Q 01/05

Which actor plays Bill, the restaurant boss who fires Sebastian for straying from the Christmas set list in La La Land?

A) Bryan Cranston

B) J. K. Simmons

C) John Goodman

D) Stanley Tucci

Answer · why

B) J. K. Simmons

J. K. Simmons sacks Sebastian for playing jazz at all; a year earlier he had won an Oscar as a teacher who torments a young jazz drummer for not playi...

Q 02/05

What does Sebastian plan to call the jazz club he dreams of opening in La La Land?

A) The Yardbird Room

B) Chicken on a Stick

C) Blue Monk's

D) Kind of Blue

Answer · why

B) Chicken on a Stick

Chicken on a Stick, he insists, honours Charlie Parker, who he says was nicknamed Bird for his love of chicken; Mia's verdict is that no one will come...

Q 03/05

Which musician plays Keith, the bandleader who hires Sebastian for his pop-jazz band in La La Land?

A) Pharrell Williams

B) John Legend

C) Bruno Mars

D) Usher

Answer · why

B) John Legend

John Legend had barely acted before, though he already had an Oscar for the song 'Glory'; he co-wrote and sings 'Start a Fire', the hit that pays Seba...

Q 04/05

Which two actors were attached to La La Land before its eventual stars, Gosling and Stone?

A) Andrew Garfield and Anne Hathaway

B) Miles Teller and Emma Watson

C) Zac Efron and Jennifer Lawrence

D) Dave Franco and Lily Collins

Answer · why

B) Miles Teller and Emma Watson

Miles Teller and Emma Watson were the original pairing: Watson left to star in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and Teller was dropped after negotiation...

Q 05/05

Which earlier film written by Damien Chazelle was the hit that finally got La La Land financed?

A) Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

B) 10 Cloverfield Lane

C) Whiplash

D) The Last Exorcism Part II

Answer · why

C) Whiplash

Whiplash, his drama about a young jazz drummer, cost $3.3 million and won three Oscars; Chazelle wrote it only after La La Land had stalled, as an eas...