Test your showbiz knowledge! The answers

1. Who am I?
I am an American-born actor. My grandmother was an Australian opera singer. I attended the University of New South Wales. I first studied acting in New Zealand before training at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. Geoffrey Rush was my roommate. I appeared in my first American movie in 1984 and directed my first film in 1993. One of my middle names is Columcille. Who am I?
Mel Gibson

2. What is Toni Collette’s full first name? Antonia

3. Multiple choice:

Anthony LaPaglia’s

Father is a/ American  b/ Australian  c/ Italian     
Mother is a/ Italian  b/ Dutch  c/ Australian

Anthony LaPaglia’s father is c/ Italian, mother is b/ Dutch

4. Quote:
Which actress said when asked whether she’d ever appeared in Neighbours: “Absolutely not. I’m an actress.”? Cate Blanchett                       

5. Match the stars with their place of birth:

            1/ Cate Blanchett                       e/ Melbourne  

2/ Russell Crowe                       d/ New Zealand

3/ Thandie Newton                     g/ Zambia  

4/ Hugo Weaving                       c/ Nigeria  

5/ Olivia Newton-John                a/ England 

6/ Nicole Kidman                       b/ Hawaii  

7/ Hugh Jackman                      f/ Sydney