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How Much Do You Know About Adam Sandler?

Well, whoop-a-dee-do! Take our quiz about the AARP Movies for Grownups award winner


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Are you an Adam Sandler savant? Take this quiz to find out.
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Adam Sandler, 59, has spent the past three-plus decades entertaining audiences on big and small screens. And so he’s our choice for this year’s AARP Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award. Are you a Sandler savant? Take this quiz to find out.

Question 1 of 12

As a young comedian in the ’80s, Sandler got his small-screen breakout role on what game show?

Sandler had a recurring bit on Remote Control, the classic TV game show that ran on MTV for five seasons from 1987 to 1990. Fellow comedians Colin Quinn and Denis Leary and music stars like LL Cool J and Weird Al Yankovic also appeared.

Question 2 of 12

Sandler joined Saturday Night Live as a writer in 1990 and became a featured player in 1991. Which of these recurring characters was not portrayed by him?

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Sandler enjoyed playing multiple roles during his SNL tenure, which ended in 1995, but his castmate Jim Breuer portrayed the memorable Goat Boy.

Question 3 of 12

In 1993, Sandler released his debut comedy album, which has been certified double-platinum. What’s the name of that album?

They’re All Gonna Laugh at You! is a reference to the ominous line spoken by Margaret White (played by Piper Laurie) to her daughter in the 1976 horror film Carrie.

Question 4 of 12

In 1998, Sandler won an MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, with which costar?

Sandler and Barrymore portrayed each other’s love interests in the 1998 romantic comedy. Other nominees that year included Matt Damon and Minnie Driver for Good Will Hunting, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet for Titanic, and Kevin Kline and Tom Selleck for In & Out.

Question 5 of 12

Adam Sandler first worked with his wife, Jackie, on 1999’s Big Daddy. What other of his films has Jackie appeared in?

Jackie Sandler’s first role was Sally in the 1999 film Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and shortly after was introduced to Sandler, meeting on the set of Big Daddy. Jackie has appeared in several of his movies and they’ve been married since 2003.

Question 6 of 12

In the 2004 film 50 First Dates, Sandler’s character works in what job?

Sandler plays a charming, Hawaii-based marine veterinarian who specializes in treating sea mammals. He played a firefighter in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, a wedding singer in The Wedding Singer and a tollbooth operator in Big Daddy.

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Question 7 of 12

What classic movie monster does Sandler voice in the Hotel Transylvania animated films?

Sandler voiced the count in the first three movies of the series. Voice actor Brian Hull replaced him for the fourth installment, when Sandler had a scheduling conflict.

Question 8 of 12

In 2025’s Happy Gilmore 2, what makes the title character return to golf?

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In the film, Sandler’s character returns to golf to provide for his family and support daughter Vienna Gilmore, who is an aspiring ballet dancer (and is played by Sandler’s real-life daughter Sunny). The sequel was released nearly 30 years after the original Happy Gilmore, in which the hockey player-turned-golfer won the Tour Championship.

Question 9 of 12

Which actor has not played Sandler’s love interest in a movie?

Reese Witherspoon has never played his love interest (though she played his character’s mom in Little Nicky). Arquette costarred with Sandler in Little Nicky, Beckinsale in Click and Hayek in Grown Ups.

Question 10 of 12

Many of Sandler’s movies have centered on sports. Which sport is part of the films Grown UpsLittle Nicky and Hustle?

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Sandler’s love of basketball is well known, so it’s not surprising his films often center on the sport. His other athletic roles include the aforementioned hockey player-turned-golfer in Happy Gilmore and a football player in The Longest Yard.

Question 11 of 12

Over 28 years, one actor has appeared in more than 20 films with Sandler. Who is that?

Schneider and Sandler were castmates on Saturday Night Live; their first movie together was The Waterboy. Barrymore, James and Winkler have also appeared in multiple Sandler flicks.

Question 12 of 12

Which rock singer is referenced in the original version of Sandler’s holiday classic The Chanukah Song?

David Lee Roth, the former Van Halen front man, is Jewish and got the shout-out. The lyric goes: “David Lee Roth lights the menorah / So do James Caan, Kirk Douglas and the late Dinah Shore-ah.”

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