Q 01/05

Who directed the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can?

A) Steven Spielberg

B) Martin Scorsese

C) David Fincher

D) Ridley Scott

Answer · why

A) Steven Spielberg

He committed in August 2001 after several other directors came and went, and shot the whole film in 52 days.

Q 02/05

Which actor plays FBI agent Carl Hanratty, the man on Frank Abagnale's trail?

A) Ed Harris

B) Kevin Spacey

C) James Gandolfini

D) Tom Hanks

Answer · why

D) Tom Hanks

Gandolfini had been lined up for the part in an earlier version of the project under director Gore Verbinski.

Q 03/05

Which actor earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination as Frank Abagnale Sr.?

A) Martin Sheen

B) James Brolin

C) Christopher Walken

D) Alan Arkin

Answer · why

C) Christopher Walken

He also picked up a BAFTA nomination. The film's only other Oscar nod went to John Williams for his score.

Q 04/05

Which then little-known actress was cast as Brenda Strong, the nurse Frank gets engaged to?

A) Anne Hathaway

B) Amy Adams

C) Rachel McAdams

D) Kate Hudson

Answer · why

B) Amy Adams

Martin Sheen and Nathalie Baye play Brenda's parents; her father, a Louisiana lawyer, helps Frank sit the state bar exam.

Q 05/05

Which airline's pilot uniform does Frank wear while forging payroll cheques under the name Frank Taylor?

A) Pan Am

B) TWA

C) Eastern

D) Braniff

Answer · why

A) Pan Am

He deadheads on flights for free and, in the film's telling, runs up forgeries worth millions of dollars.