Q 01/05

In which city was Francis Ford Coppola born in 1939?

A) Los Angeles

B) Philadelphia

C) Chicago

D) Detroit

Answer · why

D) Detroit

Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital was his birthplace, and the Ford in his name also salutes the carmaker, whose Sunday radio concert show employed his fat...

Q 02/05

Which college classmate of Coppola's played hot-headed Sonny Corleone in The Godfather?

A) Robert Duvall

B) James Caan

C) John Cazale

D) Al Pacino

Answer · why

B) James Caan

James Caan was initially cast as Michael Corleone, the lead, and ended up as Sonny only after that part went to Al Pacino.

Q 03/05

Which childhood illness left Coppola bedridden for long stretches, during which he staged homemade puppet shows?

A) Rheumatic fever

B) Scarlet fever

C) Tuberculosis

D) Polio

Answer · why

D) Polio

Polio confined him to bed at nine, and the boy who staged puppet shows to pass the time went on to shoot his own 8 mm films.

Q 04/05

Which Bill Murray film won Coppola's daughter Sofia an Oscar for her original screenplay?

A) The Royal Tenenbaums

B) Lost in Translation

C) Broken Flowers

D) The Life Aquatic

Answer · why

B) Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation came after critics panned her acting in The Godfather Part III; she largely gave up acting and turned to directing.

Q 05/05

Which novelist wrote The Godfather and shared its screenplay Oscar with Coppola?

A) Gay Talese

B) Nicholas Pileggi

C) Mario Puzo

D) Elmore Leonard

Answer · why

C) Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo built his mob saga from research: by his own account he had never met a real gangster.