Q 01/05

Ralph Fiennes's first name is not said the way it is spelled: it rhymes with which of these words?

A) Half

B) Safe

C) Golf

D) Scarf

Answer · why

B) Safe

Safe is the rhyme: the name is said 'Rafe', and the surname sounds like 'Fines'. A 1994 magazine profile of the newly famous actor used the pronunciat...

Q 02/05

Ralph Fiennes first appeared as Lord Voldemort in which Harry Potter film, when the villain regains a body?

A) Philosopher's Stone

B) Chamber of Secrets

C) Prisoner of Azkaban

D) Goblet of Fire

Answer · why

D) Goblet of Fire

Goblet of Fire keeps Voldemort as a weak, scratchy voice until its climax. Fiennes wore no nose makeup on set: his nose was erased digitally in post-p...

Q 03/05

Ralph Fiennes took over the role of James Bond's boss M from which actress, who had held it since GoldenEye?

A) Helen Mirren

B) Maggie Smith

C) Judi Dench

D) Vanessa Redgrave

Answer · why

C) Judi Dench

Judi Dench's M dies at the end of Skyfall, her seventh Bond film in the part, and the job passes to Fiennes's Gareth Mallory.

Q 04/05

Ralph Fiennes won a BAFTA and his first Oscar nomination as SS commandant Amon Göth in which Holocaust drama?

A) Schindler's List

B) The Pianist

C) Sophie's Choice

D) Life Is Beautiful

Answer · why

A) Schindler's List

Schindler's List made Fiennes a star. He looked so much like Göth in costume that a Holocaust survivor trembled with fear when she met him on set.

Q 05/05

Ralph Fiennes leads the cast as Monsieur Gustave H. in which Wes Anderson comedy set in fictional Zubrowka?

A) The Darjeeling Limited

B) The Grand Budapest Hotel

C) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

D) The Royal Tenenbaums

Answer · why

B) The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel cast Fiennes as its fussy concierge. To build Gustave he drew on his own brief time as a young porter at Brown's Hotel in Lon...