The Notebook Trivia Questions

Answer: To get the building plans approved

Noah needs to get his building plans approved so he can begin to restore the mansion. While on a bus in Charleston, Noah catches a glimpse of Allie and immediately gets off to find her. Then to confirm his fate, he finds her kissing Lon.

Answer: Walt Whitman

Noah's father told Allie that he made Noah read Whitman's poetry all the time because of his stuttering problem. He said that he couldn't understand a word that Noah said until he started reading poetry. Noah was very embarrassed that his father was talking about his stuttering problem in front of the girl he liked. As time went by, Noah's speech greatly improved with every reading.

Answer: South Carolina

This movie was filmed in South Carolina because of the 1940s look.
"The Notebook" was actually set in a small town in South Carolina.

Answer: Paint

Allie loved to paint. However, she only seemed to paint when she was around Noah. She felt like a completely different person around Lon.

Answer: Anne

We learn this when Allie's parents are hosting a dinner, and Allie's mother is questioning Noah and Allie about their relationship. Allie's father tells her mother that the conversation is like the Spanish Inquisition.

Answer: "She's sensational."

This is said when Martha and Noah are standing by her car, after the two of them spent the day together.

Answer: fancy

Noah is talking to Allie after her big fight with her parents. He's trying to tell her that they are two very different people. He's very nicely trying to break up with her, even though he doesn't want to.

Answer: 40 cents an hour

Noah says that it's not too much, but he doesn't need many things and saves most of it. Most of the money goes to fix up a house that he always dreamed of making his own. Her parents did not think fondly of Noah because he was of no stature and just a simpleton.

Answer: 1940's

This movie was set in the 1940's. All the characters in the movie dressed as if they would have lived in that time period. The signs in the windows of stores were changed to look like the prices of things so long ago.

Answer: 3

Allie and Noah have 3 children together. They come to visit Noah and Allie at the nursing home, however Allie doesn't know who they are.

Answer: I'll Be Seeing You

The first time they dance together it is sung by Billie Holiday, and then when they dance at the assisted living home it is sung by Jimmy Durante.

Answer: November

He died in November, and basically left Noah by himself to finish the work on the house.

Answer: The Windsor Plantation

The house was built in 1772 and was rumored to have been the place that Francis Marrion proposed to his wife. The house was all in shambles, but Noah made the setting nice with a few lit candles. He told Allie that one day he was going to buy it and fix it up. Allie told Noah that she wanted a white house with blue shutters, a great big porch around the house, and a room overlooking the water so she could paint.

Answer: Lon Hammond

Allie met Lon while the country was at war; she was a nurse who attended aid to Lon while he was in a full body cast. Lon proposed to Allie at a dance club and she said yes.

Answer: Allie's mother

Allie's mother, Anne, comes to warn Allie about Lon coming to find her. During this encounter, Anne gives Allie all of the letters that Noah had written her after they left town.

Answer: Charleston

When Allie's mother is questioning Noah and Allie about what will happen between them after the summer is over, Noah replies that Charleston is only two hours away.

Answer: A similar situation happened to her when she was younger.

Mrs. Hamilton's father didn't approve of their love so they ran away, but they didn't even make the next town before the cops picked them up. Allie's parents did not approve of Noah either, and ultimately split them up before fate brought them back together. After her mother's confession, Allie realizes that even though Lon would be a smart match, she might end up in a relationship like her parents.

Answer: Quail Ridge

She's the woman who slept with Noah over the years. They both used each other to comfort themselves in their misery. She lived in the next town, so everything was convenient.

Answer: Lon Hammond

She first met Lon while working as a nurse at a hosptial for war patients. He then later courted her for awhile, and eventually proposed. He was handsome, smart, funny, charming, and most of all rich. Her parents loved everything about him. He had everything to offer her and more.

Answer: a bird

Allie wanted to be a bird because she thought that it would be cool to fly above other people. She wanted Noah to be a bird too.

Answer: Noah

Allie chooses Noah after telling Lon about everything between her and Noah. Allie realizes that Noah is her soulmate.

Answer: blue

When Noah tells Allie that he plans to buy and restore the plantation, she tells him that she wants the house to be white with blue shutters. She also wants the house to have a wrap-around porch and a room overlooking the water where she can paint.

Answer: Gena Rowlands (older Allie)

Gena Rowlands is Nick Cassavete's mother. In the commentary for the movie Nick says "Hi Mom" as older Allie is shown through the window in the opening scene. Nick also directed his mother in "She's So Lovely" (1997) and "Unhook the Stars" (1996). Gena has been an actress for 50 years and has starred in such movies as "Something To Talk About" (1995), "Gloria" (1980), and "Taking Lives" (2004).

Answer: Old Seabrook Home Fully Restored

Allie saw Noah's picture for the first time in seven years during the fitting for her wedding dress. She fainted because she thought that she would never hear of him again.

Answer: seven

Allie said that she waited seven years to hear from Noah. She thought that he gave up on their relationship, when in actuality he wrote one letter a day for 365 days. She never received any of his letters, due to her mother keeping them from her. Allie then realized that he didn't give up on the relationship, and that they both never stopped loving each other.