Q 01/05

Which award, overseen by Columbia University, did Proof win in 2001 alongside the Tony for Best Play?

A) The Olivier Award

B) The Pulitzer Prize

C) The Booker Prize

D) The National Book Award

Answer · why

B) The Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama helped make Proof a fixture: by 2002 it was the most widely produced play in the United States.

Q 02/05

Which Oscar-winning actress played Catherine in Proof on the London stage and again in the 2005 film?

A) Gwyneth Paltrow

B) Nicole Kidman

C) Reese Witherspoon

D) Cate Blanchett

Answer · why

A) Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow took the part on stage in London in 2002 before filming it, and the screen version earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actre...

Q 03/05

Which Welsh actor played Robert, the brilliant but troubled mathematician, in the 2005 film of Proof?

A) Jonathan Pryce

B) Timothy Dalton

C) Anthony Hopkins

D) John Rhys-Davies

Answer · why

C) Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins played Robert, a character the stage version shows only in flashbacks and in Catherine's imagination.

Q 04/05

Which star of The Bear played Catherine when Proof returned to Broadway in 2026 for its first revival?

A) Abby Elliott

B) Molly Gordon

C) Liza Colón-Zayas

D) Ayo Edebiri

Answer · why

D) Ayo Edebiri

Ayo Edebiri made her Broadway debut in the part, and the revival's final week in July 2026 sold out completely.

Q 05/05

Robert's early game-theory work and later breakdown in Proof echo which subject of A Beautiful Mind?

A) Alan Turing

B) John Nash

C) Kurt Gödel

D) Paul Erdős

Answer · why

B) John Nash

John Nash wrote a 27-page thesis on game theory at 21 and began behaving irrationally at 30, an arc critics see mirrored in Robert.