Q 01/05
A) Thomas Mapother Cruise
B) Thomas Andrew Cruise
C) Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
D) Thomas Cruise Pfeiffer
Answer · why
He was born in Syracuse, New York in July 1962 to an electrical engineer and a special education teacher.
Q 02/05
A) Rochester
B) Syracuse
C) Albany
D) Buffalo
Answer · why
His parents were both from Louisville, Kentucky, and the family moved constantly through his childhood.
Q 03/05
A) Eight
B) Four
C) Twenty-two
D) Fifteen
Answer · why
Part of that childhood was spent in Ottawa, where his father worked as a defence consultant.
Q 04/05
A) Naval aviation
B) Hospital medicine
C) Corporate law
D) The priesthood
Answer · why
He took a church scholarship to a seminary in Cincinnati and left after a year.
Q 05/05
A) The Outsiders
B) Risky Business
C) Endless Love
D) Taps
Answer · why
A major supporting role as a crazed military academy student in Taps came later the same year.
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