Gump
Famous people gump "Met"
Forests fun facts
Destiny vs Chance
100

Why did gump have to wear splints on his legs?


Gump had a crooked spine Scoliosis 

"Shaped like a question mark"

100


who  stayed in Forest's home and learned his dance moves from Forest?


Elvis

100


What "fruit" company did 

Lt. Dan invest their shrimping money in? 


APPLE

100


Why did Forest run across America?


For no particular reason at all

200

What was the name of the hotel that Nixon set Gump up in?

The Watergate hotel


200


Name at least 3 assassinations (or attempts) shown in the movie


Governor George Wallace, JF Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Gerald Ford, John Lennon, Ronald Regan

200


For exactly how long did Forrest run across America?(Years at least..)


3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours.

200


What was Lt. Dan's destiny supposed to be


Dying heroically in a war

300


Jenny dies from a virus in the 1980s, what was it?


HIV AIDS

300


Who is Benjamin Budford Blue?


Bubba

300


When Lt. Dan shows off his new prosthetic legs at Forrest's wedding, what material does he say they are made of?


Titanium

300


Which president gave Forest the Congressional Medal of Honor?


LBJ - Lyndon Baines Johnson

400


which decade did Nike come out?  and for an extra 200 points, what was the name of the Nike shoe that Forest wore--the first Nike track and field shoe?


1972, Cortez

400


What famous group was Jenny a part of when she left on the bus from Washington DC?  (Her BF was a leader of the Berkley chapter of this group)


SDS - Students for a Democratic Society

400


What is the name of the book Forrest keeps his feather in?


Curious George

400


After Gumps mother died he turned to  

 

Running

500


When Ford was (attempt) assassinated, the news was telling who was the perpetrator-- what famous killer 'family' was connected to the shooting? (only hear it in the background on tv)

Squeaky, a female who was part of the Charles Manson family

500


What famous protest movement did Forest speak at in Washington at the Lincoln Memorial (you only see the Washington Memorial--same as March on Washington MLK)

Vietnam Vets against the War

500

 

What does the Feather represent in the movie?


Forest, or accepting life as it happens, not attempting to control destiny

500

 

Many people attempted to attach a 'cause' to Forest's  run across America, but why did he run


No cause at all, felt like it, or  he said, "My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on and I think that's what my run was all about."