Q 01/05

Which actor plays Ferris Bueller?

A) Matthew Broderick

B) Michael J. Fox

C) Anthony Michael Hall

D) John Cusack

Answer · why

A) Matthew Broderick

Hughes said he had Broderick in mind while writing and that Jimmy Stewart could have played Ferris at 15; Broderick was 23 when he took the part.

Q 02/05

What is the name of Ferris's hypochondriac best friend?

A) Sloane Peterson

B) Garth Volbeck

C) Cameron Frye

D) Ed Rooney

Answer · why

C) Cameron Frye

Hughes based him on a high-school friend who felt relaxed only when genuinely ill, because inventing diseases was tiring.

Q 03/05

Ferris's girlfriend Sloane is played by which actress?

A) Jennifer Grey

B) Molly Ringwald

C) Mia Sara

D) Kristy Swanson

Answer · why

C) Mia Sara

Sara was 18; Hughes had wanted an older actress to give the 17-year-old character dignity and nearly fell out of his chair when she told him her age.

Q 04/05

Who plays Ferris's resentful sister Jeanie?

A) Cindy Pickett

B) Ami Dolenz

C) Edie McClurg

D) Jennifer Grey

Answer · why

D) Jennifer Grey

Grey and Broderick quietly became a couple during filming, and she went on to Dirty Dancing the following year.

Q 05/05

Which real-life economist and speechwriter plays the droning economics teacher?

A) Paul Krugman

B) Milton Friedman

C) Ben Stein

D) George Will

Answer · why

C) Ben Stein

Stein said Nixon introduced him to Bill Safire, who led through two more people to Hughes, who liked that he had a flat voice and looked like a teache...