Q 01/05

Who plays Ray Kinsella, the Iowa farmer who builds the field?

A) Tom Hanks

B) Kevin Costner

C) Kevin Kline

D) Dennis Quaid

Answer · why

B) Kevin Costner

The producers had not even considered him at first, assuming he would not want to follow Bull Durham with another baseball film.

Q 02/05

What is the exact phrase the voice first whispers to Ray in the cornfield?

A) If you build it, he will come

B) If you build it, they will come

C) Build it and he will come

D) If you build it, we will come

Answer · why

A) If you build it, he will come

The commonly misquoted "they will come" is wrong; the AFI ranked the real line 39th among the greatest movie quotes.

Q 03/05

In which Iowa town is the Kinsella farm?

A) Cedar Rapids

B) Davenport

C) Waterloo

D) Dyersville

Answer · why

D) Dyersville

The real Lansing farm there is still a tourist attraction, and Frank Thomas became its majority owner in 2021.

Q 04/05

Which banned ballplayer is the first ghost to appear on Ray's field?

A) Ty Cobb of the Tigers

B) Buck Weaver

C) Eddie Cicotte

D) Shoeless Joe Jackson

Answer · why

D) Shoeless Joe Jackson

He returns with the seven other members of the 1919 Black Sox.

Q 05/05

Who plays the first ghost to step out of the corn?

A) Ray Liotta

B) Kevin Costner

C) Timothy Busfield

D) Dwier Brown

Answer · why

A) Ray Liotta

The director had pictured a man in his 40s as a father surrogate, but liked Liotta's "sense of danger".

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