Q 01/05

In which Montana city was David Lynch born in January 1946?

A) Billings

B) Missoula

C) Helena

D) Bozeman

Answer · why

B) Missoula

He often described himself simply as 'Eagle Scout, Missoula, Montana'.

Q 02/05

Lynch's father Donald worked as a research scientist for which federal agency?

A) NASA

B) The Pentagon

C) The USDA

D) The EPA

Answer · why

C) The USDA

Lynch remembered being driven through the forests in his father's green Forest Service truck and then left alone in the woods.

Q 03/05

Which rank did Lynch reach in the Boy Scouts, despite claiming he only joined so he could quit?

A) Tenderfoot

B) Life Scout

C) Star Scout

D) Eagle Scout

Answer · why

D) Eagle Scout

He was standing with other Scouts outside the White House for John F. Kennedy's inauguration, which fell on his 15th birthday.

Q 04/05

Which Robert Henri book inspired the teenage Lynch to dedicate himself to 'the art life'?

A) The Painted Word

B) The Art Spirit

C) Concerning the Spiritual in Art

D) Ways of Seeing

Answer · why

B) The Art Spirit

The friend was Toby Keeler; his father Bushnell Keeler was the painter.

Q 05/05

In which city did David Lynch attend the Academy of the Fine Arts and make his first short films?

A) Baltimore

B) Boston

C) Philadelphia

D) Pittsburgh

Answer · why

C) Philadelphia

He called the city 'the biggest influence in my whole life' and later described Eraserhead as his 'Philadelphia Story'.