Q 01/05

Who directed Tropic Thunder?

A) Ben Stiller

B) Judd Apatow

C) Todd Phillips

D) Adam McKay

Answer · why

A) Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller directed Tropic Thunder (2008), his fourth feature as director after Reality Bites, The Cable Guy and Zoolander.

Q 02/05

The director conceived the premise while acting in a small role in which 1987 war film?

A) Platoon

B) Empire of the Sun

C) Good Morning, Vietnam

D) Full Metal Jacket

Answer · why

B) Empire of the Sun

Ben Stiller played a minor role in Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987) and noticed actors returning from boot camp behaving as if they were real vete...

Q 03/05

What is the name of the fading action-star character played by the director?

A) Kirk Lazarus

B) Kevin Sandusky

C) Tugg Speedman

D) Jeff Portnoy

Answer · why

C) Tugg Speedman

Tugg Speedman is Stiller's fading action hero, once a top-grossing star thanks to the Scorcher franchise, now chasing respect in a Vietnam war epic.

Q 04/05

Tugg's fake trailer at the start of the film is for which sequel?

A) Scorcher VII: Cold Front

B) Scorcher V: Fire Down Below

C) Scorcher IV: Ice Age

D) Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown

Answer · why

D) Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown

Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown is the first of the film's three fake trailers, casting Speedman as a franchise hero facing a new ice age.

Q 05/05

What is the title of Tugg's box-office bomb in which he played a farm boy who can talk to animals?

A) Farmhand

B) Simple Jack

C) Sweet Boy

D) Country Jack

Answer · why

B) Simple Jack

Simple Jack was Speedman's failed bid for an Oscar; his kidnappers later turn out to be its biggest fans and make him re-enact it.