Q 01/05

In which year was The Sandlot released?

A) 1990

B) 1996

C) 1993

D) 1999

Answer · why

C) 1993

It arrived on 7 April, distributed by 20th Century Fox. The story it tells is set three decades earlier.

Q 02/05

Who directed The Sandlot and also narrated it as the grown-up Smalls?

A) Rob Reiner

B) David Mickey Evans

C) Penny Marshall

D) Barry Levinson

Answer · why

B) David Mickey Evans

David Mickey Evans had been replaced as director of Radio Flyer, another script of his, so The Sandlot became his directing debut; his narration as th...

Q 03/05

The Sandlot's narrator recalls 1962 as the summer which speedster broke baseball's stolen-base record?

A) Lou Brock

B) Rickey Henderson

C) Maury Wills

D) Ty Cobb

Answer · why

C) Maury Wills

Maury Wills stole 104 bases that year to pass Ty Cobb's 1915 record of 96, and the narrator reckons a summer that incredible should have started well ...

Q 04/05

Which part of the Los Angeles area is The Sandlot set in?

A) Pasadena suburbs

B) Echo Park district

C) Long Beach shore

D) The San Fernando Valley

Answer · why

D) The San Fernando Valley

The San Fernando Valley is only ever 'the Valley' in the narration, and Roger Ebert's review went further and placed the film in 'a small American tow...

Q 05/05

In which state was The Sandlot, set in California, actually filmed?

A) Idaho

B) Nevada

C) Utah

D) Arizona

Answer · why

C) Utah

Utah. Shooting began in Salt Lake City in June 1992 on a script first called The Boys of Summer, a title reportedly dropped to avoid confusion with Ro...