Q 01/05

Which comedy about the last day of school in 1976 gave Matthew McConaughey his breakout role as Wooderson?

A) American Graffiti

B) Dazed and Confused

C) Empire Records

D) Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Answer · why

B) Dazed and Confused

Dazed and Confused cast him only after he approached its casting director in a Texas hotel bar. Much of his part was improvised or written on the spot...

Q 02/05

For which drama did Matthew McConaughey lose nearly 50 pounds and win the Academy Award for Best Actor?

A) Dallas Buyers Club

B) Philadelphia

C) The Machinist

D) The Theory of Everything

Answer · why

A) Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club cast him as Ron Woodroof, a Texas rodeo cowboy with AIDS who smuggled unapproved drugs to fellow patients in the 1980s.

Q 03/05

In which space epic does Matthew McConaughey play Cooper, a widowed farmer who pilots a ship through a wormhole?

A) Event Horizon

B) The Martian

C) Interstellar

D) Ad Astra

Answer · why

C) Interstellar

Interstellar sends his character to find humanity a new home. Physicist Kip Thorne served as its scientific consultant and executive producer.

Q 04/05

In which romantic comedy does Matthew McConaughey's ad executive bet he can make a magazine writer fall in love?

A) Sweet Home Alabama

B) 10 Things I Hate About You

C) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

D) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Answer · why

D) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days pairs him with Kate Hudson, whose character is secretly writing an article on driving a man away in the same span.

Q 05/05

Which actor played Matthew McConaughey's detective partner in the first season of True Detective on HBO?

A) Woody Harrelson

B) Colin Farrell

C) Mahershala Ali

D) Michael Shannon

Answer · why

A) Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson shared top billing in the Louisiana crime drama. In 2023 McConaughey said the two longtime friends could even be half-brothers.