Q 01/05

John Hughes wrote The Breakfast Club first, but which film became his directing debut instead?

A) Weird Science

B) Uncle Buck

C) Sixteen Candles

D) Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Answer · why

C) Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles: Hughes feared opening his directing career with so sparse a drama, so he dashed off the comedy in a couple of days and it jumped the ...

Q 02/05

On which day of the week do the five students serve detention in The Breakfast Club?

A) Friday

B) Sunday

C) Monday

D) Saturday

Answer · why

D) Saturday

Saturday: at 7:06 in the morning Vernon tells the five they have exactly 8 hours and 54 minutes to think about why they are there.

Q 03/05

In which fictional Illinois suburb, used across John Hughes's films, is The Breakfast Club set?

A) Ridgemont

B) Northbrook

C) Shermer

D) Westerburg

Answer · why

C) Shermer

Shermer: Hughes borrowed the name from Shermerville, which is what Northbrook, the suburb where he went to high school, was called until 1923.

Q 04/05

In The Breakfast Club, which singer's wardrobe does Bender accuse Vernon of raiding?

A) Neil Diamond

B) Barry Manilow

C) Tom Jones

D) Wayne Newton

Answer · why

B) Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow: invited to ask questions, Bender wonders aloud whether the singer knows Vernon raids his wardrobe, and the joke costs him another deten...

Q 05/05

In The Breakfast Club, Vernon's essay must describe what?

A) What respect means

B) Who they think they are

C) Their future plans

D) Why rules matter

Answer · why

B) Who they think they are

Who they think they are: Vernon wants at least a thousand words from each of them, and gets one letter for all five telling him he already sees them a...