The First Ten Minutes Of "The Breakfast Club" Quiz

Answer: "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds

It's played over the closing credits as well! The song was written for the film and became the band's only US number one hit. It has been covered by artists as varied as Smash Mouth, Billy Idol and New Found Glory.

Answer: Paul Gleason

The stars are listed alphabetically! Paul Gleason played Assistant Principal Richard Vernon. He appeared as the same character, in the same library 16 years later in "Not Another Teen Movie!"

Answer: David Bowie

The quote is taken from the song "Changes" and reads:
"...And these children
that you spit on
as they try to change their worlds
are immune to your consultations.
They're quite aware
of what they're going through..."

Co-incidentally, Simple Minds took their name from Bowie's "The Jean Genie" - "He's so simple-minded, he can't drive his own module."

Answer: I Don't Like Mondays

It was the 16-year-old's justification for a shooting spree at Grover Cleveland Elementary School, San Diego. The line was the basis for the song "I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats. Though the song was first performed less than a month after Spencer killed two adults and injured eight children and a police officer, Bob Geldof has stated "It wasn't an attempt to exploit tragedy."

Answer: Carl Reed, the janitor

Satirical! Carl is played by John Kapelos. He took the role over from Rick Moranis, who was playing the character too broadly, and with a Russian accent.

Brian's Father is played by an uncredited John Hughes, who of course wrote and directed the movie.

Answer: Thomas A. Harris' "I'm OK, You're OK"

The book has sold over fifteen million copies to date. David Bowie referenced the book in the song, "Up the Hill Backwards" with the lyric "I'm okay, you're so-so".

Answer: Brian

We find out a frustrated Brian brought a flare gun to school and it went off in his locker. I wonder if Carl had to clean it up?

Answer: Monkey business

Vernon comes in hot, laying down the law and intimidating the teens - "My office is right across that hall. Any monkey business is ill-advised." He has no intention of staying in the library to supervise the teens, and later engages in some questionable behaviour of his own!

Molly Ringwald, who played Claire, later engaged in monkey business when she voiced a character in animated series "Code Monkeys". Judd Nelson, who played Bender, worked with an orangutan in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", but as his character notes, "An orangutan's a member of the great ape family, it's not a monkey."

Answer: Unknown at this time

When Bender asks the question Mr Vernon does not answer him directly, but states that he will tell him answer to that question next Saturday. We never learn the answer as there is no sequel.

Manilow is a successful singer-songwriter whose hits include "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana (At the Copa)". It is hard to imagine Bender enjoying his music!

Answer: Her hand

He says this in response to her biting her nails, right before the ten minute mark! Her lunch turns out to be a Pixy Stix and Cap'n Crunch sandwich.