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41 free She's the Man trivia questions with answers. She's the Man (2006) took Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, moved it to a prep-school soccer pitch and let Amanda Bynes loose with sideburns and a tampon-based nosebleed remedy. It was a modest hit at the time and a full-blown cult favourite since. This quiz covers the plot beat by beat, the cast (including a pre-fame Channing Tatum, whom Bynes personally fought to get hired), the production stories, the reviews and the box office. A whole section is devoted to the Shakespeare underneath it: which character names, places and plot devices come straight from Twelfth Night, and what the play's own story looks like. There are also questions about where the actors went next, from Virgin River to Silicon Valley to Magic Mike. It suits a movie night, a 2000s-themed quiz or anyone who can still quote the 'I'm not a chicken, I'm a boy' scene. Every answer is checked against Wikipedia and cited on the question, so you can see the source for yourself.
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Q 01She's the Man is a modern retelling of which Shakespeare play?
Twelfth Night
The same screenwriting duo had already modernised The Taming of the Shrew as 10 Things I Hate About You.
Q 02What is the name of the elite boarding school Viola infiltrates while posing as her brother?
Illyria Prep
In the play, Illyria is the coast where Viola is shipwrecked; historically it was a region of the western Balkans.
Q 03Which school does Viola originally attend, and later beat in the climactic soccer match?
Cornwall Prep
The whole scheme starts because the school cuts its girls' soccer team and the boys' coach refuses to let the girls try out.
Q 04Viola's dream is to play college soccer for which team?
North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina is a real women's soccer powerhouse, which makes the choice a plausible one for a talented player.
Q 05Where does the real Sebastian secretly go instead of enrolling at his new school?
London, with his band
He was expelled from his old school for skipping classes, which is why he had to change schools in the first place.
Q 06Who transforms Viola into 'Sebastian' with a makeover?
Paul, her hair stylist friend
Paul later stages a scene at the pizzeria to make 'Sebastian' look like a ladies' man in front of the team.
Q 07What is the name of the local pizzeria where Paul stages his scene and where the double date takes place?
Cesario's
Cesario is the name Viola takes when disguised as a boy in the original play.
Q 08Which position on the team is Viola initially assigned after failing to impress at tryouts?
Second string
She strikes a deal: Duke trains her to be a better player, and she puts in a good word for him with Olivia.
Q 09Malcolm, the nerd investigating 'Sebastian', has a tarantula named after which character from the play?
Malvolio
Malcolm's own surname, Festes, nods to Feste, the fool in the play.
Q 10Duke is dismayed to be assigned which classmate as his lab partner?
Eunice Bates
By the end of the film Eunice is dating Duke's friend Toby.
Q 11At the Junior League carnival, at which attraction does Viola end up locking lips with Duke?
The kissing booth
Duke then gets into a fight with Viola's ex, Justin, at the same carnival.
Q 12How does Viola finally prove to everyone on the pitch that she is a girl?
She flashes her breasts
Minutes earlier the real Sebastian had proved his identity to the principal by dropping his pants.
Q 13What social event does Viola's mother Daphne want her to take part in throughout the film?
A debutante ball
The film ends at the ball, where Viola arrives on Duke's arm and Olivia on the real Sebastian's.
Q 21Alexandra Breckenridge, who plays Monique, later starred as Mel Monroe in which series?
Virgin River
She was also Jessie Anderson on The Walking Dead and voices characters on Family Guy.
Q 22Amanda Crew, who plays Viola's friend Kia, later played Monica Hall on which HBO comedy?
Silicon Valley
She is Canadian, born in Langley, British Columbia, like several of the film's supporting cast.
Q 23Jessica Lucas, who plays Yvonne, went on to appear in which 2008 found-footage monster movie?
Cloverfield
She was born and raised in Vancouver, where much of She's the Man was shot.
Q 14Which actor plays Duke Orsino?
Channing Tatum
It was one of two breakout films for him in 2006; the other was Step Up.
Q 15According to Amanda Bynes, why did producers hesitate to hire Tatum?
He was much older than the others
Bynes fought for him anyway after seeing him in a Mountain Dew commercial, insisting 'every girl will love him'.
Q 16To prepare for playing a boy, Bynes and director Andy Fickman studied male behaviour where?
At a shopping mall
She later admitted that seeing herself on screen with sideburns sent her into a months-long depression.
Q 17Which former professional footballer plays Coach Dinklage?
Vinnie Jones
He was a genuine hard man of English football and won the FA Cup with Wimbledon in 1988.
Q 18Who plays Principal Horatio Gold?
David Cross
At the time he was mid-run as Tobias Fünke on Arrested Development.
Q 19Julie Hagerty, who plays Viola's mother Daphne, played flight attendant Elaine in which comedy classic?
Airplane!
She was cast opposite Robert Hays in the 1980 parody and returned for the sequel.
Q 20Robert Hoffman (Viola's ex Justin) starred as Chase Collins in which dance sequel?
Step Up 2: The Streets
He and co-star Briana Evigan won the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss for it.
Q 24Emily Perkins, who plays Eunice, is known to horror fans as Brigitte in which Canadian werewolf film?
Ginger Snaps
She also played young Beverly Marsh in the 1990 TV version of Stephen King's It.
Q 25Laura Ramsey, who plays Olivia, was discovered while working where?
In a restaurant on Sunset Boulevard
That first audition landed her a part in The Real Cancun, a 2003 reality-style documentary.
Q 26The screenwriters of She's the Man, Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith, also wrote which 2001 comedy?
Legally Blonde
They wrote 10 Things I Hate About You by mailing draft pages to each other from separate cities.
Q 27Director Andy Fickman followed She's the Man with which 2007 Dwayne Johnson comedy?
The Game Plan
He also directed the stage premiere of the Reefer Madness musical and productions of Heathers: The Musical.
Q 28Roughly how much did She's the Man gross worldwide?
$57 million
It opened at number four in North America with $10.7 million on its first weekend.
Q 29At what position did She's the Man open at the North American box office?
No. 4
Reviews were mixed, but audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it a B+.
Q 30What score did She's the Man hold on Rotten Tomatoes as of 2025?
44%
As of 2025 the critics' consensus complained that Shakespeare's wit got lost in the slapstick, but Bynes's performance was widely praised.