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1.The US$1 million diamond necklace worn by Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge! was made by:

c) Stefano Canturi


2. Who am I?

I was born in Sydney, the youngest of five children. I have a communications degree with a major in journalism from the University of Technology Sydney. I pursued drama at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. I am an accomplished singer, I play piano, golf and guitar, and like to windsurf.

Hugh Jackman


3. What is True Blood star Ryan Kwanten’s middle name:

d) Christian


4. Quote:

Which actor said: "I don't know that I want to do it forever. When it gets too much, I just walk the beaches of Sydney and get calm again. You just grab your surfboard, splash in those waves and feel happy to be alive. That's what really matters."

Toni Collette


5. In 2002, Naomi Watts appeared in the play "Proof" in Melbourne, Australia, with two other well-known Aussie stars. Name the actors!

Heath Ledger & Rachel Griffiths

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1. Aussie actor Bill Hunter is known internationally for his starring roles in Muriel’s Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. What was his last movie role before he passed away in May this year? Red Dog was Bill Hunter’s last film role. The Cup was released later although the scenes featuring Hunter had been filmed years earlier.

2. What movie does this quote belong to? “Now listen here, you mullet. Why don’t you just light your tampon, and blow your box apart? Because it’s the only bang you’re ever gonna get, sweatheart!” The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

3. I was born on 10 December 1983 in Hamilton, Australia. I graduated from Rostrevor College in 2001, attended Flinders University Drama Centre in 2005, became good friends with Bryce Dallas Howard during the filming of Eclipse in 2010 and played the leading role in a Stephan Elliott movie…Who am I? Xavier Samuel

4. Naomi Watts’ father, Peter, was the road manager of which famous band? Pink Floyd

5. While working as a struggling actress and studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), Toni Collette worked: c)     delivering pizzas

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1. Which Oscar-winning Aussie actress has apparently admitted she finds getting in and out of movie roles quite hard? Nicole Kidman

2. Aussie actor-singer Jason Donovan was born in:

c)  Melbourne

3. Which English-born singer, who had a string of hits in the 1970s, became an Australian citizen, saying the country has given him a new lease of life? Leo Sayer

4. Thousands flock yearly to a Central NSW town for the Elvis Festival on January 8 (Presley’s birthday). Which town hosts the event? Parkes

5. Which Aussie soap did Guy Pearce star in?

b)  Neighbours

Test your showbiz knowledge! The answers

1. In the 1980s, Russell Crowe recorded a song about a star he admired. Who was that star?

In  the 1980s, under the moniker "Rus le Roq," Russell recorded a song called "I Want to Be Like Marlon Brando." Funnily enough, Crowe plays Jor-El, Superman's dad, in the new Superman movie, a role once played by Marlon Brando! 

2. What does Nicole Kidman have a great fear of, is it a/ spiders b/ snakes c/ worms d/ butterflies?

Nicole suffers from lepidopterophobia. She has a great fear of d/ butterflies.

3. What do the seagulls in Finding Nemo (2003) keep saying?

The seagulls keep saying, “Mine! Mine!”

4. Name two movies that feature:

Heath Ledger and David Field                Blackrock, Two Hands

Heath Ledger and Shannyn Sossamon   A Knight’s Tale, The Order

5. Which 1985 movie shot in Sydney did Matt Dillon have a starring role in?

Rebel

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1. Match the stars with their parents:

                       

1/ Naomi Watts             d/ Peter and Myfanwy (Miv)       

2/ Hugh Jackman          c/ Chris and Grace                    

3/ Nicole Kidman           b/ Anthony and Janelle

4/ Russell Crowe           a/ Alex and Jocelyn      

5/ Toni Collette              e/ Bob and Judy

2. Which was released first, The Matrix Revolutions or The Matrix Reloaded?

The Matrix Reloaded

3. Which actor played Russell Crowe’s boyfriend in The Sum of Us?

John Polson

4. What two hit movies was Bill Hunter filming at the same time that necessitated him to have different hair styles and facial hair length, and be in different parts of Australia?

Muriel’s Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

5. Which two stars were initially lined up to play the main roles in Australian movie “Kangaroo” in 1983?

Bryan Brown and Olivia Newton-John. The roles eventually went to Colin Friels and Judy Davis and the film was released in 1986.

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1. Match the stars with their birthdays:                    

1/ Hugh Jackman          b/ 12 October 1968     

2/ Nicole Kidman           a/ 20 June 1967
3/ Russell Crowe           e/ 7 April 1964  
4/ Naomi Watts             c/ 28 September 1968   
5/ Toni Collette              d/1 November 1972       

2. Name four movies featuring Judy Davis and Colin Friels!

Hoodwink, Kangaroo, High Tide and The Man Who Sued God
 

3. Which 2003 movie starring Dennis Hopper and Melanie Griffith told the story of Frank Sinatra’s 1974 concert tour down under?

