Pretty Woman Trivia
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47 free Pretty Woman trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
45 free Pretty Woman trivia questions with answers. Pretty Woman began life as a bleak script called 3000 and ended up as the biggest romantic comedy in American ticket history. This quiz covers the transformation: J. F. Lawton's original ending on a bus to Disneyland, Jeffrey Katzenberg's fairy-tale rewrite, the parade of actresses who said no before a 21-year-old Julia Roberts said yes, and Richard Gere's reluctant arrival. Then the film itself: the Lotus that Ferrari and Porsche would not supply, the Beverly Wilshire, Barney and Kit and Philip Stuckey, the polo match, La Traviata, the Prince song in the bath, the improvised jewellery-box snap, Gere's own piano tune, Roy Orbison and Roxette, the $463 million gross, Roberts' Golden Globe, the AFI ranking and the Bryan Adams musical. Easy questions suit anyone who has seen it on a rainy Sunday; harder ones will test the fans who own the anniversary DVD. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's article on the film and its musical, and the source line appears under each question after you answer.
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Q 01Who directed Pretty Woman?
Garry Marshall
Garry Marshall directed the 1990 film and told Richard Gere, 'In this movie, one of you moves and one of you does not. Guess which one you are?'
Q 02What was the title of J. F. Lawton's original, much darker screenplay?
3000
Lawton's original, darker screenplay was titled 3000; the number was dropped because it sounded like a science-fiction film, and the project was retitled before release.
Q 03The film's title comes from a 1964 song by which singer?
Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison co-wrote the 1964 Monument Records hit with Bill Dees; the film borrowed the song's title, dropping its opening 'Oh'.
Q 04What is the name of Julia Roberts' character?
Vivian Ward
Julia Roberts plays Vivian Ward, a Hollywood Boulevard sex worker whom Edward Lewis hires as his companion for a week of business engagements.
Q 05What is Richard Gere's character's profession?
Corporate raider
Edward Lewis is a corporate raider who buys struggling companies and sells them off in pieces; he is in Los Angeles to take over Jim Morse's shipbuilding firm.
Q 06Which line does Vivian deliver to the Rodeo Drive saleswomen who had snubbed her?
Big mistake. Big. Huge!
Returning to the boutique laden with shopping bags, Vivian asks the saleswomen 'You work on commission, right?' and tells them: 'Big mistake. Big. Huge! I have to go shopping now.'
Q 07At which hotel does Edward stay?
The Regent Beverly Wilshire
Edward takes the penthouse at the Regent Beverly Wilshire, on Wilshire Boulevard at Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, where Barney the manager keeps a wary eye on Vivian.
Q 08What car is Edward struggling to drive when he meets Vivian?
A Lotus Esprit
Edward borrows his lawyer's silver Lotus Esprit and cannot manage its manual gearbox, so Vivian, who knows cars, drives him to his hotel on their first meeting.
Q 09Who plays hotel manager Barney Thompson?
Héctor Elizondo
Héctor Elizondo plays manager Barney Thompson, who drills Vivian on which fork to use before her dinner with the Morses and quietly watches out for her.
Q 10Jason Alexander plays Edward's lawyer, named what?
Philip Stuckey
Jason Alexander plays Philip Stuckey, Edward's abrasive lawyer, who turns on Vivian in the penthouse and is knocked down by Edward's punch.
Q 11Who plays Kit De Luca, Vivian's roommate?
Laura San Giacomo
Laura San Giacomo, fresh from Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), plays Kit De Luca, the streetwise roommate who blows Vivian's rent money on drugs.
Q 12Which veteran actor gave his final performance as shipbuilder Jim Morse?
Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy, a screen veteran since the early 1930s, made his final film appearance as shipbuilder Jim Morse; he died in November 1991, aged 87.
Q 13Which opera does Edward fly Vivian to see, in a city up the coast?
