Q 01/05

Which actor turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix?

A) Will Smith

B) Denzel Washington

C) Matt Damon

D) Ben Affleck

Answer · why

A) Will Smith

Will Smith passed on Neo after the Wachowskis' pitch and made Wild Wild West (1999) instead; he later said the effects they described made no sense to...

Q 02/05

Which actor was born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England, in 1904?

A) Cary Grant

B) David Niven

C) Rex Harrison

D) Laurence Olivier

Answer · why

A) Cary Grant

Cary Grant was Archie Leach until Paramount signed him and an executive there demanded a name that sounded more all-American.

Q 03/05

Which actor is the most-nominated male performer in Oscar history, with 12 nominations?

A) Jack Nicholson

B) Denzel Washington

C) Daniel Day-Lewis

D) Spencer Tracy

Answer · why

A) Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson was already a star when, in 1974, a Time magazine researcher told him the woman he knew as his older sister was really his mother.

Q 04/05

Which future Hollywood star worked for a circus lion tamer as a teenager?

A) Christopher Walken

B) Sylvester Stallone

C) Samuel L. Jackson

D) Danny DeVito

Answer · why

A) Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken worked briefly for a circus lion tamer as a teenager, and later shrugged it off: 'I got a job as a lion tamer. Who's going to turn ...

Q 05/05

Which actress holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscars, with four wins?

A) Bette Davis

B) Ingrid Bergman

C) Vivien Leigh

D) Katharine Hepburn

Answer · why

D) Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn was branded 'box office poison' in 1938, staged her own comeback with The Philadelphia Story, and went on to win three more Best Act...