Q 01/05

What plays alongside the closing credits of Grumpy Old Men?

A) A fishing montage

B) Wedding home movies

C) Outtakes and bloopers

D) An animated epilogue

Answer · why

C) Outtakes and bloopers

Outtakes and bloopers roll with the credits, and a last clip shows Walter Matthau in a bathtub joking that he would have asked for another million had...

Q 02/05

In which Minnesota town is Grumpy Old Men set?

A) Brainerd

B) Wabasha

C) Bemidji

D) Stillwater

Answer · why

B) Wabasha

Wabasha gives the film its setting but little of its scenery: St. Paul stood in for the neighbourhood, Faribault for downtown and Center City for the ...

Q 03/05

In Grumpy Old Men, which subject did John Gustafson teach before he retired?

A) Mathematics

B) Chemistry

C) History

D) Geography

Answer · why

C) History

History: John tells Ariel he taught American history for 39 years, and jokes that he touched a pupil only once, on the head, while the boy snored thro...

Q 04/05

In Grumpy Old Men, what did Walter Matthau's Max Goldman do for a living before retiring?

A) Postal carrier

B) Television repairman

C) Hardware store clerk

D) Bait shop owner

Answer · why

B) Television repairman

Television repairman: Max reveals his old trade when he finds Ariel has gutted a 1954 Zenith set, and he offers to fix it for her.

Q 05/05

Which prank do Grumpy Old Men's John and Max keep pulling?

A) Filling the rival's mailbox with snow

B) Deflating the other's tyres

C) Leaving a dead fish in the rival's vehicle

D) Swapping the other's bait for rubber worms

Answer · why

C) Leaving a dead fish in the rival's vehicle

Leaving a dead fish in the rival's vehicle bookends the film: John stinks out Max's back seat early on, and Max hides one in John's wedding limousine ...