Q 01/05

Peter O'Toole shot to international fame playing which real-life figure in David Lean's 1962 epic?

A) Edmund Allenby

B) T. E. Lawrence

C) Lord Kitchener

D) Charles Gordon

Answer · why

B) T. E. Lawrence

T. E. Lawrence was a far smaller man than his screen self: O'Toole, at 6 ft 2 in, stood some nine inches taller than the officer he played.

Q 02/05

As of 2025, which actress shares O'Toole's record for most acting Oscar nominations without a win?

A) Amy Adams

B) Deborah Kerr

C) Glenn Close

D) Thelma Ritter

Answer · why

C) Glenn Close

Glenn Close matched his eight losing nominations in 2021; two years earlier she had been the predicted winner for The Wife, only to see Olivia Colman ...

Q 03/05

Which English king did O'Toole play in both Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968)?

A) Richard I

B) Henry V

C) Henry II

D) Edward II

Answer · why

C) Henry II

Henry II brought him two Oscar nominations four years apart: after the young king of Becket, he played the monarch at 50 while still only 35 himself.

Q 04/05

In Pixar's Ratatouille (2007) O'Toole voiced which character?

A) Skinner, the head chef

B) Gusteau, the chef

C) Django, Remy's father

D) Anton Ego, the food critic

Answer · why

D) Anton Ego, the food critic

Anton Ego, the food critic, arrives ready to savage the restaurant, until one bite of Remy's ratatouille sends him back to his mother's kitchen and he...

Q 05/05

Who presented O'Toole with his Academy Honorary Award in 2003?

A) Sophia Loren

B) Michael Caine

C) Omar Sharif

D) Meryl Streep

Answer · why

D) Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep handed it over after he had first asked the Academy to hold off until he was 80, saying he was still in the game and might yet win one ou...