Q 01/05

In which city was Julia Roberts born in 1967?

A) Atlanta

B) Nashville

C) Charlotte

D) Savannah

Answer · why

A) Atlanta

At Crawford Long Hospital. Her parents, one-time actors and playwrights, had met performing for the US Armed Forces.

Q 02/05

Who paid the Roberts family's hospital bill when Julia was born?

A) Jimmy Carter

B) Coretta Scott King

C) Andrew Young

D) Ted Turner

Answer · why

B) Coretta Scott King

Her parents ran the region's only racially integrated theatre troupe and taught the King children; her father coached Yolanda King.

Q 03/05

From 1972 Roberts grew up in which Georgia town?

A) Decatur

B) Marietta

C) Smyrna

D) Athens

Answer · why

C) Smyrna

She went to Fitzhugh Lee Elementary, Griffin Middle and Campbell High there. Her father died of cancer when she was ten.

Q 04/05

What did Roberts want to be when she was a child?

A) A ballet dancer

B) A lawyer

C) A news anchor

D) A veterinarian

Answer · why

D) A veterinarian

Instead she headed to New York after high school, signed with the Click modelling agency and took acting classes.

Q 05/05

Which instrument did Roberts play in her school band?

A) Clarinet

B) Flute

C) Trumpet

D) Violin

Answer · why

A) Clarinet

Her older brother Eric and sister Lisa became actors too, as did her niece Emma.

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