Q 01/05

What was Woody Allen's birth name?

A) Allan Copelon

B) Allan Stewart Konigsberg

C) Aaron Samuel Kaminsky

D) Melvin Kaminsky

Answer · why

B) Allan Stewart Konigsberg

Allan Stewart Konigsberg picked the name Woody Allen as a schoolboy sending one-liners to newspaper columnists.

Q 02/05

Woody Allen grew up in Brooklyn, but in which New York City borough was he born?

A) The Bronx

B) Manhattan

C) Queens

D) Staten Island

Answer · why

A) The Bronx

The Bronx was only his birthplace: he was raised in Brooklyn's Midwood, where the future screen neurotic preferred sports and magic tricks to schoolwo...

Q 03/05

Which blockbuster did Annie Hall beat to Best Picture at the 1978 Academy Awards?

A) Jaws

B) Rocky

C) Star Wars

D) Close Encounters

Answer · why

C) Star Wars

Star Wars took six Oscars that night but lost Best Picture to Annie Hall, whose director did not even turn up: Allen declined to attend the ceremony a...

Q 04/05

As of 2025, Allen holds the Oscar nominations record in which category?

A) Directing

B) Original score

C) Original screenplay

D) Adapted screenplay

Answer · why

C) Original screenplay

Original screenplay: he has 16 nominations and three wins in the category, yet he stayed away from the ceremony even on the nights Annie Hall and Midn...

Q 05/05

Which psychiatric term was Allen's working title for Annie Hall?

A) Neurasthenia

B) Agoraphobia

C) Anhedonia

D) Melancholia

Answer · why

C) Anhedonia

Anhedonia, the inability to feel pleasure, was the title Allen wanted; his co-writer countered with jokes such as It Had to Be Jew and A Rollercoaster...