Pursuit of Happyness Movie Quiz

What does Chris Gardner invest his life savings into?

• Radiation Scanners

• Bone Density Scanners

• Memory Scanners

• Blood Pressure Scanners

How does Chris impress Jay Twistle?

• Chris predicts his future.

• Chris is the best salesman he has ever met.

• Chris saves his life.

• Chris solves a Rubik's cube.

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Why does Chris offer to paint his apartment?

• To postpone being evicted from his apartment.

• To make it easier to sell

• To win his wife back

• Christopher had painted on the walls

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Why is Chris arrested?

• He got into a fight.

• He had several unpaid parking tickets.

• He punched a man.

• He stole from a grocery store.

Why is Linda (Chris' wife) frustrated with Chris' internship?

• It is too expensive.

• It pays minimum wage.

• It is unpaid.

• It has poor hours.

Why does Chris originally discourage Christopher from playing basketball, before immediately regretting his choice of words?

• Christopher is too small.

• He wasn't good at basketball and did not want his son to fail.

• He wants him to focus on school

• All of these.

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Which of the following places do Chris and Christopher sometimes stay while they are homeless?

• An airport

• A train station

• A school

• An abandoned warehouse

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How do Chris and Christopher get box tickets to a football game?

• He found the tickets

• He splurges after selling another bone density scanner

• He wins them in a contest.

• A potential client of Dean Witter gave him tickets.

Where does the title "happyness" (instead of the correct spelling "happiness") come from?

• Christopher misspells it.

• The words are on a church wall.

• It is misspelled in the Declaration of Independence.

• A mural outside of a daycare.

Who mentions "the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin