Q 01/05

Which future U.S. president told Tin Cup's director, after a New York screening, to recut the ending so Roy wins?

A) George W. Bush

B) Donald Trump

C) Barack Obama

D) Joe Biden

Answer · why

B) Donald Trump

Donald Trump, by the director's account, skipped the congratulations and said a happier ending would make more money. The director kept the finish he ...

Q 02/05

Tin Cup reached cinemas in August 1996, less than two weeks before which golf superstar turned professional?

A) Ernie Els

B) David Duval

C) Tiger Woods

D) Justin Leonard

Answer · why

C) Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods turned pro days after the film opened, so it missed the golf boom he set off. Its director reckons a release one year later would have dou...

Q 03/05

Which actor plays washed-up range pro Roy McAvoy in Tin Cup, two years after starring as lawman Wyatt Earp?

A) Jeff Bridges

B) Dennis Quaid

C) Harrison Ford

D) Kevin Costner

Answer · why

D) Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner had played only about a dozen rounds of golf before taking the part. His crash course included a boot-camp week of lessons at a tour eve...

Q 04/05

How does Roy McAvoy finish the U.S. Open's final hole in Tin Cup after repeatedly finding the water?

A) Runs out of golf balls

B) Walks off mid-hole

C) Holes out for a 12

D) Three-putts from six feet

Answer · why

C) Holes out for a 12

Holes out for a 12 is how it ends: with the last ball in his bag he clears the pond and it drops into the cup. The shot costs him the title, and the c...

Q 05/05

David Simms visits Roy McAvoy's trailer in Tin Cup to offer him which humbling job at a benefit tournament?

A) Caddie

B) Marshal

C) Greenkeeper

D) Swing coach

Answer · why

A) Caddie

Caddie is the job on offer, though Roy assumes his old college teammate has come to invite him to play. He takes the bag anyway and spends the round n...