Q 01/05

Who directed The Wolf of Wall Street?

A) David O. Russell

B) Oliver Stone

C) Adam McKay

D) Martin Scorsese

Answer · why

D) Martin Scorsese

It became the highest-grossing film of his career.

Q 02/05

Which Boardwalk Empire creator wrote the screenplay?

A) Aaron Sorkin

B) Nicholas Pileggi

C) Terence Winter

D) Steven Zaillian

Answer · why

C) Terence Winter

He earned an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Q 03/05

Which stock market event costs the young Belfort his first Wall Street job in 1987?

A) The savings and loan crisis

B) Black Monday

C) The dot-com crash

D) The Nikkei collapse

Answer · why

B) Black Monday

He then lands at a Long Island boiler room selling pink-sheet penny stocks.

Q 04/05

Which actor plays Belfort's chest-thumping mentor Mark Hanna?

A) Kyle Chandler

B) Matthew McConaughey

C) Rob Reiner

D) Jon Favreau

Answer · why

B) Matthew McConaughey

Hanna kept his real name; the real broker was also convicted of fraud.

Q 05/05

What respectable-sounding name does Belfort give his boiler-room firm in 1989?

A) Stratton Oakmont

B) Investor's Center

C) L.F. Rothschild

D) Duke Securities

Answer · why

A) Stratton Oakmont

He picks the name because it sounds respectable.