Who Played Me in "Big Daddy"? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Adam Sandler

Sandler, born on September 9th, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York was cast as Sonny Koufax. Sonny graduated law school but he worked at a tollbooth for one day a week and avoided responsibility. One day, a child named Julian landed on his doorstep and he decided to raise the boy. On their many adventures, he taught him to cover up messes with newspaper and to use sticks to trip people.

When Sonny told his father that he adopted a son, his father said he needed to give the kid back, since Sonny was not ready to be a parent.

At the end of the movie, Sonny fought to get custody, of Julian, when New York City's Department of Child Protective Services took Julian into their custody. He lost custody to Julian's biological father, Kevin Gerrity, but he promised Julian he would be his friend. Sandler starred in the films, "Happy Gilmore", "Billy Madison", and "Bulletproof".

Answer: Joey Lauren Adams

Adams, a native of Little Rock, Arkansas portrayed Layla Maloney in "Big Daddy". Layla was a lawyer and she and Sonny started to date and this upset Layla's sister, Corinne, since Corinne hated Sonny. On Layla's first meeting, with Sonny, she was at the park and Julian ran up to her and said he was lost. Julian did this in an attempt to get Sonny to meet with her. Julian told Layla that his nickname was "Frankenstein" and Layla started to bond with him.

When Sonny told Layla that Child Protective Services took Julian, she said she would help him win custody of the little boy.

At the hearing to determine custody, Layla cross examined Julian and asked him to tell the court who his deceased mother would want to be Julian's father. Julian said she would want Sonny to be his father.

At the end of the movie, we found out that Layla and Sonny eventually got married. Adams guest starred on the TV series', "Veronica Mars", "Second Noah", and "Married with Children".

Answer: Rob Schneider

Schneider, born in 1963 in San Francisco, California, had the minor role of the delivery guy named Nazo from Cozi's. Sonny liked to order out, from Cozi's, all the time and Sonny's ex girlfriend, Vanessa, said that the delivery guy was basically Sonny's best friend.

In one scene, Nazo was hanging out, with Sonny and Julian, and he helped Julian prepare for his school play. Nazo tried to read some words, to Julian, but it was revealed that he could not read. At the custody hearing, to determine who would get custody of Julian, Nazo testified on Sonny's behalf. Schneider had roles in the movies, "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo", "The Animal", and "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York".

Answer: Leslie Mann

Mann landed the part of Corinne Maloney. Corinne was the fiancé of Sonny's best friend, Kevin, and she hated Sonny and said she despised him since the day she met him. At a party, early in the movie, Sonny teased Corinne about how she worked at Hooters while she attended medical school. Kevin told Sonny to lay off teasing Corinne over having that job, since she was now a foot doctor.

In one scene, Corinne was seen cleaning up Sonny's apartment since she said he was useless. In another scene, Corinne ran into Sonny and Julian, at the grocery store, and asked him if it was true that he was seeing her sister, Layla. Sonny confirmed to her that he and Layla were dating and she then noticed that Julian was scratching his arm. Corinne told him to not scratch and she used a cold grocery item to relieve the itch and mentioned that scratching spread rashes.

In the court scene, at Julian's custody hearing, Corinne was seen clapping in support of Sonny getting custody of Julian. At the end of the movie, Sonny and Corinne made up and started to become friends. Mann had guest starring roles on the TV shows, "Freaks and Geeks" and "Birdland".

She provided her voice for a couple episodes of the animated series, "Hercules".

Answer: Joseph Bologna

Bologna, born on December 30th, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York was cast as Lenny Koufax. Lenny was an attorney and encouraged his son, Sonny, to work more and to start being a more responsible person. Lenny lived in Florida while Sonny lived in New York City.

In one scene, Lenny got a collect call from Sonny, and Sonny told him he adopted a child. Lenny wondered who would give Sonny a kid and he told Sonny to give the kid back. At Julian's custody hearing, Lenny cross examined Sonny and tried to show the court he was incapable of being a father.

In the testimony, Sonny mentioned that he went to a rock concert and did not spend time with a dying relative. Lenny said Sonny did not have health insurance and filed for social security at a young age and to give him custody of another life would be insane. Sonny gave a heartfelt speech to Lenny and this moved Lenny so much that he asked the judge to grant custody of Julian to Sonny. Lenny and Sonny hugged but the judge ruled that Sonny would not get custody of Julian.

When Sonny said goodbye, to Julian at the court, Lenny looked on and was saddened for his son. Bologna landed parts in the films, "Blink of an Eye", "Love Is All There Is", and "Coupe de Ville".

