Q 01/05

Sylvester Stallone wrote Rocky in about three days after watching Muhammad Ali fight which underdog in 1975?

A) Joe Frazier

B) Ken Norton

C) Ron Lyle

D) Chuck Wepner

Answer · why

D) Chuck Wepner

The film was made for about $1 million and won Best Picture, beating Taxi Driver, Network and All the President's Men.

Q 02/05

How many Academy Awards did Rocky win from its ten nominations?

A) Three

B) One

C) Five

D) Seven

Answer · why

A) Three

Best Picture, Best Director and Best Film Editing; Stallone lost both his acting and writing nominations.

Q 03/05

Roughly how much weight did Robert De Niro gain to play the older Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull?

A) 20 pounds

B) 40 pounds

C) 60 pounds

D) 80 pounds

Answer · why

C) 60 pounds

He won Best Actor for it, and Thelma Schoonmaker won Best Editing, the film's only other Oscar from eight nominations.

Q 04/05

Field of Dreams is based on a novel by W. P. Kinsella with what title?

A) The Iowa Baseball Confederacy

B) The Natural

C) If You Build It

D) Shoeless Joe

Answer · why

D) Shoeless Joe

Ray Liotta plays the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson, who walks out of Ray Kinsella's Iowa corn.

Q 05/05

In which Iowa town does Ray Kinsella build his baseball field?

A) Dyersville

B) Dubuque

C) Cedar Rapids

D) Ames

Answer · why

A) Dyersville

The real field still stands and hosted a Major League game between the Yankees and White Sox in 2021.