Q 01/05

When Disney refused to pay for a Rushmore helicopter shot, what did Bill Murray give Wes Anderson?

A) A personal loan

B) A personal check

C) His credit card

D) His whole salary

Answer · why

B) A personal check

A personal check from Murray was meant to pay for a shot of Max and Blume riding in a helicopter, but the scene was never filmed and Anderson kept the...

Q 02/05

What does Max Fischer start building on Rushmore Academy's baseball field to impress Miss Cross?

A) An aquarium

B) An observatory

C) A greenhouse

D) A theater

Answer · why

A) An aquarium

An aquarium was Max's grand gesture, but he never sought the school's approval, and the ground-breaking ceremony got him expelled.

Q 03/05

What does Max Fischer release into Herman Blume's hotel room during their feud in Rushmore?

A) Rats

B) Piranhas

C) Bees

D) Pigeons

Answer · why

C) Bees

Bees swarm the hotel where Blume has been living since Max told Blume's wife about her husband's affair.

Q 04/05

Which son of Rocky actress Talia Shire made his film debut as Max Fischer in Rushmore?

A) Joseph Gordon-Levitt

B) Giovanni Ribisi

C) Jake Gyllenhaal

D) Jason Schwartzman

Answer · why

D) Jason Schwartzman

Jason Schwartzman was 17 and had never acted on screen when the casting team found him, about a month before filming began.

Q 05/05

Which singer-songwriter let Rushmore use his songs Here Comes My Baby and The Wind?

A) Paul Simon

B) Cat Stevens

C) Donovan

D) Van Morrison

Answer · why

B) Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens wrote Here Comes My Baby as a sad song, then watched the Tremeloes turn it into an upbeat top-ten hit in 1967 before his own version came ...