Q 01/05

In The Aviator's opening scene, which word does Howard Hughes's mother teach him to spell as she bathes him?

A) Contagion

B) Epidemic

C) Infection

D) Quarantine

Answer · why

D) Quarantine

Quarantine. As she spells it out she warns the boy about cholera and typhus and tells him he is not safe, the scene the film offers as the root of his...

Q 02/05

Who directed the film?

A) Steven Spielberg

B) Martin Scorsese

C) Michael Mann

D) Ridley Scott

Answer · why

B) Martin Scorsese

It was his second film with DiCaprio after Gangs of New York; he later admitted he 'grossly misjudged the budget'.

Q 03/05

Cate Blanchett plays which screen legend in The Aviator?

A) Ava Gardner

B) Jean Harlow

C) Katharine Hepburn

D) Faith Domergue

Answer · why

C) Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn. At Scorsese's request, Blanchett watched prints of the star's first 15 films to absorb her poise and mannerisms.

Q 04/05

Which film's star beat The Aviator's DiCaprio to the Oscar?

A) Sideways

B) Ray

C) Closer

D) Kinsey

Answer · why

B) Ray

Ray. Jamie Foxx won Best Actor for playing Ray Charles, and DiCaprio had to wait another eleven years for an Oscar of his own, finally winning for The...

Q 05/05

Which disorder drives Howard Hughes's decline in The Aviator?

A) Bipolar disorder

B) Schizophrenia

C) OCD

D) PTSD

Answer · why

C) OCD

OCD. DiCaprio has a mild form himself, a childhood dread of stepping on pavement cracks, and it resurfaced as he played Hughes.