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Legally Blonde Quiz: Make Your Case

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

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

Legally Blonde (2001). Watch the trailer.

Legally Blonde: Objection: You Underestimated Her

Elle expects a romantic evening and gets a breakup instead. Rather than accept her ex's opinion of what she can achieve, she follows him into a world that is determined to take her less seriously than her classmates. Her clothes draw attention, but her hard work starts doing the talking. The real surprise is how much better her plans become once winning him back stops being the whole point.

Make your case. Pink stationery is optional.

1. Who plays Elle Woods?
- Alicia Silverstone
- Reese Witherspoon
- Kate Hudson
- Kirsten Dunst
Witherspoon came to the part off Election and Cruel Intentions, and she returned for the 2003 sequel. Alicia Silverstone had already played a sunny Beverly Hills blonde in Clueless, which is what makes her the tempting wrong answer.
2. Which law school does Elle attend?
- Yale
- Harvard
- Columbia
- Stanford
Amanda Brown based her novel on her own time at Stanford Law School, so the wrong answer is the one with the truest claim. The film moved Elle to Harvard, where Warner is headed, and the campus scenes were shot in California rather than Massachusetts.
3. What is Elle's dog called?
- Bruno
- Bruiser
- Baxter
- Buster
Bruiser Woods rides to Harvard in Elle's handbag and gets a wardrobe to match hers. His mother's plight, as a lab animal at a cosmetics company, gives the sequel its entire plot.
4. What breed is Bruiser?
- Chihuahua
- Papillon
- Yorkshire terrier
- Pomeranian
Bruiser was played by a Chihuahua called Moonie, who belonged to the film's animal trainer and lived to a great age. He came back for the sequel, where Elle discovers his mother and takes the cause to Congress.
5. What is the name of the boyfriend who breaks up with Elle?
- Emmett Richmond
- Sebastian Valmont
- Aaron Samuels
- Warner Huntington III
Warner dumps her at the dinner where she expected a proposal, explaining that a future senator needs to marry a Jackie, not a Marilyn. Emmett is the man she ends up with, Sebastian Valmont is from Cruel Intentions and Aaron Samuels from Mean Girls.
6. What does Elle wear to the party Vivian tells her is a costume party?
- A cheerleader uniform
- A Marilyn Monroe dress
- A nurse's uniform
- A Playboy bunny costume
Elle arrives in a pink bunny costume, ears and all, to a room full of people in ordinary clothes. Warner tells her there that she is not smart enough for Harvard, and she walks straight to the store for a laptop, which is when she starts to study in earnest.
7. What is Elle's LSAT score?
- 169
- 159
- 179
- 175
The scale tops out at 180, and Elle's first practice test comes back at 143, so the jump is the work of months of study while her sorority sisters watch. The admissions board also gets a video essay filmed in a hot tub.
8. Who is Warner engaged to when Elle arrives?
- Vivian Kensington
- Brooke Taylor-Windham
- Chutney Windham
- Paulette Bonafonté
Vivian is a fellow first-year who met Warner at prep school, and she starts out humiliating Elle whenever she can. By the epilogue she has dumped him and become Elle's best friend, while Warner graduates with no honors and no job offers.
9. Who plays Vivian?
- Amanda Peet
- Judy Greer
- Selma Blair
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
Blair, Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar had all been in Cruel Intentions two years earlier, alongside Ryan Phillippe, who was Witherspoon's husband by the time this came out. Blair played the innocent in that one; here she gets to be the snob.
10. Who plays Emmett?
- Luke Wilson
- Paul Rudd
- Mark Ruffalo
- Owen Wilson
Wilson was known from Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, films he made with his brother Owen, the other Wilson in the answers. Emmett is Callahan's junior associate, and the epilogue reveals he is about to propose.
11. What is Paulette's job?
- Dog groomer
- Manicurist
- Fitness trainer
- Court clerk
Elle finds her at the salon on a bad day and keeps coming back. Paulette's ex, Dewey, has kept her bulldog Rufus, and Elle wins the dog back with a stream of legal jargon that neither of them fully understands.
12. Who plays Paulette?
- Jennifer Coolidge
- Megan Mullally
- Kathy Najimy
- Lisa Kudrow
Coolidge had broken through two years earlier as Stifler's mom in American Pie, and Paulette set the template for the warm, nervous eccentrics she has played since. She came back for the sequel two years later.
13. What move does Elle teach Paulette?
- The step and slide
- The twist and point
- The bend and snap
- The dip and wink
The routine was choreographed by Toni Basil, the singer behind 'Mickey'. Paulette tries it on the UPS delivery man she has been pining for and breaks his nose with her elbow, which somehow still works out.
14. What secret alibi does Brooke share with Elle?
- She was buying a racehorse
- She was having liposuction
- She was at a recording studio
- She was meeting a publisher
Brooke, a fitness guru played by Ali Larter, would rather risk a murder conviction than admit her figure had help. Elle refuses to tell Callahan even when he leans on her, and that loyalty is why Brooke later fires him and insists Elle take over.
15. What hair treatment helps Elle expose a false account on the witness stand?
- A dye job
- A straightening blowout
- A conditioning mask
- A perm
Chutney claims she was in the shower when her father was shot, hours after getting a perm. Elle knows that wetting a fresh perm would ruin it, and that Chutney's curls are intact, so the alibi collapses and Chutney admits she meant to shoot Brooke.

