Q 01/05

Which city did the makers of Pay It Forward choose as the setting after first placing the story in Tucson?

A) Atlantic City

B) Albuquerque

C) Las Vegas

D) Phoenix

Answer · why

C) Las Vegas

Las Vegas was picked so the film could show working life away from the Strip, where Trevor's mother holds down two jobs.

Q 02/05

Which young star of The Sixth Sense plays Trevor McKinney, the boy behind the plan in Pay It Forward?

A) Haley Joel Osment

B) Joseph Gordon-Levitt

C) Macaulay Culkin

D) Frankie Muniz

Answer · why

A) Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment was announced for the part in November 1999, months after his Oscar-nominated breakthrough, and later won a Blockbuster Entertainmen...

Q 03/05

Under Trevor McKinney's rule in Pay It Forward, how many new people must each person helped do a favor for?

A) Three

B) Seven

C) Fifteen

D) Thirty

Answer · why

A) Three

Three is the heart of Trevor's plan: because every favor is repaid to three other people instead of the giver, kindness spreads geometrically rather t...

Q 04/05

Which Founding Father explained pay it forward in a 1784 letter, asking that his loan be passed on, never repaid?

A) John Adams

B) Benjamin Franklin

C) Alexander Hamilton

D) James Madison

Answer · why

B) Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin called it a trick for doing a great deal of good with a little money: the borrower was to lend the same sum to the next honest perso...

Q 05/05

At which coffee chain's Florida drive-through did 378 customers in a row pay it forward by buying the next order?

A) Dunkin'

B) Peet's Coffee

C) Starbucks

D) Tim Hortons

Answer · why

C) Starbucks

Starbucks baristas in St. Petersburg kept a tally for eleven hours, until customer 379 declined to join in and paid only for her own $2.25 drink.