Q 01/05

In which city was Francis Ford Coppola born in 1939?

A) Los Angeles

B) New York

C) Chicago

D) Detroit

Answer · why

D) Detroit

He was born at Henry Ford Hospital while his father worked on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour radio show, which is how he got his middle name.

Q 02/05

Coppola's father Carmine played which instrument as a principal in Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra?

A) Violin

B) Oboe

C) Cello

D) Flute

Answer · why

D) Flute

Carmine later composed music for his son's films, including the score for The Outsiders and its Stevie Wonder title song.

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

His interest in technology earned him the nickname 'Science', and he attended 23 schools before graduating from Great Neck North High School.

Q 04/05

Coppola earned a music scholarship to the New York Military Academy for his skill on which instrument?

A) Trumpet

B) Piano

C) Tuba

D) Clarinet

Answer · why

C) Tuba

He originally trained for a career in music before a reading of A Streetcar Named Desire at 15 turned him toward the theatre.

Q 05/05

At which university did Coppola study theatre arts alongside classmate James Caan?

A) NYU

B) Columbia

C) Hofstra

D) Fordham

Answer · why

C) Hofstra

He merged the drama group and musical comedy club into The Spectrum Players and staged a new production every week.