Q 01/05

In Home Alone, eight-year-old Kevin McCallister is left behind in Chicago when his family flies to which city?

A) London

B) Paris

C) Rome

D) Miami

Answer · why

B) Paris

Paris is where the McCallisters are headed when Kevin's mother realises mid-flight that he is missing. Home Alone stayed the highest-grossing live-act...

Q 02/05

NBA champion Kevin Love is the nephew of Mike Love, a founding member of which California band?

A) The Grateful Dead

B) The Doors

C) The Byrds

D) The Beach Boys

Answer · why

D) The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys were a family affair: Mike Love's cousins were the three Wilson brothers, and his brother Stan, Kevin's father, played in the NBA himse...

Q 03/05

In which Pixar film does young Russell name a giant flightless bird Kevin, only for it to be revealed as female?

A) Up

B) Coco

C) Luca

D) Soul

Answer · why

A) Up

Up animators studied a Himalayan monal at the Sacramento Zoo to bring Kevin to life. The bird turns out to be a mother trying to get back to her chick...

Q 04/05

Kevin Rudd, the Australian prime minister who apologised to the Stolen Generations in 2008, is fluent in which language?

A) Japanese

B) Indonesian

C) Mandarin

D) Korean

Answer · why

C) Mandarin

Mandarin was part of Rudd's Chinese studies degree, and he put it to work as a young diplomat at the Australian Embassy in Beijing in the 1980s.

Q 05/05

In a much-praised opening scene of The Office, accountant Kevin Malone drops a huge pot of which homemade dish?

A) Gumbo

B) Lasagna

C) Chili

D) Goulash

Answer · why

C) Chili

Chili was first meant to be spilled by boss Michael, but the writers handed the moment to Kevin. Reviewers called it a great piece of silent comedy.

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