Q 01/05

Who directed Adam Sandler's animated Hanukkah film Eight Crazy Nights (2002)?

A) Seth Kearsley

B) Steven Brill

C) Dennis Dugan

D) Frank Coraci

Answer · why

A) Seth Kearsley

It was Kearsley's feature debut, and Sandler's first voice-acting role; the usual Sandler live-action directors Dugan and Coraci sat this one out.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the troubled alcoholic Adam Sandler voices in Eight Crazy Nights?

A) Whitey Duvall

B) Davey Stone

C) Tom Baltezor

D) Benjamin Friedman

Answer · why

B) Davey Stone

Davey is sentenced to community service as a youth-basketball referee-in-training after a spree of dining-and-dashing and vandalism on the first night...

Q 03/05

Where does the title Eight Crazy Nights come from?

A) A Yiddish proverb about the menorah

B) A Borscht Belt comedy routine

C) A line in Sandler's 'The Chanukah Song'

D) A 1950s Hanukkah children's book

Answer · why

C) A line in Sandler's 'The Chanukah Song'

'Instead of one day of presents, we get eight crazy nights!' A new version of the song plays over the film's closing credits.

Q 04/05

Besides Davey and Whitey Duvall, which third character does Adam Sandler voice in Eight Crazy Nights?

A) Chang, the restaurateur

B) The sentencing judge

C) Dewey, the mayor

D) Eleanore, the twin sister

Answer · why

D) Eleanore, the twin sister

Rob Schneider narrates and plays restaurant owner Mr. Chang; Kevin Nealon is the mayor and Norm Crosby the judge.

Q 05/05

In which state is Dukesberry, the fictional town where Eight Crazy Nights takes place?

A) New Hampshire

B) Vermont

C) Connecticut

D) New Jersey

Answer · why

A) New Hampshire

Whitey has spent 35 years coveting the Dukesberry All-Star Patch, which the town finally gives him at the end.

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