Q 01/05

Which real Manhattan restaurant hosted the famous fake-orgasm lunch scene in When Harry Met Sally...?

A) Carnegie Deli

B) Katz's Deli

C) Second Avenue Deli

D) Stage Deli

Answer · why

B) Katz's Deli

Katz's Deli still hangs a sign above the table where Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal sat. The diner who orders after Sally's performance gets the scene's b...

Q 02/05

Which singer won the Best Actress Oscar for playing Brooklyn bookkeeper Loretta Castorini in Moonstruck?

A) Bette Midler

B) Diana Ross

C) Tina Turner

D) Cher

Answer · why

D) Cher

Cher was named for the lead in director Norman Jewison's pitch for Moonstruck. The $15 million film went on to gross more than $120 million worldwide.

Q 03/05

In Splash, Daryl Hannah's mermaid borrows which name from a Manhattan street sign?

A) Madison

B) Lexington

C) Hudson

D) Mercer

Answer · why

A) Madison

Madison ranked 216th among American girls' names in 1990 and third by 2000, a rise widely credited to Splash.

Q 04/05

In Coming to America, Eddie Murphy's Prince Akeem is heir to the throne of which fictional African nation?

A) Wakanda

B) Bangalla

C) Zamunda

D) Zangaro

Answer · why

C) Zamunda

Zamunda is so wealthy that Akeem has servants for everything, so he poses as a poor student in New York to find a wife who loves him for himself.

Q 05/05

In Say Anything..., Lloyd Dobler holds a boombox over his head playing which Peter Gabriel song?

A) Sledgehammer

B) In Your Eyes

C) Solsbury Hill

D) Don't Give Up

Answer · why

B) In Your Eyes

In Your Eyes replaced a Fishbone track that first scored the scene, after director Cameron Crowe decided it did not fit the mood he wanted.

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