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52 free Pulp Fiction trivia questions with answers. Pulp Fiction is the film people quote without realising it: Royale with Cheese, the Wolf, 'get medieval', the Ezekiel speech. This quiz covers all of it, from the diner robbery that opens and closes the film to the shoot itself, the casting choices that nearly went differently and the awards run that ended with an Oscar for the screenplay. Easy questions ask who directed it, who plays Vincent and what Mia orders at Jack Rabbit Slim's. The hard ones want the name of the taxi driver, the actor Tarantino wrote Jules for, which Sonny Chiba film supplied the 'Bible' passage, and how much the restaurant set cost. If you know what a Big Kahuna Burger is, you are in the right place. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's article on the film, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01Who wrote and directed Pulp Fiction?
Quentin Tarantino
He shared the story credit, and later the Oscar, with Roger Avary.
Q 02In what year was Pulp Fiction released?
1994
It premiered at Cannes in May and went into wide US release on October 14.
Q 03Who plays hitman Vincent Vega?
John Travolta
He took a cut-price fee, reportedly $100,000 to $140,000, and got an Oscar nomination that relaunched his career.
Q 04Who plays Jules Winnfield?
Samuel L. Jackson
His second audition, delivered while angrily waving a hamburger he had brought with him, won him the part.
Q 05Who plays Mia Wallace?
Uma Thurman
Miramax had wanted Holly Hunter or Meg Ryan; Tarantino insisted on her after their first meeting.
Q 06Which actor plays the boxer Butch Coolidge?
Bruce Willis
The role was written for Matt Dillon, who preferred the Vincent part and hesitated too long.
Q 07Who plays crime boss Marsellus Wallace?
Ving Rhames
The part was first offered to Max Julien and Sid Haig, who both turned it down.
Q 08Harvey Keitel plays a 'cleaner' with what name?
Winston Wolfe
Tarantino wrote the part for Keitel, calling him his favourite actor since he was 16.
Q 09The diner robbers call each other Pumpkin and Honey Bunny. What are their real names?
Ringo and Yolanda
Tim Roth used his natural London accent for Ringo after faking an American one in Reservoir Dogs.
Q 10Who plays Captain Koons, the veteran who delivers young Butch's heirloom?
Christopher Walken
During the monologue he mentions a soldier named Winocki, a nod to a character in Howard Hawks's 1943 film Air Force.
Q 11Which small role does Tarantino himself play?
Jimmie, whose house is used for the clean-up
He chose Jimmie over Lance so he could be behind the camera for Mia's overdose scene.
Q 12Who plays Vincent's drug dealer Lance?
Eric Stoltz
Tarantino wrote the role with John Cusack in mind; TriStar preferred Gary Oldman.
Q 13Steve Buscemi's cameo at the 1950s restaurant is as a waiter dressed as whom?
Buddy Holly
He had been considered for Jimmie but could not commit to the schedule.
Q 21Which fast-food comparison do Vincent and Jules famously discuss in the car?
What a Quarter Pounder is called in Paris
The 'Royale with Cheese' exchange was referenced again in the 2010 Travolta film From Paris with Love.
Q 22Which made-up fast-food brand from the film has recurred in later Tarantino movies?
Big Kahuna Burger
Red Apple cigarettes are the other invented brand introduced in the same script.
Q 23What is the name of the 1950s-themed restaurant where Vincent takes Mia?
Jack Rabbit Slim's
Q 14Which comedian appears in the film as herself, at the scene of Butch's car crash?
Kathy Griffin
Julia Sweeney is also in the film, as Raquel, the junkyard owner's daughter.
Q 15Which actor did Tarantino write the part of Jules for, before he turned it down?
Laurence Fishburne
He later said he passed because he felt the film glamorized heroin.
Q 16Which Reservoir Dogs actor's decision to make Wyatt Earp instead freed up the Vincent role for Travolta?
Michael Madsen
Madsen's Reservoir Dogs character Vic Vega is Vincent's brother; a 'Vega Brothers' film was mooted but never made.
Q 17Which Oscar-winner did Harvey Weinstein push for as Vincent?
Daniel Day-Lewis
Executive producer Danny DeVito reminded Weinstein that Tarantino had final cut and cast approval.
Q 18Jules's Jheri-curl wig was a mistake. What hairstyle had the script called for?
A giant afro
Jackson talked Tarantino into keeping the wig, since the look had been popularised by N.W.A.
Q 19What Bible passage does Jules recite before executing someone?
Ezekiel 25:17
Most of the speech is invented; it is lifted from the opening of a 1970s Japanese martial-arts film.
Q 20Jules's 'biblical' speech is taken almost word for word from a film starring which martial-arts actor?
Sonny Chiba
In Karate Kiba (1976) the same creed appears as scrolling text read by a narrator.
The set was the single most expensive item in the budget, at $150,000.
Q 24What competition do Vincent and Mia enter at the restaurant?
A twist contest
Tarantino says the dance was inspired by a 1964 Godard film, not Saturday Night Fever.
Q 25Which Godard film does Tarantino cite as the inspiration for the dance scene?
Bande à part
Anna Karina's shuffle with her two gangster boyfriends is the model.
Q 26Mia overdoses after mistaking Vincent's heroin for what?
Cocaine
The adrenaline-shot revival was inspired by a story told in Scorsese's documentary American Boy.
Q 27The adrenaline-shot scene was inspired by an anecdote in a documentary about which Taxi Driver actor?
Steven Prince
He described doing it with a medical dictionary and a Magic Marker to find the spot.
Q 28Butch's father died as a prisoner of war in which conflict?
The Vietnam War
Koons hid the watch for years to bring it home; the details of where are the point of the monologue.
Q 29Why does Butch go back to his apartment, where he finds Vincent?
Fabienne forgot to pack the gold watch
He then sees Marsellus crossing the street, a moment that echoes Marion Crane's boss spotting her in Psycho.
Q 30What weapon does Butch choose to rescue Marsellus in the pawnshop basement?
A katana
Maynard, Zed and the gimp are frequently compared to the hillbillies of Deliverance.