Q 01/05

In which US city was Anya Taylor-Joy born, by what she calls a 'fluke', in 1996?

A) Miami

B) Los Angeles

C) New York

D) Houston

Answer · why

A) Miami

Miami was only a holiday stop: her parents were on vacation there when she arrived 'on a fluke'. The accident made her a US citizen.

Q 02/05

In which city did Taylor-Joy spend her early childhood before moving to London?

A) Madrid

B) Buenos Aires

C) Montevideo

D) Santiago

Answer · why

B) Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires was home until the family left for London, a move she says 'broke all of our hearts'. Only at 14 did she come round and apologise to her ...

Q 03/05

Taylor-Joy's father, a former banker, won two world championships in which sport?

A) International polo

B) Rally car driving

C) Ocean yacht racing

D) Offshore powerboat racing

Answer · why

D) Offshore powerboat racing

Offshore powerboat racing: Dennis Taylor gave up a career in international banking to race catamarans across open water, and took both of his world ti...

Q 04/05

In a 2019 biopic, Taylor-Joy played Irène, the daughter of which Nobel Prize-winning scientist?

A) Albert Einstein

B) Niels Bohr

C) Marie Curie

D) Max Planck

Answer · why

C) Marie Curie

Marie Curie, played by Rosamund Pike in Radioactive. The real Irène served as a nurse radiographer in the First World War, X-raying the wounded, and w...

Q 05/05

Taylor-Joy's first audition was for which Angelina Jolie character's younger self?

A) Lara Croft

B) Maleficent

C) Evelyn Salt

D) Jane Smith

Answer · why

B) Maleficent

Maleficent: she wanted the Disney part badly and 'bawled my eyes out' when it went elsewhere, though she admits she looks nothing like Jolie. Not long...