Q 01/05

Who directed Working Girl?

A) Garry Marshall

B) Mike Nichols

C) Sydney Pollack

D) James L. Brooks

Answer · why

B) Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols. He refused to make the film without Melanie Griffith, then a risky choice for a lead, and threatened to walk away unless the studio hire...

Q 02/05

Working Girl lost the Best Picture Oscar for 1988 to which film?

A) Dangerous Liaisons

B) Rain Man

C) Mississippi Burning

D) The Accidental Tourist

Answer · why

B) Rain Man

Rain Man. It took four Oscars that night, but when New York Magazine later picked the best loser of every Best Picture race, its choice for that year ...

Q 03/05

Tess McGill commutes to her Wall Street job from which part of New York?

A) Coney Island

B) Long Island City

C) Roosevelt Island

D) Staten Island

Answer · why

D) Staten Island

Staten Island. Her ferry ride to Wall Street opens the film, and the crew finished there too: the final sequence was shot aboard the ferry on the clos...

Q 04/05

Who plays Katharine Parker, Tess's scheming boss?

A) Sigourney Weaver

B) Kathleen Turner

C) Anjelica Huston

D) Glenn Close

Answer · why

A) Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver. She went to the Oscars with two nominations, for this role and for Gorillas in the Mist, and lost both, only weeks after winning Gol...

Q 05/05

Which star plays Jack Trainer, the dealmaker who teams up with Tess?

A) Michael Douglas

B) Harrison Ford

C) Kevin Costner

D) Richard Gere

Answer · why

B) Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford. His rival for Tess in the film is played by Alec Baldwin, and four years later Ford took over from Baldwin as the CIA hero Jack Ryan in...