Character mistake: In the scene where Sam is filling out the confidential questionnaire, the word "confidential" is spelled "confidentail".
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Plot summary
Directed by: John Hughes
Starring: John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Justin Henry, Haviland Morris
Samantha wakes up on her 16th birthday to find that her whole entire family has forgetten it! This is all due to the fact that her older sister is getting married the next day. Sam decides to continue her day without mentioning it to anyone. She attends a dance at school that night where a nerdy freshman tries to kiss her. She then agrees to let him borrow her underwear so he can impress all of the other freshman. Samantha has a crush on Jake a handsome, popular senior; who happens to be dating the most popular girl in school. Jake has a party after the dance and the whole school goes including Samantha's asian houseguest Long-Duck Dong. Sam decides to go home and call it a night.
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Question: When Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall are sitting in the car at the dance, what is the humiliating secret that he tells her and she laughs at?
Answer: He hasn't "bagged a babe."
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Answer: He tells her that he is a virgin. His friends think that he is a "stud" and has had sex when he hasn't.
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