Q 01/05

Which actress plays Kay Adams, Michael Corleone's girlfriend and later wife, in The Godfather?

A) Faye Dunaway

B) Diane Keaton

C) Ali MacGraw

D) Mia Farrow

Answer · why

B) Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton gets the film's last shot: Kay watches the study door close on her as Michael's men kiss his hand and call him Don Corleone.

Q 02/05

Who wrote The Godfather, the 1969 novel on which the film is based?

A) Nicholas Pileggi

B) Gay Talese

C) Jimmy Breslin

D) Mario Puzo

Answer · why

D) Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo was desperate for money, to clear gambling debts by production chief Robert Evans's telling, so Paramount got the film rights before the no...

Q 03/05

What is Vito Corleone buying from a street stall when gunmen open fire on him in The Godfather?

A) Chestnuts

B) Oranges

C) Tomatoes

D) Flowers

Answer · why

B) Oranges

Oranges roll across the street as five bullets hit the Don, who survives; the hospital vigil that follows is what first pulls Michael into the family'...

Q 04/05

Which actor did Paramount want for Michael Corleone before settling on Al Pacino?

A) Steve McQueen

B) Robert Redford

C) Gene Hackman

D) Peter Fonda

Answer · why

B) Robert Redford

Robert Redford and Warren Beatty were the bankable names the studio wanted, and production chief Robert Evans dismissed the little-known Pacino as a r...

Q 05/05

Which 1971 film gave Al Pacino his first leading role, shortly before he played Michael Corleone?

A) Me, Natalie

B) Scarecrow

C) The Panic in Needle Park

D) The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Answer · why

C) The Panic in Needle Park

The Panic in Needle Park cast him as a New York heroin addict, and he had only just shot it, which is why Paramount saw an unknown where Coppola saw M...