Q 01/05

Maid in Manhattan was developed and sold as a modern retelling of which classic fairy tale?

A) Sleeping Beauty

B) Cinderella

C) Rapunzel

D) Snow White

Answer · why

B) Cinderella

Cinderella is echoed right down to the ball, as Marisa flees a black-tie benefit in a borrowed gown and her suitor follows. Jennifer Lopez said she sa...

Q 02/05

Which actor from The English Patient plays politician Chris Marshall in Maid in Manhattan?

A) Hugh Grant

B) Colin Firth

C) Pierce Brosnan

D) Ralph Fiennes

Answer · why

D) Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes joined the cast two months before cameras rolled. He already had two Oscar nominations, and would later play Lord Voldemort in the Harry...

Q 03/05

Marisa Ventura of Maid in Manhattan rides the train to her hotel job from which New York borough?

A) The Bronx

B) Queens

C) Brooklyn

D) Staten Island

Answer · why

A) The Bronx

The Bronx was Jennifer Lopez's home for 20 years, and she insisted that Marisa live there too. Lopez called Marisa the character most like herself.

Q 04/05

In Maid in Manhattan, young Ty Ventura is fascinated by which US president, the subject of a school project?

A) Lyndon Johnson

B) Ronald Reagan

C) Richard Nixon

D) Gerald Ford

Answer · why

C) Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon gives Ty and candidate Chris Marshall something to talk about when they first meet. Ty later cites him when asking Chris whether people ...

Q 05/05

Which Home Alone filmmaker devised the story of Maid in Manhattan but hid behind a pseudonym in the credits?

A) Chris Columbus

B) John Hughes

C) Nora Ephron

D) Rob Reiner

Answer · why

B) John Hughes

John Hughes is credited as Edmond Dantès, a pen name he used more than once. He was first announced as the film's director before stepping aside.

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