Q 01/05

Which actress plays Jean Tatlock, Oppenheimer's lover, in the 2023 film?

A) Saoirse Ronan

B) Florence Pugh

C) Anya Taylor-Joy

D) Margot Robbie

Answer · why

B) Florence Pugh

Florence Pugh. In India and parts of the Middle East, cinemas showed a version in which a computer-generated black dress covers her during a nude scen...

Q 02/05

Who plays J. Robert Oppenheimer in the 2023 film?

A) Jake Gyllenhaal

B) Cillian Murphy

C) Benedict Cumberbatch

D) Adam Driver

Answer · why

B) Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy. Nolan sent him photos of a rail-thin David Bowie in his tailored late-1970s suits as the model for the physicist's silhouette.

Q 03/05

Robert Downey Jr. won an Oscar for playing which figure in Oppenheimer?

A) Edward Teller

B) Leslie Groves

C) Harry Truman

D) Lewis Strauss

Answer · why

D) Lewis Strauss

Lewis Strauss. The Atomic Energy Commission chairman helped strip Oppenheimer of his security clearance, then saw the Senate reject his own nomination...

Q 04/05

Which 2005 biography is the film Oppenheimer based on?

A) Brighter than a Thousand Suns

B) The Making of the Atomic Bomb

C) Now It Can Be Told

D) American Prometheus

Answer · why

D) American Prometheus

American Prometheus. Sam Mendes optioned it as soon as it was published, and Oliver Stone later turned the project down, saying he couldn't find his w...

Q 05/05

Who plays General Leslie Groves, the Manhattan Project's military head, in Oppenheimer?

A) Matt Damon

B) Josh Hartnett

C) Casey Affleck

D) Kenneth Branagh

Answer · why

A) Matt Damon

Matt Damon. He had agreed with his wife in couples therapy to take a break from acting, with one exception: a call from Christopher Nolan.

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