1. 1975
   1976
2. 1977
   1978

The summer of 1976 was also America's bicentennial, which is mentioned several times in the film.

1. Pink
   Spike
2. Red
   Stoney

He gets his nickname from the band Pink Floyd, well known for their 1973 album, Dark Side of the Moon.

1. Jennifer Aniston
   Neve Campbell
2. Renee Zellweger
   Alicia Silverstone

Zellweger would become a major star in 1996 when Jerry Maguire had her at "hello."

1. Get Bent
   FAH-Q
2. Seniors Rule!
   Sit on It

All the actors crafted and personalized the paddles used by their characters!

1. Led Zeppelin
   Black Sabbath
2. Pink Floyd
   The Rolling Stones

Led Zeppelin is notoriously reluctant to license their music for films. For years, the only director who successfully secured the rights to their music was Cameron Crowe, who used to cover the band as a journalist for Rolling Stone.

1. Richarson
   Wooderson
2. Williamson
   Wrighton

McConaughey said that he based the character on how he viewed his older brother when Matthew was an adolescent.

1. A Scanner Darkly
   Everybody Wants Some!
2. Boyhood
   Waking Life

The 2001 film explored philosophical views on life, death, and dreams and won the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Animated Film.

1. Bob Wills’ Billiards
   Moon Tower Pool
2. The Emporium
   Lonestar Pool and Pinball

The Emporium is a real restaurant in Austin, but in reality it is known as Stiles Switch BBQ and Brew.

1. Ford
   Mack
2. Dodge
   Chevy

This exceptional woman is also purported to run a 40 in 10.2!

1. George Washington
   Thomas Jefferson
2. Abraham Lincoln
   Lyndon Johnson

This confession leads Mike to tell Tony that he needs to get out and interact with real women, who do not have the head of our sixteenth president.

1. Bowling Ball
   Golf Club
2. Bong
   Tire Iron

The scene is also the first time Mitch smokes pot in the film, although Linklater insists that none of the pot used on set was real marijuana.

1. Pink
   Dawson
2. Benny
   Pickford

Pickford's party was supposed to be a huge kickoff to the summer, but the mishap forces everyone to regroup at the Emporium.

1. Oliver Stone
   West Anderson
2. Quentin Tarantino
   Joss Whedon

Other selections in Tarantino's list include Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, and The Bad News Bears, which was later remade by Dazed and Confused director Richard Linklater!

1. Albert Einstein
   Werner Heisenberg
2. Galileo Galilei
   Isaac Newton

Newton is famous for discovering his three laws of motion, including gravity and inertia, as well as pioneering the use of calculus.

1. Aerosmith
   KISS
2. The Eagles
   Black Sabbath

The prominent role played by Aerosmith and their song "Sweet Emotion" in the movie are credited with helping the band revive their career in the mid-90's.

1. Matthew McConaughey
   Ben Affleck
2. Renee Zellweger
   Adam Goldberg

McConaughey and Zellweger would also go on to win Academy Awards, but Affleck was the first Dazed and Confused alum to take home an Oscar.

1. "Hey now!"
   “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
2. “Alright, alright, alright.”
   “Dyn-O-Mite!”

McConaughey took the phrase from something Jim Morrison said between songs on a live Doors album.

1. Martha Washington
   Abigail Adams
2. Eleanor Roosevelt
   Jackie Kennedy

According to Slater, Martha was hip because she always had a bowl waiting for George when he got home.

1. A ticket for possession of marijuana
   His college application
2. An apartment lease
   A pledge to his football team

The pledge required players not to "indulge in any alcohol, drugs, or engage in any other activity that may in any way in jeopardize" the team's season.

1. Marissa Ribisi
   Scarlett Johansson
2. Ashley Olsen
   Parker Posey

Her twin brother Giovanni has played in films such as Saving Private Ryan and Avatar.

1. Mitch
   Hirschfelder
2. Carl
   Tommy

This saves Carl from being paddled by O'Bannion, but O'Bannion catches up with Carl and Hirschfelder later in the movie.

1. Chicago
   Rent
2. The Producers
   Dream Girls

The musical was loosely based on the Puccini opera La Boheme.

1. A church
   The Emporium
2. The 50 yard line of the football field
   The principal’s office

Many believe this football field is at McCallum High School, where Wiley Wiggins attended high school.

1. Boyhood
   Bernie
2. Before Midnight
   Everybody Wants Some!

The film follows a college freshman, who plays baseball at a fictional Texas university in 1980.

1. Aerosmith
   Led Zeppelin
2. KISS
   Foghat

KISS front man Gene Simmons later purchased the statues for his collection.

1. O’Bannion
   Pink
2. Dawson
   Slater

Some of the incoming freshmen characters accuse O'Bannion of flunking simply so he can torment freshmen two years in a row.

1. Mr. Robertson
   Mr. Payne
2. Mr. Collins
   Mr. Lawrence

When the boys ask if they can leave early to avoid the seniors, Mr. Payne relates it to something his sergeant told him in Vietnam: "Fifty of you are leaving on a mission. Twenty-five of you ain't coming back."

1. Empire Records
   Clueless
2. Clerks
   Can't Hardly Wait

In Empire Records, Cochrane's character gambles away money meant for the store's payroll in an attempt to save it from being bought out.

1. Georgia
   Louisiana
2. Florida
   Texas

Other Linklater films set in Texas include Slacker, Bernie, Boyhood, and Everybody Wants Some!

1. Ben Affleck
   Matthew McConaughey
2. Jason London
   Rory Cochrane

Despite his legal troubles, London has appeared in numerous films and shows since Dazed and Confused, including Out Cold, Grey's Anatomy, and NCIS.

1. “All Along the Watchtower”
   "Hurricane"
2. “Like a Rolling Stone”
   “Highway 61 Revisited”

The song was written about middleweight boxing champion Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and is widely credited with helping to win his release from prison.

1. Drink a beer
   Say “man.”
2. Get hit by a paddle
   Grab his nose

Mitch grabs his nose constantly throughout the film, but the word "man" comes up even more often for a total of 203 utterances.

1. Slater
   Jodi
2. Wooderson
   Simone

Rory Cochrane, who played Slater, would wear another 70's era wig in Argo, which was directed by fellow Dazed and Confused alum, Ben Affleck.

1. Ryan Reynolds
   Keanu Reeves
2. Vince Vaughn
   Luke Wilson

Linklater later said Vaughn was ultimately rejected because he too closely resembled Ben Affleck.

1. Rory Cochrane
   Matthew McConaughey
2. Wiley Wiggins
   Ben Affleck

McConaughey adopted the phrase as a motto after his father died during the filming of Dazed and Confused.