La Traviata
Edward flies Vivian by private jet to see Verdi's La Traviata; its story of a courtesan who loves a wealthy man mirrors the film's own plot, and she is moved to tears.
Q 21Pretty Woman was Disney's highest-grossing R-rated film for 34 years until which 2024 film passed it?
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine, Disney's first R-rated Marvel Studios release, passed it in 2024 on the way to more than $1.3 billion worldwide; Terminator 2 had taken the overall R-rated crown back in 1991.
Q 22Which Disney studio chief insisted the dark script be rewritten as a modern fairy tale?
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jeffrey Katzenberg, chairman of Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, insisted the bleak script be reworked as a modern fairy tale and love story rather than a drama.
Q 23In Lawton's original script, how did the story end?
Q 14What sporting event does Edward take Vivian to?
A polo match
Edward takes Vivian to a polo match, where his lawyer, who had suspected her of being a corporate spy, learns she is a sex worker and later propositions her.
Q 15Which Prince song does Vivian sing in the bathtub?
Kiss
Vivian belts out Prince's 'Kiss' in the bubble bath with headphones on; as a prank the crew slipped away mid-take, leaving only the camera operator when she surfaced.
Q 16Which famous moment was improvised, producing Roberts' unscripted laugh?
Gere snapping the jewellery box shut
Gere snapping the jewellery box shut on Vivian's fingers was his own unscripted joke; Roberts' startled laugh was genuine, and the director kept the take.
Q 17Who improvised the piano piece Edward plays in the hotel lobby?
Richard Gere himself
Richard Gere himself wrote and played the moody piano piece Edward performs in the deserted hotel lobby late at night, the scene that ends with Vivian on the piano.
Q 18Roxette's 'It Must Have Been Love' reached what position on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1990?
No. 1
Roxette's 'It Must Have Been Love' hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1990; it began as a 1987 Swedish Christmas single, reworked for the film.
Q 19Roughly how much did Pretty Woman gross worldwide?
$463 million
The film grossed about $463 million worldwide, the third-biggest total of 1990 behind Ghost and Home Alone.
Q 20Which award did Julia Roberts win for the film?
Golden Globe for Best Actress, Comedy or Musical
Roberts won the Golden Globe for Best Actress, Comedy or Musical in January 1991; she was nominated for the Oscar and the BAFTA but lost both.
Vivian and her friend on a bus to Disneyland
Lawton's original script ended bleakly: Edward dumps Vivian back on the street, and the last image is Vivian and her friend on a bus to Disneyland, staring blankly ahead.
Q 24Which actor read with Roberts before turning down the role of Edward?
Al Pacino
Al Pacino did a reading opposite Roberts but declined the part; Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds and Denzel Washington were also considered before Gere was cast.
Q 25Who was the studio's and Marshall's top choice for Vivian, who turned it down?
Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan was the top choice of both the studio and Marshall but turned the part down; Winona Ryder and Jennifer Connelly were judged too young for Vivian.
Q 26Which actress got as far as costume fittings for Vivian before scheduling conflicts intervened?
Diane Lane
Diane Lane was fitted for costumes as Vivian but had to withdraw over a scheduling conflict; Daryl Hannah had already passed, feeling the role degraded women.
Q 27Whom did Marshall originally envision as Vivian?
Karen Allen
Marshall first pictured Karen Allen, the Raiders of the Lost Ark star, as Vivian; when she declined, the search widened to nearly every young actress in Hollywood.
Q 28How old was Julia Roberts when she won the role?
21
Her only credits were Mystic Pizza and the unreleased Steel Magnolias.
Q 29What was the film's budget?
$14 million
The film was budgeted at about $14 million and shot around Los Angeles between July 24 and October 18, 1989.
Q 30Which future Simpsons voice actor made his film debut as a detective?
Hank Azaria
Hank Azaria, later the voice of Moe and Chief Wiggum on The Simpsons, made his film debut as the detective investigating the death of a fellow sex worker of Vivian's.