Q 01/05

Before a museum bought them, what had the real John Henry Patterson used the Tsavo man-eaters' skins as?

A) Wall hangings

B) Floor rugs

C) Saddle blankets

D) Tent linings

Answer · why

B) Floor rugs

Floor rugs were the lions' fate for 25 years, until Patterson sold the skins for $5,000 and museum taxidermists rebuilt them as mounts.

Q 02/05

The screenwriter of The Ghost and the Darkness pitched it as Lawrence of Arabia crossed with which blockbuster?

A) Alien

B) Psycho

C) Tremors

D) Jaws

Answer · why

D) Jaws

Jaws supplied the monster half of the 1989 pitch, and the studio commissioned a script that was delivered the following year.

Q 03/05

In which American city can visitors still see the mounted Tsavo man-eaters from The Ghost and the Darkness?

A) New York

B) Washington

C) Chicago

D) Boston

Answer · why

C) Chicago

Chicago's Field Museum keeps the pair on permanent display with their skulls, in its hall of African mammals.

Q 04/05

Which former James Bond star turned down the role of hunter Charles Remington in The Ghost and the Darkness?

A) Roger Moore

B) Sean Connery

C) Timothy Dalton

D) Pierce Brosnan

Answer · why

B) Sean Connery

Sean Connery said no, and the producers were weighing Gérard Depardieu when one of them decided to play the hunter himself.

Q 05/05

Which superstar did the studio want as John Patterson in The Ghost and the Darkness, only for him to decline?

A) Tom Cruise

B) Brad Pitt

C) Mel Gibson

D) Harrison Ford

Answer · why

A) Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise turned the part down, and although Kevin Costner had shown interest, work on the film slowed until a new producer arrived.