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42 free Dodgeball trivia questions with answers. Dodgeball means two things to most people: the gym-class game with the red rubber balls, and the 2004 comedy in which Vince Vaughn's Average Joe's takes on Ben Stiller's Globo Gym Purple Cobras in Las Vegas. This quiz covers both. The first half is the movie: Peter LaFleur, White Goodman, Kate Veatch, Patches O'Houlihan and his wrenches, the Girl Scouts, the cameos from Chuck Norris to David Hasselhoff, ESPN8 'The Ocho', the test-screening ending that got changed and the sequel that keeps almost happening. The second half is the real sport: how a player gets out, what a catch does, WDBF match length and court size, the opening rush, jailball, and what the game is called in Brazil, Sweden, Poland and Iran, along with the World Championship that has run since 2012. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the film and the sport, so it is fit for a movie night, a PE class or a league social.
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Q 01Which actor plays Peter LaFleur, the owner of the run-down Average Joe's gym?
Vince Vaughn
He needs $50,000 in 30 days to stop the gym being turned into a parking structure for the members of the flashy gym across the street.
Q 02What is the name of Ben Stiller's villain, owner of Globo Gym?
White Goodman
Stiller has admitted the character was a copy of his Heavyweights camp director Tony Perkis, assuming nobody had seen that film. He learned too late it had a cult following.
Q 03How much money does Peter need to raise to save his gym?
$50,000
Gordon suggests a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament with exactly that prize after Owen's car-wash idea flops.
Q 04In which city is the dodgeball tournament held?
Las Vegas
Patches is killed the night before the final by a falling casino sign.
Q 05What is the name of Globo Gym's dodgeball team?
The Purple Cobras
Goodman spied on Average Joe's through a hidden camera in a cardboard cutout of himself and skipped qualifying thanks to a friendship with the chancellor.
Q 06Who plays Patches O'Houlihan, the wheelchair-using dodgeball legend who coaches Average Joe's?
Rip Torn
Hank Azaria plays the young Patches in the 1950s training film that Justin digs up. Torn's training regimen involves wrenches, oncoming cars and constant insults.
Q 07What does Patches throw at the team during training to teach them to dodge?
Wrenches
He also has them dodge traffic. The line 'if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball' became the film's most quoted.
Q 08Who beats Average Joe's at the sub-regional qualifier, only to be disqualified?
A Girl Scout troop
One of the scouts fails a drug test, so Average Joe's advances by default.
Q 09What is the profession of Kate Veatch, played by Christine Taylor, who eventually joins the team?
Attorney
She is handling Goodman's account and rebuffs him citing conflict of interest, until he gets her fired and she joins Average Joe's out of spite.
Q 10Which Average Joe's member believes he is a pirate?
Steve
Steve 'The Pirate' Cowan quits after Peter mocks him, comes back looking normal, then reverts the moment the winnings are called 'buried treasure'.
Q 11Which real-life athlete gives Peter a pep talk that sends him back to the tournament?
Lance Armstrong
Peter and Justin still arrive after Average Joe's has forfeited; only a judges' vote gets them reinstated.
Q 12Whose tie-breaking vote on the judging panel reinstates Average Joe's after their forfeit?
Chuck Norris
In the credits, a now-obese Goodman blames him for everything.
Q 13Which Baywatch star cameos as the coach of the German team Blitzkrieg?
David Hasselhoff
He plays himself, alongside cameos from Lance Armstrong and Chuck Norris.
Q 21Which award did Ben Stiller win at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards for Dodgeball?
Best Villain
He was also nominated for Best Comedic Performance, and picked up a Razzie nomination the same year for his five 2004 films combined.
Q 22Which Wall Street Journal critic refused to review Dodgeball, then apologised after seeing the DVD?
Joe Morgenstern
Roger Ebert gave it three stars, praising Fox for not spoiling all the best gags in the trailer.
Q 23Which Average Joe's player skips the final to help his crush Amber at a cheerleading competition?
Justin
He is played by Justin Long, and steps in after Amber's partner Derek is injured. It leaves the team short-handed and forfeited.
Q 14How does Peter win the sudden-death showdown against Goodman?
He blindfolds himself, dodges the throw and hits his rival in the face
He is channelling Patches. It emerges he had already sold the gym to Goodman the night before for $100,000.
Q 15What did Peter do with the $100,000 Goodman paid him for the gym's deed?
Bet it all on his own team at 50-to-1
The bet returns $5 million, enough to buy a controlling stake in the publicly traded Globo Gym and fire Goodman.
Q 16How did the original test-screening ending of Dodgeball differ from the released version?
Average Joe's lost the final
Test audiences hated it, so the sudden-death win and Goodman's return to obesity were added.
Q 17Who wrote and directed Dodgeball, his feature debut?
Rawson Marshall Thurber
He went on to make We're the Millers, Central Intelligence, Skyscraper and Red Notice.
Q 18What was Dodgeball's production budget, against a worldwide gross more than eight times as large?
$20 million
It opened to more than $29 million in its first week and took $114 million domestically.
Q 19Which studio released Dodgeball on June 18, 2004?
20th Century Fox
Two screenwriters later sued Fox and Thurber, claiming their unproduced script Dodgeball: The Movie had been copied; the case settled out of court.
Q 20What fictional obscure-sports channel broadcasts the tournament, later a real ESPN annual stunt?
ESPN8: The Ocho
ESPN first aired a real day of trampoline dodgeball, kabaddi and roller derby under the name on August 8, 2017. By 2023 it was a permanent streaming channel.
Q 24In the film's ending, Kate's friend Joyce arrives from where and kisses her, revealing Kate is bisexual?
Guam
Kate then kisses a stunned Peter just as passionately.
Q 25In which year did Fox first announce a Dodgeball sequel, apparently without telling Ben Stiller?
2013
Stiller said he had no idea it was happening. The project was revived in 2023 with Vince Vaughn attached, and in 2025 Vaughn said he was 'open to it' but 'nothing is for sure'.
Q 26Which body has organised the sport's annual global championship since 2012?
World Dodgeball Federation
It began as an open event; by 2021 the federation had 80 member nations and entry became qualification-based.
Q 27In dodgeball, what happens when a player catches a live ball thrown by an opponent?
The thrower is out and a teammate of the catcher is revived
Fumble the catch and drop it, though, and the would-be catcher is the one who is out.
Q 28When does a thrown dodgeball stop being 'live'?
On touching the floor, wall or ceiling
Being hit by a dead ball does not count. Under WDBF rules a ball blocked with another ball stays live and can still get you out.
Q 29How long is a match under WDBF guidelines?
40 minutes
It is split into two 20-minute halves in which as many sets as possible are played.
Q 30Under WDBF rules for its World Championships, what is the ball count and team size?
Six balls, six players
The rival World Dodgeball Association uses five balls. Foam was the only ball type at early Worlds; a cloth category was added in 2022.