Q 01/05

Who plays Mick "Crocodile" Dundee?

A) Mel Gibson

B) Paul Hogan

C) Jack Thompson

D) Bryan Brown

Answer · why

B) Paul Hogan

Hogan also co-wrote the story and had the idea while visiting New York, wondering what a Northern Territory bushman would make of the place.

Q 02/05

Which actress plays reporter Sue Charlton?

A) Nicole Kidman

B) Sigourney Weaver

C) Kim Basinger

D) Linda Kozlowski

Answer · why

D) Linda Kozlowski

Actors' Equity Australia objected to importing an American for the part before relenting; she and Hogan later married.

Q 03/05

In what year was the original Crocodile Dundee released?

A) 1986

B) 1984

C) 1990

D) 1988

Answer · why

A) 1986

It opened in Australia on 30 April and in the United States on 26 September.

Q 04/05

Who directed the first film?

A) John Cornell

B) George Miller

C) Peter Faiman

D) Simon Wincer

Answer · why

C) Peter Faiman

Faiman was one of Hogan's regular TV collaborators; Cornell directed the sequel and Wincer the third film.

Q 05/05

Whose real-life survival exploits inspired the character?

A) Steve Irwin

B) Rod Ansell

C) Malcolm Douglas

D) Ned Kelly

Answer · why

B) Rod Ansell

Ansell survived 56 days stranded in the Northern Territory in 1977; he died in a police shootout in 1999.