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1. Which actor links Ewan McGregor to Hugh Grant?

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Ewan McGregor

Answer: Jim Broadbent

Ewan McGregor was in "Moulin Rouge!" with Jim Broadbent and Jim Broadbent was in "Bridget Jones's Diary" with Hugh Grant. Here's an interesting fact: Hugh Grant was actually considered for the role of Christian in "Moulin Rouge!" before Ewan McGregor nabbed the part.

From Quiz 25 Degrees Of Weird Al

Answer: UHF

Weird Al co-wrote and starred in this 1989 comedy about a television stations, also starring Michael Richards. Richards later went on to play Cosmo Kramer on the television show "Seinfeld."

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Bevin Kacon

Answer: Jack Nicholson

Kevin Bacon was in "A Few Good Men" with Jack Nicholson and Jack Nicholson was in "As Good As It Gets" with Greg Kinnear.

From Quiz 15 Degrees of Alec Baldwin

Answer: Flirting with Disaster

Patricia Arquette and Ben Stiller play a young married couple named Nancy and Mel Coplin, who have just recently had a baby. They embark on a cross-country trip to try to locate Mel's birth parents. On the way, they meet up with Paul and Tony (Richard Jenkins and Josh Brolin), a gay couple who work for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Tony is an old friend of Nancy's and he and Paul end up tagging along with them.

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Ewan McGregor

Answer: Sandra Bullock

Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock star in "Two Weeks Notice" and Sandra Bullock and Jeff Daniels star in "Speed". Sandra Bullock got her first big break playing Annie Porter in "Speed". Prior to "Speed", she starred in lesser known films such as "Love Potion No.9" and "The Vanishing".

From Quiz 25 Degrees Of Weird Al

Answer: Airheads

Michael Richards played the nervous accountant in this 1994 comedy about rockers who hijack a radio station. Judd Nelson played Jimmie Wing, the record executive.

From Quiz 15 Degrees of "Batman" Villains

Answer: Vincent Price

The other three never appeared on the show. Price was slimy Shelby Carpenter in Preminger's 1944 classic "Laura" and bald Egghead on "Batman".

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Bevin Kacon

Answer: Julia Ormond

Greg Kinnear was in "Sabrina" with Julia Ormond and Julia Ormond was in "Captives" with Tim Roth.

From Quiz 15 Degrees of Jack Nicholson

Answer: Clay Pigeons

Phoenix plays Clay Bidwell, a young man in a small town who witnesses the suicide of a friend, after the friend discovers that Clay was having an affair with his wife, Amanda (Georgina Cates). Due to his guilt, Clay tells Amanda that he thinks they should slow down for a while, but she continues to press him to continue their relationship. A man named Lester Long (Vince Vaughn) then enters Clay's life and befriends him. Lester admits to Clay that he is in fact a serial killer, offering to kill the pestering Amanda for him. Amanda is killed (although not at Clay's request) and into town comes an FBI agent (played by Garofalo), named Shelby to investigate. While Clay certainly hasn't killed anyone, he still feels somewhat responsible for Amanda's death for mentioning her to Lester, and Agent Shelby sees Clay as the prime suspect.

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Ewan McGregor

Answer: Lauren Holly

Jeff Daniels stars with Lauren Holly in "Dumb and Dumber" and Lauren Holly stars with Mel Gibson in "What Women Want". Interesting fact: Lauren Holly was the voice of Chihiro's Mother in the highly acclaimed animated movie "Miyazaki's Spirited Away".

From Quiz 25 Degrees Of Weird Al

Answer: The Breakfast Club

Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy played the delinquent and the weirdo, respectively, sharing a detention hall in this 1985 John Hughes movie.

From Quiz 15 Degrees of "Batman" Villains

Answer: Edward G. Robinson

In DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" Robinson was the traitorous Dathan, who was overseer for the Egyptians, Price was Master Builder Baka, whose neck was snapped by Heston's Moses and Baxter was Nefretiri. She played Zelda the Great and later Olga on "Batman"; in the latter role she re-teamed with Price (Egghead).

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Bevin Kacon

Answer: John Travolta

Tim Roth was in "Pulp Fiction" with John Travolta and John Travolta was in "Broken Arrow" with Christian Slater.

From Quiz 15 Degrees of Jack Nicholson

Answer: U-Turn

The film stars Sean Penn as Bobby Cooper, a man on the run from some dangerous bookies, who breaks down in a small Southwest town inhabited by some colorful characters. One of these characters is Toby N. Tucker (Phoenix), a man who thinks of himself as a pretty tough cowboy. Tucker takes an immediate disliking to Bobby, after what he perceives as Bobby hitting on his girlfriend, Jenny (Claire Danes). Phoenix and Danes also co-star in "Its All About Love".

