Are You an Expert on "Napoleon Dynamite?"

By: R. White
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Are You an Expert on "Napoleon Dynamite?"
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High school outcast, Napoleon, deals with a misfit family, but manages to make a mark with his friend, Pedro, and finds love with a shy girl named Deb.
What high school does Napoleon attend?
Marsden High
Valley View High
Preston High
The opening shows what is in his wallet. One item is a school ID card. It is not revealed what grade he is in.
Ellsworth High

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Napoleon rides a bus to school with much younger children. A boy asks, "What are you going to do today, Napoleon?" What is his reply?
"Whatever I feel like I'm gonna do...gosh!"
Napoleon is the only teenager on the bus and he seems annoyed.
"Learn some stuff...duh!"
"Have a party...yahoo!"
"Go to school and then go home, Dummy!"

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At school, on what subject does Napoleon give a speech?
Unicorns
Flying horses
The Loch Ness monster
He talks about Japanese scientists and their mission to "blow Nessie out of the water." He mentions wizards casting protective spells to keep the Loch Ness monster safe.
Fairies

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What activity does Napoleon enjoy during gym class?
Tether ball
Napoleon plays tether ball on different occasions, but he has a hard time finding someone to play with him.
Volleyball
Basketball
Badminton

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What does Kip, Napoleon's older brother, hope to be?
An astronaut
A pastry chef
A roller derby king
A cage fighter
Kip thinks if he enrolls in martial arts classes, it will prepare him for the cage fighting career. He convinces Napoleon to attend an introductory class with him.

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What does Deb sell door to door?
Brownies
Hair care products
Magazines
Glamour shots
She also tries to sell handmade boondoggle keychains. She feels humiliated by Napoleon and runs away.

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What is Napoleon's pet llama's name?
Ike
Tina
Napoleon feeds it leftovers. The llama is pretty picky about what it eats.
Boyd
Vicky

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Where is Grandma when Kip and Napoleon are left with Uncle Rico?
She got injured riding a dune buggy.
Napoleon is shocked to learn from Uncle Rico that grandma had gone away with a boyfriend.
She eloped.
She went to a NASA summer camp.
She is taking cooking classes in France.

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Who runs the martial arts class Kip attends?
Martial Arty
Joe Jitsu
Rex Kwon Do
Rex Kwon Do is a tough instructor who wears a uniform with an American flag design. He is aggressive and in-your-face.
Karate Ken

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What kind of bike does Napoleon's friend, Pedro, have?
Schwinn
Diamondback
Sledgehammer
Napoleon and Pedro make a jump ramp and test out the bike. Napoleon breaks the ramp.
Huffy

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Where does Napoleon live?
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Despite being in Idaho, there ARE actually sand dunes there. Napoleon's grandma enjoys some excitement on the dunes.
Colorado

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To what song does Napoleon do an artistic performance with several classmates?i
"Faithfully"
"The Rose"
This shows Napoleon's interest in interpretive dance. He is the only boy in the group.
"Hey, Jude"
"Endless Love"

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Who is Lyle?
The bully who beats on Napoleon
The neighbor who accidentally shoots his cow
Lyle is supposed to be watching Napoleon and Kip until Grandma gets back. Uncle Rico comes later when Grandma has an accident.
The school principal who hates Napoleon
A talent scout who is annoyed by Kip

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How does Pedro ask Summer to the dance?
He bakes her a cake.
Pedro leaves the cake on her porch. He gets a note back that says, "NO!!"
He sings a song.
He makes a video.
He makes an embroidery.

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Napoleon returns Deb's keychains at school. He tells her he needs space in his locker for what?
A video camera
Metal detector
Nunchucks
He brings all of the cases she left on his porch. He doesn't really need the space.
Ice skates

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From where is Kip's girlfriend, LaFawnduh?
New York City
Mississippi
Detroit
Kip describes her to Rico as having blonde hair. She is African-American.
San Diego

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To what year does Uncle Rico want to travel back in time?
1979
1980
1981
1982
Rico thinks if the coach had put him in the state finals football game in high school, he would have gone pro and made millions.

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What kind of milk does Deb drink?
Whole
Skim
1%
Napoleon tries to pay her a compliment by telling her she could drink whole milk (implying she's not fat).
2%

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What does Pedro suggest to Napoleon to get a date for the dance?
Send a video.
Write a poem.
Buy her lunch.
Draw picture of the girl he wants to ask out.
Napoleon draws a picture of Trisha Stevens. It looks distorted, but he says it's the best drawing he's ever done.

