Q 01/05
A) Steven Spielberg
B) Ron Howard
C) Robert Zemeckis
D) Curtis Hanson
Answer · why
It won him the Best Director Oscar the year after How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Q 02/05
A) Russell Crowe
B) Tom Cruise
C) Brad Pitt
D) Matt Damon
Answer · why
Tom Cruise was considered before the director settled on Crowe.
Q 03/05
A) Jennifer Connelly
B) Ashley Judd
C) Rachel Weisz
D) Charlize Theron
Answer · why
The role won her the Best Supporting Actress Oscar; Weisz turned it down and Theron auditioned.
Q 04/05
A) Walter Isaacson
B) Doris Kearns Goodwin
C) Sylvia Nasar
D) Susan Orlean
Answer · why
Producer Brian Grazer bought the rights after reading an excerpt in Vanity Fair.
Q 05/05
A) Harvard
B) Princeton
C) Cornell
D) Chicago
Answer · why
He shares the Carnegie Scholarship for Mathematics with his rival Martin Hansen.
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