A Time To "Footloose" (1984) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Polishing her fingernails

The "Footloose" opening scene is at the church where Ariel Moore's father is a minister. Pastor Moore is preaching on the responsibility he feels for the souls of the whole congregation. Meanwhile, Ariel is polishing her fingernails red.

Answer: Willard

Ren's mom comments on his necktie when he is getting ready for school. Rusty comments on the tie when she and Ariel pass Ren in the hallway at school. And Chuck makes the comment that "he thought only pansies wore ties."

Answer: Ginger

During lunch at school Ren tells Willard a story about a girl named Ginger he had a wild time with back home. Willard is really into the story until Ren admits all he did with Ginger was dance.

Answer: Bang Your Head

At school, Ren is informed by Willard that dancing and music is against town regulations. After school, when Willard catches a ride with Ren, they listen to Quiet Riot's song "Bang Your Head", and the police pull them over and confiscate the cassette tape.

Answer: She volunteered.

Chuck wants revenge after Ren embarrasses him in front of his friends. Ariel goes to the mill where Ren works to let him know Chuck challenges him to a game of Chicken. Ren asks Ariel how come Chuck sent her to tell him, and Ariel says she volunteered.

Answer: A total fox

Ren does not join his mom and extended family for dinner, but he can hear them talking from the other room. His little niece, Amy, mentions taking him a potato because he might be starving and she says she thinks Ren is a total fox.

Answer: Hat

On Ren's first day of school, he and Willard bump into each other in the hall. Willard acts like he wants to fight but Ren makes a joke about his cowboy hat and they become friends.

Answer: Ariel

The Yearbook is a building near the railroad tracks with writing on the walls that has been added by different people over the years. Ren starts to read a poem and Ariel finishes it. Ariel wrote the poem and it goes like this: "I'll sing to you of silver swans, of kingdoms and carillons. I'll sing of bodies intertwined
underneath an innocent sky."

Answer: True

Ren, Ariel, Willard, and Rusty sneak out to go dancing. At the dance hall, Willard confides in Ren that he cannot dance. Later, with his plan for a school prom set into action, Ren decides it is time to teach Willard how to dance. Ren's cousins, Amy and Sarah, even help Willard with his dance moves. By the end of the lessons, Willard dances like a pro.

Answer: Andy

Even after the town meeting and Ren's legitimate speech, the town folk are still against having a dance. Ren's boss, Andy, lets the teens use the mill for their dance because the mill is past the railroad tracks and the town has no authority there.