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What is Napoleon's favorite animal?
Godzilla
A unicorn
A liger
Napoleon explains to Deb that it's a lion and tiger. He shows her the drawing he's done.
A sea serpent

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What business venture do Kip and Uncle Rico embark on together?
They sell plastic bowls.
They are trying to raise money to buy a time machine. They split up to cover more territory.
They sell vacuum cleaners.
They sell cookbooks.
They sell sewing patterns.

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Where does Napoleon get a job?
In a sewage plant
At a skateboard park
In a junkyard
On a chicken farm
He does dirty work but gets paid about a dollar an hour in change. He is served raw eggs in a pitcher and sandwiches with flies on them.

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How does Napoleon get to the school dance?
Uncle Rico drives him.
Pedro's thug cousins drive him.
Uncle Rico takes him to a client's house and never comes out again. Napoleon starts walking down the road when he is picked up by Pedro's cousins.
He bikes.
He borrows a skateboard.

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Napoleon dances with Deb. What is the song they dance to?
"Endless Love"
"Always and Forever"
"Time After Time"
Trisha abandons Napoleon and leaves with her friends. Pedro feels bad so he lets Napoleon dance with his date.
"Forever Young"

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Napoleon tells Pedro he has skills to be class president. Which skill does he NOT say he has?
A good moustache
A really good bike
Good at hooking up with chicks
Good at baking cakes
Pedro has to compete with Summer for president. Napoleon and Deb help him. Napoleon makes flyers and Deb gives him a hairpiece.

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What gift does LaFawnduh bring for Kip?
Roller blades
Hair weaves
Handcuffs
A bling necklace
LaFawnduh helps Kip create a whole new look, complete with dew rag.

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What does the sign on Napoleon's bedroom door say?
"Pegasus Crossing"
The door is open a crack when he practices his dance moves.
"No Trolls Allowed"
"Leave your Taser at the Door"
"Wizards Welcome"

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Uncle Rico gives up on the plastic bowl venture. What new product does he try to sell?
A wife leash
A bust developer
He tells Trisha to give the flyers to her mom. It becomes an embarrassment to Napoleon at school.
Time shares in Florida
Female lingerie

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For what does Pedro get in trouble at school?
Making a pinata that looks like Summer Wheatley
Pedro doesn't realize he's doing anything wrong. He says it's common in Mexico.
Using his cousins to scare the bullies
Handing out pot brownies for his campaign
Bringing Napoleon's llama to school

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What does LaFawnduh give Napoleon?
A music tape
She sees he's been practicing a dance so she lends him her cousin's tape. He takes it.
A new haircut
A line to use on girls
Brass knuckles

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Why does Deb get mad at Napoleon?
Uncle Rico told her Napoleon thinks she could use a bigger bust.
When Napoleon calls Pedro for some advice, he suggests Napoleon give her something. He says all he has is fish.
He bad mouths her to show off.
He tells Pedro to quit the campaign.
Kip tells her Napoleon thinks she's a baby.

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Why is Uncle Rico beat up?
Kip beats him up to show off in front of LaFawnduh.
Grandma is mad at him for eating all her steaks.
He tries to sell his product to Rex Kwon Do's wife, Starla.
Rico holds cooking pots in front of Starla and tell her she could have "those." Starla looks like she takes steroids.
A housewife beats him up when his product doesn't work.

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How does Napoleon win the class presidency for Pedro?
He does a monologue about time travel.
He lays a guilt trip on the student body by giving his own speech.
He dances with the tape LaFawnduh gave him.
Napoleon gets a standing ovation. Deb is the first to stand.
He does tricks on stage with Tina.

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What are the last lines of the movie?
"Would you like to go back to 1982 with me? There's room for both of us."
"I forgot to feed Tina. Oh, well."
"I caught you a delicious bass. Wanna play me?"
Napoleon says this to Deb who meets him on the playground. She agrees to a game of tetherball.
"You're fine just the way you are. I mean it."

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The opening shows credits on plates of food. Which is not featured?
Deviled eggs
Corn dog with peaches and peas
Lasagna and meatballs
The food items are significant to different scenes in the movie. Napoleon is fond of tater tots.
Tater tots

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