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"Easy Rider" is a 1969 landmark film of American cinema. The U.S. — and the world, in general — was facing many changes during that era. The film reflected lots of those changes that affected real people. Think you can ease your way into this cinematic classic? Then take this quiz and find out!
"Easy Rider" is about two guys driving around highways and towns. What mode of transportation are they using?
Cadillacs
dune buggy
motorcycles
"Easy Rider" is a essentially a road film, so the characters are out on a road trip with their motorcycles. It was rare for Hollywood to portray this kind of film. Easy Rider helped popularize it.
skateboards
Since "Easy Rider" is about two guys riding motorcycles, it also falls into this kind of film sub-genre.
thug film
biker film
Road films usually featured characters in cars, but "Easy Rider" was one of the first handful of successfully made biker films to come out of that era in Hollywood. Prior biker films weren't that commercially successful.
gangster film
hippie film
The film stars Hollywood big-timers Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper as the two bikers. Which one of them also directed the film?
they took turns
both of them
Peter Fonda
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper was the designated director of the film. However, he took his sweet time editing it, and it had lots of production trouble along the way.
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The two bikers were actually riding towards a specific destination. To which city were they headed?
New Jersey
New Orleans
The two bikers actually had a destination. They wanted to bike all the way to New Orleans in Louisiana.
New York
San Francisco
From where did the bikers start their journey?
Los Angeles
The two biker guys were seen in Los Angeles prior to taking off for New Orleans. It is assumed that they both lived there, but one of them is heard later in the film saying he's actually from New York.
San Diego
San Bernardino
San Francisco
The film is an American counterculture product, but the story opens in another country. Which country is this?
Canada
Mexico
The film opens in Mexico. The bikers first conduct some quick business there, before we see them back in Los Angeles again.
Luxembourg
Monaco
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Peter Fonda’s biker character, Wyatt, is the one wearing a helmet and jacket designed with this particular all-American emblem. Which emblem is this?
the bald eagle
the Fourth of July fireworks
the stars and stripes flag
Wyatt's jacket has a clear design of the stars and stripes flag emblem. His motorcycle helmet is also designed that way, as well as the gas tank area of his motorbike.
the eye pyramid
Can you guess what famous motorcycle brand the bikers used in the story?
Vespa
Indian
Harley-Davidson
The Harley-Davidson motorbikes they used for the film were modifications. The extended front and other parts were customized, hence these types of motorbikes are also called choppers, for the supposedly modified "chopped" parts recombined or jazzed up.
BMW
Another Hollywood big-timer gets a ride in this film. Which "A Few Good Men" star was this?
Mel Gibson
Al Pacino
Charles Grodin
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson was reportedly excited to be in a biker film when he saw the film's script. It was enough to break his self-imposed filmmaking hiatus at the time.
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What were the bikers doing in Mexico?
buying drugs
The biker dudes were buying drugs in a place called La Contenta Bar in Mexico. From the looks of it, they're known in the area...
stocking up on tequila
immense craving for tacos
buying pesos
What kind of illegal drug did the bikers score in Mexico and bring to Los Angeles to sell?
marijuana
LSD
viagra
cocaine
The bikers bought cocaine in Mexico and resold it to a rich guy in a Rolls Royce in LA.
Since Wyatt was riding the stars and stripes-designed motorcycle and wearing similarly designed helmet and jacket, what nickname was used for him from time to time?
George Washington
Abe Lincoln
Captain America
Wyatt would sometimes be introduced in jest as Captain America. It's also probably a symbolization of what the writers-filmmakers wanted to say about 60s counterculture America.
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While Wyatt was the Captain America of the duo, Dennis Hopper’s character, Billy, was wearing this kind of outfit.
indian
cowboy
Billy always had on his cowboy hat and outfit. But he also wore a necklace made of some small bones.
hobo
victorian
In true counterculture hippie fashion, Billy also sported this.
tattoo
long hair
One characteristic of the counterculture movement is rebelling against societal norms, including appearance. Thus, the clean-cut look is traded for the long hair look.
nose ring
pierced tongue
"Born to be ___" was the quintessential theme song of the counterculture movement, specifically bikers and others who dared to live life on the edge. What adjective describes them, as sung in the rebel anthem?
Square
Hip
Wild
"Born to be Wild" became the unofficial official anthem of rebellion in counterculture America. Today, the song is used whenever some streak of rebellion is displayed in the movies, no matter how shallow.
Alive
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Why are Wyatt and Billy heading to New Orleans?
to attend Mardi Gras
The bikers set out for New Orleans to be there in time for the Mardi Gras celebration. Go where the bohemians will be feasting, dudes!
to visit a sick friend
to sell more cocaine
to buy cocaine
On the way to New Orleans, the two bikers pick up this kind of hitchhiker, a familiar image during the counterculture 60s.
rat pack
hippie
Hippie is a word that's short for hipster. They're usually very laid back, peace-loving, and against the war or any form of oppression.
soldier boy
Where did they drop off the hippie hitchhiker?
at the gas station
at the drive-in
at their commune
Hippies were known to live in hippie communes in the 1960s and 70s. However, other types of communes also existed that didn't have hippies in them.
at Mardi Gras
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The biker duo made a lot of cash from their cocaine sale. Where did they hide their stash as they traveled?
inside the motorcycle gas tank
Wyatt rolled up their cash and inserted them inside a plastic tube. This tube was then hidden inside his motorcycle's gas tank. Don't burn it all in one place!
in their boots
in their pockets
in their wallets
They wouldn't be counterculture folks if the bikers weren’t using this all-organic, natural drug. What’s it called?
heroine
shabu
LSD
marijuana
The actors were reportedly smoking real marijuana during the film's shoot.
