Q 01/05

Who directed and starred in Argo?

A) George Clooney

B) Ben Affleck

C) Matt Damon

D) Bradley Cooper

Answer · why

B) Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck won the Golden Globe and BAFTA for directing it, yet the Academy left him off its Best Director shortlist in the year his film took Best P...

Q 02/05

Who announced Argo's Best Picture win by live video link from the White House?

A) Barack Obama

B) Michelle Obama

C) Hillary Clinton

D) Joe Biden

Answer · why

B) Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama appeared from the Diplomatic Room as Jack Nicholson's co-presenter, so a film about a White House-approved secret mission got its prize...

Q 03/05

The real rescue dramatised in Argo is known by what nickname?

A) Operation Ajax

B) Operation Eagle Claw

C) The Tehran Trick

D) The Canadian Caper

Answer · why

D) The Canadian Caper

The Canadian Caper was credited to Canada alone in 1980; Washington hid the CIA's part for years, at first for fear of reprisals against the hostages ...

Q 04/05

Argo, the title the CIA gave its fake film, is also the name of which Greek hero's ship?

A) Odysseus

B) Jason

C) Perseus

D) Theseus

Answer · why

B) Jason

Jason sailed the Argo after the Golden Fleece, but Mendez wrote that the word first came from a colleague's profane knock-knock joke, which his disgui...

Q 05/05

Which film gives Argo's Mendez the idea for the cover story?

A) Close Encounters of the Third Kind

B) Battle for the Planet of the Apes

C) Invasion of the Body Snatchers

D) Logan's Run

Answer · why

B) Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Battle for the Planet of the Apes inspires him as he watches it in the film; the real Mendez wrote that he and Chambers chose science fiction because ...