Q 01/05

Which ancient epic poem about a long journey home is O Brother, Where Art Thou? loosely based on?

A) The Iliad

B) The Odyssey

C) The Aeneid

D) The Argonautica

Answer · why

B) The Odyssey

The Odyssey lends the film its hero's first name, Ulysses, the Roman form of Odysseus, yet the directors admitted neither of them had ever read the po...

Q 02/05

Under what band name do Everett, Pete and Delmar record a radio hit in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

A) Blue Grass Boys

B) Light Crust Doughboys

C) Skillet Lickers

D) Soggy Bottom Boys

Answer · why

D) Soggy Bottom Boys

Soggy Bottom Boys became so popular off screen that the real singers behind the voices won the CMA Award for Single of the Year and took the film's mu...

Q 03/05

Which actor plays Everett McGill, the smooth-talking escaped convict in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

A) George Clooney

B) Kevin Costner

C) Matthew McConaughey

D) Woody Harrelson

Answer · why

A) George Clooney

George Clooney said yes to the part before reading a page of the script, telling the directors he liked even their least successful films.

Q 04/05

In O Brother, Where Art Thou?, what does Delmar believe the singing washerwomen turned Pete into?

A) A mule

B) A crow

C) A toad

D) A possum

Answer · why

C) A toad

A toad found in Pete's empty clothes is all the proof Delmar needs, and he carries it along as his friend until Big Dan Teague kills it.

Q 05/05

Which nickname belongs to the real bank robber the convicts meet in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

A) Pretty Boy

B) Baby Face

C) Machine Gun

D) Mad Dog

Answer · why

B) Baby Face

Baby Face was a nickname earned by a youthful look. The real outlaw, born Lester Gillis, died in 1934, three years before the film's tale of bank raid...