Thumbsucker Trivia Quiz

Answer: Matt Schraam

Matt Schraam is played by Benjamin Bratt. He is shown appearing on TV shows that Audrey watches. He's a very corny actor who plays a cop. The contest is hosted by a cereal company called 'Health Valley'.

Answer: deer

Justin is encouraged to find his power animal by his orthodontist, Perry Lyman, whose power animal is a wolf. Perry is played by Keanu Reeves. Justin discovers that his power animal is a deer when he has hypnosis performed on him.

Answer: True

'MFC' stands for Michael Forrest Cobb, Justin's father's name. He writes his initials on Justin's thumb to try to discourage his thumbsucking but it doesn't work. Rebecca asks Justin what the initials stand for, but he won't tell her because he is embarrassed.

Answer: Licorice

Rebecca is a girl at school who Justin is in love with. He joins the debate team to be near her and even feigns an interest in the environment to impress her. In his fantasy she is shown eating red licorice while lying on Justin's bed.

Answer: monster

Mr. Geary is Justin's debate teacher, played by Vince Vaughn. He says this line after Justin is prescribed Ritalin for his ADD and then becomes obsessed with winning. Justin gets angry that Mr. Geary no longer believes in his abilities.

Answer: activists

Rebecca tells Justin this when they are walking through the wildlife reserve. It explains Rebecca's knowledge about the environment. Justin responds by pretending he shares her interests in wildlife.

Answer: Joel

Joel Cobb is played by Chase Offerle. Joel is regarded as the 'normal' one of the two brothers because of his more typical interests and the fact that he doesn't suck his thumb. Joel's name is mentioned a few times by other characters, particularly when Justin is pleading with him to help sabotage Perry's bicycle race.

Answer: A rehabilitation clinic

Justin sneaks into the rehabilitation clinic to spy on Audrey and find out if she is having an affair. He suspects the affair when he finds a signed photo of an actor that Audrey admires hidden inside a book. The name of the clinic is Maple Glen and it's mentioned when Audrey decides to take the job there.

Answer: The Polyphonic Spree

The Polyphonic Spree provides most of the music, but Elliott Smith also contributes three songs to the soundtrack. Elliott Smith was originally going to provide music for the whole soundtrack but passed away during production. The songs that Smith did contribute were covers.

The Polyphonic Spree are a band from Texas that made over twenty songs for "Thumbsucker", some of them just instrumentals.

Answer: New York

The last scene in the movie is a shot of Justin running through Times Square as he has gone to New York to attend a university. He only is accepted into the university because he lies about being his parents' carer.