FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Movies Fun Trivia » Movies » Movies L-P » Lean on Me
Trivia Questions and Answers

Lean on Me Trivia Questions

Lean on Me There are 34 questions on this topic. Last updated Dec 22 2024.
Related Questions & Answers:   Lord of the Rings    Pirates of the Caribbean    Monty Python    The Matrix    National Lampoon    The Lion King    The Princess Bride    A Nightmare On Elm Street   
Search in topic:
26 Mr. Clark is reluctant to get involved at first, even when the mayor tells him that he has to for the sake of the students. How does Clark end his response that begins, "I don't have to do anything but....?"
Answer: stay black and die.

The mayor reminds Clark that such an attitude won't help the situation, but he makes no headway until he reminds Clark that the only ones who'll lose if the protest continues are the students. Says the mayor, "I'll have the law on my side." Clark will agree to intercede.
Question Reference: Quiz: "Lean On Me" Part III.
27 School board lawyer Mr. Rosenberg makes one dumb and rather racist statement, when discussing the chains on the school door policy with Clark and Napier. What is the remark?
Answer: "I thought you people didn't like chains?"

Surprisingly, the remark draws little more than quick stares from Clark and Napier. The fire chief's labeling of the Eastside students as "savages" however, doesn't please the trouble-making parent Ms. Barrett. However, even she gives the insensitive statement short shrift, in order to continue the bullying of the mayor to arrest Mr. Clark for having the chains on the school door exits.
Question Reference: Quiz: "Lean On Me" Part II.
28 Which woman is greatly insulted by Clark's words during a board meeting with residents?
Answer: Ms. Barrett

Tony Award winning actress Lynne Thigpen (1997's "American Daughter") is outstanding as the angry, conniving apologist for rotten student behavior. Her son is among those banished from the school, and she plays the pity pot about his discouragement leading to bad acts in school. She may be best known for her role as the chief on the PBS series "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?"
Question Reference: Quiz: "Lean On Me" - Part I.
29 What song does the principal have the students sing just before they take the state test for the second time?
Answer: Lean On Me

"Lean On Me" was one of those symbolic songs sung in the 60s and 70s, and was a perfect fit for the theme of learning to lean on others to help get through the tough times. This assembly was so very different to the other assemblies Clark held. The students and staff joyfully rallied together, stood, and sang the theme song together. They had learned they had to lean on one another in order not to fall.
Question Reference: Quiz: Lean on Me.
30 Ms. Barrett is failing in her efforts to get the students to go home so the board meeting can continue. Mr. Clark then appears outside and pleads with his students to go home. What does he first say to the students?
Answer: "I wish I could get this kind of turnout at study hall."

Prior to Mr. Clark's appearance before the students, Ms. Barrett launches a series of insults at the principal. She justifies her attempts to have Clark removed by telling the students that they deserve a good principal. Samms comes right back at her, saying, "We don't want a good principal, we want Mr. Clark!"
Question Reference: Quiz: "Lean On Me" Part III.
31 As time goes on, Mr. Clark takes to carrying a controversial prop with him. What is this questionable item?
Answer: A baseball bat

Clark even dares the fire chief publicly to call him "Crazy Joe" for carrying the prop, and tells everyone to call him "Batman". The newspapers love the name and run many pictures of Clark toting the prop. However, he never uses or threatens to use the item in the film.
Question Reference: Quiz: "Lean On Me" Part II.
32 What does Mr. Clark NOT suggest that residents do to help improve student performance at Eastside?
Answer: Stop acting like the whole world is against you.

At this point, the insulted woman browbeats the mayor into appointing her to the school board in order to get rid of Clark.
Question Reference: Quiz: "Lean On Me" - Part I.
33 As Mr. Clark addresses the students, Vice Principal Levias comes with news that Eastside's students have passed the Basic Skills exam. Who is the first to give Mr. Clark a giant celebratory hug?
Answer: Samms

Yes, Samms has come a long way since he successfully begged Mr. Clark to allow him back to school. He gets good grades and behaves himself. He's not perfect, though, as observed in the scene when he is caught stealing a meatball from a fellow student's lunch plate.
Question Reference: Quiz: "Lean On Me" Part III.
34 What decade was the movie portraying?
Answer: 1980s

The film had the feel of a late seventies movie, but the film release date was 1989. Joe Clark had left Eastside as a teacher in the sixties when it had been a thriving place of learning, only to return to it twenty years later as the last chance principal.
Question Reference: Quiz: Lean on Me.
Homepage - FAQ - Help / Contact Us

Copyright FunTrivia, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
FunTrivia is a collaborative community effort, where we are constantly updating questions to keep them accurate. If you find an error, click through to the quiz link under the stated answer and then click "Report error" at the bottom of that page.