Q 01/05
A) Sardinia
B) Malta
C) Corsica
D) Sicily
Answer · why
He was born Francesco Rosario Capra in Bisacquino, near Palermo, the youngest of seven children.
Q 02/05
A) Shepherd
B) Goat
C) Cape
D) Head
Answer · why
Biographer Joseph McBride notes 'capricious' derives from it, fitting Capra's emotionalism and obstinacy.
Q 03/05
A) In steerage on the steamship Germania
B) On a cargo ship via Argentina
C) By train through Canada
D) First class on the Lusitania
Answer · why
Capra called the 13-day crossing one of the worst experiences of his life.
Q 04/05
A) Stanford
B) UCLA
C) Caltech
D) USC
Answer · why
He played banjo in nightclubs, waited tables and cleaned engines at a power plant to pay his way.
Q 05/05
A) Jimmy Doolittle
B) Howard Hughes
C) Amelia Earhart
D) Charles Lindbergh
Answer · why
Singer Lawrence Tibbett was another classmate; Capra sold newspapers after school for ten years.
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