Q 01/05

The real Erin Brockovich makes a brief cameo in the Julia Roberts film playing which kind of worker?

A) A nurse

B) A waitress

C) A receptionist

D) A bank teller

Answer · why

B) A waitress

A waitress named Julia is the part she plays in a diner scene, while the real Ed Masry sits in the booth behind her.

Q 02/05

In a famous Erin Brockovich scene, a lawyer for the utility suddenly will not touch which item?

A) Her glass of water

B) Her cup of coffee

C) The settlement papers

D) A plate of doughnuts

Answer · why

A) Her glass of water

Her glass of water came from Hinkley's wells, Erin tells her, and the moment was based on something that really happened, though during a trial.

Q 03/05

Which California utility do Erin Brockovich and Ed Masry take on over poisoned groundwater in Hinkley?

A) Southern California Edison

B) San Diego Gas & Electric

C) Los Angeles Water and Power

D) Pacific Gas and Electric

Answer · why

D) Pacific Gas and Electric

Pacific Gas and Electric settled the real case in 1996, and the lawsuit also required it to stop using the chemical and clean up the groundwater.

Q 04/05

The Hinkley case in Erin Brockovich ends with the utility paying a record settlement of what size?

A) $4 million

B) $37 million

C) $333 million

D) $3.3 billion

Answer · why

C) $333 million

$333 million was the largest settlement in a direct-action lawsuit in US history at the time, and the film ends with Ed Masry handing Erin a bonus far...

Q 05/05

Erin Brockovich first hires lawyer Ed Masry to win her damages after which mishap?

A) A dog bite

B) A car crash

C) A workplace injury

D) A botched operation

Answer · why

B) A car crash

A car crash with a doctor leaves Erin injured, and her temper under cross-examination loses the case, so she turns up at Ed's office demanding a job.