Q 01/05

In which city was Christopher Nolan born in 1970?

A) London

B) Chicago

C) Dublin

D) Manchester

Answer · why

A) London

London. He was born in Westminster to a British father and an American mother, which is why he holds both British and American citizenship.

Q 02/05

Christopher Nolan's American mother came from which state, where he later filmed much of The Dark Knight?

A) Ohio

B) New Jersey

C) Illinois

D) Minnesota

Answer · why

C) Illinois

Illinois. She came from Evanston, where Christopher and his brothers spent their summers, and nearby Chicago later stood in for Gotham City.

Q 03/05

Nolan's father Brendan worked in which industry?

A) Banking

B) Advertising

C) Publishing

D) Aviation

Answer · why

B) Advertising

Advertising. He was a creative director, and it was his Super 8 camera that Christopher borrowed as a boy to shoot his first short films.

Q 04/05

As a boy, Nolan shot a Super 8 homage to which film?

A) Jaws

B) Superman

C) Star Wars

D) Star Trek

Answer · why

C) Star Wars

Star Wars. He called it Space Wars, cast his action figures and built the sets from clay, flour, egg boxes and toilet rolls.

Q 05/05

Nolan's uncle, who sent him launch footage to splice into his childhood films, had worked for which organisation?

A) The BBC

B) Pinewood

C) Boeing

D) NASA

Answer · why

D) NASA

NASA. The uncle had built guidance systems for the Apollo rockets, and Nolan re-filmed the footage off a screen and cut it in, hoping no one would not...