Q 01/05

Denzel Washington was born on 28 December 1954 in which New York suburb?

A) Mount Vernon

B) Yonkers

C) New Rochelle

D) White Plains

Answer · why

A) Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon. His mother ran beauty salons there, and when his parents divorced she sent the 14-year-old away to a military boarding school in upstate...

Q 02/05

What was the vocation of Denzel Washington's father?

A) Jazz musician

B) Police officer

C) Postal worker

D) Pentecostal minister

Answer · why

D) Pentecostal minister

Pentecostal minister. The family didn't go to the cinema, so the future film star grew up on little beyond religious epics like King of Kings and The ...

Q 03/05

From which university did Denzel Washington earn a BA in Drama and Journalism in 1977?

A) New York University

B) Columbia University

C) Fordham University

D) Howard University

Answer · why

C) Fordham University

Fordham University. He enrolled as a pre-med student, switched to journalism, and only joined the theatre programme after taking time away from colleg...

Q 04/05

Denzel Washington played college basketball under which coach, later choked by Latrell Sprewell in the NBA?

A) Rick Pitino

B) P. J. Carlesimo

C) Lou Carnesecca

D) Jim Boeheim

Answer · why

B) P. J. Carlesimo

P. J. Carlesimo. He was a young assistant coach when Washington was a freshman guard; Sprewell's 1997 attack on him at a Warriors practice brought the...

Q 05/05

Denzel Washington wanted to attend Texas Tech because its teams shared which nickname with his boyhood club?

A) Wildcats

B) Red Raiders

C) Blue Devils

D) Tigers

Answer · why

B) Red Raiders

Red Raiders. The teenage wish got the New Yorker following Texas teams, which is how he says he ended up a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan.