Q 01/05

Which actor, later Marvel's Agent Phil Coulson, wrote the screenplay for What Lies Beneath?

A) Jon Favreau

B) Clark Gregg

C) Stanley Tucci

D) Tim Blake Nelson

Answer · why

B) Clark Gregg

Clark Gregg stayed with the production for rewrites, which cost him the chance to read for a major role in the TV series Sports Night.

Q 02/05

What Lies Beneath was shot during a year-long break in the filming of which Tom Hanks movie?

A) Cast Away

B) The Green Mile

C) Apollo 13

D) Road to Perdition

Answer · why

A) Cast Away

Cast Away paused so Hanks could lose weight and grow a beard, and the same crew made the thriller in between rather than sit idle.

Q 03/05

Which Oscar-winning director of Tom Hanks hits made the thriller What Lies Beneath?

A) Ron Howard

B) Barry Sonnenfeld

C) Robert Zemeckis

D) Ivan Reitman

Answer · why

C) Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis said he took the script because he kept second-guessing its main character, which kept him turning the pages.

Q 04/05

In What Lies Beneath, how does Norman Spencer finally die after chasing Claire from the house?

A) Electrocution

B) A gunshot

C) A stabbing

D) Drowning

Answer · why

D) Drowning

Drowning claims Norman when his truck plunges into the lake and the corpse of his victim, shaken loose from the wreck below, appears to seize him.

Q 05/05

In What Lies Beneath, what happened to Claire a year earlier that wiped her memory of an affair?

A) A skiing fall

B) A car crash

C) A house fire

D) A riding fall

Answer · why

B) A car crash

A car crash a year before the story left Claire with a gap in her memory, which is why the ghost has to lead her back to what she once knew.