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

They wrote it around the same time as Barton Fink but shot Fargo first.

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 Gulf War is on television throughout.

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

The rug really tied the room together, a line borrowed from a real Vietnam veteran the Coens knew.

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

He liked White Russians, was known as 'The Dude', and had once owned a Chrysler LeBaron.

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

They met him in Los Angeles while making Barton Fink.