50 free Road House trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
42 free Road House trivia questions with answers. Pain don't hurt, and neither does this Road House trivia quiz. It covers Patrick Swayze's 1989 cult classic from top to bottom: Dalton the philosophy-degree bouncer, the Double Deuce in Jasper, Missouri, Frank Tilghman, Wade Garrett, Brad Wesley and his mansion across the lake, Jimmy Reno and the fight that broke Swayze's ribs, Doc Clay, Emmett's barn, the monster truck, and Jeff Healey playing behind chicken wire. There are questions on the making of it too: the actress originally cast as Doc, the California towns that played Missouri, the five Razzie nominations, the box office, the off-Broadway musical, the MST3K obsession and the NYPD training video. A final round covers Road House 2 and Doug Liman's 2024 remake with Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor McGregor and the Florida Keys, including the streaming-versus-cinema fight behind it. Easy questions first, deep cuts later. Every answer has been checked against the Wikipedia articles on the films and their stars, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01Who plays the bouncer Dalton in the 1989 film?
Patrick Swayze
He did many of his own stunts, and Marshall Teague broke his ribs during the big fistfight.
Q 02What is the name of the bar Dalton is hired to clean up?
The Double Deuce
The Black Pelican is the bar in Road House 2; Glass Key is the town in the 2024 remake.
Q 03In which state is the town of Jasper, where Dalton's new bar sits?
Missouri
The whole thing was actually shot in California, mostly around Newhall, Valencia and Canyon Country.
Q 04Where is Dalton working when the film opens?
A club in New York City
He is haunted by having killed a man in self-defence by ripping out his throat.
Q 05Who owns the bar in Jasper and hires Dalton?
Frank Tilghman
Kevin Tighe plays him; he gives Dalton full authority over the club's operations.
Q 06Who plays the crime lord Brad Wesley?
Ben Gazzara
The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof veteran earned a Razzie nomination for Worst Supporting Actor for it.
Q 07Where does Dalton live while in Jasper?
A barn owned by a farmer named Emmett
He does not realise the mansion across the lake belongs to Brad Wesley; the houseboat is from the 2024 remake.
Q 08Who plays Dr. Elizabeth "Doc" Clay?
Kelly Lynch
Annette Bening was cast first but replaced for lacking chemistry with Swayze.
Q 09Which actress was originally cast as Doc before being replaced?
Annette Bening
Scott Glenn also turned down the part of Jimmy Reno, which went to Marshall Teague.
Q 10Who plays Dalton's mentor, the ageing bouncer Wade Garrett?
Sam Elliott
Producer Joel Silver cast him because of his "baggage".
Q 11How does Wesley decide which of Dalton's friends to kill?
A coin toss
Heads for Elizabeth, tails for Garrett; the note on the knife reads "It was Tails".
Q 12What is written on the note pinned to the knife in Wade Garrett's body?
"It was Tails"
Dalton first assumes his mentor is just drunk at the bar.
Q 13How does Dalton kill Wesley's henchman Jimmy Reno?
He rips out his throat
It is the same move that haunts him from New York, and it disgusts Elizabeth.
Q 21How many Golden Raspberry nominations did Road House receive?
5
It won none, but Razzie founder John Wilson later listed it among the 100 most enjoyably bad movies ever made.
Q 22How much did Road House gross worldwide on its 1989 release?
$61 million
With home video and streaming it has since passed $203 million.
Q 23What was the film's budget?
$15 million
United Artists released it; critics were harsh but CinemaScore audiences gave it a B.
Q 24How many stars did Roger Ebert give Road House?
Q 14Who plays Jimmy Reno, breaking Swayze's ribs in their fight scene?
Marshall Teague
Terry Funk, the pro wrestler, plays the bouncer Morgan.
Q 15Which Canadian blues guitarist leads the house band in the 1989 film?
Jeff Healey
Blind since infancy, he played the guitar flat on his lap; his character is called Cody.
Q 16How did the guitarist who leads the house band lose his sight?
Retinoblastoma as a baby
His eyes were removed before he was one; he started guitar at three.
Q 17Who composed the film's score?
Michael Kamen
Kamen also scored Die Hard and Lethal Weapon for producer Joel Silver.
Q 18How many songs did the film's star himself write or sing for the soundtrack?
He wrote one and sang two
He had co-written "She's Like the Wind" for Dirty Dancing two years earlier.
Q 19Which monster truck appears in the film, built specifically for it?
Bigfoot #7
The truck scene cost $500,000 and was shot in Reedley, California.
Q 20Who directed the 1989 film?
Rowdy Herrington
Joel Silver produced; the film opened on May 19, 1989.
Two and a half
He said it sat "right on the edge between the good-bad movie and the merely bad".
Q 25What was Dalton's first name, glimpsed on a hospital chart and confirmed in the sequel?
James
The 2024 remake renames him Elwood Dalton.
Q 26Who is the protagonist of the 2006 direct-to-video sequel Road House 2?
Dalton's son, DEA agent Shane Tanner
Johnathon Schaech plays him defending a Louisiana bar; Dalton is said to have been shot dead before the film.
Q 27Which cult show's Crow T. Robot was obsessed with Road House and wrote a carol about its star?
Mystery Science Theater 3000
It happened during the riff of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
Q 28Which police force used a Road House scene in retraining on staying nice under pressure?
The NYPD
It followed the death of Eric Garner and covered 22,000 officers.
Q 29In which Family Guy episode does Peter buy a Road House DVD and start roundhouse-kicking everything?
"Brian's Got a Brand New Bag"
The episode was dedicated to Swayze, who died of pancreatic cancer in September 2009.
Q 30Which martial artist from The Last Dragon starred in the 2003 off-Broadway musical spoof of Road House?
Taimak
The full title notes he wears a blonde mullet wig.