Q 01/05

In Dazed and Confused, what does Coach Conrad demand that his football players sign?

A) A pledge to stay off drugs

B) A college letter of intent

C) A summer curfew agreement

D) A petition backing the coach

Answer · why

A) A pledge to stay off drugs

A pledge to stay off drugs, due in by the end of the day. Pink alone holds out, and at dawn he tells the coach he might play next season but will neve...

Q 02/05

On which day is Dazed and Confused set?

A) The first day of term in 1974

B) The last day of school in 1976

C) New Year's Eve in 1977

D) Graduation night in 1979

Answer · why

B) The last day of school in 1976

The last day of school in 1976, 28 May. Before the bell, a history teacher warns her class that the coming Bicentennial really celebrates aristocrats ...

Q 03/05

In which Texas city was Dazed and Confused shot?

A) Houston

B) Austin

C) San Antonio

D) Dallas

Answer · why

B) Austin

Austin stood in for a town the film never names, one modelled on the much smaller East Texas place where its director had gone to high school.

Q 04/05

The success of which Richard Linklater film got Dazed and Confused financed?

A) Slacker

B) Waking Life

C) SubUrbia

D) Before Sunrise

Answer · why

A) Slacker

Slacker caught the eye of Universal producer Jim Jacks while Linklater was promoting it in 1991. Jacks flew him to Los Angeles, and his idea for a 197...

Q 05/05

Roughly a sixth of Dazed and Confused's budget went on what?

A) Period cars

B) Song rights

C) Cast salaries

D) Studio reshoots

Answer · why

B) Song rights

Song rights: the studio wanted cheaper re-recordings, but Linklater insisted on the original 1970s hits and gave up his own soundtrack royalties to ge...