Q 01/05

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

A) Richard Burton

B) T. E. Lawrence

C) Lord Kitchener

D) Charles Gordon

Answer · why

B) T. E. Lawrence

Premiere magazine later ranked it the greatest screen performance of all time, and it earned the first of his eight Best Actor nominations.

Q 02/05

O'Toole was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar eight times. How many competitive Oscars did he win?

A) None

B) Two

C) One

D) Three

Answer · why

A) None

He holds the record for most acting nominations without a win, tied with Glenn Close, and called himself the 'Biggest Loser of All Time'.

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

It made him only the second actor after Bing Crosby to be Oscar-nominated twice for the same character in different films.

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

Animator Jan Pinkava designed the critic to resemble a vulture.

Q 05/05

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

A) Katharine Hepburn

B) Richard Burton

C) Omar Sharif

D) Meryl Streep

Answer · why

D) Meryl Streep

He had written asking the Academy to wait, saying he was 'still in the game' and hoped to 'win the lovely bugger outright'.