Q 01/05

In Happy Gilmore 2, how did Virginia die, the loss that drove Happy out of golf and into drinking?

A) A highway car accident

B) Struck by one of his drives

C) A sudden heart attack

D) A lightning strike on the course

Answer · why

B) Struck by one of his drives

Happy's wife was struck by one of his drives on the course, and the guilt sent him into retirement and alcoholism.

Q 02/05

How does Chubbs Peterson die in Happy Gilmore after Happy gives him the head of the reptile that took his hand?

A) A heart attack at the course

B) Crashing a golf cart

C) Falling out of a window

D) Drowning in a water hazard

Answer · why

C) Falling out of a window

Startled by the gift, Chubbs topples backwards, falling out of a window to his death, and returns as a spirit in the final scene.

Q 03/05

What blocks Happy's winning putt on Happy Gilmore's final green, a ball Shooter insists he play 'as it lies'?

A) A parked golf cart

B) A collapsed grandstand

C) A sand bunker

D) A fallen TV tower

Answer · why

D) A fallen TV tower

A fallen TV tower, toppled by the heckler's car, stands between Happy and the hole, so he banks the ball through it like a Rube Goldberg machine.

Q 04/05

Which Rocky actor, who was to return as a ghost in the sequel, plays Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore?

A) Carl Weathers

B) Burt Young

C) Tony Burton

D) Dolph Lundgren

Answer · why

A) Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers, Rocky's Apollo Creed, died in February 2024 before filming, so the sequel's ghost scenes were rewritten into tributes to Chubbs.

Q 05/05

Which future Modern Family star plays Virginia Venit, the tour's public relations director, in Happy Gilmore?

A) Sofía Vergara

B) Julie Bowen

C) Sarah Hyland

D) Ariel Winter

Answer · why

B) Julie Bowen

Julie Bowen, later Claire Dunphy on Modern Family, plays the PR chief who tames Happy's temper, and returns as his late wife in the sequel.

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