Characters
Scenes
Debates
More Scenes Plus Themes
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 student's opponent?
What is "he doesn't exist?"
100
What is 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?

What 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 (group of white people) that had hung and burned a Negro 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
What was the purpose of the meeting at the barn in the woods that James Jr. followed Mr. Tolson to?
What is to help unionize the farmers (and sharecroppers).
200
What city and State is Wiley College located in?
What is Marshall, Texas?
300
Who is the character that is responsible for the team being able to debate Harvard?
What is Henry Lowe.
300

Why is James Jr. unable to tell his parents where he was?

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
What continuously caused 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 he (studied Theology and) became a minister.
400

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

What is Samantha Booke with an "E"?
400

What was the revised theme that the team had to present when debating at Harvard? 

What is Civil Disobedience?
400
What was the key to the team winning the debate at Harvard?
What is recalling the lynching scene in Texas and expressing how Negros are unfairly mistreated in the Jim Crow South ?
400
What is the question that sparked the 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

What does the term the "hot spot" that Mr. Tolson referred to mean?

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?
What is (just) Wilson.
500

What is the significance of the scene where Mr. Farmer Senior 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
What famous Harvard Graduate did Samantha bring up to support her point during the Harvard Debate?

What is Henry David Thoreau?

500

What reason did Henry Lowe give Mr. Tolson for why he returned to college?

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

500
What is the name of the first Anglo-Saxon (White) College that Wiley Debated?
What is Oklahoma City University?
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