Q 01/05

Which actor plays the title role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

A) Brad Pitt

B) Johnny Depp

C) Keanu Reeves

D) Ethan Hawke

Answer · why

B) Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp read the novel soon after it was published and went back to it once he heard a film was being planned.

Q 02/05

Which actor earned his first Oscar nomination as Arnie in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

A) Leonardo DiCaprio

B) Jonathan Taylor Thomas

C) Joaquin Phoenix

D) Tobey Maguire

Answer · why

A) Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio was 19 at the time and reckoned that roughly half of his performance was improvised.

Q 03/05

Which landmark does Arnie keep climbing, to his brother's alarm, in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

A) The church steeple

B) The grain elevator

C) The water tower

D) The radio mast

Answer · why

C) The water tower

The water tower was a real one in the small town of Manor, whose residents are thanked in the film's closing credits.

Q 04/05

How do the Grape siblings spare Momma's body a public spectacle in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

A) They bury her at night

B) They hold a private funeral

C) They carry her out themselves

D) They burn the house down

Answer · why

D) They burn the house down

They burn the house down after carrying the furniture outside, turning the family home into a funeral pyre for her.

Q 05/05

The Swedish director of What's Eating Gilbert Grape made his name filming which pop group's videos?

A) ABBA

B) Roxette

C) Europe

D) A-ha

Answer · why

A) ABBA

ABBA had almost every one of their promotional films shot by him between 1974 and 1982, along with their 1977 concert feature.