Q 01/05

Who plays Veronica Sawyer in the 1988 film Heathers?

A) Shannen Doherty

B) Molly Ringwald

C) Winona Ryder

D) Jennifer Grey

Answer · why

C) Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder took the part against her agent, who got down on her knees and begged her not to, warning that she would never work again; the two later ...

Q 02/05

Who plays Jason 'J.D.' Dean in Heathers?

A) Christian Slater

B) Kiefer Sutherland

C) Robert Downey Jr.

D) Judd Nelson

Answer · why

A) Christian Slater

Christian Slater walked out of his audition convinced he had blown it and, by his own account, had a big tantrum and threw the script in the garbage; ...

Q 03/05

Which future superstar, then an unknown acting student, read the part of J.D. at an early Heathers script reading?

A) George Clooney

B) Johnny Depp

C) Keanu Reeves

D) Brad Pitt

Answer · why

D) Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt came up to the writer afterwards and said, "I know I'm not anybody, but for what it's worth, that was brilliant"; the writer only later lear...

Q 04/05

What is the name of the high school in Heathers?

A) Shermer

B) Westerburg

C) Ridgemont

D) Rydell

Answer · why

B) Westerburg

Westerburg sits in the Midwest on screen but was shot entirely in Los Angeles, stitched together from three campuses: one supplied the gym, another th...

Q 05/05

Heathers writer Daniel Waters is the older brother of the director of which later high-school comedy?

A) Mean Girls

B) Clueless

C) Easy A

D) Election

Answer · why

A) Mean Girls

Mean Girls was directed by Mark Waters, and in 2014 the brothers worked together, Mark directing Daniel's script for Vampire Academy.