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Dumb and Dumber Quiz: You Can Do Better Than These Two

A few easy wins, a few head-scratchers, and an explanation after every answer.

Published 2026-10-24 Updated 2026-10-24 15 questions

Dumb and Dumber (1994). Watch the trailer.

Dumb and Dumber: Two Brains. Neither Is Helping.

Two friends set out to return something they believe a stranger has lost. It sounds like a decent plan until you meet the friends. Their road trip becomes a chain of wrong turns, cheerful misunderstandings, and decisions no sensible person would make twice. Dangerous people are looking for the same item, but keeping up with these two may be more confusing than catching them.

Think it through. You already have an advantage over the travelers.

1. Who plays Lloyd Christmas?
- Mike Myers
- Steve Martin
- Jim Carrey
- Jeff Daniels
Carrey was the hottest name in comedy in 1994, with Ace Ventura and The Mask out the same year, and his fee took a big share of the budget. The chipped front tooth is his own: he had the cap taken off for the part and put back afterward.
2. Who plays Harry Dunne?
- John Goodman
- Jeff Daniels
- Woody Harrelson
- Bill Pullman
Daniels was known for dramas like Terms of Endearment and The Purple Rose of Cairo, and the studio wanted a comedy name instead, but Carrey held out for him. He was paid a tiny fraction of what Carrey got.
3. Who directed the original film?
- Todd Phillips
- Peter Farrelly
- Adam McKay
- Dennis Dugan
It was the Farrelly brothers' first film, with Peter directing alone and Bobby co-writing and producing alongside Bennett Yellin. The two shared the directing credit from Kingpin onward. Todd Phillips made The Hangover and Adam McKay made Anchorman.
4. What is Lloyd's job at the beginning?
- Airline baggage handler
- Hotel porter
- Limousine driver
- Taxi dispatcher
Lloyd falls for a passenger while driving her to the airport, which is how he ends up with the briefcase: she leaves it in the terminal as a ransom drop and he thinks she forgot it. Both men lose their jobs that day, Harry over some very dirty show dogs.
5. Where are Harry and Lloyd trying to go?
- Lake Tahoe
- Vail
- Aspen
- Denver
Lloyd sells Harry on Aspen as a place where beautiful women flock 'like the salmon of Capistrano', while Harry is under the impression it is in France. Driving from Providence, they manage a wrong turn that puts them in Nebraska.
6. What item are they trying to return?
- A passport wallet
- A suitcase of clothes
- A briefcase
- A diamond necklace
The briefcase holds the ransom for the kidnapped husband of the woman Lloyd is chasing, and the kidnappers, Mental and Shay, spend the film chasing it. By the time Harry and Lloyd finally open it they have spent most of the money and replaced it with IOUs.
7. What is the name of the woman Lloyd wants to find?
- Shay Stanley
- Mary Swanson
- Lauren Holly
- Beth Jordan
Lauren Holly plays Mary, which is the trap in the list, and she was briefly married to Carrey a couple of years after the film. Mary turns out to have a husband, Bobby, whose kidnapping is the reason for the briefcase, a detail Lloyd learns very late.
8. What animal does Harry's van resemble?
- A rabbit
- A bear
- A dog
- A cat
Harry grooms dogs for a living, and the Mutt Cutts van is his work vehicle, done up with shaggy carpet, floppy ears and a tail. A van that looks like a sheepdog is also why the kidnappers never have much trouble following them.
9. What pet does Lloyd sell to a blind boy?
- A goldfish
- A hamster
- A lizard
- A dead parakeet
Harry's parakeet has been killed by the kidnapper Mental, so Lloyd tapes the head back on and sells the bird to Billy, the blind boy in 4C. Billy and his bird come back, grown up and still aggrieved, in Dumb and Dumber To.
10. What is the parakeet's name?
- Percy
- Polly
- Pip
- Petey
Petey belonged to Harry, who thinks the bird died naturally until Lloyd mentions the head falling off. The scene of Billy stroking the taped-up corpse and cooing 'pretty bird' is one of the film's grimmer jokes, which is saying something.
11. What does Lloyd trade the van for?
- A minibike
- A snowmobile
- A bicycle
- A motor scooter with a sidecar
Lloyd trades the van for a minibike while Harry sleeps, and the two ride it through the Rockies until Harry's nose has frozen solid. His fury turns around when he realizes the bike gets better mileage, and Lloyd is told he has totally redeemed himself.
12. What color tuxedos do the friends wear?
- Black and gold
- Purple and green
- Red and yellow
- Orange and powder blue
Lloyd is in orange, Harry in powder blue, with top hats and canes, for the Aspen benefit gala they buy their way into with ransom money. It is the same night Harry brings down a rare snowy owl with a champagne cork.
13. What does Harry accidentally take after Lloyd tampers with his drink?
- A vitamin tablet
- An antacid
- A sleeping pill
- A laxative
Lloyd spikes Harry's tea with a laxative before Harry's ski date with Mary, out of jealousy. Harry spends the evening at the Swansons' house on a toilet that does not flush, which the film shows in more detail than anyone asked for.
14. What dangerous ingredient do they dare each other to eat at the diner?
- Hot peppers
- Horseradish
- Raw onions
- Wasabi paste
The atomic peppers at the roadside diner are a dare that leaves both men in tears. They then slip peppers into the burger of Mental, the kidnapper tailing them, and the pills they offer for his stomach turn out to be the rat poison he meant for them.
15. What business do Harry and Lloyd dream of opening?
- A worm store
- A bowling alley
- A pet hotel
- A car wash
The worm farm is a running idea of Harry's, and the name he comes up with is I Got Worms. At the end a bus of bikini models stops to ask for two oil boys, and the pair helpfully point them toward the next town.

