Forrest Gump Questions

Question: What was Forrest's last name?

Answer: Gump

Question: What city and state is Forrest from?

Answer: Greenbow, Alabama

Question: What was Forrest's favorite book?

Answer: Curious George

Question: What did Forrest's Mama call his leg braces?

Answer: Magic Shoes

Question: What shape was Forrest's back crooked like?

Answer: A question mark

Question: What was the name of Forrest's bus driver?

Answer: Dorothy Harris

Question: What king did young Forrest meet?

Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: What song was Elvis playing when Forrest showed him his dance?

Answer: Hound Dog

Question: Where did Forrest's mom say his first pair of shoes could take him?

Answer: Anywhere

Question: How did Mama Gump make money?

Answer: Rented out rooms for visitors at the Gump house

Question: Where did young Forrest go to school?

Answer: Greenbow County Central School

Question: What did Mama Gump tell Forrest vacation meant?

Answer: When you go somewhere and you don't ever come back.

Question: What was Forrest holding when he taught Elvis how to dance?

Answer: a broom

Question: On his first day of school, why didn't Forrest get on the bus?

Answer: He can't take rides with strangers

Question: What was Forrest's IQ as a child?

Answer: 75

Question: What was the name of the store where Forrest first saw Elvis on TV?

Answer: Vince's Furniture and Appliance Store

Question: How many kids rejected Forrest on the school bus before Jenny offered him a seat?

Answer: 4

Question: How old was Jenny when her mom left?

Answer: 5

Question: What did Forrest think Jenny was afraid of at her grandma's house that made her visit Forrest at night?

Answer: Her grandma's dog

Question: What is Forrest's favorite soda?

Answer: Dr. Pepper

Question: How many Dr. Peppers did Forrest drink in the white house?

Answer: 15

Question: When Forrest was on the All American Football Team, which president did he meet?

Answer: John F. Kennedy

Question: What did Forrest tell President Kennedy?

Answer: "I have to pee."

Question: What team did Forrest play football for?

Answer: University of Alabama

Question: Who was his famous football coach?

Answer: Bear Bryant

Question: What number was on Forrest's Alabama football jersey?

Answer: 44

Question: Whose autographed photo was in the White House bathroom?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Question: What were the names of the two students being integrated in to college at Alabama?

Answer: Vivian Malone and Jimmy Hood

Question: Which Governor fought desegregation of the University of Alabama?

Answer: Governor Wallace

Question: How many years of playing football did it take to get a college degree?

Answer: 5

Question: How fast could Forrest run?

Answer: like the wind blows

Question: Name Forrest's two best friends.

Answer: Lt. Dan and Bubba

Question: Where did Forrest meet Bubba?

Answer: on the bus to boot camp

Question: What war did Bubba and Forrest fight in?

Answer: Vietnam

Question: Who did Forrest meet on the bus to boot camp?

Answer: Bubba

Question: Who did Forrest and Bubba meet when they first arrived in Vietnam?

Answer: Lt. Dan

Question: Where did Forrest get shot?

Answer: buttocks

Question: What was the best thing about being shot?

Answer: all the ice cream

Question: What was Lt. Dan's last name?

Answer: Taylor

Question: What kind of rain did they have in Vietnam?

Answer: stinging rain, sideways rain, and straight-up rain

Question: How long did it rain for in Vietnam?

Answer: 4 months

Question: What is Forrest's sole purpose in the army?

Answer: To do whatever you tell me, Drill Sergeant.

Question: What record did Forrest set in the military?

Answer: His disassembled his weapon faster than anyone

Question: What did Lt. Dan say Bubba might get caught on a trip wire?

Answer: his lip

Question: Who did Forrest think they were looking for in Vietnam?

Answer: A guy named Charlie

Question: Which 5 soldiers did Forrest try to save from the attack in Vietnam?

Answer: Tex, Cleveland, Dallas, Bubba, and Lt. Dan

Question: Who did Forrest say kept the money from his "million dollar wound?"

