Good WILL Hunting
Who am I?
Who am I to Will?
What Matters to Will?
Who Does Will Become?
100
True or False
Good Will Hunting follows a group of experts who visit a secret island theme park filled with cloned dinosaurs, only for a security breakdown to turn the creatures loose
FALSE
DAILY DOUBLE: NAME THE ACTUAL MOVIE
100
Good Will Hunting is a coming-of-age comedy-drama written and directed by Greta Gerwig. It follows Will Hunting, a senior who gives himself the nickname of "lady bird."
False
Daily Double: Name the actual movie that goes with this description
100
TRUE OR FALSE: Good Will Hunting is about Will, a divorced voice actor, who disguises himself as a Scottish nanny to secretly spend time with his children after losing custody to his ex-wife.
False
Daily Double: Name the correct movie for this description
100
TRUE OR FALSE: Good Will Hunting features the story of A farm boy named Will who joins the Rebel Alliance to rescue Princess Leia and destroy the Galactic Empire's planet-destroying superweapon, the Death Star.
False
Daily Double: Name the correct Movie
100
True or False: Good Will Hunting is about a mathematical genius working as an MIT janitor who avoids prison by attending therapy and math sessions, ultimately learning to overcome his self-sabotaging past and pursue a better life.
TRUE
Daily Double: True or False
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote the screenplay for Good Will Hunting.
200
True or False
Will is a math genius
True
200
What is Sean's relationship to Will?
a. Will's best friend
b. Will's romantic partner
c. Will's therapist
d. Will's professional mentor
c. Will's therapist
DAILY DOUBLE: For bonus points, name one thing about Sean's character that made him vunerable.
200
What does Skylar ask Will to risk?
a. She wants him to move-in with her in Boston. She wants him to change.
b. She wants him to move to California with her and live somewhere new, with new challenges.
c. She actually doesn't want him to risk anything.
She wants him to move to California with her and live somewhere new, with new challenges.
DAILY DOUBLE: For double points, give one reason why this might be difficult for Will.
300
True or False
Will was a perfect student who has never gotten in any fights.
False: Will has a history of getting in truble and pushes people away
300
a. Will's mom
b. Will's romantic partner
c. Will's therapist
d. Will's professional mentor
b - Will's romantic partner
300
True or False
Will changes throughout the movie by being alone.
Will doesn’t change in isolation. There are people around him who play different roles in that change. Let’s look more closely at them.
400
Who is Lambeau?
a. A math professor at MIT
b. Will's best friend
c. An English teacher
Lambeau is a math professor at MIT. He puts a hard question on the hallway chalkboard for his student to solve. Will secretly solves the question while at work as a janitor.
400
Who is Lambeau to Will?
a. Will's brother
b. Will's romantic partner
c. Will's therapist
d. Will's professional mentor
d - professional mentor
400
What does Will seem to value?
A. Friendship, Loyalty, Belonging, Independence, Intelligence, Love, Safety, Freedom, Community/Family
B. Hate, Anger, Retreat
Friendship, Loyalty, Belonging, Independence, Intelligence, Love, Safety, Freedom, Community/Family
500
Who is Will Hunting, and what do we learn about him early on in the film?
a. He's from south Boston and he works at MIT
b. He's from south Boston and works for Harvard
c. He's from NYC and works at NYU
a. He's from south Boston and he works at MIT
500
How is what Sean wants for Will different from what Lambeau wants for him?
Sean wants Will to take risks and open himself to others and life around him.
Lambeau wants Will to be like himself - stay in academia (become a professor/researcher)
500
What does Chuckie believe Will owes himself?
A. Staying in Boston and working with him
B. Having a life that is beyond Boston
C. Working construction as an engineer
D. Going to prison
B. Having a life that is beyond Boston
500
Who is Chuckie to Will?
a. Will's best friend
b. Will's romantic partner
c. Will's therapist
d. Will's professional mentor
e. Will's parrot
A - Will's best friend
500
How does Will avoid going to prison?
After Will is arrested for fighting, Professor Lambeau helps him avoid jail time on the condition that Will work on mathematics and attend therapy