Q 01/05

Pedro Pascal was born in which city?

A) Santiago

B) Valparaíso

C) Buenos Aires

D) Lima

Answer · why

A) Santiago

He was born José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal in 1975, two years after the coup that brought Pinochet to power.

Q 02/05

What was the profession of Pascal's mother, Verónica?

A) Opera singer

B) Child psychologist

C) Architect

D) Pediatric surgeon

Answer · why

B) Child psychologist

He later adopted her surname professionally as a tribute after her death in 2000.

Q 03/05

Pascal's father worked in which medical specialty?

A) Pediatric cardiology

B) Clinical neurology

C) Reproductive endocrinology

D) Orthopedic surgery

Answer · why

C) Reproductive endocrinology

His father returned to Chile in 1995 after being accused of misusing fertility patients' eggs and embryos.

Q 04/05

Pascal is the great-nephew of the sister of which Chilean president?

A) Augusto Pinochet

B) Eduardo Frei

C) Michelle Bachelet

D) Salvador Allende

Answer · why

D) Salvador Allende

Laura Allende was a politician and the president's sister; Pascal is also a second cousin of politician Denise Pascal.

Q 05/05

Before leaving Chile, Pascal's family sheltered for six months in which embassy?

A) Mexican

B) Venezuelan

C) Swedish

D) Italian

Answer · why

B) Venezuelan

Both parents had been listed as enemies of the state by the Pinochet regime.