Q 01/05

Which Ben shared a screenwriting Oscar with Matt Damon for Good Will Hunting and later played Batman?

A) Ben Foster

B) Ben Affleck

C) Ben Chaplin

D) Ben Barnes

Answer · why

B) Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck went on to direct and star in the political thriller Argo, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Q 02/05

The nickname Big Ben strictly belongs to which part of the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster?

A) The Clock Dial

B) The Pendulum

C) The Minute Hand

D) The Great Bell

Answer · why

D) The Great Bell

The Great Bell weighs more than 13 tonnes. Its name is said to honour either Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw its installation, or the heavyweight boxer...

Q 03/05

Michael Jackson's first solo US number one, the 1972 ballad Ben, was the theme to a film about which animal?

A) A rat

B) A dog

C) A horse

D) A dolphin

Answer · why

A) A rat

A rat named Ben is befriended by a lonely boy in the 1972 horror sequel of the same name. The song won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy...

Q 04/05

Which Ben, born Krishna Bhanji in Yorkshire, won the Best Actor Oscar for playing Gandhi?

A) Ben Cross

B) Ben Gazzara

C) Ben Kingsley

D) Ben Mendelsohn

Answer · why

C) Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2002 for services to the British film industry.

Q 05/05

In the original Star Wars film, which Jedi Master lives as a hermit on Tatooine under the name Ben?

A) Qui-Gon Jinn

B) Anakin Skywalker

C) Mace Windu

D) Obi-Wan Kenobi

Answer · why

D) Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan Kenobi was played by Alec Guinness, who said he begged George Lucas to kill the character off because he hated the dialogue.