Q 01/05

In which Chicago suburb was Bill Murray born in 1950?

A) Skokie

B) Winnetka

C) Oak Park

D) Evanston

Answer · why

D) Evanston

Evanston: he was born at Evanston Hospital, but the family home was next door in Wilmette, which is why some biographies give Wilmette as his birthpla...

Q 02/05

Bill Murray's older sister Nancy became what?

A) A nun

B) A judge

C) A surgeon

D) A pilot

Answer · why

A) A nun

A nun: Sister Nancy Murray joined the Adrian Dominican Sisters, yet she shares the family trade, touring the world in a one-woman show as St. Catherin...

Q 03/05

What job did the teenage Murray do to pay for his Jesuit high school education?

A) Golf caddy

B) Newspaper delivery

C) Grocery bagger

D) Lifeguard

Answer · why

A) Golf caddy

Golf caddy: several Murray brothers caddied as teenagers, and one of them later turned those summers into the screenplay for Caddyshack.

Q 04/05

Why was Murray arrested at O'Hare Airport on his 20th birthday in 1970?

A) Drunk and disorderly conduct

B) Carrying marijuana in his luggage

C) Impersonating an airline pilot

D) Stealing luggage from a carousel

Answer · why

B) Carrying marijuana in his luggage

Carrying marijuana in his luggage: he joked to another passenger that he had a bomb in his bag, and the search that followed turned up the drugs inste...

Q 05/05

Before comedy, Murray enrolled at Regis University in Denver intending to become what?

A) A doctor

B) A priest

C) A lawyer

D) A teacher

Answer · why

A) A doctor

A doctor: he took pre-med courses at the Jesuit school but soon dropped out. In 2007 Regis surprised its famous dropout with an honorary doctorate any...