Q 01/05

George Lucas was born in 1944 in which California city, later the setting of American Graffiti?

A) Fresno

B) Modesto

C) Sacramento

D) Bakersfield

Answer · why

B) Modesto

It is a small agricultural city in the Central Valley, and his father ran a stationery store there.

Q 02/05

What career did the teenage Lucas dream of before a near-fatal crash in June 1962 changed his mind?

A) Fighter pilot

B) Architect

C) Racing driver

D) Baseball player

Answer · why

C) Racing driver

His seatbelt snapped and threw him clear as his Autobianchi flipped into a tree; he had bruised lungs but survived.

Q 03/05

Lucas transferred to the film school of which institution, where his classmates were known as "The Dirty Dozen"?

A) UCLA

B) USC

C) NYU

D) CalArts

Answer · why

B) USC

He shared a dorm room with Randal Kleiser and befriended fellow student filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.

Q 04/05

Why was Lucas turned down when he tried to join the US Air Force as an officer after graduating in 1967?

A) Colour-blindness

B) Being under height

C) Too many speeding tickets

D) Childhood asthma

Answer · why

C) Too many speeding tickets

He was then drafted for Vietnam but exempted when medical tests found he had diabetes.

Q 05/05

On which 1969 concert film did George Lucas work as a camera operator?

A) Woodstock

B) Gimme Shelter

C) Monterey Pop

D) Let It Be

Answer · why

B) Gimme Shelter

The Rolling Stones documentary was one of his early jobs before he moved back to the Bay Area.