Q 01/05

Which actor turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix before it went to Keanu Reeves?

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 Alec 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 born Archibald Alec Leach in Horfield, Bristol, on 18 January 1904; he adopted the name Cary Grant when Paramount signed him in 1931.

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's 12 nominations run from Easy Rider (1969) to About Schmidt (2002); he won for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment an...

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 spent a summer in his mid-teens as a circus lion tamer's assistant, going into the ring with an elderly lioness named Sheba.

Q 05/05

Which actress has won the most Academy Awards for Best Actress?

A) Meryl Streep

B) Frances McDormand

C) Cate Blanchett

D) Katharine Hepburn

Answer · why

D) Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn won Best Actress four times: Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968) and On Golden Pond...