Q 01/05

In which city was Steven Spielberg born in 1946?

A) Cincinnati

B) Los Angeles

C) Cleveland

D) Phoenix

Answer · why

A) Cincinnati

His family moved to New Jersey when he was six and to Phoenix, Arizona, when he was ten.

Q 02/05

Spielberg made his first film, a nine-minute 8 mm Western, to earn what?

A) A high-school filmmaking prize

B) A Boy Scout photography merit badge

C) A place at USC's film school

D) A summer job at Universal Studios

Answer · why

B) A Boy Scout photography merit badge

He became an Eagle Scout at 13; The Last Gunfight was his first movie.

Q 03/05

Which film school famously rejected the young Spielberg because of his mediocre grades?

A) NYU

B) UCLA

C) USC

D) AFI

Answer · why

C) USC

He enrolled at California State University, Long Beach instead and later dropped out to direct TV for Universal.

Q 04/05

What 1968 short got Spielberg his Universal contract and later named his production company?

A) Slipstream

B) The Last Gunfight

C) Firelight

D) Amblin'

Answer · why

D) Amblin'

Firelight was his earlier feature-length sci-fi film, funded mainly by his father.

Q 05/05

Spielberg's directorial debut, Duel (1971), pits Dennis Weaver's salesman against what?

A) A menacing tanker truck

B) A malfunctioning computer

C) A rogue helicopter

D) A pack of wild dogs

Answer · why

A) A menacing tanker truck

Richard Matheson adapted his own Playboy short story; the film aired as an ABC Movie of the Week before playing in cinemas.