Answer: Carmen deLavallade

deLavallade, a native of Los Angeles, California, had the small role of the judge in Julian's custody hearing. The judge presided and said they were there to determine custody of Julian and asked if all the lawyers were present. She then asked if there would be any other lawyers participating in the case and Layla came in and the hearing got underway.

There was some commotion, during the hearing, so the judge banged her gavel and called for order in the court. After Sonny gave a heartfelt speech to his father the courtroom cheered him on in hopes he would get custody of Julian.

The judge banged her gavel and told Sonny that because he lied to Child Protective Services about being Kevin Gerrity and defrauded the state of New York, he technically kidnapped Julian.

She said he would not get custody and that he should be in jail so she ordered her bailiff to take Sonny into custody so she could assess punishment on Sonny. When the bailiff started to put handcuffs on Sonny, Kevin stood up and said, as Julian's father, he refused to press charges.

The judge ruled that Kevin would get custody of Julian pending the results of a DNA test. deLavallade starred in the movies, "The Hours", "Stone Mansion", and "The Other Brother".

Answer: Steve Buscemi

Buscemi, born in 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, had the small role of the homeless guy. One day, Sonny and Julian were walking in Central Park and Sonny wanted to show Julian a neat trick. The trick involved putting a stick down, in the middle of the path, so people would trip.

The homeless guy came along and tripped on the stick. Sonny decided to make it up to him and he would buy him breakfast from McDonald's. When Sonny went to get breakfast from McDonald's, one day, he arrived at 11:00 a.m. and they had stopped serving breakfast. Later on, in the movie, Sonny and Julian were warning rollerbladers, skateboarders and others in Central Park to slow down and they saw the homeless guy.

He reminded Sonny that he owed him an egg mcmuffin and he then ran into a pole.

At Julian's custody hearing, the homeless guy said that Sonny was always a great guardian to Julian and that he should get custody of the little boy, especially if O.J. could get away with murder. When the homeless guy was asked to step down, from the witness stand, Sonny gave him his egg mcmuffin. Buscemi starred in the films, "Armageddon", "Mr. Deeds", and "Domestic Disturbance".

Answer: Kristy Swanson

Swanson had the small role of Vanessa. Vanessa was Sonny's girlfriend but she got fed up with his being irresponsible so she said she was breaking up with him. Midway through the movie, Sonny called up Vanessa and said he wanted to come over and surprise her.

He and Julian went to Vanessa's apartment and he told her he had adopted Julian. Vanessa shocked Sonny when she said she had found a new and much older man named Sid. Vanessa said Sid had a five year plan so Sonny cracked that it probably meant to not die.

At the end of the movie, Sonny and his friends went to Hooters to celebrate his birthday and he saw that Vanessa was now a waitress there. Swanson guest starred on the TV series, "CSI: Miami", "Just Shoot Me!", and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent".

Answer: Larkin Malloy

Malloy, born on September 24th, 1954 in New York City, was cast in the small and minor role of the restaurant owner. In one scene, Julian and Sonny were walking in downtown New York City and Julian had to go to the bathroom, so Sonny took him to a restaurant.

He asked the owner if Julian could use the restroom and the owner said that the policy was only customers could use the bathrooms. Sonny informed him that Julian was just a kid but the owner said it was not his problem. Sonny and Julian left the restaurant and, as they left, the owner was seen seating two guests at the restaurant. Malloy appeared on the TV shows, "Loving" and "Law & Order". From 1987 to 1991, he played Travis Montgomery on the ABC soap opera, "All My Children".

Answer: Helen Lloyd Breed

Breed, a native of New York City, had the small role of Ms. Foote. Ms. Foote was Julian's teacher and, at open house, she pulled Sonny aside to talk to him about Julian. She said Julian's behavior was bothering her and she remarked that one time Julian spilled glue and covered it in newspaper.

She then said that he once tripped someone with a stick. Ms. Foote said that Julian was making the least progress of everyone in the class and she was concerned for him. She also mentioned to Sonny that Julian smelled really bad and he needed to improve on his hygiene. Sonny asked Ms. Foote what advice she would give him and she told Sonny to pay more attention to his school work.

She brought up how the class was going to be putting on a school play that dealt with The Founding Fathers and Julian would play Benjamin Franklin. Sonny promised Ms. Foote he would help Julian prepare for the school play and Julian wound up doing a good job. Breed starred in the films, "Mickey Blue Eyes", "Forever Lulu", and "Rain Without Thunder".