Q 01/05

Which comedy star both directed and played Walter Mitty in the 2013 film of James Thurber's story?

A) Ben Stiller

B) Steve Carell

C) Owen Wilson

D) Will Ferrell

Answer · why

A) Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller took the lead role in April 2011 and agreed to direct three months later. The remake had been stuck in development since 1994.

Q 02/05

Which magazine, also home to James Thurber's cartoons, first printed his Walter Mitty story?

A) Harper's Magazine

B) The Atlantic

C) The New Yorker

D) Vanity Fair

Answer · why

C) The New Yorker

The New Yorker ran the story on March 18, 1939, and it was an immediate success. It went on to become one of the most anthologized short stories in Am...

Q 03/05

What does Walter Mitty imagine facing in the final daydream of James Thurber's short story?

A) A hangman's noose

B) A court martial

C) A duel at dawn

D) A firing squad

Answer · why

D) A firing squad

A firing squad is where the story leaves him, leaning on a wall outside a drugstore while his wife shops. Every earlier daydream had been cut short be...

Q 04/05

In British military slang, Walts, short for Walter Mitty, are people caught doing what?

A) Fainting on the parade ground

B) Impersonating soldiers

C) Deserting their unit

D) Sleeping on guard duty

Answer · why

B) Impersonating soldiers

Impersonating soldiers earns the nickname because Walter Mitty only dreamed of heroics. Andy McNab wrote that SAS applicants driven by vanity were lab...

Q 05/05

Which David Bowie song plays as Walter Mitty leaps aboard a helicopter in the 2013 film?

A) Starman

B) Ashes to Ashes

C) Rebel Rebel

D) Space Oddity

Answer · why

D) Space Oddity

Space Oddity plays in his imagination, sung by his co-worker Cheryl, and it is what gets him to jump aboard. The scene marks the point where his fanta...