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