All the answers

1. Who plays Lloyd Christmas?

Jim Carrey

Carrey was the hottest name in comedy in 1994, with Ace Ventura and The Mask out the same year, and his fee took a big share of the budget. The chipped front tooth is his own: he had the cap taken off for the part and put back afterward.
2. Who plays Harry Dunne?

Jeff Daniels

Daniels was known for dramas like Terms of Endearment and The Purple Rose of Cairo, and the studio wanted a comedy name instead, but Carrey held out for him. He was paid a tiny fraction of what Carrey got.
3. Who directed the original film?

Peter Farrelly

It was the Farrelly brothers' first film, with Peter directing alone and Bobby co-writing and producing alongside Bennett Yellin. The two shared the directing credit from Kingpin onward. Todd Phillips made The Hangover and Adam McKay made Anchorman.
4. What is Lloyd's job at the beginning?

Limousine driver

Lloyd falls for a passenger while driving her to the airport, which is how he ends up with the briefcase: she leaves it in the terminal as a ransom drop and he thinks she forgot it. Both men lose their jobs that day, Harry over some very dirty show dogs.
5. Where are Harry and Lloyd trying to go?

Aspen

Lloyd sells Harry on Aspen as a place where beautiful women flock 'like the salmon of Capistrano', while Harry is under the impression it is in France. Driving from Providence, they manage a wrong turn that puts them in Nebraska.
6. What item are they trying to return?

A briefcase

The briefcase holds the ransom for the kidnapped husband of the woman Lloyd is chasing, and the kidnappers, Mental and Shay, spend the film chasing it. By the time Harry and Lloyd finally open it they have spent most of the money and replaced it with IOUs.
7. What is the name of the woman Lloyd wants to find?

Mary Swanson

Lauren Holly plays Mary, which is the trap in the list, and she was briefly married to Carrey a couple of years after the film. Mary turns out to have a husband, Bobby, whose kidnapping is the reason for the briefcase, a detail Lloyd learns very late.
8. What animal does Harry's van resemble?

A dog

Harry grooms dogs for a living, and the Mutt Cutts van is his work vehicle, done up with shaggy carpet, floppy ears and a tail. A van that looks like a sheepdog is also why the kidnappers never have much trouble following them.
9. What pet does Lloyd sell to a blind boy?

A dead parakeet

Harry's parakeet has been killed by the kidnapper Mental, so Lloyd tapes the head back on and sells the bird to Billy, the blind boy in 4C. Billy and his bird come back, grown up and still aggrieved, in Dumb and Dumber To.
10. What is the parakeet's name?

Petey

Petey belonged to Harry, who thinks the bird died naturally until Lloyd mentions the head falling off. The scene of Billy stroking the taped-up corpse and cooing 'pretty bird' is one of the film's grimmer jokes, which is saying something.
11. What does Lloyd trade the van for?

A minibike

Lloyd trades the van for a minibike while Harry sleeps, and the two ride it through the Rockies until Harry's nose has frozen solid. His fury turns around when he realizes the bike gets better mileage, and Lloyd is told he has totally redeemed himself.
12. What color tuxedos do the friends wear?

Orange and powder blue

Lloyd is in orange, Harry in powder blue, with top hats and canes, for the Aspen benefit gala they buy their way into with ransom money. It is the same night Harry brings down a rare snowy owl with a champagne cork.
13. What does Harry accidentally take after Lloyd tampers with his drink?

A laxative

Lloyd spikes Harry's tea with a laxative before Harry's ski date with Mary, out of jealousy. Harry spends the evening at the Swansons' house on a toilet that does not flush, which the film shows in more detail than anyone asked for.
14. What dangerous ingredient do they dare each other to eat at the diner?

Hot peppers

The atomic peppers at the roadside diner are a dare that leaves both men in tears. They then slip peppers into the burger of Mental, the kidnapper tailing them, and the pills they offer for his stomach turn out to be the rat poison he meant for them.
15. What business do Harry and Lloyd dream of opening?

A worm store

The worm farm is a running idea of Harry's, and the name he comes up with is I Got Worms. At the end a bus of bikini models stops to ask for two oil boys, and the pair helpfully point them toward the next town.