The Blind Side
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50 free The Blind Side trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Blind Side turned a true story into one of the most popular sports dramas ever made: a homeless teenager is taken in by a wealthy Southern family, finds his feet at a private school and grows into a first-round draft pick. It won its star an Oscar, and it has been argued over ever since, not least by the man it is about. This quiz covers the story from every side. There are questions on the plot and its best-remembered scenes, the cast and the real coaches who play themselves, the awards season, and the differences between the film and what really happened to Michael Oher and the Tuohys. Several go back to the bestselling book the film is based on, which is as much about how the game changed as it is about one player. It works as a quick check after watching the film, as a comprehension quiz for a class or book club that has just finished the book, or as a round for a movie night. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you pick up the real history as you play.
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Q 01Which actress won the Best Actress Oscar for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side?
Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock took a pay cut in exchange for a share of the profits, then watched the film gross $309 million.
Q 02Which holiday is days away when Leigh Anne first brings Michael home in The Blind Side?
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving break is also when the real roadside meeting took place, though on a cold morning rather than the film's rainy night.
Q 03Which worst-actress prize did the star of The Blind Side collect the night before her Oscar win?
A Razzie
A Razzie for the comedy All About Steve was hers to collect in person, and she gave every member of the audience a copy of the film.
Q 04In The Blind Side, what does Michael tell Leigh Anne he has never had before moving in?
A bed of his own
A bed of his own was new to the real Oher too; Leigh Anne bought him a futon, having heard that large athletes use them.
Q 05On a career aptitude test in The Blind Side, Michael ranks in the 98th percentile for which quality?
Protective instincts
Protective instincts are what the film's Leigh Anne taps at practice, telling Michael to guard his quarterback as he would the family.
Q 06Which bestselling nonfiction author wrote the 2006 book behind the film The Blind Side?
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis came to the story through Sean Tuohy, a former schoolmate. It became the first of his books to be filmed.
Q 07Which university does Michael pick in The Blind Side, the alma mater of both Tuohy parents?
Ole Miss
Ole Miss was simply close to home, the real Oher said: family and friends could easily drive down to Oxford to watch him play.
Q 08In 2023 Michael Oher alleged the Tuohys never adopted him, using which legal arrangement instead?
A conservatorship
A conservatorship gave the couple authority to make business deals in his name, his lawsuit said. A judge ended it in September 2023.
Q 09Which nickname does Michael tell Leigh Anne he hates being called in The Blind Side?
Big Mike
Big Mike is what nearly everyone called the real Oher too, in his old neighborhood and at his new school, and he disliked it just as much.
Q 10Which fast-food chain's franchises made Sean Tuohy wealthy, a business mentioned in The Blind Side?
Taco Bell
Taco Bell was the core of a group that once ran 115 fast-food outlets, most of which the Tuohys later sold.
Q 11In which Tennessee city is The Blind Side set, the real hometown of Michael Oher?
Memphis
Memphis is where Oher was born, one of twelve children, and where he passed through eleven schools in his first nine years as a student.
Q 12Which country music star plays Leigh Anne's husband Sean Tuohy in The Blind Side?
Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw is heard as well as seen: his song Southern Voice is among the tracks featured in the film.
Q 13Which newcomer, a security guard when he auditioned, plays Michael Oher in The Blind Side?
Quinton Aaron
Quinton Aaron offered to guard the set if he lost the part. The call telling him he had won it came as he faced eviction.
Q 21For which Oscar winner was the lead role in The Blind Side first written, before she declined?
Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts passed, and the eventual star said no three times herself before a visit with the real Leigh Anne won her over.
Q 22Which film won Best Picture over both The Blind Side and Avatar at the 2010 Academy Awards?
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker won six Oscars that night, at the first ceremony after the Academy doubled the Best Picture field to ten films.
Q 23With whom did the star of The Blind Side tie for Best Actress at the 2010 Critics' Choice Awards?
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep shared the prize for her turn as a famous television chef, and the two met again weeks later as rival Oscar nominees.
Q 14Which Oscar-winning actress plays Michael's tutor Miss Sue in The Blind Side?
Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates plays a character based on Sue Mitchell, a retired teacher who went on tutoring the real Oher through college.
Q 15Which actress plays the Tuohys' teenage daughter in The Blind Side, her first major film role?
Lily Collins
Lily Collins had her breakthrough here, months after appearing in two episodes of the teen drama 90210.
Q 16Which NFL team drafts Michael Oher in the first round, as shown at the end of The Blind Side?
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens acquired the 23rd pick from New England to take him, and the Tuohy family was there to see it.
Q 17In The Blind Side, which lineman shields a right-handed quarterback from rushers he cannot see?
Left tackle
Left tackle pay saw the biggest rise of any position once free agency arrived, the book argues, as teams bought insurance for their passer.
Q 18Which Giants linebacker's 1981 arrival changed the sport, according to the book The Blind Side?
Lawrence Taylor
Lawrence Taylor rushed passers with such speed and power that teams began to prize bigger, more agile linemen to stop him.
Q 19Which Washington quarterback's career-ending injury is replayed at the opening of The Blind Side?
Joe Theismann
Joe Theismann never played again after that 1985 Monday night sack, and has said he never blamed the man who hit him.
Q 20Which coach's West Coast offense is one of two changes traced in the book The Blind Side?
Bill Walsh
Bill Walsh devised the scheme in Cincinnati and refined it in San Francisco; more passing meant a greater need to guard the passer.
Q 24Which film kept The Blind Side in second place on its opening weekend in November 2009?
New Moon
New Moon held it off twice, but in its third weekend the drama climbed to number one on strong word of mouth.
Q 25Which director of the baseball drama The Rookie wrote and directed The Blind Side?
John Lee Hancock
John Lee Hancock came back to directing after half a decade away, and later made The Founder and The Highwaymen.
Q 26Which national championship-winning coach plays himself recruiting Michael in The Blind Side?
Nick Saban
Nick Saban asked to repeat the conversation he really had with Oher rather than follow the script, and the director let him.
Q 27What fictional name does The Blind Side give the private school that the real Michael Oher attended?
Wingate
Wingate stands in for Briarcrest, whose officials withheld the real name because they felt the script took too much artistic license.
Q 28Which sport is the Tuohys' daughter playing when Sean first notices Michael in The Blind Side?
Volleyball
Volleyball was an invention: the real daughter was a state champion pole vaulter, and Sean first saw Oher at a school gym practice.
Q 29Which college sport made the real Sean Tuohy an all-conference pick in each of his four seasons?
Basketball
Basketball won out even though baseball's Cincinnati Reds drafted him out of high school; he chose a college scholarship instead.
Q 30What is Leigh Anne Tuohy's profession in The Blind Side, one that later put her on Extreme Makeover?
Interior designer
Interior designer is her real trade too, and she put it to work on the house Oher bought after turning professional.