Q 01/05

In Disney's The Lion King, which character's name is simply the Swahili word for lion?

A) Mufasa

B) Simba

C) Nala

D) Rafiki

Answer · why

B) Simba

Simba is simply Swahili for lion. Jonathan Taylor Thomas voiced the hero as a cub in the 1994 original, and Matthew Broderick took over once he was gr...

Q 02/05

Which rock star, who later played the pirate's father, did Johnny Depp model Captain Jack Sparrow on?

A) Keith Richards

B) Mick Jagger

C) Steven Tyler

D) Lemmy Kilmister

Answer · why

A) Keith Richards

Keith Richards was the model after Depp noticed that 18th-century pirates had a lot in common with modern rock stars. The Rolling Stones guitarist the...

Q 03/05

Which Batman villain earned acting Oscars for both Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix?

A) The Penguin

B) The Riddler

C) The Joker

D) Two-Face

Answer · why

C) The Joker

The Joker brought Heath Ledger a posthumous award for The Dark Knight, the first acting Oscar ever won for a superhero film. Phoenix followed with Bes...

Q 04/05

Which Star Wars villain was played on set by David Prowse but voiced by James Earl Jones?

A) Boba Fett

B) Darth Maul

C) Emperor Palpatine

D) Darth Vader

Answer · why

D) Darth Vader

Darth Vader took two performers in the original trilogy: 6-foot-6 bodybuilder David Prowse wore the armor, while James Earl Jones supplied the voice.

Q 05/05

Which fictional boxer is honored with a bronze statue near the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art?

A) Apollo Creed

B) Rocky Balboa

C) Ivan Drago

D) Clubber Lang

Answer · why

B) Rocky Balboa

Rocky Balboa owes the statue to Sylvester Stallone, who commissioned the bronze from sculptor A. Thomas Schomberg for a scene in the third film of the...