She's the Man Trivia
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49 free She's the Man trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
41 free She's the Man trivia questions with answers. She's the Man (2006) took Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, moved it to a prep-school soccer pitch and let Amanda Bynes loose with sideburns and a tampon-based nosebleed remedy. It was a modest hit at the time and a full-blown cult favourite since. This quiz covers the plot beat by beat, the cast (including a pre-fame Channing Tatum, whom Bynes personally fought to get hired), the production stories, the reviews and the box office. A whole section is devoted to the Shakespeare underneath it: which character names, places and plot devices come straight from Twelfth Night, and what the play's own story looks like. There are also questions about where the actors went next, from Virgin River to Silicon Valley to Magic Mike. It suits a movie night, a 2000s-themed quiz or anyone who can still quote the 'I'm not a chicken, I'm a boy' scene. Every answer is checked against Wikipedia and cited on the question, so you can see the source for yourself.
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Q 01She's the Man is a modern retelling of which Shakespeare play?
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night supplies the twins and the girl-disguised-as-a-boy plot; two of the film's writers had already turned The Taming of the Shrew into 10 Things I Hate About You.
Q 02What is the name of the elite boarding school Viola infiltrates while posing as her brother?
Illyria Prep
Illyria Prep takes its name from Illyria, the Adriatic coastal setting of the Shakespeare play; historically Illyria was a region of the western Balkans.
Q 03Which school does Viola originally attend, and later beat in the climactic soccer match?
Cornwall Prep
Cornwall Prep is Viola's own school; it cuts the girls' team and the boys' coach refuses to let the girls try out, which sets the whole scheme in motion.
Q 04Which college soccer team does Viola dream of playing for?
North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina Tar Heels: asked early on whether Michigan would offer more playing time, Viola says it has always been about wearing Carolina blue.
Q 05Where does the real Sebastian secretly go instead of enrolling at his new school?
London, with his band
Sebastian sneaks off to London, with his band, to play a gig, leaving his place at his new school empty for Viola to take.
Q 06Which friend gives Viola the makeover that turns her into 'Sebastian'?
Paul
Paul, her hairdresser friend, turns her into her brother, then stages a scene at the pizzeria so the soccer team takes 'Sebastian' for a ladies' man.
Q 07What is the name of the local pizzeria where the awkward double date takes place?
Cesario's
Cesario's hosts both the staged scene that makes 'Sebastian' look like a ladies' man and the awkward double date; Cesario is the alias Viola takes when she poses as a man in the Shakespeare play.
Q 08Where does the coach place 'Sebastian' after a poor showing at soccer tryouts?
Second string
Second string is where Coach Dinklage puts 'Sebastian' after a poor tryout, so Viola strikes a deal: Duke trains her, and she talks him up to Olivia.
Q 09Malcolm, the nerd investigating 'Sebastian', has a tarantula named after which character in the Shakespeare play behind She's the Man?
Malvolio
The tarantula is named Malvolio, after Olivia's pompous steward in the play; Malcolm's own surname, Festes, nods to Feste, the fool.
Q 10Duke is dismayed to be assigned which classmate as his lab partner?
Eunice Bates
Eunice Bates is the name Duke draws, while Olivia, the girl he wanted, is paired with 'Sebastian' instead, which is how she comes to fall for the wrong roommate.
Q 11At the Junior League carnival, Viola is sent to work a shift at which attraction?
The kissing booth
The kissing booth is where Viola, back in girl mode, kisses Duke; moments later he brawls with her ex, Justin, at the same carnival.
Q 12How does Viola finally prove to everyone on the pitch that she is a girl?
She flashes her breasts
She flashes her breasts after being told that wearing a wig proves nothing; Coach Dinklage then keeps her in the match, declaring that his school does not discriminate based on gender.
Q 13What social event does Viola's mother Daphne want her to take part in?
A debutante ball
Q 21Alexandra Breckenridge, who plays the real Sebastian's girlfriend, later starred as Mel Monroe in which series?
Virgin River
Virgin River cast Alexandra Breckenridge as Mel Monroe, a nurse practitioner who leaves Los Angeles for a remote Northern California town to start over, then falls for the local bartender.
Q 22Amanda Crew, who plays Viola's friend Kia, later played Monica Hall on which HBO comedy?
