Q 01/05

What do the Hanson brothers wrap around their knuckles before every game in Slap Shot?

A) Leather bootlaces

B) Aluminum foil

C) Copper wire

D) Coarse sandpaper

Answer · why

B) Aluminum foil

Aluminum foil. The players who portrayed the trio say that touch came from the script: in real games they wore golf gloves dried rock-hard on a radiat...

Q 02/05

What do the Hanson brothers play with in their hotel room while their Slap Shot teammates drink and play cards?

A) Toy race cars

B) A model train set

C) Toy soldiers

D) Yo-yos

Answer · why

A) Toy race cars

Toy race cars. Dunlop is appalled that his new signings have brought their toys along, until he finally puts them on the ice and the childlike trio br...

Q 03/05

Which director reunited with Paul Newman on Slap Shot after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting?

A) Robert Altman

B) Hal Ashby

C) George Roy Hill

D) Sidney Lumet

Answer · why

C) George Roy Hill

George Roy Hill. He insisted on actors who could really skate, and held on-ice tryouts in Los Angeles and New York to find them.

Q 04/05

Who wrote the screenplay for Slap Shot?

A) Nora Ephron

B) Elaine May

C) Joan Tewkesbury

D) Nancy Dowd

Answer · why

D) Nancy Dowd

Nancy Dowd. She went on the road with a minor-league team, and tape recorders ran on its bus so that her dialogue would match the way the players real...

Q 05/05

Whose real minor-league experiences was the Slap Shot script largely based on?

A) Paul Newman's nephew

B) The director's son

C) A Boston Bruins scout

D) The screenwriter's brother

Answer · why

D) The screenwriter's brother

The screenwriter's brother. He phoned her with tales of being beaten up and losing teeth on the road, so she flew east to watch his team for herself.