From Quiz 15 Degrees of Alec Baldwin

Answer: The Big White

The film stars Robin Williams as Paul Barnell, a down-on-his-luck travel agent living in Alaska, who stumbles upon an idea to get him out of the hole he's in. He finds a dead body in a dumpster outside his office and plans to pass off the body as that of his brother Raymond, whom he has no contact with, and then collect on a life insurance policy. Things start to go bad when Raymond (Woody Harrelson) shows up out of nowhere and starts making things very uncomfortable for Paul. Also, he has to deal with two hitmen, played by Tim Blake Nelson and W. Earl Brown, who want to get the missing body back. Harrelson and Nelson each also starred in "The Thin Red Line".

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Ewan McGregor

Answer: Julia Roberts

Mel Gibson was in "Conspiracy Theory" with Julia Roberts and Julia Roberts was in "Stepmom" with Susan Sarandon. Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon became close friends on the set of "Stepmom" and would like to star in another movie together.

From Quiz 25 Degrees Of Weird Al

Answer: Short Circuit

This 1986 comedy featured Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg, as well as a living robot, Number 5.

From Quiz 15 Degrees of "Batman" Villains

Answer: Carolyn Jones & Jones

Jones was in Hitch's own remake of "The Man Who Knew Too Much", appeared opposite Elvis Presley in "King Creole" and starred with Robinson and Frank Sinatra in Capra's "A Hole in the Head", which gave Frank one of his signature tunes, "High Hopes". She played Marsha, Queen of Diamonds twice on the show.

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Bevin Kacon

Answer: Shannon Doherty

Christian Slater was in "Heathers" with Shannon Doherty and Shannon Doherty was in "Mallrats" with Ben Affleck.

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Ewan McGregor

Answer: Geena Davis

Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis were in "Thelma & Louise" together and Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson were in "The Long Kiss Goodnight" together. Neither Susan Sarandon nor Geena Davis were happy with the original ending to "Thelma & Louise", so they worked with director Ridley Scott to make it more realistic.

From Quiz 25 Degrees Of Weird Al

Answer: Three Men And A Baby & 3 Men And A Baby

This movie about a baby abandoned at the front door of three bachelors was the highest grossing movie of 1987. It featured Steve Guttenberg and Nancy Travis. Both also appeared in the sequel, "Three Men And A Little Lady."

From Quiz 15 Degrees of "Batman" Villains

Answer: Tallulah Bankhead and Walter Slezak

In "Lifeboat" Bankhead was a lady journalist and Slezak the Nazi villain. Bankhead's swan song was on "Batman" as Black Widow, while Slezak was the time-obsessed Clock King. Both were beaten by Batman, of course, as were all the show's bad guys!

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Bevin Kacon

Answer: Robin Williams

Ben Affleck was in "Good Will Hunting" with Robin Williams and Robin Williams was in "Toys" with Joan Cusack.

From Quiz 15 Degrees of Alec Baldwin

Answer: Born on the Fourth of July

Cruise stars in Oliver Stone's film about the true story of Ron Kovic, a soldier paralyzed in the Vietnam War. It chronicles his life from a young boy to a teenager, eager to see some action and serve his county, to a physically and psychologically broken man who eventually became a vocal leader in the anti-war movement. Whaley plays Timmy, a childhood friend who also served and was wrestling with his own demons in the aftermath of the war.

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Ewan McGregor

Answer: Christian Bale

Samuel L. Jackson co-starred with Christian Bale in "Shaft" and Christian Bale co-starred with Frances McDormand in "Laurel Canyon". Interesting fact: Samuel L. Jackson played a hero in "Shaft" and Christian Bale might play one of the most famous heroes, "Batman", in the 5th installment of the series.

From Quiz 25 Degrees Of Weird Al

Answer: So I Married an Axe Murderer

Nancy Travis played the fiancee of Mike Myers in this 1993 comedy. The movie was also notable as Myers' second starring role, after "Wayne's World."

From Quiz 15 Degrees of "Batman" Villains

Answer: John Astin

Astin was the stammering teacher in the gym dance scene of "Story"; Glass and Oakland, while starring in the film, never appeared on "Batman". Julia was the Gomez of the two "Addams" movies. For one episode Astin stood in for Frank Gorshin when the latter couldn't appear because of a nightclub gig. Astin was once married to Oscar-winner Patty Duke.

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Bevin Kacon

Answer: Minnie Driver

Joan Cusack was in "Grosse Point Blank" with Minnie Driver and Minnie Driver was in "Circle of Friends" with Saffron Burrows.

From Quiz 15 Degrees of Alec Baldwin

Answer: Pulp Fiction

Whaley has a small part in Quentin Tarantino's film, playing Brett, a low-level drug dealer, working for the gangster Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Brett is interrogated, and eventually killed, by Jules and Vincent (Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta). Willis plays Butch Coolidge, a prize fighter who incurs Wallace's wrath after he agrees to throw a fight, but then secretly bets heavily on himself and actually wins.

From Quiz 10 Degrees of Ewan McGregor

Answer: Kate Hudson

Frances McDormand and Kate Hudson were in "Almost Famous" and Kate Hudson and Stuart Townsend were in "About Adam". Kate Hudson is expecting her first child in early 2004.

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