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley cast Amanda Crew as Monica Hall, who starts as a billionaire investor's assistant, co-founds the venture firm Bream-Hall and finally joins Pied Piper itself.
Q 23Jessica Lucas, who plays Yvonne, went on to appear in which 2008 found-footage horror film?
Cloverfield
A debutante ball is Daphne's obsession; the story's last big scene is that ball, where Viola arrives on Duke's arm and Olivia on the real Sebastian's.
Q 14What falls out of 'Sebastian's' boot as she unpacks in the dorm?
Tampons
Tampons: Viola claims she gets terrible nosebleeds and that Beckham uses them all the time, then pushes one up her nostril to prove it.
Q 15According to Amanda Bynes, why did producers hesitate to cast Channing Tatum?
He was much older than the others
He was much older than the others, the producers objected, but Bynes fought for him anyway, insisting 'every girl will love him'.
Q 16At the pizzeria, 'Sebastian' wins the soccer team's respect by loudly dumping which character?
Monique
Monique, the real Sebastian's girlfriend, comes in looking for him, so Viola ends the relationship on his behalf at full volume, and the watching players cheer.
Q 17Which former professional footballer plays Coach Dinklage?
Vinnie Jones
Vinnie Jones plays Coach Dinklage; as a Wimbledon midfielder he helped the unfancied 'Crazy Gang' beat league champions Liverpool 1-0 in the 1988 FA Cup final.
Q 18Who plays Principal Horatio Gold?
David Cross
David Cross plays Principal Gold, who halts the big match with a megaphone to announce that Sebastian is really a girl, only to be proved wrong within seconds.
Q 19Julie Hagerty, who plays Viola's mother Daphne, made her name as Elaine in which 1980 comedy?
Airplane!
Airplane! cast Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson, the stewardess who ends up helping her jittery ex-boyfriend land a jet after bad fish fells the crew; she returned for the 1982 sequel.
Q 20Robert Hoffman, who plays Viola's ex Justin, starred as Chase Collins in which dance sequel?
Step Up 2: The Streets
Step Up 2: The Streets gave Robert Hoffman the lead in a series launched by his She's the Man co-star Channing Tatum, who returns for a cameo.
Cloverfield cast Jessica Lucas as Lily, one of the friends fleeing a giant creature in Manhattan; she is hurried onto the first evacuation helicopter while her friends wait for the next.
Q 24Emily Perkins, who plays Duke's lab partner, is known to horror fans as Brigitte in which Canadian werewolf film?
Ginger Snaps
Ginger Snaps cast Emily Perkins as Brigitte Fitzgerald, a death-obsessed teen trying to save her sister Ginger after an animal attack; she came back for both follow-up films.
Q 25Laura Ramsey, who plays Olivia, starred in which 2008 horror film from a Scott Smith novel?
The Ruins
The Ruins cast Laura Ramsey as Stacy, one of the American tourists trapped on a Mayan temple by flesh-eating vines; Scott Smith adapted his own novel for the screen.
Q 26Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith, two of She's the Man's screenwriters, also wrote which 2001 comedy?
Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde was adapted by Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith from Amanda Brown's novel, which drew on her own time as a fashion-loving blonde at Stanford Law School.
Q 27Director Andy Fickman followed She's the Man with which 2007 Dwayne Johnson comedy?
The Game Plan
The Game Plan (2007) paired Fickman with Dwayne Johnson as a quarterback who discovers he has a daughter; the two reunited on Race to Witch Mountain in 2009.
Q 28Duke rallies his team with a Shakespeare line that begins 'Be not afraid of' what?
Greatness
Greatness: 'some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them' is bait in a forged love letter in the play, but Duke turns it into a pep talk to keep Viola in the match.
Q 29Which film topped the box office the weekend She's the Man opened?
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta opened with $25.6 million in North America in March 2006, while She's the Man took $10.7 million in fourth place; the comedy still grossed $57 million worldwide, more than double its budget.
Q 30What does Principal Gold wrongly decide the new student 'Sebastian' is hiding?
Baldness
Baldness: seeing 'Sebastian' fiddle with a wig, he waves away her 'scalp condition' excuse, confides that he is thinning too and urges her to accept herself as 'a baldy'.