1. Elijah Wood
   Patton Oswalt
2. Sean Astin

Sean Astin, son of TV legend Patty Duke, played aspiring football star Rudy Ruettiger -- a man who didn't have the height, playing skill or even the grades to get into his college of choice and make the football team.

1. Illinois
   Massachusetts
2. North Carolina

The Ruettigers lived in Illinois, but Rudy's dream school, Notre Dame, is located in Indiana. The entire family were fans of the school and its sports teams long before Rudy ever hit the field.

1. true
2. false

The University of Notre Dame is a storied school for football fans. "Rudy" was the first movie to be filmed on the South Bend, Indiana school grounds since "Knute Rockne, All American" in 1940.

1. law practice
   restaurant
2. steel mill

Rudy came from a true blue-collar family. His dad and two older brothers worked at a steel mill, where Rudy himself also took a job at one point.

1. David
   Pete
2. Freddie

Christopher Reed played Rudy's best buddy. After Pete died, Rudy knew that he should seize the moment and turn his dreams into reality.

1. overdose
   car accident
2. mill accident

After a major accident at the mill, Pete died a hero when he used his final breaths to save as many men as possible. The selfless act inspired Rudy to go after what he really wanted.

1. Holy Cross Junior College
   Indiana State
2. Purdue University

Rudy doesn't have the grades to get accepted to Notre Dame, so he enrolls at Holy Cross -- a junior college in Notre Dame, Indiana, that will allow him to pursue his education as he works to get into his dream school.

1. grounds crew
   library
2. cafeteria

Rudy is so determined to spend as much time at Notre Dame as possible that he offers to work for free. Instead, he is given a job as a groundskeeper, making minimum wage.

1. Thomas
   Fortune
2. Chief

It is a groundskeeper named Fortune, played by actor Charles S. Dutton, who sees Rudy's determination and gives him the groundskeeper job at Notre Dame.

1. Fortune's office
   in a dorm room
2. in the chapel

Rudy sneaks into Fortune's office using the window and sleeps there at night. After a while, the groundskeeper figures out what's going on and gives Rudy a key.

1. W-Ben
   D-Bob
2. F-Stan

Jon Favreau played D-Bob, a teaching assistant at Holy Cross who is also a grad student at Notre Dame.

1. social skills
   cash
2. driving lessons

D-Bob agrees to tutor Rudy in exchange for Rudy's help with improving his social life. D-Bob is the one who finally discovers that Rudy suffers from dyslexia.

1. 1
   4
2. 9

Rudy spends two years applying to Notre Dame. After three rejections, he is finally accepted on his fourth try, when he is in his final semester of transfer eligibility.

1. true
2. false

Getting accepted to Notre Dame is only the beginning of the battle for Rudy. Coach Ara Parseghian starts Rudy off on the practice squad, which means he never actually gets to play in games.

1. Joe Montana
   Lou Holtz
2. Dan Devine

Rudy's efforts to convince Coach Parseghian to let him suit up for the game are wasted when former NFL coach Dan Devine takes over the team after the 1974 season.

1. Sherry
   Ruby
2. Brenda

Rudy is willing to sacrifice anything for his Notre Dame dreams, even his long-term girlfriend, Sherry, played by Lili Taylor.

1. he's tired of football
   his name isn't on the active roster
2. he gets injured

When Coach Dan Devine comes to Notre Dame, he lets Rudy stay on the team, but refuses to put him on the active roster. This prompts Rudy to quit.

1. Owen Wilson
   Vince Vaughn
2. Will Ferrell

In one of his very first film roles, a young Vince Vaughn played Notre Dame half-back -- and bully -- Jamie O'Hara.

1. Fortune
   his dad
2. the coach

After quitting the football team, Rudy learns that Fortune was once a member of the squad, but quit because he felt he was being discriminated against. With Fortune's encouragement, Rudy rejoins the team in time for the final game of the season.

1. true
2. false

Lead by Team Captain Roland Steele, the other senior players throw their jerseys on the coach's desk to convince him to put Rudy in for the game.

1. Miami
   USC
2. Georgia Tech

Coach Devine finally relents and puts Rudy into the final game of the season, against Georgia Tech.

1. true
2. false

Rudy never scored a touchdown, but he did managed to sack a Georgia Tech player as the crowd chanted his name.

1. true
2. false

Hey, it's a movie, right? The film took some liberties with the truth -- primarily the scene where players threw their jerseys on the coach's desk, which never happened in real life.

1. true
2. false

Rudy was carried off the field by his teammates to celebrate the fact that he finally got to play, making him the first Notre Dame player in history to have that honor.

1. 12
   45
2. 71

Life-long Notre Dame fan Rudy Ruettiger wore the number 45 for two defensive snaps in a single game during his single year.

1. John
   Billy
2. Dan

While Rudy was focused on football, his brother John ended up in a relationship with Rudy's girlfriend Sherry -- which Rudy discovered during a visit back home.

1. host a bake sale
   run drills
2. paint helmets

Rudy joined the school Booster Club for a single day, where he painted helmets before he was kicked off when it was discovered he wasn't a student at the school.

1. Joe Montana
   Dan Marino
2. Ronnie Lott

Joe Montana was a freshman at Notre Dame when Rudy finally got to play in a game. He has gone on record to point out some of the facts about that day that were exaggerated in the film.

1. running a shoe store
   motivational speaking
2. working as a pastor

Anyone who has seen the film knows that Rudy was willing to do just about anything to make his dreams come true -- which is probably why he's found such great success as a motivational speaker.

1. robbery
   drugs
2. stock

Ruettiger and a group of other investors were charged by the SEC in 2011 for fraud related to Rudy's sports drink company.