Q 01/05

Who plays coach Morris Buttermaker in the 1976 film The Bad News Bears?

A) Jack Lemmon

B) Walter Matthau

C) George C. Scott

D) Art Carney

Answer · why

B) Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau. He later sued the studio for selling the hit to television in a single package with its two sequels, arguing the original was worth fa...

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 Bad News Bears 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

Burt Lancaster. His son Bill, left with one short leg by childhood polio, drew on his own Little League days, and the field he played on was renamed B...

Q 04/05

What is Morris Buttermaker's day job in the 1976 film The Bad News Bears?

A) Pool cleaner

B) Housepainter

C) Bartender

D) Mail carrier

Answer · why

A) Pool cleaner

Pool cleaner. He soon has the Bears working his pools with him, and tells them it was 'contract disputes' that kept him out of the major leagues.

Q 05/05

Which opera supplies the main themes of the score for The Bad News Bears?

A) La bohème

B) Carmen

C) Rigoletto

D) The Magic Flute

Answer · why

B) Carmen

Carmen. The trick caught on: both sequels built their scores out of borrowed classics as well, and the Bears' trip to Japan in the third film is set t...