Q 01/05

Sylvester Stallone wrote Rocky after watching Muhammad Ali fight which underdog?

A) Joe Frazier

B) Ken Norton

C) Ron Lyle

D) Chuck Wepner

Answer · why

D) Chuck Wepner

Chuck Wepner was stopped with 19 seconds left in the 15th round, whereas Rocky Balboa goes the full distance against Apollo Creed.

Q 02/05

Rocky beat which Martin Scorsese film to the Best Picture Oscar?

A) Mean Streets

B) Raging Bull

C) Taxi Driver

D) The King of Comedy

Answer · why

C) Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver lost Best Picture to Rocky, while Rocky's writer and star Sylvester Stallone lost both of his own nominations to Network.

Q 03/05

In Raging Bull, Robert De Niro gained weight to play which boxer in his later years?

A) Rocky Graziano

B) Jake LaMotta

C) Carmen Basilio

D) Tony Zale

Answer · why

B) Jake LaMotta

Jake LaMotta himself trained De Niro, working with him until he felt the actor was ready to box professionally.

Q 04/05

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

A) Magic Time

B) The Natural

C) Box Socials

D) Shoeless Joe

Answer · why

D) Shoeless Joe

Shoeless Joe made the real J. D. Salinger a character, and the film swapped him for a fictional writer, Terence Mann.

Q 05/05

In Field of Dreams, in which Iowa town does Ray Kinsella build his baseball field?

A) Dyersville

B) Dubuque

C) Cedar Rapids

D) Ames

Answer · why

A) Dyersville

Dyersville got a real Major League game in 2021, when the White Sox beat the Yankees at a ballpark built beside the movie field.