Q 01/05

Lawrence was born to a US airman stationed in which country?

A) South Korea

B) West Germany

C) Philippines

D) Great Britain

Answer · why

B) West Germany

West Germany, in Frankfurt; after his father left the family, his mother raised six children in Landover, Maryland, working as a department-store cash...

Q 02/05

After which pair was Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence, born in 1965, named?

A) Martin Van Buren and Ella Fitzgerald

B) Dean Martin and F. Scott Fitzgerald

C) Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy

D) Martin Luther and Zelda Fitzgerald

Answer · why

C) Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy

Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy, whose middle name was Fitzgerald, gave him his first and middle names, as Lawrence himself has told interv...

Q 03/05

In which sport was the teenage Lawrence a contender in a Mid-Atlantic amateur tournament?

A) Wrestling

B) Track and field

C) Basketball

D) Boxing

Answer · why

D) Boxing

Boxing made the teenage Lawrence a Mid-Atlantic Golden Gloves contender, and he has credited his family with steering him away from crime and out of j...

Q 04/05

On which 1980s TV talent show did Lawrence compete before landing his first sitcom role?

A) The Gong Show

B) Puttin' on the Hits

C) Star Search

D) Dance Fever

Answer · why

C) Star Search

Star Search never crowned him a winner, but people at Columbia Pictures Television saw him compete and came calling with his first acting job.

Q 05/05

On which 1980s sitcom did Lawrence get his first acting job, playing Maurice Warfield?

A) Head of the Class

B) The Cosby Show

C) What's Happening Now!!

D) A Different World

Answer · why

C) What's Happening Now!!

What's Happening Now!! came calling after a setback: Lawrence had just failed to win a TV contest when Columbia's television arm, which had watched hi...