Q 01/05

Who plays rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah in the 1991 film Point Break?

A) Johnny Depp

B) Charlie Sheen

C) Val Kilmer

D) Keanu Reeves

Answer · why

D) Keanu Reeves

He liked the character's name because it reminded him of star athletes like Johnny Unitas and Joe Montana, and he took up surfing for real after the s...

Q 02/05

Who directed Point Break (1991)?

A) Renny Harlin

B) Kathryn Bigelow

C) Tony Scott

D) John McTiernan

Answer · why

B) Kathryn Bigelow

She had just finished Blue Steel and later became the first woman to win the Best Director Oscar, for The Hurt Locker.

Q 03/05

Which filmmaker, then married to the director, worked on the Point Break script and executive-produced it?

A) Steven Spielberg

B) James Cameron

C) Ridley Scott

D) Walter Hill

Answer · why

B) James Cameron

In 2025 he claimed he 'wrote Point Break' and was 'stiffed by the Writers Guild', which had given sole credit to W. Peter Iliff after arbitration.

Q 04/05

The film's title is a surfing term. What does it describe?

A) The peak of a swell before it breaks

B) The moment a surfer stands up

C) A wave that closes out all at once

D) A wave breaking off a headland

Answer · why

D) A wave breaking off a headland

The film only got that name halfway through shooting; two earlier titles had been rejected by the studio.

Q 05/05

The Ex-Presidents surf gang wear masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and which fourth president?

A) Gerald Ford

B) Lyndon B. Johnson

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Dwight Eisenhower

Answer · why

B) Lyndon B. Johnson

Bodhi takes Reagan, and the mask makes an appearance in the famous foot chase through backyards and a flood control channel.