Comb your hair, grab your Pink Ladies jacket, and meet us at Rydell High.
These Grease trivia questions keep the 1978 movie front and center, with clearly labeled rounds for the stage musical and Grease 2.
Summer Lovin’ and Senior Year
The movie begins with a beach romance and a first-day surprise that neither Danny nor Sandy sees coming. Their sweet private memories collide with the cooler stories they tell their friends once the school bell rings.
- What are the first names of Grease’s central couple?
Answer: Danny and Sandy - Where do Danny and Sandy meet before school begins?
Answer: At the beach during summer vacation - What is Danny’s last name?
Answer: Zuko - What is Sandy’s last name in the 1978 film?
Answer: Olsson - Which school does Danny attend?
Answer: Rydell High School - Why does Sandy unexpectedly enroll at Rydell?
Answer: Her family changes its plans and stays in the United States - What year is the graduating class in the film?
Answer: 1959 - What song tells both sides of Danny and Sandy’s summer romance?
Answer: Summer Nights - Who plays Danny Zuko?
Answer: John Travolta - Who plays Sandy Olsson?
Answer: Olivia Newton-John
T-Birds and Pink Ladies Roll Call
Time to match every leather jacket, pink satin sleeve, and perfectly timed hallway entrance. Rydell’s two most recognizable friend groups turn every cafeteria table and parking lot into their own stage.
- What is the name of Danny’s group of friends?
Answer: The T-Birds - What is the girls’ group called?
Answer: The Pink Ladies - Who is the tough-talking leader of the Pink Ladies?
Answer: Betty Rizzo - Which Pink Lady is dating Kenickie?
Answer: Rizzo - Which Pink Lady dreams of becoming a beautician?
Answer: Frenchy - Which Pink Lady is known for loving food and wisecracks?
Answer: Jan - Which Pink Lady has a boyfriend named Doody?
Answer: Frenchy - What is Kenickie’s prized car called before its makeover?
Answer: Greased Lightnin’ - Who plays Rizzo?
Answer: Stockard Channing - Who plays Kenickie?
Answer: Jeff Conaway
Rydell High Hallways
Classes may be optional in movie musicals, but pep rallies, announcements, and gossip are absolutely required. Even the intercom seems to have a comic personality of its own.
- Who is the principal of Rydell High?
Answer: Principal McGee - What is the name of Principal McGee’s assistant?
Answer: Blanche Hodel - What are Rydell’s athletic teams called?
Answer: The Rangers - Which sport does Danny try first to impress Sandy?
Answer: Basketball - Which sport does Danny finally join successfully?
Answer: Track - What is Eugene’s last name?
Answer: Felsnic - Who is the cheerleader who flirts with Danny?
Answer: Patty Simcox - What school reputation does Eugene have?
Answer: He is known as a brainy, academically gifted student - Who coaches Danny in school sports?
Answer: Coach Calhoun - What does Principal McGee struggle to manage during morning announcements?
Answer: The school intercom microphone
Sleepovers, Drive-Ins, and Teen Drama
This round has ear piercing, milkshakes, breakups, and one very awkward movie date. The laughs keep coming, but several scenes reveal how much social pressure the students feel.
- At whose house do the Pink Ladies hold their sleepover?
Answer: Frenchy’s - What does Frenchy try to pierce for Sandy?
Answer: Her ears - Why does the piercing stop?
Answer: Sandy becomes sick and faints - What song does Rizzo sing after mocking Sandy?
Answer: Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee - What secret does Rizzo fear during the film?
Answer: That she may be pregnant - What song does Rizzo sing about refusing to care what others think?
Answer: There Are Worse Things I Could Do - Where does Danny take Sandy for a date after the school dance?
Answer: A drive-in movie - What does Sandy leave behind at the drive-in?
Answer: Danny’s class ring - What song does Danny sing alone at the drive-in?
Answer: Sandy - Who is Rizzo’s dance-contest partner before she leaves the floor?
Answer: Kenickie
Hand Jive at the School Dance
Clear the gym floor and keep an eye on the television cameras.
- What national television program broadcasts from Rydell’s dance?
Answer: National Bandstand - Who hosts the televised dance contest?
Answer: Vince Fontaine - What local disc jockey hosts the Rydell dance?
Answer: Vince Fontaine - What song accompanies the hand-jive contest?
Answer: Born to Hand Jive - Who cuts in and becomes Danny’s winning partner?
Answer: Cha-Cha DiGregorio - How does Danny know Cha-Cha?
Answer: She is an old girlfriend from his neighborhood - What nickname does Cha-Cha use for herself?
Answer: The best dancer at St. Bernadette’s - Why does Sandy leave the dance upset?
Answer: Cha-Cha takes her place with Danny - Which actor plays Vince Fontaine?
Answer: Edd Byrnes - Who plays bandleader Johnny Casino?
