The Blind Side Trivia

1. Michael (Quinton Aaron) sits in his first class at Wingate and does not take the assessment test given by the teacher (Kim Dickens). When she picks up the test, she sees Michael has not answered any of the questions. What has he done instead?

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Answer: He has drawn a boat with a small person in it.

Michael later shares that he has never done homework nor does he understand what the teachers are talking about. We learn during the admission board review that Michael essentially has been passed along through school. His learning abilities are low, but he has scored high in one area in standardized testing: protective instincts.

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Answer: Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw plays Sean Tuohy, the long suffering husband. He owns 85 fast food franchises in Memphis and is therefore independently wealthy. According to his son he was a basketball star at Ole Miss. Known as a Country superstar, McGraw first gained critical acclaim for his acting in the movie "Friday Night Lights". He went on to further accolades for playing the father in the film "Flicka". His song "Southern Voice" is used as the closing credits song in "The Blind Side".

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Answer: at the dining room table eating alone

Michael had seen a coffee table book on his first night with the Tuohys. On the cover of the book was a Norman Rockwell picture of a happy family having Thanksgiving dinner. That picture made an impression on Michael about how a family gathers together at Thanksgiving. When Leigh Anne finds Michael at the table, she is touched and has the family join him. We begin to see how little family Michael has experienced while growing up.

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Answer: Lawrence Taylor

The title of "The Blind Side" is explained by telling the story of Lawrence Taylor's (LT) sack. LT came from the blind side, the side of the field towards which a quarterback is not facing when he drops back and therefore cannot see what is coming. Since most quarterbacks are right handed, the left tackle becomes the man who must protect the quarterback's blind side. LT revolutionized the way the position of linebacker was played, especially when it came to blitzing the quarterback. Coaches were forced to develop new ways of blocking because of his play. The position of left tackle became of utmost importance in dealing with the threat from players like LT.

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Answer: a bed

Leigh Anne tries not to look shocked, but her voice chokes a little when she says, "Well, you have one now." She leaves the room, goes to her bedroom, and closes the door. We see her sitting, obviously trying to gather herself as she further realizes what a hard life Michael has led.

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Answer: Joe Theismann

Joe Theismann's injury is considered one of the most infamous football injuries in the history of the sport. This is mostly because the cameras televising the game caught the action completely and the injury can be seen while it occurs. He never saw LT coming because LT came from his blind side. There was nothing malicious in what LT did and he was the first to realize how bad it was and to call for help from the Redskins' sideline. This play is used to explain why the position that Michael Oher plays, that of left tackle, is so important to a football team. He protects the quarterback's blind side.

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Answer: University of Tennessee

There is no explanation in the movie as to why Leigh Anne hates the University of Tennessee, just that she does and that she roots against them. At one point there is a question as to where Michael will go to college and Leigh Anne tells him he should go to Tennessee and she will come to all of the games to cheer for him but she says, "I will not wear that gaudy orange, I will not. It is not my color wheel and I'm not gonna wear it."

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Answer: She leaves her friends' study table at school to go sit with Michael.

When Leigh Anne asks Collins how she feels about Michael living with them, Collins replies, "They're stupid kids. Who cares what they say." Leigh Anne wants to know what the "stupid kids" are saying. Collins only will say that it's not worth repeating. She adds that her mother should not worry about S.J. (Jae Head). He loves the attention.

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Answer: The Charge of the Light Brigade

Michael must write an essay to pass one of his classes and he doesn't know what to write about. It has to be on a famous work of English literature. When the tutor mentions "The Charge of the Light Brigade" Sean Tuohy starts to recite it then tells Michael all about it. He likens the poem to going to play in LSU's stadium nicknamed 'Death Valley' and helps Michael understand the poem as it relates to football. Michael writes the essay and passes the class.

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Answer: Michael's right arm is injured from stopping S.J.'s airbag.

Without Michael stopping the airbag, S.J. would have been badly injured or worse. Michael's protective instincts kicked in, and he wasn't going to let anything bad happen to S.J.

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Answer: Volleyball

One of the first things we see the Tuohy family doing is watching their daughter play in a volleyball game. It is also one of the first times Sean notices Michael in the stands picking up leftover food. We also see her later on as a cheerleader during Michael's football games. In real life, the Tuohy daughter, Collins, was a state champion pole vaulter.

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Answer: Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates plays the role of Michael's tutor, Miss Sue. When she is interviewing with Leigh Anne she tells Leigh Anne she has something she needs to tell her before they hire her to tutor Michael, acting like it is some deep dark secret she is about to reveal. She then says that she is a Democrat, like it is something to be ashamed of. Sean later remarks to Leigh Anne, "Who would've thought we'd have a black son before we met a Democrat?" Bates won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "Misery". She has worked as an actress on stage, television and the big screen. She has also worked as a director on television.

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Answer: There are bodies buried under the football field. They're the ones you need to worry about.

Miss Sue tells Michael that the University of Tennessee has an outstanding Science department and is famous for working with the FBI to study effects of soil on decomposing body parts. The body parts are stored under the football field. Tapping into fear, Miss Sue really wants Michael to pick Ole Miss. She punctuates her speech by making a claw to imitate a body part coming up to grab Michael. Michael's eyes are wide. Another funny scene.

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Answer: Protective instincts

Michael's coach is surprised by how passive he seems to be playing football, expecting him to be aggressive because of his background. Instead he is very gentle. Leigh Anne likens him to the bull Ferdinand in the children's book "Ferdinand the Bull". Ferdinand would rather smell roses than fight. But Leigh Anne knows the results of Michael's testing and uses that to help motivate him on the football field.

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Answer: Ole Miss is where my family goes to school.

Sean and Leigh Anne are Ole Miss alums, as is Miss Sue. The situation is being investigated, because there is suspicion that Michael was taken in by the Tuohys with the intention that he would eventually play football for Ole Miss. This suspicion was not true, but Michael became overwhelmed during the first interview and ran out. When he returned, he told the investigator that she wanted to know why everyone wanted him to go to Ole Miss. However, she had not asked him why *he* wanted to go.

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Answer: NRA

When Leigh Anne is looking for Michael she goes back to his old neighborhood where he has just beat up three of the tough guys for threatening his adoptive family. One of these hoodlums threatens Michael if he ever sees him again and Leigh Anne replies that she is a member of the NRA and always packing. NRA stands for National Rifle Association, a gun rights advocacy group. She also says that she is in a prayer group with the DA but never claims to be part of the DA.

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Answer: Baltimore Ravens

We learn at the end of the movie that in 2009, the New England Patriots traded the 23rd pick to the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens selected Michael Oher, Offensive Tackle, Ole Miss. He played for the Ravens from 2009-2013.

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Answer: Baltimore Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens selected Michael number one in the draft in 2009. He is a starter for the team at left tackle. The Ravens traded up to make sure they got Michael. The movie ends with real footage of draft day and of the real Michael Oher, not the actor who played him. There is also footage of the real Tuohys from that day.

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