Q 01/05

Which jazz standard does Andrew Neiman cue the band into, hijacking the concert at the end of Whiplash?

A) Take Five

B) Caravan

C) Summertime

D) Cherokee

Answer · why

B) Caravan

Caravan closes the film, with Andrew stretching it into a long improvised solo. The tune dates from 1936 and was written by Juan Tizol and Duke Elling...

Q 02/05

What does Terence Fletcher hurl at Andrew Neiman during the young drummer's first rehearsal in Whiplash?

A) A music stand

B) A cymbal

C) A chair

D) A trumpet mute

Answer · why

C) A chair

A chair flies at Andrew when he apparently can't keep time on the title tune, and Fletcher follows it with slaps and insults. Andrew answers by practi...

Q 03/05

Which actor, who taught himself to drum as a teenager, plays Andrew Neiman opposite J. K. Simmons in Whiplash?

A) Miles Teller

B) Ansel Elgort

C) Dane DeHaan

D) Logan Lerman

Answer · why

A) Miles Teller

Miles Teller did much of the on-screen drumming himself, having picked up the sticks at fifteen. A castmate who is a real jazz drummer coached him for...

Q 04/05

In Whiplash, which saxophone legend does Fletcher claim became great after a drummer threw a cymbal at him?

A) John Coltrane

B) Charlie Parker

C) Sonny Rollins

D) Cannonball Adderley

Answer · why

B) Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker is Fletcher's proof that humiliation breeds genius. In the real story, Jo Jones threw the cymbal at the young player's feet rather than...

Q 05/05

Which Spider-Man newspaper boss did J. K. Simmons play years before terrorizing students in Whiplash?

A) Norman Osborn

B) Robbie Robertson

C) Otto Octavius

D) J. Jonah Jameson

Answer · why

D) J. Jonah Jameson

J. Jonah Jameson, the Daily Bugle's ranting chief, made Simmons internationally famous in Sam Raimi's three films. He has kept returning to the part i...