Q 01/05

Who directed The King's Speech?

A) Stephen Frears

B) Tom Hooper

C) Joe Wright

D) Stephen Daldry

Answer · why

B) Tom Hooper

Tom Hooper threw out the script's original 'Hollywood ending', a faultless final speech, because the real 1939 broadcast shows a king still managing h...

Q 02/05

Who plays King George VI?

A) Colin Firth

B) Hugh Laurie

C) Daniel Day-Lewis

D) Ralph Fiennes

Answer · why

A) Colin Firth

Colin Firth found the stammer hard to shake: months after the film opened he admitted it still crept into his own speech, and got worse the more he th...

Q 03/05

Who plays Lionel Logue?

A) Geoffrey Rush

B) Anthony Hopkins

C) Bill Nighy

D) Kenneth Branagh

Answer · why

A) Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush got the script in a brown envelope pushed through his front door; his manager sent the producers a four-page email scolding them, then a...

Q 04/05

What nationality was the real Lionel Logue?

A) Canadian

B) New Zealander

C) Australian

D) Irish

Answer · why

C) Australian

Australian: Adelaide-born Logue taught elocution and acting in Perth before moving to London; in the film the King's advisers distrust him precisely b...

Q 05/05

Who plays Queen Elizabeth, Bertie's wife?

A) Kate Winslet

B) Helena Bonham Carter

C) Emily Watson

D) Kristin Scott Thomas

Answer · why

B) Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter was shooting Harry Potter on weekdays, so all her scenes were filmed at weekends; a producer said it felt like being 'the divorce...