Q 01/05

Which Saturday Night Live star played James Lipton in sketches spoofing Inside the Actors Studio?

A) Dana Carvey

B) Darrell Hammond

C) Will Ferrell

D) Jimmy Fallon

Answer · why

C) Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell mimicked the host's paused, clipped delivery, and the real Lipton enjoyed the impersonation.

Q 02/05

James Lipton steered every Inside the Actors Studio interview from a tall stack of what?

A) Index cards

B) Legal pads

C) Press clippings

D) Film scripts

Answer · why

A) Index cards

Index cards held his heavily researched questions, which often startled guests with details of their own lives.

Q 03/05

The final question of the Inside the Actors Studio questionnaire imagines each guest arriving where?

A) A desert island

B) The pearly gates

C) The Academy Awards

D) Their own funeral

Answer · why

B) The pearly gates

The pearly gates set the scene: guests say what they would like to hear God tell them on arrival. The French original asked simply what God should say...

Q 04/05

Which cable channel, later famous for The Real Housewives, first aired Inside the Actors Studio?

A) Bravo

B) A&E

C) AMC

D) Showtime

Answer · why

A) Bravo

Bravo was then a channel devoted to film and the performing arts, and the interview series soon became its flagship program.

Q 05/05

Which star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was the first guest seen on Inside the Actors Studio?

A) Robert Redford

B) Paul Newman

C) Jack Lemmon

D) Sidney Poitier

Answer · why

B) Paul Newman

Paul Newman was a former president of the Actors Studio, and he set the standard of stardom for the hundreds of guests who followed.