Q 01/05

In which city was Robin Williams born on July 21, 1951?

A) Detroit

B) Chicago

C) San Francisco

D) New York

Answer · why

B) Chicago

He was born at St. Luke's Hospital; the family later moved to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and then Tiburon, California.

Q 02/05

Williams's father, Robert, was a senior executive at which car company?

A) General Motors

B) Chrysler

C) Ford

D) Studebaker

Answer · why

C) Ford

He worked in the Lincoln-Mercury Division, and the family lived in a 40-room farmhouse in Bloomfield Hills when Robin was 12.

Q 03/05

Which future Superman actor was admitted to Juilliard's Advanced Program alongside Robin Williams by John Houseman?

A) Dean Cain

B) Brandon Routh

C) Henry Cavill

D) Christopher Reeve

Answer · why

D) Christopher Reeve

Williams left Juilliard in his junior year in 1976 after Houseman suggested the school had nothing more to teach him.

Q 04/05

Williams's first stand-up performance, in 1976, was at a comedy club in which city?

A) San Francisco

B) Los Angeles

C) Chicago

D) New York

Answer · why

A) San Francisco

The club was the Holy City Zoo; he later moved to Los Angeles and worked rooms including the Comedy Store.

Q 05/05

Williams was cast as the alien Mork in a 1978 episode of which sitcom, before getting his own spin-off?

A) Laverne & Shirley

B) Happy Days

C) Taxi

D) Three's Company

Answer · why

B) Happy Days

Garry Marshall cast him in the episode 'My Favorite Orkan'.