Q 01/05

Who plays Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (2001)?

A) Alicia Silverstone

B) Selma Blair

C) Christina Applegate

D) Reese Witherspoon

Answer · why

D) Reese Witherspoon

The director said he knew by page five of the script that he wanted her, but she had to audition several times to convince MGM.

Q 02/05

Which author's novel, drawn from her own law-school years, was the basis of the film?

A) Karen McCullah

B) Kirsten Smith

C) Amanda Brown

D) Candace Bushnell

Answer · why

C) Amanda Brown

She only landed an agent after resubmitting her manuscript on pink paper, which got it fished out of the slush pile.

Q 03/05

What is the full name of the boyfriend who dumps Elle at the start of the film?

A) Emmett Richmond

B) Aaron Callahan

C) Warner Kensington Jr.

D) Warner Huntington III

Answer · why

D) Warner Huntington III

He wants to be a senator and thinks Elle is not 'serious' enough; she ends up rejecting him as a 'complete bonehead'.

Q 04/05

What score does Elle get on the LSAT to get into Harvard?

A) 179

B) 174

C) 168

D) 162

Answer · why

A) 179

Combined with her 4.0 GPA (and a video essay), it gets her into Harvard Law alongside Warner.

Q 05/05

What is the name of Elle's fictional undergraduate college?

A) UCLA

B) USC

C) CULA

D) SoCal State

Answer · why

C) CULA

Both USC and Stanford refused to let their names be used, so the writers invented the California University of Los Angeles.