This 50 First Dates trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers the 2004 romantic comedy from the waffle house to the glaciers: Henry Roth the commitment-shy marine vet, Lucy Whitmore and her fictional Goldfield's syndrome, the pineapple-picking car crash, the daily birthday charade run by Marlin and Doug, the 'Good Morning Lucy' tape, Ula, Alexa, Willy the penguin, Jocko the walrus and Ten-Second Tom. It also digs into the making of the film — the original title, the rewrites that moved it from Seattle to Hawaii, the Oahu locations at Kualoa Ranch and Sea Life Park, the reggae-cover soundtrack, the MTV Movie Award, the mixed reviews and the many international remakes. Early questions suit anyone who has seen it once on a rainy Sunday; later ones reward fans who know which songs did not make the soundtrack and where the cafe really is. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing.
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Q 01Who directed 50 First Dates?
Peter Segal
Sandler recommended the script to him while they were finishing Anger Management; he had two days off before shooting began.
Q 02What is Henry Roth's job?
Marine veterinarian
He works at Sea Life Park Hawaii and only dates tourists to avoid commitment.
Q 03What is Lucy Whitmore's profession?
Art teacher
Henry first spots her building architecture out of waffles.
Q 04Where do Henry and Lucy have their daily breakfasts?
The Hukilau Cafe
The real building still stands in Laie, Hawaii.
Q 05What is the fictional name of Lucy's form of amnesia?
Goldfield's syndrome
She remembers everything up to the night before the crash and loses each new day when she sleeps.
Q 06What was Lucy doing with her father when the crash happened?
Returning from picking a pineapple for his birthday
A cow wandered through a broken fence onto the road.
Q 07What animal caused the car crash?
A cow
Lucy wakes every day thinking it is Sunday, October 13.
Q 08What date does Lucy believe it is every morning?
Sunday, October 13
Marlin and Doug re-enact Marlin's birthday every day to spare her the truth.
Q 09Which Beach Boys song does Lucy sing only on days she has met Henry?
Wouldn't It Be Nice
That clue convinces Marlin and Doug to let Henry keep meeting her — and later hints she is retaining something.
Q 10Who plays Lucy's bodybuilding, lisping brother Doug?
Sean Astin
He had just finished playing Samwise in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Q 11Who plays Ula, Henry's marijuana-smoking best friend?
Rob Schneider
Ula is unhappily married with five athletically gifted kids.
Q 12What is the name of Henry's pet penguin?
Willy
Jocko is the walrus who lives at the park.
Q 13What kind of animal is Jocko?
A walrus
He was played by a walrus named Sivuqaq.
Q 14Who plays Dr. Joseph Keats, the brain-disorder specialist?
Q 21What is the name of Henry and Lucy's daughter, seen in the final scene?
Nicole
Lucy wakes on Henry's boat and sees glaciers through the porthole.
Q 22What was the script's original title?
Fifty First Kisses
Marketing found the word 'kisses' was turning off male audiences.
Q 23Where was the film originally set before Adam Sandler's rewrite moved it to Hawaii?
Seattle
He also turned the script from a drama into a comedy.
Q 24On which Hawaiian island was most of the film shot?
Dan Aykroyd
He is the one who introduces Ten-Second Tom.
Q 15What is the name of the patient whose memory lasts only ten seconds?
Ten-Second Tom
He is played by Allen Covert, who also did uncredited rewrites on the script.
Q 16What is Lucy's father Marlin's job?
Fisherman
Blake Clark plays him; the closing scene has him fishing off Henry's boat in Alaska.
Q 17How does Henry eventually help Lucy start each day knowing the truth?
A video of her friends explaining things
He realised her strongest reaction was to feeling betrayed, not to the memory loss itself.
Q 18What label is on the tape she plays when she wakes up at the end?
Good Morning Lucy
By then it ends with footage of her wedding to Henry.
Q 19Where does Henry plan a ten-year research study of walruses?
Bristol Bay
Lucy breaks up with him when she learns he abandoned it for her.
Q 20How does Lucy reveal she has retained something of Henry after the breakup?
She has painted dozens of portraits of him
She tells him she dreams of him nightly, though she still does not remember him.
Oahu
Locations included Kaneohe, Kaʻaʻawa, Waimanalo and Honolulu; the daily drive is in Kualoa Ranch.
Q 25Which estate, popular with film crews, provided the road Henry and Lucy drive each day?
Kualoa Ranch
Segal thought the original cafe interiors felt like My Dinner with Andre and pushed the action outdoors.
Q 26What was the first film Sandler and Barrymore made together?
The Wedding Singer
Blended, in 2014, made it a trilogy; both were directed by Frank Coraci.
Q 27How did Barrymore get the project moving?
She wrote Sandler a letter suggesting it
Sandler joined in December 2002 as co-producer through Happy Madison.
Q 28What did Sandler and Barrymore win for the film?
The MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team
The two call each other professional 'soul mates'.
Q 29To whom is the film dedicated in its end credits?
Sandler's father Stanley
He died of lung cancer in September 2003 at 68.
Q 30What kind of music dominates the soundtrack album?
Reggae covers of 80s and 90s hits
It topped the Top Soundtracks and Top Reggae Albums charts.