Q 01/05

Which actress was Dan Aykroyd briefly engaged to after proposing to her on the set of The Blues Brothers?

A) Sigourney Weaver

B) Carrie Fisher

C) Gilda Radner

D) Goldie Hawn

Answer · why

B) Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher, who plays Jake's jilted girlfriend in the film, ended the engagement when she reconciled with musician Paul Simon.

Q 02/05

Which TV chef did Dan Aykroyd parody on Saturday Night Live in a famously blood-soaked cooking sketch?

A) Graham Kerr

B) Martha Stewart

C) Julia Child

D) Jacques Pépin

Answer · why

C) Julia Child

Julia Child reportedly loved the gory parody so much that she kept a videocassette of it and showed it to friends at parties.

Q 03/05

Which spirit does Dan Aykroyd sell in a skull-shaped glass bottle under his Crystal Head brand?

A) Vodka

B) Tequila

C) Rum

D) Gin

Answer · why

A) Vodka

Vodka from Crystal Head gets its final filtering through Herkimer diamonds, which are really quartz crystals, and artist John Alexander designed the b...

Q 04/05

Dan Aykroyd wrote Ghostbusters' Peter Venkman for John Belushi, but which actor ended up playing the role?

A) Michael Keaton

B) Robin Williams

C) Richard Pryor

D) Bill Murray

Answer · why

D) Bill Murray

Bill Murray got the rewritten part after Belushi died in March 1982, when the far-future, space-hopping story was brought down to New York City.

Q 05/05

In Trading Places, Dan Aykroyd's Louis Winthorpe ruins the Duke brothers by trading futures in which commodity?

A) Pork bellies

B) Orange juice

C) Coffee

D) Crude oil

Answer · why

B) Orange juice

Orange juice, in frozen concentrate form, was chosen because the writers thought audiences would never expect something so mundane to be traded.