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

He grew up in Echo Park and Los Feliz, where his divorced parents lived in twin cottages with a shared garden so they could raise him together.

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

Her father Wilhelm was German and her mother Helene a Russian immigrant; the Italian side of the family comes from his father George's paternal grandp...

Q 03/05

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

A) The Louvre

B) The Prado

C) The Uffizi

D) The Rijksmuseum

Answer · why

C) The Uffizi

That Florence gallery visit is why he is called Leonardo; his middle name, Wilhelm, comes from his German grandfather.

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

He refused, then went jobless for a year and a half through about 100 auditions before his father talked him out of quitting.

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

He had just placed second in a competition in his mother's homeland. As a child his other career plan was marine biology.