Q 01/05

In Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Pee-wee wins over a furious biker gang by dancing to which 1958 instrumental hit?

A) Wipe Out

B) Tequila

C) Rumble

D) Sleep Walk

Answer · why

B) Tequila

"Tequila" by the Champs topped the US pop and R&B charts in 1958, and the film tied the tune so closely to the Pee-wee dance that the two have been li...

Q 02/05

In Pee-wee's Big Adventure, escaped convict Mickey says he was sent to prison for which trivial offense?

A) Overdue library books

B) Unpaid parking tickets

C) Fishing without a license

D) Cutting a mattress tag

Answer · why

D) Cutting a mattress tag

Cutting a mattress tag is all Mickey admits to, yet he reaches for a gun at a police roadblock until Pee-wee comes up with a disguise.

Q 03/05

In Pee-wee's Big Adventure, truck-stop waitress Simone dreams of leaving her jealous boyfriend to live in which city?

A) Rome

B) Vienna

C) Paris

D) London

Answer · why

C) Paris

Paris is where Simone longs to live, and Pee-wee's pep talk works: he later runs into her at a bus station, already on her way.

Q 04/05

In Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Pee-wee and Simone watch the sunrise from inside which giant roadside statue?

A) A dinosaur

B) A cowboy boot

C) A lumberjack

D) A coffee pot

Answer · why

A) A dinosaur

A dinosaur, and a real one: sculptor Claude Bell built the concrete giants beside a California freeway to draw customers to his restaurant.

Q 05/05

In Pee-wee's Big Adventure, which trucker gives Pee-wee a ride on the anniversary of her own fatal crash?

A) Big Bertha

B) Trucker Trudy

C) Large Marge

D) Wide Wanda

Answer · why

C) Large Marge

Large Marge is a ghost: diners at the next truck stop tell a shaken Pee-wee that she died in a wreck on that very date.