Q 01/05

In which city was Leonardo DiCaprio born in 1974?

A) New York City

B) Los Angeles

C) San Francisco

D) Chicago

Answer · why

B) Los Angeles

Los Angeles. His parents divorced when he was a toddler and he was raised mostly by his mother; it was a stepbrother's well-paid TV advert that first ...

Q 02/05

DiCaprio's mother Irmelin was a legal secretary from which country?

A) Germany

B) Italy

C) Russia

D) Austria

Answer · why

A) Germany

Germany. His maternal grandmother lived there until her death in 2008, and a viral 2022 claim that she came from Odesa in Ukraine was never backed by ...

Q 03/05

DiCaprio's mother first felt him kick while looking at a da Vinci painting in which museum?

A) The Vatican Museums

B) The Prado

C) The Uffizi

D) The Hermitage

Answer · why

C) The Uffizi

The Uffizi. His parents were visiting Florence when the unborn baby kicked furiously in front of the painting, and they took it as a sign: the boy wou...

Q 04/05

An early agent wanted DiCaprio to adopt which more 'American' stage name?

A) Leo Wilson

B) Lee Caprio

C) Leonard Wilhelm

D) Lenny Williams

Answer · why

D) Lenny Williams

Lenny Williams. The agent thought his real name 'too ethnic'; DiCaprio refused to change it, went a long time without work, and was ready to quit unti...

Q 05/05

At age 11, DiCaprio nearly quit acting to pursue which hobby?

A) Breakdancing

B) Skateboarding

C) Surfing

D) Magic tricks

Answer · why

A) Breakdancing

Breakdancing. He had just taken second place in a small competition and earned the nickname 'Noodle', which was nearly enough to end his acting career...