is a DEA agent who steps in to run his uncle's Louisiana bar after the uncle is beaten up; Dalton himself is said to have been murdered years earlier.
Q 26Which cult show's Crow T. Robot was obsessed with Road House and wrote a carol about its star?
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Science Theater 3000's Crow calls Road House his favourite movie; he unveils the carol in the 1991 Christmas episode, while the crew mock Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
Q 27Which police force used a Road House scene in retraining on staying nice under pressure?
The NYPD
The NYPD used Dalton's "be nice" speech while retraining about 22,000 officers after the 2014 death of Eric Garner.
Q 28Which animated sitcom has its dad buy Road House on DVD and start roundhouse-kicking everyone in sight?
Family Guy
Family Guy's Peter picks up the DVD for a dollar at a closing video store and decides kicking solves everything; the 2009 episode is dedicated to the film's lead, who had died weeks earlier.
Q 29Which martial artist from The Last Dragon starred in the 2003 off-Broadway musical spoof of Road House?
Taimak
Taimak, the star of The Last Dragon, led the 2003 spoof, whose sprawling title promises him "wearing a blonde mullet wig".
Q 30Which MMA star was announced to lead a Road House remake in 2015 that was quietly cancelled?
Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey asked the original star's widow for her blessing and got it; the shoot was planned for straight after her November 2015 title fight with Holly Holm, but the project was dropped in 2016.