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50 free The Sandlot trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
40 free The Sandlot trivia questions with answers. The Sandlot has been quoted at barbecues for more than thirty years, so a quiz about it has to go further than "you're killing me, Smalls". These 50 questions cover the film end to end: who directed and narrated it, where it was really shot, what breed the Beast is, what Benny's full name is, and what the epilogue does with Squints and the lifeguard. There is also a run of questions on the real baseball behind the plot. The ball that lands in Mr Mertle's yard is signed by the 1927 Yankees, so the quiz asks about that team too — the 110-win season, the 60 home runs, and the six hitters who made up the most famous batting order in the sport. Every answer was checked against a primary reference before publication rather than pulled from a fan page, so the box-office numbers, cast names and baseball records here hold up. Play it solo, or run it as a round at a party where at least one person can recite the whole pool scene.
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Q 01In which year was The Sandlot released?
1993
It arrived on 7 April, distributed by 20th Century Fox. The story it tells is set three decades earlier.
Q 02Who directed the film and also narrated it as the grown-up Smalls?
David Mickey Evans
He co-wrote the script with Robert Gunter as well. His voice frames the whole story as a memory.
Q 03In which summer is the story set?
1962
The clothes, the cars and the transistor radios all belong to that year. Kennedy was president and the Dodgers had only just moved west.
Q 04Which part of Los Angeles is the film set in?
The San Fernando Valley
None of it was actually shot there, though. The production went to another state entirely.
Q 05In which state was the film actually shot, in Midvale, Ogden and the state capital?
Utah
Producers wanted early-sixties streetscapes that had not been redeveloped. The lot itself was built on an empty patch of ground in Midvale.
Q 06Roughly how much did the film gross worldwide?
$34 million
It opened with about $4 million and grew steadily. Home video and cable turned a modest hit into a permanent one.
Q 07Which actor played the new kid, Scotty Smalls?
Tom Guiry
His character starts the summer unable to throw a ball and ends it in left field. The role was his first.
Q 08What is Benny Rodriguez's full first and middle name?
Benjamin Franklin
He is the most dedicated and skilled player on the lot and the unquestioned leader. The name is a nod to an American founding father.
Q 09Which position does Hamilton 'Ham' Porter play?
Catcher
He is sarcastic, short-tempered and responsible for most of the insults. Patrick Renna played him.
Q 10Which actor played the bespectacled centre fielder Squints?
Chauncey Leopardi
His character is the group's storyteller, which is how the legend of the Beast gets so out of hand. He later sued over the portrayal's real-life namesake.
Q 11How does Squints get himself kissed by the lifeguard at the public pool?
He fakes drowning
The whole team is thrown out immediately afterwards. He is entirely unrepentant about it.
Q 12Which actress played the lifeguard, Wendy Peffercorn?
Marley Shelton
The slow-motion sequence around her is one of the most quoted scenes in the film. The epilogue reveals what became of that romance.
Q 13According to the epilogue, what happens between Squints and the lifeguard?
They marry and have nine children
Q 21In Benny's dream, which legendary player gives him advice?
Babe Ruth
The ghostly visitor tells him that heroes get remembered but legends never die. The player had died in 1948.
Q 22The autographed ball at the heart of the plot was signed by which famous line-up?
The 1927 Murderers' Row
That team went 110-44 and swept the World Series. Its first six hitters are still considered the best batting order ever assembled.
Q 23Which two direct-to-video sequels followed the original film?
The Sandlot 2 and Heading Home
The pair end up running a local drugstore together. It is the most improbable payoff in the film and the most beloved.
Q 14What breed is the dog the boys call the Beast?
English Mastiff
On screen he is made to look unnaturally huge. In the end he turns out to be an ordinary-sized dog.
Q 15What is the Beast's actual name?
Hercules
He becomes the team's mascot once the boys finally meet him properly. His owner had known all along that he was harmless.
Q 16Which actor plays Mr Mertle, the blind former player living behind the fence?
James Earl Jones
His character had played in the majors before losing his sight. He keeps a wall of memorabilia the boys never expected.
Q 17Which comedian and actor plays Bill, the stepfather whose prized ball starts the whole disaster?
Denis Leary
He spends most of the film trying to teach a boy to play catch. Karen Allen plays the mother.
Q 18What does Smalls do with the ball he takes from his stepfather's trophy case?
Hits his first home run with it
It sails over the fence into the neighbouring yard. That is where the entire plot begins.
Q 19What nickname does Benny earn after his chase through town?
The Jet
Word of the escape spreads across the neighbourhood within a day. The name follows him into the professional game.
Q 20Which team does Benny play for as an adult in the epilogue?
The Los Angeles Dodgers
Smalls, meanwhile, ends up behind a microphone as a sports commentator. The two are still friends in the closing scene.
They arrived in 2005 and 2007 respectively. Neither had the original cast.
Q 24A real man named Michael Polydoros sued the studio in 1998 over the film. What was his claim?
Defamation
He argued a character was based on him without permission. The case put a real childhood nickname in front of a court.
Q 25What does Roger Ebert's three-star review compare the film to?
A summertime A Christmas Story
Both films are narrated by an adult looking back at one obsessive childhood season. The film holds a 66% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Q 26After thrashing the snooty rival Little League team, the boys celebrate at which place?
At a fair, chewing tobacco
The ride afterwards does not agree with them. It is the only game in the film they play against another organised team.
Q 27What happens to the team's only baseball at the start of the crisis?
Benny knocks the cover off it
That is why a replacement has to be found in a hurry. The one Smalls grabs turns out to be worth a fortune.
Q 28What was Kenny DeNunez known for on the mound?
His 'Heater' pitch
He is the easygoing pitcher of the group, played by Brandon Quintin Adams. The nickname says everything about his style.
Q 29Which two characters in the team are brothers?
Timmy and Tommy Timmons
The younger one repeats whatever his brother says, which is where his nickname comes from. They play first base and right field.
Q 30Which position does Bertram Grover Weeks play?
Second base
He is described as fun-loving, and he is played by Grant Gelt. The epilogue gives him the strangest fate of the nine.