Q 01/05

What is Austin Powers' middle name?

A) Mystery

B) Danger

C) Trouble

D) Groovy

Answer · why

B) Danger

Danger is literally his middle name: the clerk returning his 1960s belongings reads out "Danger Powers", turning the old action-hero boast into paperw...

Q 02/05

Which musician wrote "Soul Bossa Nova", the instrumental used as the Austin Powers theme?

A) Burt Bacharach

B) Henry Mancini

C) Quincy Jones

D) Herb Alpert

Answer · why

C) Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones wrote and recorded the instrumental long before the films, and its second life as Austin's theme earned him a cameo as himself in Goldmem...

Q 03/05

Who directed all three Austin Powers films?

A) Mike Myers

B) Brett Ratner

C) Jay Roach

D) Ivan Reitman

Answer · why

C) Jay Roach

Jay Roach is the husband of Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs, who played beside Myers in Ming Tea, the mock-1960s band where the Austin character began.

Q 04/05

Which Star Wars star plays the group therapist counselling Dr. Evil and Scott in the first Austin Powers film?

A) Mark Hamill

B) Harrison Ford

C) Billy Dee Williams

D) Carrie Fisher

Answer · why

D) Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher plays the therapist, and her group session is quickly derailed by Dr. Evil's account of his own bizarre childhood.

Q 05/05

What is Austin Powers' cover job in swinging London?

A) Fashion photographer

B) Record producer

C) Nightclub owner

D) Racing driver

Answer · why

A) Fashion photographer

Fashion photographer is his cover, the same one Dean Martin's screen spy Matt Helm hid behind in the 1960s films that helped inspire Austin.