Q 01/05

Producers wanted Barry Sonnenfeld for Men in Black because he had directed which darkly funny hit?

A) Beetlejuice

B) The Addams Family

C) Death Becomes Her

D) Edward Scissorhands

Answer · why

B) The Addams Family

The Addams Family made him their first choice. They waited while he shot Get Shorty, and both Quentin Tarantino and John Landis turned the job down in...

Q 02/05

Which comics giant owned the Men in Black comic by the time the Will Smith film came out?

A) Marvel Comics

B) DC Comics

C) Dark Horse

D) Image Comics

Answer · why

A) Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics got it by takeover: the comic began at a small independent press, and Marvel bought that press's parent company, Malibu, in 1994, three ...

Q 03/05

In Men in Black, what does the Bug demand from Edgar's wife once it is wearing the farmer's skin?

A) Raw meat

B) Sugar water

C) Motor oil

D) Cold beer

Answer · why

B) Sugar water

Sugar water is all it asks for, and it drains the glass in one go. The director's standing note to the actor was that the Bug is always frustrated and...

Q 04/05

Before joining the MIB, Agent J worked for which organization?

A) The FBI

B) The NYPD

C) The US Marines

D) The CIA

Answer · why

B) The NYPD

The NYPD officer chases an alien suspect on foot all the way up the Guggenheim Museum's ramp to its roof, and that refusal to give up is what makes K ...

Q 05/05

In Men in Black, which news source does K call the best investigative reporting on the planet?

A) The New York Times

B) Late-night talk radio

C) Supermarket tabloids

D) Local TV news

Answer · why

C) Supermarket tabloids

Supermarket tabloids are K's 'hot sheets', and one headline, a farm wife saying an alien stole her husband's skin, puts him on the Bug's trail. The Ne...