Q 01/05

In which city was Hugh Grant born?

A) Edinburgh

B) Manchester

C) Bristol

D) London

Answer · why

D) London

He grew up in Chiswick, West London, where his father ran a carpet business and painted watercolours.

Q 02/05

Grant played the British Prime Minister in which 2003 ensemble comedy?

A) Notting Hill

B) About a Boy

C) Love Actually

D) Two Weeks Notice

Answer · why

C) Love Actually

Grant reportedly pushed to make the character more authoritative and less haplessly charming than earlier Curtis leads.

Q 03/05

Grant starred opposite Julia Roberts in which 1999 film?

A) Nine Months

B) Notting Hill

C) Two Weeks Notice

D) Music and Lyrics

Answer · why

B) Notting Hill

With $363 million worldwide it overtook Four Weddings as the biggest British hit in cinema history at the time.

Q 04/05

Which 1994 comedy made Grant an overnight international star?

A) Four Weddings and a Funeral

B) The Remains of the Day

C) Sense and Sensibility

D) An Awfully Big Adventure

Answer · why

A) Four Weddings and a Funeral

He was 32 and on the brink of quitting acting when the script arrived; it won him a Golden Globe and a BAFTA.

Q 05/05

Grant plays womanising publisher Daniel Cleaver in which film series?

A) Paddington

B) Bridget Jones

C) Johnny English

D) Kingsman

Answer · why

B) Bridget Jones

He returned to the part in 2004 and again in 2025's Mad About the Boy, a script he said made him cry.