Answer: The Army

Question: What was Lt. Dan's claim to fame?

Answer: One member of his family had fought and died in every U.S. war

Question: What country did Forrest defeat to become the world ping pong champion?

Answer: China

Question: What show was Forrest on?

Answer: The Dick Cavett show

Question: Who did Forrest meet on the Dick Cavett show?

Answer: John Lennon

Question: What did Forrest learn was the secret to ping pong?

Answer: never take your eye off the ball

Question: Who did Forrest and Lt. Dan spend New Year's Eve with?

Answer: Cunning Carla and Long-Limbs Lenore

Question: What kind of party hats did Forrest and Lt. Dan wear on New Year's Eve?

Answer: Forrest wore a green hat and Lt. Dan wore a tiara

Question: Who became president when Nixon resigned?

Answer: Vice President Ford

Question: What alcohol did Lt. Dan and Forrest to get?

Answer: Ripple

Question: Who were Forrest's neighbors (shown on the mailbox when he received his letter from Apple)?

Answer: Kerner and Jones

Question: How much money did Forrest have left over to invest in his shrimp business?

Answer: 24562.47

Question: Who offered Forrest $25,000 to use their ping pong paddle?

Answer: Flex-O-Lite

Question: Which New Year's Eve were Forrest and Lt. Dan celebrating?

Answer: 1972

Question: What did Forrest spend his $25,000 on?

Answer: his shrimp business, new haircut, new suit, fancy dinner with Mama, bus ticket, and 3 Dr. Pepper

Question: What huge American event is happening on TV when everyone is watching Forrest play ping pong?

Answer: Man landing on the moon

Question: Who became a shrimp boat captain?

Answer: Forrest Gump

Question: Who was Forrest's first mate on the Shrimp Boat?

Answer: Lt. Dan

Question: What did Forrest name his Shrimpin Business?

Answer: Bubba Gump

Question: What did Forrest name all his shrimp boats?

Answer: Jenny

Question: What did Bubba say shrimp were?

Answer: "the fruit of the sea"

Question: What "fruit" company did Forrest invest his shrimpin' business money in?

Answer: Apple Computers

Question: How many ways to make shrimp did Bubba mention in the movie?

Answer: 23

Question: What was the name of the hurricane in the movie?

Answer: Carmen

Question: What did Forrest learn from his first time shrimpin'?

Answer: shrimpin' is tough

Question: Where does Bubba's family live?

Answer: Bayou la Batre

Question: What was the date when Bubba died?

Answer: 23169

Question: Name two of the boats in the harbor when Forrest decided to name his boat Jenny?

Answer: Sea Robin, Sandy & Lee, Challenger, Miss Hilda

Question: What was the sticker on the side of Lt. Dan's wheelchair when he was on the side of the dock with Forrest?

Answer: America Our Kind of Place

Question: How many shrimp did Forrest catch on his first trip?

Answer: 5

Question: What brand of tennis shoes does Forrest wear?

Answer: Nike

Question: What model of Nikes was Forrest wearing?

Answer: Cortez

Question: What year did the Nike Cortez make its debut?

Answer: 1975

Question: What color were his tennis shoes?

Answer: red and white

Question: What color was Forrest Gump's hat as he was running across America?

Answer: red

Question: What river was Forrest running across when Jenny saw him on the television?

Answer: the Mississippi

Question: How long did Forrest run for?

Answer: 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours

Question: Where was Forrest when he stopped running?

Answer: Monument Valley, Utah

Question: What did Forrest say when he stopped runnig?

Answer: I am pretty tired; I think I'll go home now.

Question: What were the names of the magazines that Jenny had in her scrap book?

Answer: Runner's World and National Enquirer

Question: Who was Forrest's girlfriend?

Answer: Jenny

Question: What do Forrest and Jenny go together like?

Answer: peas and carrots

Question: What did Jenny pray to turn into?

Answer: a bird

Question: What color shoes did Jenny wear in the wedding?