The Night We Called It a Day     
 

4. Two locations in Sydney were used to film the Spanish scenes in Mission Impossible 2.

Name one of them!
Argyle Place or Boomerang Mansion      
 

5. Which object was invented in Australia that is used in filmmaking to synchronize sound and picture?

The clapperboard

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1. Who am I?

I am an Australian-born actress. I attended La Trobe High School in Victoria before studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. I have acted with the Melbourne Theatre Company and have played many different roles in television shows and movies. I have won over 13 major awards and have been called “one of the world’s great actresses”. I have worked in both the U.S. and Australia and have appeared in movies such as Princess Caraboo (1994), Paradise Road (1997) and The Man Who Sued God (2001). Wendy Hughes       

2. Which actor won the Australian Film Institute Award for best actor in Proof (1991)? Hugo Weaving

3. Which actor started the short film festival, Tropfest? John Polson

4. Name two movies that feature:

Nicole Kidman and Lauren Bacall           Dogville, Birth
Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick    The Stepford Wives, The Producers

5. Quote:
Which actress said when asked about shooting a love scene with Tom Cruise: “It was hysterical. We wanted to make it naughty and fun. When the camera stopped rolling, it was hard to stop laughing.”? Thandie Newton

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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

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1. Who am I?

I am an Irish-born actor who has also worked as a film director, editor and scriptwriter. I have lived in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand and have worked with Meryl Streep in two movies, Plenty (1985) and A Cry in the Dark, a.k.a. Evil Angels (1988). I was awarded the O.B.E. in 1993. I own a vineyard in the Gibbston Valley, Otago, that produces a Pinot Noir called Two Paddocks.

Sam Neill

 

2. Name two movies that feature:

Toni Collette and Ben Mendelsohn         Spotswood, Cosi           

Toni Collette and David Wenham            Cosi, The Boys
Toni Collette and Barry Otto                   Lilian’s Story, Cosi        

3. Multiple choice:

Eric Bana’s

Father is a/ German  b/ Croatian  c/Austrian       
Mother is a/ Russian  b/ Greek  c/ German

Eric Bana’s father is b/ Croatian, mother is c/ German     

4. Quote:
Which actor said: “Acting gives me sleepless nights, pimples, rashes, anxiety but also a deep satisfaction somehow. It makes you feel more human.”? Colin Friels       

5. Who was the first Australian actress to win the Best Actress Academy Award? Nicole Kidman

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1. Judy Davis has appeared in four Woody Allen movies. Name the movies! 

Alice (1990), Husbands and Wives (1992), Deconstructing Harry (1997) and Celebrity (1998) - She started work on her fifth Woody Allen movie, The Bop Decameron, in July 2011

2. Which actor starred in Cocktail (1988), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Blame It on the Bellboy (1992) and Along Came Polly (2004)? Bryan Brown 

3. Name three movies that feature Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise!

Days of Thunder, Far and Away, and Eyes Wide Shut

4. Quote:

Which actor said when referring to his and Joseph Fiennes’ appearances in the movies Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love: “He got to make love to Cate Blanchett and Gwyneth Paltrow. All I got was an Oscar nomination.”? Geoffrey Rush

5. What are Russell Crowe’s, Hugh Jackman’s, and Nicole Kidman’s middle names?
Russell Ira, Hugh Michael and Nicole Mary

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1. Quote:

Which actress said: “Russell took me out, got me drunk, gave me pot and wiped up the vomit when I couldn’t handle it. He’s really sweet.”?        Toni Collette       

2. Name two movies that feature:

Naomi Watts and Sean Penn                      21 Grams, The Assassination of Richard Nixon    

Naomi Watts and Hugo Weaving               The Custodian, Strange Planet

3. P.J. Hogan directed two movies with titles that have one word in common. What is that word?

wedding (Muriel’s Wedding, My Best Friend’s Wedding)

4. Quote:

Which actor upon being questioned about his fears said: “My fears: everything from being afraid that I’m going to run out of cream for my cornflakes right up to someone chopping my privates off.”?

Mel Gibson

5. Who am I?

I am an Australian-born actress. I attended the Methodist Ladies College in Melbourne and the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. After graduating from NIDA I joined the Sydney Theatre Company. I was the first person to win the critics circle theatre award for best newcomer and lead actress in the same year. I have appeared in television dramas such as Heartland (1994) and G.P. (1994). I was considered for the role of Clarice Starling in Hannibal (2001) which eventually went to Julianne Moore. My middle name is Elise.           Cate Blanchett

Test your showbiz knowledge! The answers

1. They have all played Batman in a movie

2. Richard Roxburgh

3. Jurassic Park and The Piano

4. Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer         The Insider & A Beautiful Mind

    Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany                     A Beautiful Mind & Master and

                                                                        Commander: The Far Side of the World

5. c