Q 01/05

Which pair of filmmakers wrote, directed and produced The Big Lebowski?

A) Joel and Ethan Coen

B) The Wachowskis

C) The Farrelly brothers

D) The Hughes brothers

Answer · why

A) Joel and Ethan Coen

Joel and Ethan Coen wrote, directed and produced The Big Lebowski, their follow-up to Fargo, with Joel credited as director and Ethan as producer.

Q 02/05

In what year is the film set, when the Dude is attacked in his Los Angeles home?

A) 1991

B) 1993

C) 1995

D) 1998

Answer · why

A) 1991

The film is set in 1991: the Dude's 69-cent check at Ralphs is dated September 11, 1991, and Gulf War coverage plays on the store television.

Q 03/05

What do the enforcers do to the Dude's rug before realising they have the wrong Lebowski?

A) Set it on fire

B) Steal it

C) Urinate on it

D) Cut it in half

Answer · why

C) Urinate on it

Urinate on it — that is what one enforcer does to the Dude's rug, the rug that 'really tied the room together', before the pair realise they have the ...

Q 04/05

Which real-life film producer and Seattle Seven member was the main inspiration for the Dude?

A) John Milius

B) Peter Exline

C) Barry Sonnenfeld

D) Jeff Dowd

Answer · why

D) Jeff Dowd

Jeff Dowd, a film producer and promoter who belonged to the Seattle Seven, styled himself 'The Dude' and drank White Russians; the Coens met him while...

Q 05/05

Whose love of guns and the military did the Coens fold into Walter Sobchak?

A) Filmmaker John Milius

B) Producer Joel Silver

C) Actor R. Lee Ermey

D) Novelist Tom Clancy

Answer · why

A) Filmmaker John Milius

Filmmaker John Milius, the gun-loving co-writer of Apocalypse Now and director of Red Dawn, befriended the Coens in Los Angeles, and Walter's militari...