Q 01/05

Who wrote and directed Boyz n the Hood as his feature debut?

A) Spike Lee

B) Mario Van Peebles

C) John Singleton

D) F. Gary Gray

Answer · why

C) John Singleton

John Singleton. Barely out of college, he refused to hand his script over unless he directed it himself: 'I wasn't going to have somebody from Idaho o...

Q 02/05

Boyz n the Hood takes its title from the 1987 debut single of which rapper?

A) Eazy-E

B) Dr. Dre

C) MC Ren

D) Too Short

Answer · why

A) Eazy-E

Eazy-E. He had founded the label and meant the song for a New York group; only when they turned it down did he step up to the microphone and record it...

Q 03/05

Who plays Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood?

A) Allen Payne

B) Wesley Snipes

C) Omar Epps

D) Cuba Gooding Jr.

Answer · why

D) Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr. He was only the second actor to read for the part: the director decided on the spot and went to lunch, leaving seven more hopefuls un...

Q 04/05

Who plays Furious Styles, Tre's father, in Boyz n the Hood?

A) Denzel Washington

B) Laurence Fishburne

C) Samuel L. Jackson

D) Forest Whitaker

Answer · why

B) Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne. Then billed as Larry, he was 29 when the film was shot, only about six years older than the actor playing his teenage son.

Q 05/05

Which rapper made his acting debut as Darrin 'Doughboy' Baker in Boyz n the Hood?

A) Ice-T

B) Ice Cube

C) Tupac Shakur

D) Snoop Dogg

Answer · why

B) Ice Cube

Ice Cube. The part was written for him before he had acted in anything, and the director told him so while the rapper was still finishing his first so...