Answer: Sha Na Na singer Johnny Contardo
Greased Lightnin’ and Thunder Road
Rev the engine for hot-rods, a dangerous race, and a song that still makes garage tools look choreographed.
- What kind of car is Greased Lightnin’ in the film?
Answer: A customized 1948 Ford De Luxe - Who originally owns the car?
Answer: Kenickie - Where do the T-Birds work on the car?
Answer: In the school auto shop - Who is the T-Birds’ rival gang?
Answer: The Scorpions - Who leads the Scorpions?
Answer: Leo Balmudo - Where is the climactic car race held?
Answer: Thunder Road - Why does Danny drive instead of Kenickie?
Answer: Kenickie is knocked unconscious before the race - What sharp obstacle does Leo’s car encounter?
Answer: A row of spikes - Who wins the race?
Answer: Danny in Greased Lightnin’ - Which song imagines the car’s glamorous future?
Answer: Greased Lightnin’
Beauty School and the Carnival Finale
Graduation approaches, the carnival arrives, and everyone seems to find one last costume change.
- What school does Frenchy drop out of?
Answer: Beauty school - Who advises Frenchy in Beauty School Dropout?
Answer: Her Teen Angel - Who plays the Teen Angel?
Answer: Frankie Avalon - Where does Frenchy return after leaving beauty school?
Answer: Rydell High - What dramatic makeover does Sandy reveal at the carnival?
Answer: Black clothes, curled hair, and a bolder style - What song does Danny and Sandy sing after reuniting?
Answer: You’re the One That I Want - What final ensemble song says the friends will remain connected?
Answer: We Go Together - What happens to Danny and Sandy’s car in the final shot?
Answer: It flies into the sky - What does Sandy do before the final carnival?
Answer: She asks Frenchy to help change her look - Does Rizzo learn she is pregnant?
Answer: No, she says it was a false alarm
Songs, Singers, and Soundtrack Hits
Keep the jukebox spinning, then visit our music trivia for a much bigger playlist.
- Who sings the movie’s opening title song Grease?
Answer: Frankie Valli - Who wrote the title song Grease?
Answer: Barry Gibb - Which duet became a chart-topping hit for Travolta and Newton-John?
Answer: You’re the One That I Want - Which solo did Olivia Newton-John record that was written for the film?
Answer: Hopelessly Devoted to You - Which two movie songs were newly written by John Farrar?
Answer: Hopelessly Devoted to You and You’re the One That I Want - Which band appears as Johnny Casino and the Gamblers?
Answer: Sha Na Na - What song opens with the Pink Ladies and T-Birds comparing summer stories?
Answer: Summer Nights - Which song features the lyric hook 'rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong'?
Answer: We Go Together - Which Rizzo solo was written for the original stage musical?
Answer: There Are Worse Things I Could Do - Which Grease song received an Academy Award nomination?
Answer: Hopelessly Devoted to You
The Original Stage Musical
This section is strictly stage history, perfect before an encore with our musical theater trivia.
- Who created the Grease stage musical?
Answer: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey - In which city was Grease first staged in 1971?
Answer: Chicago - What theater hosted the original Chicago production?
Answer: Kingston Mines Theatre - In what year did Grease open on Broadway?
Answer: 1972 - What was Sandy’s surname in the original stage musical?
Answer: Dumbrowski - What was Sandy’s nationality in the stage version before the film adaptation?
Answer: American, rather than Australian - Which Broadway theater first hosted Grease?
Answer: The Broadhurst Theatre - Who played Danny in the original Broadway cast?
Answer: Barry Bostwick - Who played Rizzo in the original Broadway cast?
Answer: Adrienne Barbeau - Was the film song Hopelessly Devoted to You in the original 1972 stage score?
Answer: No, it was written for the movie
Grease 2 and Behind-the-Scenes Facts
The last round labels every sequel question clearly, then rolls the credits with our movie trivia.
- Who directed the 1978 film Grease?
Answer: Randal Kleiser - Who wrote the film’s screenplay?
Answer: Bronte Woodard - Which studio released Grease?
Answer: Paramount Pictures - In what year was Grease 2 released?
Answer: 1982 - Who plays Stephanie Zinone in Grease 2?
Answer: Michelle Pfeiffer - Who plays Michael Carrington in Grease 2?
Answer: Maxwell Caulfield - How is Michael related to Sandy in Grease 2?
Answer: He is her cousin - What mysterious identity does Michael adopt?
Answer: The Cool Rider - Which Rydell principal returns in Grease 2?
Answer: Principal McGee - Who directed Grease 2?
Answer: Patricia Birch
Sources and Further Reading
- American Film Institute Catalog: Grease
- Paramount Pictures: Grease
- Internet Broadway Database: Grease
- Playbill: Grease Broadway Production
- Academy Awards: 1979 Nominees
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