Q 01/05

Who plays pregnant police chief Marge Gunderson?

A) Joan Cusack

B) Laura Dern

C) Frances McDormand

D) Holly Hunter

Answer · why

C) Frances McDormand

She won Best Actress, the first of three Oscars she would collect for leading roles.

Q 02/05

Who plays car salesman Jerry Lundegaard?

A) Steve Buscemi

B) William H. Macy

C) John Carroll Lynch

D) Harve Presnell

Answer · why

B) William H. Macy

He flew to New York to re-audition, telling the Coens 'I'm scared you're going to screw this up and hire someone else.'

Q 03/05

Which two actors play the kidnappers Carl Showalter and Gaear Grimsrud?

A) John Turturro and John Goodman

B) Steve Buscemi and Michael Badalucco

C) Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare

D) Peter Stormare and Jon Polito

Answer · why

C) Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare

One of them ends up feeding the other into a woodchipper.

Q 04/05

In what year is the film set?

A) 1979

B) 1987

C) 1992

D) 1995

Answer · why

B) 1987

It was actually shot during the winter of 1995, a season of unusually low snowfall in central Minnesota.

Q 05/05

Where does Jerry meet the two kidnappers for the first time?

A) A bar in Fargo, North Dakota

B) A diner in Brainerd

C) A truck stop in Moose Lake

D) The dealership lot in Minneapolis

Answer · why

A) A bar in Fargo, North Dakota

The scene was shot at the King of Clubs pool hall in northeast Minneapolis, demolished in 2003; nothing was actually filmed in Fargo.