Q 01/05

Which real carrier refused a product placement in Crazy Rich Asians, so the film invented its own?

A) Cathay Pacific

B) Singapore Airlines

C) Malaysia Airlines

D) Philippine Airlines

Answer · why

B) Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines was unsure the film would show the carrier and its customers in a good light, the producer said. The first-class suite of the made-...

Q 02/05

For what token sum did the author of the novel Crazy Rich Asians option its film rights?

A) One dollar

B) One hundred dollars

C) Ten thousand dollars

D) One million dollars

Answer · why

A) One dollar

One dollar was all he asked, in exchange for a continuing say in creative decisions. An earlier suitor had proposed casting a white actress as Rachel ...

Q 03/05

Which actress, who plays Eleanor Young in Crazy Rich Asians, lent the film her own emerald ring?

A) Joan Chen

B) Gong Li

C) Michelle Yeoh

D) Maggie Cheung

Answer · why

C) Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh loaned pieces from her personal jewelry collection, and the makers insisted everything the Young family wore be real. Guards were hired ...

Q 04/05

A Mandarin cover of which Coldplay song plays over the final scenes of Crazy Rich Asians?

A) Fix You

B) Clocks

C) Paradise

D) Yellow

Answer · why

D) Yellow

Yellow was approved in under 24 hours after the director wrote to the band about growing up Asian-American and wanting to reclaim the word. Coldplay h...

Q 05/05

Which streaming giant offered Crazy Rich Asians a greenlit trilogy, only to be turned down?

A) Netflix

B) Amazon

C) Hulu

D) YouTube

Answer · why

A) Netflix

Netflix reportedly offered seven-figure paydays for every stakeholder, but the author and director chose Warner Bros. for the cultural impact of a wid...

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