Q 01/05

In which US state was Nicole Kidman born?

A) California

B) New York

C) Texas

D) Hawaii

Answer · why

D) Hawaii

Her Australian parents were in the United States on student visas when she arrived in Honolulu in June 1967.

Q 02/05

What does Kidman's Hawaiian name, Hōkūlani, mean?

A) Ocean breeze

B) Morning flower

C) Gentle rain

D) Heavenly star

Answer · why

D) Heavenly star

The name was borrowed from a baby elephant born at the Honolulu Zoo around the same time as she was.

Q 03/05

Kidman's Hawaiian name was inspired by what at the Honolulu Zoo?

A) A white tiger

B) A baby elephant

C) A pair of flamingos

D) A newborn giraffe

Answer · why

B) A baby elephant

The elephant calf was born around the same time she was in 1967.

Q 04/05

In which Sydney suburb did Kidman grow up?

A) Longueville

B) Bondi Beach

C) Paddington

D) Cronulla

Answer · why

A) Longueville

She attended Lane Cove Public School and North Sydney Girls High School from the leafy Lower North Shore suburb.

Q 05/05

Which fellow actress attended the Phillip Street Theatre with teenage Kidman?

A) Cate Blanchett

B) Naomi Watts

C) Toni Collette

D) Rose Byrne

Answer · why

B) Naomi Watts

The two later co-starred as schoolgirls in the 1991 Australian film Flirting.