Q 01/05

Which 1984 film was John Hughes's directorial debut?

A) Sixteen Candles

B) The Breakfast Club

C) Mr. Mom

D) National Lampoon's Vacation

Answer · why

A) Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles jumped the line: Hughes wrote it in a two-day burst while preparing The Breakfast Club, a script he had finished first.

Q 02/05

In which Chicago suburb did John Hughes spend his teenage years?

A) Evanston

B) Northbrook

C) Winnetka

D) Skokie

Answer · why

B) Northbrook

Northbrook is where the family settled after Hughes's father found work there selling roofing materials.

Q 03/05

Before films, Hughes sold jokes to which comedian, among others?

A) George Carlin

B) Richard Pryor

C) Rodney Dangerfield

D) Bob Newhart

Answer · why

C) Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield was one of the comics Hughes pestered with typed-up gags, and the jokes helped him land an advertising job in Chicago.

Q 04/05

Which gangster film does Kevin McCallister watch while home alone, scaring off a delivery man?

A) Guns of the Windy City

B) Angels with Filthy Souls

C) The Last Mob Boss

D) Dead Men Tell No Tales

Answer · why

B) Angels with Filthy Souls

Angels with Filthy Souls never existed: the one-minute black-and-white noir was shot for Home Alone in a single day, before filming proper began.

Q 05/05

In which country has Home Alone on TV become a Christmas tradition?

A) Ireland

B) Poland

C) Japan

D) Sweden

Answer · why

B) Poland

Poland's Polsat left Home Alone out of its 2010 Christmas schedule, then put it back after tens of thousands of fans protested on Facebook.