Q 01/05

Which actor plays Jim White, the hot-tempered coach who builds a running team in McFarland, USA?

A) Dennis Quaid

B) Kevin Costner

C) Kurt Russell

D) Woody Harrelson

Answer · why

B) Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner was no stranger to sports films, having led the baseball classics Bull Durham and Field of Dreams. Negotiations for him to star were fin...

Q 02/05

In McFarland, USA, which sport is Jim White coaching when he is fired from his job in Idaho?

A) Baseball

B) Basketball

C) Football

D) Wrestling

Answer · why

C) Football

Football is also his first assignment in McFarland, where he is dropped as an assistant coach for pulling an injured player out of a game. Only then d...

Q 03/05

Which McFarland, USA runner does Jim White talk down from a highway overpass after trouble at the boy's home?

A) Thomas Valles

B) Victor Puentes

C) Jose Cardenas

D) Johnny Samaniego

Answer · why

A) Thomas Valles

Thomas Valles really did stand on an overpass above Highway 99 one night after his parents fought. He later recalled headlights pulling up: it was his...

Q 04/05

Which Spanish nickname do the students give their new coach in McFarland, USA?

A) Gringo

B) Vaquero

C) Blanco

D) Flaco

Answer · why

C) Blanco

Blanco is simply Spanish for white, a joke on his surname that the real McFarland families used as well. By the end of the film it is a term of affect...

Q 05/05

Which coming-of-age party does Jim White throw for his daughter Julie in McFarland, USA?

A) Sweet sixteen

B) Debutante ball

C) Bat mitzvah

D) Quinceañera

Answer · why

D) Quinceañera

Quinceañera celebrations mark a girl turning fifteen in Latin American tradition. The whole neighborhood pitches in, and the party shows how fully the...