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

Sam Wheat is a Banker at a Manhattan bank; his colleague and best friend Carl Bruner arranged the mugging to get the password book Sam used for the ac...

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

Whoopi Goldberg won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as Oda Mae Brown; neither the director nor the writer wanted her at first, and Patri...

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!

Jerry Zucker co-directed the 1980 spoof Airplane! with Jim Abrahams and David Zucker, which is why Ghost's screenwriter feared his supernatural romanc...

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

Bruce Willis passed on the role, saying he could not see how a dead man could carry a love story; he was married to co-star Demi Moore at the time.

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

The Righteous Brothers cut the 1965 version used in Ghost, with Bobby Hatfield singing lead alone; the song itself dates to 1955, with music by Alex N...