Characters
Scenes
Debates
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Miscellaneous
100
What is the name of this character who is named after his father.
What is James Farmer, Jr.
100
How much did the pig farmer want to charge the professor for his dead pig?
What is $25.
100

Why was the debate topic changed by Harvard?

What is Harvard was informed that Wiley uses pre-written speeches that their coach creates?

100
According to Mr. Tolson, who is the students' opponent?
Who is "He doesn't exist?"
100
The name of the college where the story takes place
What is Wiley College?
200

What is the name of the professor who wrote all the arguments for the debate team?

Who is Melvin Tolson.
200
What did the debate team see when traveling to Prairie View College to debate Howard University.
What is a lynch mob (hate group) that hung and burned a Black man.
200

Which argument does Henry Lowe use to win the first debate?

What is the argument that Samantha Booke gave at debate team tryouts?

200
The purpose of the meeting at the barn in the woods to which James Jr. followed Mr. Tolson
What is to help unionize the farmers (and sharecroppers) for fair treatment.
200
The city and state where Wiley College is located.
What is Marshall, Texas?
300
Who is the character that is responsible for the team being able to debate Harvard?
Who is Henry Lowe.
300

Why is James Farmer, Jr. unable to tell his parents where he was when he was out very late?

What is he promised Tolson he would not tell anyone?

300
According to the movie's credits, for how many years did the Wiley College Team go undefeated?
What is ten (10) years?
300
The cause of recurring tension among the team members throughout a large part of the movie.
What are Henry's bad choices including drinking, fighting, running away, etc?
300
According to the movie's credits, what is the career that Henry Lowe chose after he left Wiley College.
What is (studied Theology and) became a minister.
400

How did the female character first introduce herself at the debate team tryouts?

Who is Samantha Booke with an "E"?
400

The revised theme that the team had to present when debating at Harvard

What is Civil Disobedience?
400
The key argument that helped the team win the debate at Harvard, put forth by James Farmer, Jr.
What is recalling the lynching scene in Texas and expressing how Negros are unfairly mistreated in the Jim Crow South ?
400
The question that sparked a tense argument between Mr. Tolson and Henry Lowe when the debate team was trying to get to know each other
What is "Tell me about your father?"
400

The meaning of the term "hot spot" that Mr. Tolson referred to in the beginning of the film.

What is the place where the students stood to try out for the debate team.

500
What is the name of the Butler who served the debate team while they prepared for their Harvard debate?
Who is (just) Wilson.
500

The significance (result) of the scene where Professor Farmer Sr. stood up to the Sheriff

What is it restores his respect in his son's eyes after the disappointment he felt during the scene with the pig farmer.
500
The famous Harvard Graduate and author that Samantha brought up to support her point during the Harvard Debate.

Who is Henry David Thoreau?

500

The reason that Henry Lowe gave to Mr. Tolson for why he returned to college

What is "School is the only place you can read all day except prison?"

500
The name of the first Anglo-Saxon (white) college that Wiley Debated
What is Oklahoma City University?
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