Q 01/05

Which actor, who overcame a severe boyhood stutter, voiced both Darth Vader and Mufasa?

A) James Earl Jones

B) Morgan Freeman

C) Samuel L. Jackson

D) Laurence Fishburne

Answer · why

A) James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones barely spoke for years at school because of his stutter, until a high school English teacher who discovered his gift for poetry helpe...

Q 02/05

Which Family Feud host famously crowned the wrong contestant while presenting the Miss Universe 2015 pageant?

A) Wayne Brady

B) Terry Crews

C) Steve Harvey

D) Anthony Anderson

Answer · why

C) Steve Harvey

Steve Harvey named Miss Colombia the winner, then walked back on stage minutes later to apologise: the title belonged to Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippi...

Q 03/05

Which rapper played a Philadelphia teenager sent to live with rich relatives in a 1990s NBC sitcom?

A) MC Hammer

B) Will Smith

C) Heavy D

D) Big Daddy Kane

Answer · why

B) Will Smith

Will Smith had already shared the first Grammy ever given for a rap performance, in 1989, a year before The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air made him a televis...

Q 04/05

Which former boxer founded Motown Records in Detroit with an $800 loan from his family?

A) Smokey Robinson

B) Russell Simmons

C) Clarence Avant

D) Berry Gordy

Answer · why

D) Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy had quit high school to box professionally, and it was Smokey Robinson of the Miracles who urged him to start his own record company in 19...

Q 05/05

Which comedian-turned-actor won the Best Actor Oscar for playing soul pioneer Ray Charles in a 2004 biopic?

A) Eddie Murphy

B) Jamie Foxx

C) Marlon Wayans

D) Mike Epps

Answer · why

B) Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx began playing the piano at five and studied classical piano at university; the same year he was also Oscar-nominated for a supporting role ...