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40 free Little Nicky trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Little Nicky sent Adam Sandler to Hell and back, casting him as the gentle youngest son of Satan who has to chase his scheming older brothers all the way to New York. It was one of the strangest big-budget comedies of its day, and it has kept a loyal cult following ever since. This quiz covers the whole film: the family feud that starts the story, the characters Nicky meets above ground, the long list of famous faces who drop in for a scene, the music, and how critics and awards voters reacted. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you pick up the story behind each fact. It is pitched for anyone who has seen the movie, with plenty of easier questions on the main characters and the plot, and a few tougher ones for fans who know the closing captions and the cast list by heart.
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Q 01Which rock legend appears at the climax of Little Nicky to bite the head off Nicky's brother Adrian?
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne is summoned when Nicky smashes a gift from his mother, and the singer spits the bitten-off head into the trap that already holds the other brother.
Q 02Which famous basketball team is playing when Nicky's brother Cassius possesses the referee in Little Nicky?
Harlem Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters hand Nicky his first win: after spotting Cassius on television, he rushes to the arena and tricks him into captivity.
Q 03Which famous film director makes a cameo in Little Nicky as a blind deacon who senses the apocalypse?
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino's deacon cannot see Nicky but feels his presence, and takes it as proof that the end of the world has arrived.
Q 04Which NFL quarterback asks Satan for a Super Bowl win in Little Nicky, only to be turned down?
Dan Marino
Dan Marino plays himself, and the joke lands because the record-setting Miami Dolphins passer retired without ever being on a championship-winning team.
Q 05Which Happy Days star appears as himself in Little Nicky and gets covered in bees twice?
Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler, television's Fonzie, is swarmed first by Adrian and then by Nicky, one of several cameos he has made in Adam Sandler comedies.
Q 06What is the name of the possessed talking bulldog who befriends Nicky in New York in Little Nicky?
Mr. Beefy
Mr. Beefy is an old friend of Satan, and the dog earned the film two Stinkers nominations, one of them shared with Sandler for worst on-screen couple.
Q 07What did Cassius hit his brother with in Little Nicky, leaving a disfigured jaw and a speech impediment?
A shovel
A shovel left Nicky's jaw lopsided, and the closing captions reveal that a second, accidental blow from one finally sets it straight.
Q 08Little Nicky lost all five of its Golden Raspberry nominations to which science-fiction flop of 2000?
Battlefield Earth
Battlefield Earth, John Travolta's adaptation of an L. Ron Hubbard novel, won every Razzie category it was nominated in that year.
Q 09Which Cruel Intentions star makes a cameo as Holly, Nicky's heavenly mother, in Little Nicky?
Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon took the small part of the angel Holly a year before Legally Blonde brought her much wider recognition.
Q 10Which Caddyshack comedian plays Lucifer, Nicky's grandfather and the creator of Hell, in Little Nicky?
Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield's Lucifer is Satan's own father, and Satan hands his disgraced gatekeeper over to the old man as a punishment.
Q 11Which actor from Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver plays Satan, Nicky's father, in Little Nicky?
Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel plays a surprisingly fatherly Satan who literally falls apart, losing his ears, while his sons fight over the throne.
Q 12Which actress, whose father also appears in Little Nicky as a cardinal, plays Nicky's love interest Valerie?
Patricia Arquette
Patricia Arquette plays the design student Valerie while her father Lewis turns up as the cardinal, and the part brought her a Razzie nomination.
Q 13What does Satan give his son in Little Nicky, an object that traps whoever drinks from it?
A silver flask
Q 21Rob Schneider reprises his Townie character in Little Nicky from which earlier Adam Sandler comedy?
The Waterboy
The Waterboy introduced the Townie in 1998, and Sandler later returned the favour by playing the same character in Schneider's own comedy The Animal.
Q 22Which former Weekend Update anchor plays Stanley, the gatekeeper of Hell punished by Satan, in Little Nicky?
Kevin Nealon
Kevin Nealon's gatekeeper lets two of Satan's sons slip out of Hell, and Satan retaliates by sprouting a pair of breasts on top of his head.
Q 23Which comedian plays the Peeper, a man caught spying from a tree who ends up in Hell, in Little Nicky?
Jon Lovitz
A silver flask is Nicky's only weapon, and near the end Adrian briefly turns the tables by locking Nicky inside it.
Q 14Where in New York does Adrian raise the throne of Hell and start a riotous party in Little Nicky?
Central Park
Central Park hosts both the party and the brothers' final showdown, which Nicky joins after a detour through Heaven.
Q 15Which Rocky star returns as golf coach Chubbs Peterson, now a dance instructor in Heaven, in Little Nicky?
Carl Weathers
Carl Weathers reprises the mentor he played in Happy Gilmore, where Chubbs dies in an accident, which is why he turns up in the afterlife.
Q 16Which fast-food chain earned Little Nicky a Stinkers Bad Movie Awards nomination for product placement?
Popeyes
Popeyes lost that dishonour to FedEx and Wilson, the two brands featured in Cast Away.
Q 17Which Saturday Night Live alum plays the referee possessed by Cassius on the court in Little Nicky?
Dana Carvey
Dana Carvey, a Saturday Night Live cast member from 1986 to 1993, is credited simply as Referee, and his possessed official spends the game handing out outrageous calls.
Q 18In Little Nicky, Nicky's loyal followers John and Peter are devoted fans of which kind of music?
Heavy metal
Heavy metal fans John and Peter swear loyalty to Nicky after he traps a brother, and they end the story partying in his old bedroom in Hell.
Q 19Which famous critic gave Little Nicky two-and-a-half stars and judged it Adam Sandler's best movie so far?
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert found the Nicky character intriguing, though he still lamented Sandler's lack of finesse and his vocal quirks.
Q 20Little Nicky opened at number two in North America behind which hit film, then in its second week on top?
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels, which had dethroned Meet the Parents a week earlier, kept the top spot while Little Nicky opened with $16 million.
Jon Lovitz's Peeper is felled by a child with a slingshot and lands in Hell, where he is chased around by giant birds.
Q 24Which Welsh actor, Spike in Notting Hill, plays Nicky's devious brother Adrian in Little Nicky?
Rhys Ifans
Rhys Ifans took the villain's role just a year after Notting Hill had brought him international exposure.
Q 25Which actor and wrestler, the bully Deebo in Friday, plays Nicky's brutish brother Cassius in Little Nicky?
Tommy Lister Jr.
Tommy Lister Jr., nicknamed Tiny, was a professional wrestler as well as a character actor, and also played the president in The Fifth Element.
Q 26Which host of America's most-watched prime-time show of 1999-2000 plays himself in Little Nicky?
Regis Philbin
Regis Philbin was fronting both Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and his long-running morning talk show when he made the cameo.
Q 27Little Nicky's closing captions name which late Saturday Night Live star as an aerobics instructor in Heaven?
Chris Farley
Chris Farley, who died in 1997 after five seasons on the show alongside Sandler, is named as the instructor Holly falls for in Heaven.
Q 28In Little Nicky, what do Adrian and Cassius do to the entrance to Hell as they escape to New York?
Freeze it
They freeze it so that no new evil souls can get in, and without those arrivals Satan begins to disintegrate.
Q 29Where in Little Nicky do the hero and his friends set a trap for Adrian that leaves both brothers dead?
A subway station
A subway station is where Adrian sees through the trick and dives onto the tracks with Valerie; Nicky throws her clear and dies with him.
Q 30A Little Nicky tie-in platformer, released in December 2000, appeared on which Nintendo system?
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Color owners got a platform game developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Ubisoft, sold only in North America.