Q 01/05

Who plays Charlie Babbitt?

A) Tom Cruise

B) Dustin Hoffman

C) Bill Murray

D) Dennis Quaid

Answer · why

A) Tom Cruise

Agents originally pictured Hoffman in Charlie's role, with Bill Murray as Raymond.

Q 02/05

Who plays Raymond Babbitt?

A) Tom Cruise

B) Dustin Hoffman

C) Randy Quaid

D) Mickey Rourke

Answer · why

B) Dustin Hoffman

He spent a year preparing and thanked three men in his Oscar speech.

Q 03/05

Who directed Rain Man?

A) Sydney Pollack

B) Steven Spielberg

C) Barry Levinson

D) Martin Brest

Answer · why

C) Barry Levinson

Spielberg had been attached for five months before leaving to make Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Q 04/05

Which real-life savant inspired the character of Raymond?

A) Peter Guthrie

B) Bill Sackter

C) Joseph Sullivan

D) Kim Peek

Answer · why

D) Kim Peek

Writer Barry Morrow met him in Arlington, Texas, in 1984.

Q 05/05

What is Charlie's business at the start of the film?

A) Importing grey-market Lamborghinis

B) Selling Beverly Hills real estate

C) Running a chain of car washes

D) Dealing in Old Master paintings

Answer · why

A) Importing grey-market Lamborghinis

The EPA has impounded four cars for failing emissions tests, and his buyers want their deposits back.