Q 01/05

Who wrote and directed Uncle Buck?

A) Chris Columbus

B) Howard Deutch

C) John Hughes

D) Harold Ramis

Answer · why

C) John Hughes

It was the first film he wrote, directed and produced under his multi-picture deal with Universal.

Q 02/05

Who plays Buck Russell?

A) John Candy

B) Dan Aykroyd

C) Rick Moranis

D) Jim Belushi

Answer · why

A) John Candy

Candy and Hughes made seven films together, from Vacation to Only the Lonely.

Q 03/05

Why do the Russell parents have to leave their children with Buck?

A) They win a surprise cruise

B) Bob is sent abroad for work

C) The mother is hospitalised with appendicitis

D) Cindy's father has a heart attack

Answer · why

D) Cindy's father has a heart attack

They rush back to Indianapolis, the city the family had just moved from.

Q 04/05

What are the names of the three Russell children?

A) Tina, Max and Molly

B) Tia, Miles and Maizy

C) Tia, Mike and Macy

D) Tara, Miles and Mandy

Answer · why

B) Tia, Miles and Maizy

Tia is the rebellious teenager, Miles is eight and Maizy is six.

Q 05/05

Which future Home Alone star plays Miles Russell?

A) Elijah Wood

B) Jonathan Taylor Thomas

C) Macaulay Culkin

D) Fred Savage

Answer · why

C) Macaulay Culkin

Home Alone the following year reunited him with Hughes and with Candy, who cameoed as polka king Gus Polinski.