Not all southern people are "judgmental rednecks" as Wyatt and Billy find out, when they met a nice person as they were put inside this kind of institution somewhere along the way.
in a hospital
in a jail
The biker duo meets another “prisoner†named George Hansen inside a jail. But it seems that he was merely spending the night because he was drunk and passed out. So he took the biker dudes out of jail with him, and they became friends.
in a church
in an orphanage
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Jack Nicholson’s character, George Hansen, appears to be an important man in their small town, to the amazement of Wyatt and Billy. What is George’s profession?
a doctor
a priest
a lawyer
George is a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, which usually takes on cases with social justice implications. Now that's why he's nice!
a sheriff
Why was the biker duo jailed?
they got caught smoking marijuana
they got caught with cocaine
shoplifting
for parading without a permit
Riding into a town that was having a parade, Wyatt and Billy followed the crowd and rode along with the parade. They didn't know that this was considered illegal, and they were charged with parading without a permit.
When Wyatt offered George some marijuana, it was called by another name. What nature-inspired term did the biker use?
crack
grass
George isn’t hip about counterculture terms for marijuana, like grass or weed. But he was game enough to try it for the first time!
soil
lava
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While Wyatt and Billy are into weed a lot, George has his own vice companion. What was it?
cigarettes
alcohol
George seems to start every new day with a swig of his alcoholic drink of choice. No wonder he ended up in jail!
girls
boys
Oh brother: This four-letter word is very common today worldwide, but in 1960s America, it was strictly a term used by the counterculture folks. Which friendly word is this?
pop
square
daddy-o
dude
The term “dude" has been in existence for hundreds of years, but in the film, it was referred to as a slang word foreign to the people outside of the counterculture movement. George, the lawyer, didn’t hear it until the biker duo used the term on him. Awesome evolution, dude!
Of course, since it’s a road trip, it’s inevitable that one of the bikers would experience this.
crash into a tree
run out of gas
get a flat tire
Early in the trip, it's Wyatt's bike that gets a flat tire. So they ask for cowboy to help them, and they get invited to dinner in return. Groovy!
sleepy while driving
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In the hippie commune where they dropped off their hitchhiker, Wyatt was respectful because, as visitors, they were "eating their food.†Why is this simple gesture of hospitality a big deal to him?
he wants to have sex later with some of the women
his Catholic upbringing is showing
the commune people plant and grow their own food
In communes, people usually plant their own food, harvest and process it, and they are served to be eaten by all. This hard work is appreciated by Wyatt, so he's nice to them.
niceness doesn't hurt anyone
Wyatt and Billy also saw this very counterculture characteristic in the hippie commune, especially among the girls.
bisexuality
sexual openness
Two strong women seem to be emotionally connected to the hippie hitchhiker that the biker duo picked up. They were also strong enough to demonstrat their sexual openness by openly pursuing Wyatt, which one of them took a liking to, and later on with Billy as well. Free love, dudes!
lesbianism
catty attitude
When George wanted to hitch a ride with the biker duo to New Orleans, Wyatt required him to wear a helmet. What kind of helmet did he use?
a child's helmet
a cricket helmet
a football helmet
Wyatt asked whether George had a helmet, implying that he could hitch a ride with them if he had one. The former football player indeed brought his football helmet with him.
a bicycle helmet
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As they drive deep into the south, the biker trio experiences anti-counterculture remarks which George called “country witticisms.†What’s the top thing that the anti-counterculture folks always suggest to the more hippie of the original duo?
to brush his teeth
to give up his bike
to cut his hair
People want to cut off the bikers' hair, especially Billy's, every time the bikers pass by judgmental people. It's about freedom, and freedom of expression, for counterculture folks to have long hair.
to remove his boots
Anti-hippie sentiments went too far one time. What happened to the traveling trio as they camped outside and slept one night?
they got robbed
they got attacked by locals
George died as a result of being bludgeoned by anonymous townsfolk who attacked the trio while they were sleeping. The locals had a lot of anger against anti-establishment people…
they got chased out of town
they got jailed again
When they reached Mardi Gras, Wyatt and Billy hook up with two prostitutes from a brothel and they all shared another kind of drug popular during that era. What are its initials?
TLC
AZT
DMV
LSD
Wyatt and Billy went with their girls to a cemetery where they split the LSD between them. They got a bad trip, though.
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After experiencing the Mardi Gras festival, where is the biker duo headed next?
Canada
California
Florida
The biker duo set up to travel to Florida after their New Orleans destination. Life on the road is cool.
Mexico
Wyatt and Billy don’t reach Florida at all. What unfortunate event prevented them from doing so?
they ride off a cliff towards the sunset
they got busted for their marijuana
they got shot by judgmental rednecks
Billy's long hair attracted unwanted attention from some of those judgmental rednecks, and they fired a warning shot, but it hit Billy directly. Wyatt rode after them, but they decided to shoot him, too, instantly killing him as his bike flipped.
they overdose
You Got:
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