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145 free Forrest Gump trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
50 free Forrest Gump trivia questions with answers. How well do you know Forrest Gump? Robert Zemeckis's 1994 film follows a slow-witted, big-hearted Alabama man through ping-pong diplomacy, Vietnam, the shrimp business and a three-year run across America, bumping into half of 20th-century history along the way. This Forrest Gump trivia quiz covers the characters (Jenny, Bubba, Lieutenant Dan, Mama), the quotes everyone repeats, the real events Forrest wanders into, the Oscars it won and the behind-the-scenes stories of how it was made. Fifty questions, mixed from easy to hard, for movie night, a pub round or a solo run. Every answer has been checked against a real source and each question shows where it came from, so you can settle arguments with the evidence rather than a listicle.
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Q 01Who played the adult Forrest Gump?
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Forrest Gump.
Q 02Who directed the 1994 film "Forrest Gump"?
Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis won the Academy Award for Best Director for his work on "Forrest Gump."
Q 03Which actress played Forrest's childhood friend and love interest, Jenny Curran?
Robin Wright
Robin Wright played Jenny Curran, earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the role.
Q 04What was the full given name of Forrest's Army friend, known to everyone as 'Bubba'?
Benjamin Buford Blue
Bubba's full name was Benjamin Buford Blue, a shrimp-obsessed Army recruit; Forrest later names the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company after him.
Q 05What food item does Forrest famously compare life to?
A box of chocolates
Forrest's mother famously tells him, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
Q 06Forrest and Bubba serve in the Mekong Delta with which U.S. Army unit?
9th Infantry Division
Forrest and Bubba serve with the 9th Infantry Division, the U.S. Army division that fought in the Mekong Delta; its patch is worn on their uniforms in the Vietnam scenes.
Q 07What company did Lieutenant Dan invest Forrest's Bubba Gump Shrimp Company earnings in?
Apple
Lieutenant Dan invested Forrest's shrimping profits in what he called "some kind of fruit company," which turned out to be Apple.
Q 08In which role does Forrest star for the University of Alabama football team?
Kick returner
Forrest plays kick returner for Alabama; the coach signs him after seeing him outrun bullies across a football field, and his touchdown returns make him an All-American.
Q 09Which famous musician did a young Forrest Gump teach some dance moves to?
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley boards at Mrs. Gump's house, and young Forrest's stiff-legged dancing in his braces gives him his hip-swinging moves.
Q 10Who played Lieutenant Dan Taylor, Forrest's platoon leader in Vietnam?
Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Lieutenant Dan.
Q 11How many Academy Awards did "Forrest Gump" win in total?
Six
Six Oscars went to Forrest Gump: Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Visual Effects and Film Editing, with Hanks winning Best Actor for the second year running.
Q 12Forrest Gump tells his life story from a bus-stop bench in Chippewa Square in which historic Southern city?
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia hosted the bench scenes, but the bench itself was a prop; it now sits in a Savannah museum rather than in Chippewa Square.
Q 13In what year was "Forrest Gump" originally released in the United States?
1994
The film premiered in the United States on July 6, 1994.
Q 21Who played young Forrest Gump?
Michael Conner Humphreys
Michael Conner Humphreys played the younger version of Forrest Gump, and his accent influenced Tom Hanks' portrayal of the adult character.
Q 22Which actress, only ten years older than Tom Hanks, played his mother in the film?
Sally Field
Sally Field played Mrs. Gump, despite being only 10 years older than Tom Hanks, who had previously played her love interest in 'Punchline'.
Q 23Whose 'Imagine' does Forrest Gump supposedly inspire during a talk show appearance?
John Lennon
John Lennon gets 'no possessions' and 'no religion too' from Forrest's description of China, a joke the film builds from Lennon's real appearance on Cavett.
Q 14At the University of Alabama, Forrest Gump witnesses which civil rights showdown?
George Wallace's "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door"
Forrest witnesses George Wallace's 1963 'Stand in the Schoolhouse Door'; in the scene he returns a book dropped by one of the two Black students Wallace tried to bar.
Q 15In which Alabama coastal town does Forrest buy his boat and set up as a shrimper?
Bayou La Batre
Forrest buys his shrimp boat in Bayou La Batre, Bubba's Alabama hometown, keeping the promise the two made in Vietnam to go into the shrimping business together.
Q 16Who wrote the screenplay for "Forrest Gump"?
Eric Roth
Eric Roth wrote the screenplay, adapting Winston Groom's 1986 novel, and won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Q 17Where is Forrest staying when he unwittingly exposes a political scandal by reporting flashlights across the way?
The Watergate Hotel
After his ping-pong fame Forrest is put up at the Watergate Hotel; his call to security about flashlights across the way exposes the 1972 break-in.
Q 18What phrase did Forrest Gump's mother often tell him, which later became a famous line?
"Stupid is as stupid does."
Mrs. Gump frequently reminded Forrest that "Stupid is as stupid does," a quote that reflects her wisdom and his innocent perspective.
Q 19While recovering from his Vietnam wound, Forrest Gump becomes a national celebrity in which sport, even playing in China?
Ping-pong
Ping-pong is the sport; the film drops Forrest into the real early-1970s 'ping-pong diplomacy' thaw, sending him to China on the U.S. table-tennis team.
Q 20On his cross-country run, Forrest Gump first reaches the Atlantic at the Marshall Point Lighthouse in which northeastern state?
Maine
Maine's Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde is where Forrest reaches the Atlantic, touches the deck and turns around to run back west.
Q 24What does young Jenny pray to become while hiding in the cornfield?
A bird
Hiding from her abusive father, young Jenny prays, 'Dear God, make me a bird so I can fly far, far, far away from here.'
Q 25What major protest did Forrest Gump accidentally speak at in Washington D.C.?
An anti-Vietnam War rally
Forrest, after being mistaken for a speaker, delivered an impromptu speech at a large anti-Vietnam War rally at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Q 26Which president arranges a Washington hotel room for Forrest after his table-tennis fame?
Richard Nixon
Nixon, like Kennedy, Johnson and Wallace, appears through digitally altered archival footage.
Q 27What was Forrest's IQ, the score that nearly kept him out of public school?
75
Forrest was initially deemed to have a below-average IQ of 75, which almost prevented him from attending public school.
Q 28What popular band's song "Fortunate Son" is featured prominently during Forrest's time in Vietnam?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1969 song 'Fortunate Son' plays as Forrest and Bubba's helicopter arrives in Vietnam.
Q 29Which relative of Tom Hanks plays the girl on the school bus who refuses young Forrest a seat?
His daughter
Elizabeth Hanks turns him away just before Jenny offers a seat.
Q 30Forrest Gump met President Lyndon B. Johnson, who personally awarded him with what?
The Medal of Honor
President Johnson presented Forrest with the Medal of Honor for his bravery in saving fellow soldiers during the Vietnam War.