Q 01/05

Who plays coach Morris Buttermaker in the 1976 film?

A) Jack Lemmon

B) Walter Matthau

C) George C. Scott

D) Burt Lancaster

Answer · why

B) Walter Matthau

Matthau was paid $750,000 plus a share of theatrical rentals for the role.

Q 02/05

Who directed the original 1976 Bad News Bears?

A) Hal Ashby

B) Robert Altman

C) Michael Ritchie

D) Sydney Pollack

Answer · why

C) Michael Ritchie

Ritchie had directed the satirical sports film Downhill Racer and the political satire The Candidate earlier in the decade.

Q 03/05

The 1976 screenplay was written by the son of which Hollywood star?

A) Kirk Douglas

B) Burt Lancaster

C) Henry Fonda

D) Gregory Peck

Answer · why

B) Burt Lancaster

Bill Lancaster's script won the Writers Guild award for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen.

Q 04/05

What is Buttermaker's day job in the 1976 film?

A) Pool cleaner

B) Exterminator

C) Bartender

D) Mail carrier

Answer · why

A) Pool cleaner

The team eventually helps him clean pools, and Timmy Lupus turns out to be able to mix him a martini.

Q 05/05

Which opera provides the principal themes of the 1976 film's score?

A) La bohème

B) Carmen

C) Rigoletto

D) The Magic Flute

Answer · why

B) Carmen

Jerry Fielding adapted Bizet's music, so the Toreador Song plays under a Little League game.