Q 01/05

In which year was Robert Downey Jr. born?

A) 1965

B) 1967

C) 1969

D) 1971

Answer · why

A) 1965

He was born in Manhattan on April 4, 1965, into a filmmaking family, and was on screen before he started school.

Q 02/05

At age five he made his acting debut in which film directed by his father?

A) Putney Swope

B) Pound

C) Greaser's Palace

D) Chafed Elbows

Answer · why

B) Pound

Pound (1970), his father Robert Downey Sr.'s absurdist comedy in which actors play dogs, gave the five-year-old his first role as a puppy.

Q 03/05

What was his first credited film role, in 1983?

A) Firstborn

B) Tuff Turf

C) Baby It's You

D) Back to School

Answer · why

C) Baby It's You

Baby It's You (1983), John Sayles's coming-of-age drama, gave him his first credited film role after he left high school in California to act full-tim...

Q 04/05

His breakthrough came playing a bully in which 1985 John Hughes film?

A) The Breakfast Club

B) Sixteen Candles

C) Pretty in Pink

D) Weird Science

Answer · why

D) Weird Science

Weird Science (1985) cast him as Ian, one of the two bullies tormenting the leads; it was his first notable role in a John Hughes film.

Q 05/05

Which sketch show hired him in 1985, then dismissed most of its new cast after one season?

A) Saturday Night Live

B) Second City Television

C) In Living Color

D) The Tracey Ullman Show

Answer · why

A) Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live's 1985–86 season, Lorne Michaels's first back as producer, is often ranked among its worst; Downey, Anthony Michael Hall and Joan ...