Answer: None! She was barefoot.

Question: What did Forrest say about Jenny's voice?

Answer: It was the sweetest voice in the whole world.

Question: What does Forrest give Jenny before she returns to California?

Answer: Congressional Medal of Honor

Question: What happened to all of the letters that Forrest sent Jenny while he was in Vietnam?

Answer: They were returned

Question: Where did Jenny and Forrest meet in Washington D.C?

Answer: the reflecting pool

Question: Who does Jenny hang out with in Washington D.C?

Answer: the Black Panthers

Question: Who did Jenny want to sing like when she was in college?

Answer: Joan Baez

Question: What was Jenny's stage name in Memphis?

Answer: Bobby Dylan

Question: What was Jenny's job when she saw Forrest on the news running across America?

Answer: a waitress

Question: How long was the bus ride to Jenny's place?

Answer: Forrest walked, he never got on the bus!

Question: What is Jenny's last name?

Answer: Curran

Question: How did Forrest sign his letters to Jenny?

Answer: Love, Forrest Gump

Question: Where did Jenny move to perform on stage after getting kicked out of school?

Answer: Memphis, TN

Question: What song did Jenny sing on stage?

Answer: Blowin' in the Wind

Question: Mama always said, Life is like...?

Answer: a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get

Question: How many chocolates does Forrest say he can eat?

Answer: a million and a half

Question: What 3 sports did Forrest play?

Answer: football, ping pong, and cross country

Question: Mama always said, Stupid is as...?

Answer: stupid does

Question: What bus was Forrest waiting for?

Answer: the number 9

Question: Who does Forrest have more money than?

Answer: Davey Crockett

Question: What kind of lawnmower does Forrest drive?

Answer: Snapper

Question: Where did Forrest donate some of his Apple profits?

Answer: church, hospital, Bubba's family

Question: What job did Forrest do for free for the University of Alabama?

Answer: cut the grass

Question: What was the name of the magazine Forrest had with him on the bench waiting for the bus?

Answer: Fortune

Question: What was the month and year the Fortune Magazine with Forrest and Lt. Dan on the cover was published?

Answer: 27334

Question: How many mail boxes are at the entrance to Mama's house at the beginning of the movie?

Answer: 4

Question: How many mail boxes are at the entrance to Mama's house when Forrest becomes the owner?

Answer: 7

Question: Name one of the names on the mail boxes in front of Mama's house.

Answer: 7

Question: What was the address of Apple Computer Inc. listed on the letter Forrest received?

Answer: 344 Silicon DriveCupertino, CA 95104

Question: What was the date on the Apple Computer Inc. letter Forrest received?

Answer: 27660

Question: Who played Forrest Gump?

Answer: Tom Hanks

Question: What is floating in the air in the beginning of the movie?

Answer: feather

Question: What does the feather represent?

Answer: destiny

Question: What year was it in the opening scene of the movie?

Answer: 1981

Question: Which band has the most songs in the movie?

Answer: The Doors (6 songs total)

Question: Who played Jenny?

Answer: Robin Wright

Question: Who played Lt. Dan?

Answer: Gary Sinise

Question: Who played Bubba?

Answer: Mykelti Williamson

Question: Mama Gump

Answer: Sally Field

Question: Young Forrest

Answer: Michael Conner Humphreys

Question: Forrest Gump Jr.

Answer: Haley Joel Osment

Question: Who did the voice of Elvis?

Answer: Kurt Russell

Question: Who originally turned down the role of Forrest Gump?

Answer: John TravoltaChevy ChaseBill Murray

Question: Who doubled for Tom Hanks during the running scenes?

Answer: Jim Hanks, his brother

Question: Director Robert Zemecki's son was also in the movie. What role did he play?

Answer: He was the first kid on the school bus who refused young Forrest a seat.

Question: Where was the actual bench that Forrest sat on throughout the movie?

Answer: Historic Savannah, Georgia at Chippewa Square