This Wedding Singer trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers on the 1998 romantic comedy that turned Adam Sandler into a leading man and paired him with Drew Barrymore for the first time. It covers the story beat by beat: Robbie Hart left at the altar in Ridgefield, New Jersey, Julia the waitress and her bond-trader fiance, the meltdown at the reception, the rapping neighbour Rosie, and the flight to Las Vegas where Billy Idol helps out over the intercom. There are also rounds on how the film got made and what came after: Tim Herlihy's radio-show inspiration for setting it in 1985, the uncredited cameos and rewrites, the budget and the box office fight with Titanic, the two new-wave soundtrack albums, and the 2006 Broadway musical that earned five Tony nominations, plus the Sandler-Barrymore reunions in 50 First Dates and Blended. It works for a movie night, an 80s-themed party, a bridal shower game or a pub quiz picture round. Difficulty runs from easy plot points to expert production details, and every answer was checked against Wikipedia and the film's own credits before it went in.
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Q 01In what year was The Wedding Singer released in cinemas?
1998
It arrived on February 13, the day before Valentine's Day, and opened second at the US box office that weekend.
Q 02Who directed The Wedding Singer?
Frank Coraci
He and Sandler had been friends since film school. He directed the same two leads again in 2014, and cited John Hughes as a key influence.
Q 03In which year is The Wedding Singer set?
1985
Writer Tim Herlihy chose the decade after hearing the radio show 'Lost in the '80s'. It is regularly described as one of the first 1980s nostalgia films.
Q 04Robbie Hart plies his trade in which New Jersey town?
Ridgefield
The Broadway musical kept the setting, and its designer Scott Pask rebuilt the town with what the New York Times called 'affectionate cartoon tackiness'.
Q 05What job does Julia Sullivan have when she meets Robbie?
Waitress at the reception hall
Herlihy said test audiences did not miss Sandler in the scenes she carried alone, so more of her scenes survived the edit than in his earlier films.
Q 06Who plays Julia Sullivan?
Drew Barrymore
She had approached Sandler about working together, calling them 'cinematic soulmates' before they had shot a frame. It was the first of three films together.
Q 07Julia's fiancé Glenn Gulia makes his money doing what?
Bond investing
Played by Matthew Glave, he cheats constantly and plans to keep doing so after the wedding, as Robbie learns on a double date.
Q 08Who breaks the news to Robbie, moments before the ceremony, that Linda is not coming?
His older sister Kate
Kate is played by Jodi Thelen and her husband Andy by Frank Sivero. Linda later explains she wanted the would-be rock star, not a wedding singer.
Q 09Why does Linda say she jilted Robbie?
She wanted the rock star he planned to be, not a wedding singer
Angela Featherstone plays her. She turns up again near the end wanting him back, and answers his door claiming to be his fiancée just as Julia arrives.
Q 10Which frequent Sandler collaborator plays Robbie's best friend Sammy?
Allen Covert
He was Sandler's college theatre classmate and later starred in Grandma's Boy. Sammy eventually admits his casual-dating lifestyle makes him miserable.
Q 11Christine Taylor, who plays Julia's cousin Holly, was known for playing which TV character on film?
Marcia Brady
She starred in The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and A Very Brady Sequel. In the film Holly asks Julia's permission before making a play for Robbie.
Q 12Robbie's keyboardist, played by Alexis Arquette, is styled after which 1980s pop star?
Boy George
The real singer said he found the impersonation, complete with 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me', hilarious. Arquette was the sibling of Rosanna, Patricia and David.
Q 13Which 1979 hip-hop classic does Robbie's elderly neighbour Rosie perform at her anniversary party?
Rapper's Delight
Q 21Which SNL veteran plays Mr. Simms, the bank manager Robbie asks for a job?
Kevin Nealon
Robbie goes job-hunting after Holly suggests Julia is choosing Glenn for financial security. He does not get the job.
Q 22Which actress plays Julia's mother Angie, and was also Judy Geller on Friends?
Christina Pickles
Julia confides in her that she no longer loves Glenn. Pickles played Ross and Monica's mother across the entire run of Friends.
Q 23Roughly what was The Wedding Singer's production budget?
$18 million
It went on to take $123 million worldwide, and is regularly ranked among Sandler's best comedies.
Ellen Albertini Dow's rendition was the only actor performance mixed onto the soundtrack album, combined with the Sugarhill Gang original.
Q 14Which wedding anniversary is Rosie celebrating when Robbie realises he wants a life with Julia?
50th
Robbie has been giving Rosie singing lessons. She is the one who tells him to go and act on it.
Q 15Which real rock star plays himself on the flight and helps Robbie win Julia back?
Billy Idol
He even offers to put Robbie in touch with record executives. His own 'White Wedding' is on the soundtrack album.
Q 16What is the name of the song Robbie writes for Julia and sings over the plane's intercom?
Grow Old with You
Sandler and Herlihy wrote it together. It closes the second soundtrack album, and in the stage musical Robbie sings it in a wedding chapel instead.
Q 17Where do the passengers confine Glenn after he tries to attack Robbie on the plane?
In an airplane lavatory
Several passengers wrestle him in there. Julia and Glenn had been heading off to elope.
Q 18Where do Julia and Glenn plan to elope after Julia finds Linda at Robbie's door?
Las Vegas
Robbie boards the same flight without knowing it. The musical's climax moves the whole showdown into a Vegas chapel full of celebrity impersonators.
Q 19Who plays David Veltri, the uncredited best man whose drunken toast Ebert called the film's best scene?
Steve Buscemi
He and Sandler had first worked together on Airheads in 1994. Ebert otherwise gave the film a poor review.
Q 20Jon Lovitz reprised his Wedding Singer role as Jimmie Moore in an episode of which sitcom?
The Goldbergs
The episode is set during the events of the film, and the movie's stars turn up via archive footage.
Q 24The Wedding Singer opened in second place at the US box office behind which holdover?
Titanic
It took $18.8 million on its opening weekend and went on to $123 million worldwide.
Q 25Which studio released The Wedding Singer?
New Line Cinema
Principal photography ran from February 3 to March 25, 1997, entirely in California despite the New Jersey setting.
Q 26Which radio show inspired Tim Herlihy to set the film in the 1980s?
Lost in the '80s
Sandler had pitched a comedy about a wedding singer left at the altar; Herlihy said his own recent marriage changed the tone of the script.
Q 27Which future Knocked Up director did uncredited rewrites on the script with Sandler?
Judd Apatow
Herlihy said the differences from earlier Sandler films came naturally, helped by the chemistry between the two leads.
Q 28Sandler and the film's director first became friends as students at which college?
NYU
The director said he could hardly believe he and his friends had the chance to make films together. The actor who plays Sammy was another classmate there.
Q 29Screenwriter Tim Herlihy makes a cameo as which character?
Rudy, a bartender
Fellow screenwriter Steven Brill plays Glenn's buddy, and model Shanna Moakler is a flight attendant.
Q 30The bar mitzvah boy is played by Michael Shuman, who grew up to join which rock band?
Queens of the Stone Age
It is the reception where a depressed Robbie performs a bitter J. Geils Band number and alienates the guests.