All the answers

1. Who plays Elle Woods?

Reese Witherspoon

Witherspoon came to the part off Election and Cruel Intentions, and she returned for the 2003 sequel. Alicia Silverstone had already played a sunny Beverly Hills blonde in Clueless, which is what makes her the tempting wrong answer.
2. Which law school does Elle attend?

Harvard

Amanda Brown based her novel on her own time at Stanford Law School, so the wrong answer is the one with the truest claim. The film moved Elle to Harvard, where Warner is headed, and the campus scenes were shot in California rather than Massachusetts.
3. What is Elle's dog called?

Bruiser

Bruiser Woods rides to Harvard in Elle's handbag and gets a wardrobe to match hers. His mother's plight, as a lab animal at a cosmetics company, gives the sequel its entire plot.
4. What breed is Bruiser?

Chihuahua

Bruiser was played by a Chihuahua called Moonie, who belonged to the film's animal trainer and lived to a great age. He came back for the sequel, where Elle discovers his mother and takes the cause to Congress.
5. What is the name of the boyfriend who breaks up with Elle?

Warner Huntington III

Warner dumps her at the dinner where she expected a proposal, explaining that a future senator needs to marry a Jackie, not a Marilyn. Emmett is the man she ends up with, Sebastian Valmont is from Cruel Intentions and Aaron Samuels from Mean Girls.
6. What does Elle wear to the party Vivian tells her is a costume party?

A Playboy bunny costume

Elle arrives in a pink bunny costume, ears and all, to a room full of people in ordinary clothes. Warner tells her there that she is not smart enough for Harvard, and she walks straight to the store for a laptop, which is when she starts to study in earnest.
7. What is Elle's LSAT score?

179

The scale tops out at 180, and Elle's first practice test comes back at 143, so the jump is the work of months of study while her sorority sisters watch. The admissions board also gets a video essay filmed in a hot tub.
8. Who is Warner engaged to when Elle arrives?

Vivian Kensington

Vivian is a fellow first-year who met Warner at prep school, and she starts out humiliating Elle whenever she can. By the epilogue she has dumped him and become Elle's best friend, while Warner graduates with no honors and no job offers.
9. Who plays Vivian?

Selma Blair

Blair, Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar had all been in Cruel Intentions two years earlier, alongside Ryan Phillippe, who was Witherspoon's husband by the time this came out. Blair played the innocent in that one; here she gets to be the snob.
10. Who plays Emmett?

Luke Wilson

Wilson was known from Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, films he made with his brother Owen, the other Wilson in the answers. Emmett is Callahan's junior associate, and the epilogue reveals he is about to propose.
11. What is Paulette's job?

Manicurist

Elle finds her at the salon on a bad day and keeps coming back. Paulette's ex, Dewey, has kept her bulldog Rufus, and Elle wins the dog back with a stream of legal jargon that neither of them fully understands.
12. Who plays Paulette?

Jennifer Coolidge

Coolidge had broken through two years earlier as Stifler's mom in American Pie, and Paulette set the template for the warm, nervous eccentrics she has played since. She came back for the sequel two years later.
13. What move does Elle teach Paulette?

The bend and snap

The routine was choreographed by Toni Basil, the singer behind 'Mickey'. Paulette tries it on the UPS delivery man she has been pining for and breaks his nose with her elbow, which somehow still works out.
14. What secret alibi does Brooke share with Elle?

She was having liposuction

Brooke, a fitness guru played by Ali Larter, would rather risk a murder conviction than admit her figure had help. Elle refuses to tell Callahan even when he leans on her, and that loyalty is why Brooke later fires him and insists Elle take over.
15. What hair treatment helps Elle expose a false account on the witness stand?

A perm

Chutney claims she was in the shower when her father was shot, hours after getting a perm. Elle knows that wetting a fresh perm would ruin it, and that Chutney's curls are intact, so the alibi collapses and Chutney admits she meant to shoot Brooke.