50 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
He 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
Disney executives thought it sounded like a science-fiction title.
Q 03The film's title comes from a 1964 song by which singer?
Roy Orbison
The soundtrack went triple platinum.
Q 04What is the name of Julia Roberts' character?
Vivian Ward
Roberts was 21 and known only for Mystic Pizza when she won the role.
Q 05What is Richard Gere's character's profession?
Corporate raider
Edward Lewis is in Los Angeles to acquire Jim Morse's shipbuilding company.
Q 06What amount do Edward and Vivian agree on for the week?
$3,000
The figure gave the original screenplay its title.
Q 07At which hotel does Edward stay?
The Regent Beverly Wilshire
Ironically, the lobby interiors were shot at the Ambassador Hotel.
Q 08What car is Edward struggling to drive when he meets Vivian?
A Lotus Esprit
Ferrari and Porsche both refused product placement, not wanting to be associated with prostitutes.
Q 09Who plays hotel manager Barney Thompson?
Héctor Elizondo
Barney teaches Vivian table etiquette before her first business dinner.
Q 10Jason Alexander plays Edward's lawyer, named what?
Philip Stuckey
He had just been cast as George Costanza on Seinfeld.
Q 11Who plays Kit De Luca, Vivian's roommate?
Laura San Giacomo
Kit later leaves sex work and enrols in beauty classes.
Q 12Which veteran actor gave his final performance as shipbuilder Jim Morse?
Ralph Bellamy
He died in 1991.
Q 13Which opera does Edward fly Vivian to see, in a city up the coast?
La Traviata
They fly by private jet to the San Francisco Opera; the story of a courtesan who loves a rich man mirrors the film's own plot.
Q 14What sporting event does Edward take Vivian to?
Q 21Pretty Woman was Disney's highest-grossing R-rated film for 34 years until which 2024 film passed it?
Deadpool & Wolverine
Terminator 2 had already overtaken it as the top R-rated film overall in 1991.
Q 22Which Disney studio chief insisted the dark script be rewritten as a modern fairy tale?
Jeffrey Katzenberg
It was then pitched to Touchstone Pictures as a romantic comedy.
Q 23In Lawton's original script, how did the story end?
Vivian and her friend on a bus to Disneyland
Producer Laura Ziskin cut the drug-addiction subplot too, giving some elements to Kit.
A polo match
That is where Philip decides she must be a corporate spy.
Q 15Which Prince song does Vivian sing in the bathtub?
Kiss
When she surfaced from the bubbles, the crew had left as a prank, except the cameraman.
Q 16Which famous moment was improvised, producing Roberts' unscripted laugh?
Gere snapping the jewellery box shut
Marshall also tickled her feet off-camera to get her laughing at I Love Lucy.
Q 17Who improvised the piano piece Edward plays in the hotel lobby?
Richard Gere himself
James Newton Howard composed the background score.
Q 18Roxette's 'It Must Have Been Love' reached what position on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1990?
No. 1
The song had originally been released in December 1987.
Q 19Roughly how much did Pretty Woman gross worldwide?
$463 million
At the time it was the fifth-highest-grossing film ever, behind E.T., Star Wars, Last Crusade and Jaws.
Q 20Which award did Julia Roberts win for the film?
Golden Globe for Best Actress, Comedy or Musical
She was nominated for the Oscar and the BAFTA but did not win them.
Q 24Which actor read with Roberts before turning down the role of Edward for The Godfather Part III?
Al Pacino
Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds and Denzel Washington were also in the mix.
Q 25Who was the studio's and Marshall's top choice for Vivian, who turned it down?
Meg Ryan
Ringwald found the story 'icky'; Ryder and Jennifer Connelly were judged too young.
Q 26Which actress got as far as costume fittings for Vivian before scheduling conflicts intervened?
Diane Lane
Daryl Hannah passed because she thought the role degraded women.
Q 27Whom did Marshall originally envision as Vivian?
Karen Allen
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
Filming ran from July 24 to October 18, 1989.
Q 30Which future Simpsons voice actor made his film debut as a detective?
Hank Azaria
Larry Miller played the clothing-store manager Mr. Hollister.