Q 01/05

Who directed The Quiet Man, winning a record fourth Best Director Oscar?

A) John Huston

B) John Ford

C) Frank Capra

D) William Wyler

Answer · why

B) John Ford

John Ford won it only after Republic's boss, doubting the script, made him first shoot the Western Rio Grande with the same two stars.

Q 02/05

Who stars opposite John Wayne in The Quiet Man?

A) Greer Garson

B) Grace Kelly

C) Deborah Kerr

D) Maureen O'Hara

Answer · why

D) Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara's family said The Quiet Man was her favourite film, and they played its music in her final hours in 2015.

Q 03/05

In My Left Foot, what condition does Christy Brown have?

A) Muscular dystrophy

B) Polio

C) Cerebral palsy

D) Multiple sclerosis

Answer · why

C) Cerebral palsy

Christy Brown had cerebral palsy, and to play him Daniel Day-Lewis learned to write and paint with his feet.

Q 04/05

My Left Foot was the directorial debut of which Irish filmmaker?

A) Neil Jordan

B) Jim Sheridan

C) John Crowley

D) Terry George

Answer · why

B) Jim Sheridan

Jim Sheridan's crew had to wheel Day-Lewis around, lift him over equipment and even feed him, because the star stayed in character in his wheelchair.

Q 05/05

Which Dublin writer's novel was The Commitments adapted from?

A) Colm Toibin

B) Roddy Doyle

C) John Banville

D) Frank McCourt

Answer · why

B) Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle, a Dublin teacher tired of rejections, self-published the novel in 1987 before William Heinemann picked it up for the UK.