Q 01/05

Which actor, later nominated for an award for Pulp Fiction, played teenager Rocky Dennis in the 1985 film Mask?

A) Rob Lowe

B) Eric Stoltz

C) Matt Dillon

D) Emilio Estevez

Answer · why

B) Eric Stoltz

Eric Stoltz was born in 1961, the same year as the real Rocky, and his performance earned a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor.

Q 02/05

The 1985 film Mask, with Cher as a biker mother, won its only Academy Award in which category?

A) Best Makeup

B) Best Actress

C) Best Original Song

D) Best Film Editing

Answer · why

A) Best Makeup

Best Makeup went to Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek for Rocky's face. Westmore became best known for Star Trek, and his career also included creating...

Q 03/05

For playing Rusty Dennis in the 1985 film Mask, Cher shared the Best Actress prize at which film festival?

A) Venice

B) Berlin

C) Cannes

D) Locarno

Answer · why

C) Cannes

Cannes split its Best Actress award between Cher and Norma Aleandro of The Official Story, in a year when Mask was also in the running for the festiva...

Q 04/05

The actor who played Rocky in Mask was originally the lead of which 1985 blockbuster, then replaced weeks into filming?

A) Back to the Future

B) The Goonies

C) Teen Wolf

D) The Breakfast Club

Answer · why

A) Back to the Future

Back to the Future shot for five weeks with him as Marty McFly before Michael J. Fox took over, because he was playing the comedy as something far mor...

Q 05/05

Denied an Oscar nomination for Mask, Cher presented at the 1986 ceremony in a spidery black outfit by which designer?

A) Halston

B) Calvin Klein

C) Bob Mackie

D) Gianni Versace

Answer · why

C) Bob Mackie

Bob Mackie made the feathered headdress and bare-midriff ensemble, later nicknamed her Oscar revenge dress, and Cher joked while presenting about how ...