Q 01/05

Matt Damon has kept up a long-running mock feud with which late-night host, who never has time for him?

A) Jimmy Fallon

B) Conan O'Brien

C) Jimmy Kimmel

D) Stephen Colbert

Answer · why

C) Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel started the gag by apologising at the end of his show for running out of time for Damon. In 2013 Damon hit back, staging a kidnap of the ...

Q 02/05

Matt Groening borrowed Portland street names such as Flanders and Lovejoy for characters in which animated series?

A) The Simpsons

B) Family Guy

C) King of the Hill

D) Bob's Burgers

Answer · why

A) The Simpsons

The Simpsons also carries his family's names: Groening named Homer and Marge after his parents, and Lisa and Maggie after his younger sisters.

Q 03/05

Matt LeBlanc was reportedly down to his last eleven dollars when he landed the part of which Friends character?

A) Chandler Bing

B) Joey Tribbiani

C) Ross Geller

D) Frank Buffay Jr.

Answer · why

B) Joey Tribbiani

Joey Tribbiani kept LeBlanc in work for twelve years: ten seasons of Friends and two more in the spin-off Joey.

Q 04/05

Matt Stone and Trey Parker co-wrote which Broadway musical about two missionaries in Uganda, winner of nine Tony Awards?

A) Jesus Christ Superstar

B) Dear Evan Hansen

C) Kinky Boots

D) The Book of Mormon

Answer · why

D) The Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon took eight years to write, as Stone and Parker fitted the work around their South Park schedule. It opened on Broadway in March 201...

Q 05/05

Matt Smith earned an Emmy nomination playing which royal husband opposite Claire Foy in Netflix's The Crown?

A) Prince Charles

B) Lord Snowdon

C) Prince Philip

D) King George VI

Answer · why

C) Prince Philip

Prince Philip was Smith's part for the first two seasons, after which Tobias Menzies inherited the role and won an Emmy for it.

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