Q 01/05

The Oscars where Ordinary People won Best Picture were delayed a day after which president was shot?

A) Gerald Ford

B) Jimmy Carter

C) Ronald Reagan

D) John F. Kennedy

Answer · why

C) Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan survived the shooting on March 30, 1981, and the ceremony moved to the following night. Johnny Carson hosted for the third year running.

Q 02/05

Which pope named Ordinary People as one of his four favorite films?

A) Leo XIV

B) Francis

C) Benedict XVI

D) John Paul II

Answer · why

A) Leo XIV

Leo XIV, the first pope born in the United States, listed it beside It's a Wonderful Life, The Sound of Music and Life Is Beautiful. He was born in Ch...

Q 03/05

Which Hollywood leading man won the Best Director Oscar for Ordinary People, the first film he directed?

A) Warren Beatty

B) Robert Redford

C) Clint Eastwood

D) Paul Newman

Answer · why

B) Robert Redford

Robert Redford bought the rights to the novel before it was even published, planning to direct it and not to act in it.

Q 04/05

Which sitcom star, once TV's Laura Petrie, played the icy mother Beth Jarrett in Ordinary People?

A) Florence Henderson

B) Carol Burnett

C) Marlo Thomas

D) Mary Tyler Moore

Answer · why

D) Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama for the part and an Oscar nomination, a sharp break from The Dick Van Dyke Show and ...

Q 05/05

Which actor became the youngest Best Supporting Actor winner as Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People?

A) Timothy Hutton

B) Matthew Broderick

C) Sean Penn

D) Tom Cruise

Answer · why

A) Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton was 20 and known only for television movies when he was cast. In his speech he thanked his father, the actor Jim Hutton, who had died i...