Q 01/05

Which actor needed four hours of makeup to play Tracy's mother Edna in the 2007 film Hairspray?

A) Robin Williams

B) John Travolta

C) Tom Hanks

D) Steve Martin

Answer · why

B) John Travolta

John Travolta wore a padded suit that also hid his beard, so stubble never grew through his makeup by midday. Studio executives had first pictured a c...

Q 02/05

Hairspray is set in 1962 in which East Coast city, where the 1988 original was also filmed?

A) Philadelphia

B) Boston

C) Baltimore

D) Newark

Answer · why

C) Baltimore

Baltimore appears for real only in the 2007 film's opening shots, because that version was shot in Canada. The story's TV dance party was modelled on ...

Q 03/05

Which teen star was first judged "too Disney" to play Link Larkin in the 2007 film Hairspray?

A) Corbin Bleu

B) Jesse McCartney

C) Nick Jonas

D) Zac Efron

Answer · why

D) Zac Efron

Zac Efron won the part after the director's sister, an executive producer, argued he would bring in a big teen crowd. He was fresh from High School Mu...

Q 04/05

Aretha Franklin was considered for Motormouth Maybelle, but who played her in the 2007 film Hairspray?

A) Queen Latifah

B) Jennifer Hudson

C) Whoopi Goldberg

D) Patti LaBelle

Answer · why

A) Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah had already appeared in Chicago for the same producers and acted for the same director in Bringing Down the House. Her Maybelle leads th...

Q 05/05

In the 2007 film, which character is crowned Miss Teenage Hairspray after a late surge of votes?

A) Amber Von Tussle

B) Tracy Turnblad

C) Little Inez

D) Penny Pingleton

Answer · why

C) Little Inez

Little Inez takes the crown, which integrates The Corny Collins Show on live television. On stage it is Tracy who wins the title instead.