Q 01/05

Paul Newman said his greatest accomplishment was being named on which US president's list of political enemies?

A) Lyndon B. Johnson

B) Richard Nixon

C) Ronald Reagan

D) Gerald Ford

Answer · why

B) Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon's list had Newman at number nineteen for backing an anti-war candidate in 1968 and opposing the Vietnam War. The actor treated his place...

Q 02/05

In Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman's prisoner wins a bet by eating fifty of which food in an hour?

A) Hard-boiled eggs

B) Hot dogs

C) Raw oysters

D) Buttermilk pancakes

Answer · why

A) Hard-boiled eggs

Hard-boiled eggs make the film's best-known scene, and the feat turns Luke into a hero to his fellow inmates. The chain-gang drama brought Newman a Be...

Q 03/05

Paul Newman won his only competitive Oscar in The Color of Money for reprising which pool-playing character?

A) Sidney J. Mussburger

B) Fast Eddie Felson

C) Henry Gondorff

D) Lew Harper

Answer · why

B) Fast Eddie Felson

Fast Eddie Felson first appeared in The Hustler in 1961, a role that brought Newman an Oscar nomination. He won 25 years later for playing the same ma...

Q 04/05

Which homemade product, first given to friends as gifts, launched Paul Newman's food company Newman's Own in 1982?

A) Pasta sauce

B) Microwave popcorn

C) Salad dressing

D) Lemonade

Answer · why

C) Salad dressing

Salad dressing was something Newman and a writer friend mixed themselves. It went down so well that each man put up $20,000 to sell it in shops, and s...

Q 05/05

Which character did racing enthusiast Paul Newman voice in the 2006 Pixar film Cars, his last major movie?

A) Fillmore

B) Strip Weathers

C) Doc Hudson

D) Mater

Answer · why

C) Doc Hudson

Doc Hudson is a retired race car, a neat fit for an actor who spent decades racing for real. It was Newman's only role in an animated film.