Q 01/05

In which city was Quentin Tarantino born in 1963?

A) Los Angeles, California

B) Knoxville, Tennessee

C) Detroit, Michigan

D) Austin, Texas

Answer · why

B) Knoxville, Tennessee

His mother moved back to Los Angeles with him in 1966; he was later sent to live with his grandparents in Tennessee for a spell.

Q 02/05

Tarantino was named in part after Quint Asper, a character played by Burt Reynolds in which TV Western?

A) Bonanza

B) Rawhide

C) Gunsmoke

D) The Virginian

Answer · why

C) Gunsmoke

His mother was a fan of the show; the future director never met his own father.

Q 03/05

Tarantino spent five years working at the Video Archives store in which California city?

A) Manhattan Beach

B) Santa Monica

C) Culver City

D) Redondo Beach

Answer · why

A) Manhattan Beach

He liked to say that instead of film school, 'I went to films'.

Q 04/05

As a 15-year-old, Tarantino was grounded for shoplifting a novel by which author from a Kmart?

A) Stephen King

B) Elmore Leonard

C) Jim Thompson

D) Raymond Chandler

Answer · why

B) Elmore Leonard

He later adapted the same author's Rum Punch into Jackie Brown, and Leonard called it the best of the 26 adaptations of his work.

Q 05/05

In 1988 Tarantino played an Elvis impersonator on an episode of which sitcom?

A) Cheers

B) Married... with Children

C) The Golden Girls

D) Full House

Answer · why

C) The Golden Girls

He said the roughly $3,000 in residuals from reruns helped support him while he prepared Reservoir Dogs.