Q 01/05

Which real-life disc jockey plays himself in American Graffiti, his show on every car radio?

A) Dick Clark

B) Casey Kasem

C) Wolfman Jack

D) Cousin Brucie

Answer · why

C) Wolfman Jack

Wolfman Jack. Lucas gave the DJ a share of the film's profits, and its runaway success provided him with an income for the rest of his life.

Q 02/05

American Graffiti is set over one night in which California city?

A) Fresno

B) Modesto

C) Bakersfield

D) Stockton

Answer · why

B) Modesto

Modesto, Lucas's home town, whose cruising scene of his teens the film recreates; yet it was shot in towns around San Francisco Bay instead.

Q 03/05

American Graffiti takes place during which president's term?

A) Truman

B) Eisenhower

C) Kennedy

D) Johnson

Answer · why

C) Kennedy

Kennedy. Lucas set the film on a late-summer night in 1962, the year he himself left high school, and its posters asked "Where were you in '62?"

Q 04/05

Which burger joint is the friends' meeting place at the start of American Graffiti?

A) Bob's Big Boy

B) Arnold's

C) The Frostie Freeze

D) Mel's Drive-In

Answer · why

D) Mel's Drive-In

Mel's Drive-In. The real San Francisco restaurant was already out of business and was demolished before the film even opened, vanishing just as it bec...

Q 05/05

Who plays Curt Henderson, the American Graffiti graduate having second thoughts about leaving for college?

A) Ron Howard

B) Richard Dreyfuss

C) Harrison Ford

D) Charles Martin Smith

Answer · why

B) Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss: Lucas liked his audition so much he let him choose between Curt and Terry, and Dreyfuss picked Curt.