If you ace it, well celebrate with Bubba Gump shrimp and chocolates.

Forrest Gumpis based on a 1986 novel by Winston Groom.

Meanwhile, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and John Travolta all turned the part down.

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Question 2 of 10

Forrest Gump was born and raised in which state?

Forrest Gump hails from the fictional town of Greenbow, Alabama.

Even so, the movie wasnt actually filmed in Alabama.

tom hanks sitting on a bench in a scene from the movie forrest gump

Director Robert Zemeckis said Forrest and Jenny represented opposite versions of America.

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