Q 01/05

What was the profession of Patrick Swayze's Sam Wheat in Ghost (1990)?

A) Architect

B) Banker

C) Broker

D) Lawyer

Answer · why

B) Banker

His best friend Carl Bruner turns out to have arranged the mugging to get Sam's book of bank passwords.

Q 02/05

Who won Best Supporting Actress for playing psychic con artist Oda Mae Brown in Ghost?

A) Whoopi Goldberg

B) Demi Moore

C) Kathy Bates

D) Angela Bassett

Answer · why

A) Whoopi Goldberg

Neither the director nor the writer wanted her at first; Swayze pushed for the casting.

Q 03/05

Ghost (1990) was directed by Jerry Zucker, previously best known for which comedy?

A) Beetlejuice

B) Big

C) Airplane!

D) Ghostbusters

Answer · why

C) Airplane!

Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin was worried Zucker would turn his script into a comedy.

Q 04/05

Which actor turned down the lead in Ghost, later calling himself a 'knucklehead' for passing?

A) Tom Hanks

B) Harrison Ford

C) Kevin Costner

D) Bruce Willis

Answer · why

D) Bruce Willis

He was married to co-star Demi Moore at the time; that summer his Die Hard 2 sat at number two behind Ghost at the box office.

Q 05/05

The vocal version of Unchained Melody heard in Ghost was recorded in 1965 by which act?

A) Roy Orbison

B) The Platters

C) The Drifters

D) The Righteous Brothers

Answer · why

D) The Righteous Brothers

Bobby Hatfield sang the lead; the song itself dates to 1955 with music by Alex North.