Breakfast of Champions Quizzes

Breakfast of Champions Quiz 1

By Meghan Joyce · Edited by Damien Chazelle · Last reviewed November 30, 2008

1 What is Kilgore Trout's profession that makes him famous?

Janitor

Businessman

Garbage Man

Science-fiction writer
2 What is Dwayne Hoover's profession?

Cocktail waiter

Piano player

Business owner

Science-fiction writer
3 Who runs the Sacred Miracle Cave?

Bonnie MacMahon

Lyle and Kyle Hoover

Kilgore Trout

Bunny Hoover
4 What is the term used to describe what many Americans own?

Doodley-squat

Nada

Zero

Zilch
5 Where are Trout's stories published?

Pornographic literature

On the backs of other novels

In his backyard

Random House
6 Who wins the Nobel Peace Prize?

Kilgore Trout

Dwayne Hoover

Don Breedlove

Beatrice Keedsler
7 Which of the following is a millionaire?

Wayne Hoobler

Eliot Rosewater

Don Breedlove

Francine Pefko
8 What does the letter that Trout receives from Eliot Rosewater say?

That he is invited to the arts festival

It is a death threat

That they are brothers

That he should be President
9 Which character looks like a "Chinaman"?

Kilgore Trout

Dwayne's stepfather

The Pyramid truck driver

Fred T. Barry
10 Who does Bill the parakeet belong to?

Wayne Hoobler

Kilgore Trout

Mary Alice Miller

Harry LeSabre
11 What city does Trout visit before going to Midland City?

Boston

Detroit

Chicago

New York City
12 What is Harry LeSabre's secret?

He is a transexual

He is in love with Dwayne

He wants to quit his job at the Pontiac agency

He is going insane
13 What is the motto of The Robo-Magic Corporation of America?

Goodbye, Blue Monday

And so on

Etc.

Let Us Do Your Nigger Work!
14 Whose wardrobe does Dwayne criticize?

Wayne Hoobler

Harry LeSabre

Bunny Hoover

Francine Pefko
15 What holiday is included in the timeframe of the story?

Easter

Veteran's Day

Christmas

Memorial Day
16 What does the narrator blame Dwayne Hoover's insanity on?

Bad chemicals

Sexual frustration

Creative frustration

Anger
17 What country is Cyprain Ukwende from?

South Africa

Kenya

America

Nigeria
18 What book turns Dwayne Hoover into a maniac?

"Now It Can Be Told"

"Gilgongo!"

"This Means You"

"Plague on Wheels"
19 What question does Trout read on the wall of the bathroom in the pornographic movie theater?

"Why?"

"Where am I?"

"Who are you?"

"What is the purpose of life?"
20 Who approaches Trout on Forty-Second Street?

The narrator

A madman

Dwayne Hoover

Two black prostitutes
21 Who is Trout's attack blamed on?

The Pluto Gang

The black prostitutes

The manager of the movie theater

One of his characters
22 Where does Dwayne sleep the night before his rampage?

In his car

In the street

In his home

The new Holiday Inn
23 What does it say on the side of the truck in which Trout hitches a ride?

Pyramid

Fast

Egypt

Anchor
24 Where does Dwayne Hoover first meet Wayne Hoobler?

On the street

Inside the Pontiac agnecy

In the Pontiac agency parking lot

In the kitchen of the new Holiday Inn
25 What is the name of Wayne Hoobler's imagined world?

Fairy Land

Once Upon a Time Land

Infinity

Never Never Land

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