Movie Trivia. TV Quizzes. Pop Culture Tests. Are You Game?

Comments for
How Well Do You Know: Parenthood

Users are allowed and even encouraged to submit specific feedback about quizzes.
Please keep in mind that some of these comments may spoil individual quiz questions.

Looking for the quiz that goes along with these comments?
Find it here.

Comments are the sole responsibility of the person posting them.
By posting, you agree not to post comments that are off topic,
defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening or an invasion of privacy.
Violators may be banned.

You must be logged in to post or rate comments.
Please log in or register.

Comments

For reference, click here reveal the answers for this quiz.
We know that you could sneak in through the comments page,
view the answers, and then take the quiz.
But nobody likes a cheater.

Answers:

1.	The film opens with Gil and Karen (Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen) taking their family to this wholesome activity:
		A baseball game
		A Fourth of July picnic
		Bowling
		An outing to the beach

2.	This actor, currently well-known, is unrecognizable as Garry, the troubled son of Helen (Diane Wiest):
		Ryan Gosling
		Freddie Prinze, Jr.
		Joaquin Phoenix
		Ryan Phillippe

3.	When Larry (Tom Hulce) appears at the family gathering early in the film, Gil gives one of his sons this piece of advice:
		Keep him away from the women
		Don't let him take you to the track
		Do the opposite of what he says
		Don't give him any money

4.	Larry surprises the family by introducing his son. What is the boy's unusual name?
		Vegas
		Kite
		Cool
		Lamb

5.	Gil and Karen meet with Kevin's principal. The principal wants to:
		Suspend Kevin for fighting
		Skip Kevin ahead a year
		Hold Kevin back a year
		Transfer Kevin to a school for special children

6.	Helen finds out that her daughter Julie is sexually active with "that Tod" (Keanu Reeves) when she:
		Discovers love letters from Tod
		Picks up the wrong set of pictures from the photomat
		Walks in on them
		Overhears a very steamy phone call

7.	Susan (Harley Jane Kozak) keeps something stashed away in her closet that she uses to get back at her husband Nathan (Rick Moranis). What is it?
		Junk food
		Booze
		Sex toys
		Postcards from romantic locations

8.	What was the first sign that Larry's deal was getting him in trouble?
		His son was kidnapped
		His fingers were broken
		He was thrown out of a moving car
		He was beaten badly

9.	Gil coaches Kevin in this sport:
		Football
		Basketball
		Baseball
		Hockey

10.	After Kevin costs his team a game, Gil has a waking nightmare that:
		Kevin becomes a pirate
		Kevin ends up getting convicted in a savings and loan scandal
		Kevin becomes a drugged-out rock star
		Future Kevin is shooting up a college campus

11.	The scheduled entertainment for Kevin's birthday party, Cowboy Dan, didn't show up at the party. Who was sent by the entertainment agency in his place?
		An elephant handler, without his elephant
		A spoken-word hipster
		A stripper
		A mime

12.	"After I blow a hole in somebody and slip around on their guts... afterwards, I always like to...."
		Make balloon animals
		Clean up a bit
		Mosey on out of town
		Go huntin' for little four-footers

13.	Garry, having been rebuffed by his dad who wants nothing to do with Garry, acts out by:
		Vandalizing his dad's office
		Running away
		Stealing Helen's car
		Setting the house on fire

14.	Who has the sex talk with Garry?
		Helen
		Gil
		Grandma
		Tod

15.	Gil wrecks his minivan. How did it happen?
		The kids were arguing in the back
		Gil's dad ran him off the road
		Karen was trying an unusual method to relieve his tension
		He was racing Larry

16.	Larry is in deep to some loan sharks, so he attempts to make off with his father's:
		Antique car
		Baseball card collection
		Vintage guitar set
		Civil war memorabilia

17.	Susan tells Nathan that she is leaving him by this unusual method:
		Singing telegram
		A note left on the refrigerator
		An ad on the radio
		Note cards

18.	The man that Helen dates is:
		Her insurance agent
		Tod's father
		Garry's biology teacher
		Played by director Ron Howard's brother, Clint

19.	Tod pursues this past-time, which is a source of friction between him and Julie:
		Gambling
		Car racing
		Parachuting
		Dog fighting

20.	Passed over for a partnership, Gil quits his job. Karen wants him to get the job back. Why?
		She wants to go back to school
		Kevin's special needs school will be expensive
		She's pregnant
		They'll get unending flak from his family

21.	When knucklehead Larry goes off to Chile to chase another get-rich-quick scheme, he leaves Cool behind to live with:
		Larry's father
		Nathan and Susan
		Gil and Karen
		Helen

22.	Nathan attempts to win Susan back by singing which song (rather badly) to her in front of her class?
		I Say a Little Prayer
		Walk on By
		Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
		Close to You

23.	Gil's grandmother tells a story that eventually serves as the basis for Gil coming to terms with his family life. What was the subject of her story?
		Flying in an airplane
		Surfing
		Diving off a diving board
		Riding a roller coaster

24.	Throughout the film, Justin, Gil's youngest son, displays this odd habit:
		Walking around with fingers in both his nostrils
		Butting everything with his head
		Walking around without any pants
		Covering his years and yelling "Blah, blah, blah" whenever someone talks to him

25.	By the end of the film, who doesn't have a newborn baby?
		Helen
		Susan
		Karen
		Julie

Your Account

Main Page

Announcements

Movie Trivia

TV Trivia

Celebrity Trivia

Sports Trivia

Music Trivia

Contact
Add a Question/Add a Quiz
Wanted Quizzes
Sitemap
Privacy Policy
Timeline
SLW Cover Image Gallery Most Popular Quizzes

Upcoming Quizzes:

Plus each Friday:
This is So Last Week

(Pop culture week in review)

...and each Monday:
Overpaid Jerks

(Sports week in review)

New at

boxofficeprophets.com

Big Picture of the Day: