Q 01/05

In which state is Napoleon Dynamite set and filmed?

A) Wyoming

B) Utah

C) Idaho

D) Montana

Answer · why

C) Idaho

The film is set and shot in Preston, Idaho, the director's hometown near the Utah border; locals fed and housed the crew during the 2003 shoot.

Q 02/05

Who directed Napoleon Dynamite?

A) Jason Reitman

B) Mike Judge

C) Wes Anderson

D) Jared Hess

Answer · why

D) Jared Hess

Jared Hess directed it as his first feature, co-writing the script with his wife Jerusha Hess; the couple later made Nacho Libre and Gentlemen Broncos...

Q 03/05

What was the film's budget?

A) $400,000

B) $4 million

C) $40,000

D) $14 million

Answer · why

A) $400,000

The film was made for about $400,000, raised largely by producer Jeremy Coon, and shot in the director's hometown over a few weeks in 2003.

Q 04/05

Roughly how much did the film gross worldwide?

A) $46 million

B) $96 million

C) $146 million

D) $16 million

Answer · why

A) $46 million

Napoleon Dynamite grossed about $46 million worldwide, most of it in North America, after opening in only a handful of cinemas in June 2004.

Q 05/05

What was the title of the short film the movie grew out of?

A) Preston

B) Tots

C) Peluca

D) Seth

Answer · why

C) Peluca

Peluca, a nine-minute black-and-white student short starring Heder as a nerd named Seth, screened at the Slamdance festival in 2003.