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Quiz about All About John Cusack
Quiz about All About John Cusack

All About John Cusack Trivia Quiz


John Cusack has had a Hollywood career of more than 20 years and still continues to entertain. See what you know about this endearing actor.

A multiple-choice quiz by tdakoo. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
tdakoo
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
261,538
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
2468
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 51 (5/10), Guest 76 (6/10), Guest 174 (3/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. John Cusack comes from an acting family. His father, Dick Cusack, was a director and his four siblings are all actors as well. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of John's siblings? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In what film did a young John Cusack make his big screen debut? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. John was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in what film? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What is the name of John's close friend and former roommate with whom he co-starred in more than 10 films with?

Answer: (Two Words.He won an Emmy in 2006, Full name or surname.)
Question 5 of 10
5. In what romantic comedy did John appear with Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. John voiced a character in what animated movie? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What is the name of John's production company? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What was the name of John's character in "Serendipity" (2001)? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Many movie stars have made guest appearances on primetime TV Shows, but John Cusack is not one of them. In fact, in the 1990's John only made one television guest appearance. On what TV show did John appear in 1996? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. John Cusack starred in a movie that premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and won the Audience Award for Best Dramatic Picture. What is the name of this film? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. John Cusack comes from an acting family. His father, Dick Cusack, was a director and his four siblings are all actors as well. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of John's siblings?

Answer: Sally

John Paul Cusack was born on June 28, 1966, and is the fourth of five children born to Dick and Nancy Cusack. His siblings include older siblings Joan, Ann and Bill and younger sister Susie.

John's siblings have had minor roles in many of his movies. Susie had a part in "High Fidelity" (2001), Bill was in "Con Air" and "Grosse Pointe Blank" (both 1997), Ann was in "America's Sweethearts" (2001), "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" (1997) and "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997). Joan has shared the most movies with her younger brother appearing with him in "Class" (1983), "Sixteen Candles" (1984), "Grandview, U.S.A." (1984), "Broadcast News" (1987), "Say Anything..." (1989), "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997), "Cradle Will Rock" (1999) "and High Fidelity" (2000) among others.
2. In what film did a young John Cusack make his big screen debut?

Answer: Class

His first role was in "Class" (1983), when he was just 16 years old. He played the character of Roscoe Maibaum, a private school student. This movie also marked the film debuts of such stars as Andrew McCarthy and Virginia Madsen.
3. John was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in what film?

Answer: High Fidelity

In 2001, John was nominated for a Golden Globe for his portrayal of record store owner Rob Gordon in "High Fidelity". However, he lost out to George Clooney for his performance in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
4. What is the name of John's close friend and former roommate with whom he co-starred in more than 10 films with?

Answer: Jeremy Piven

John and Jeremy Piven grew up together in Chicago, and John attended the Piven Theatre Workshop run by Jeremy Piven's parents.
John and Jeremy have done more than 10 movies together including "One Crazy Summer" (1986), "Elvis Stories" (1989), "Say Anything..." (1989), "The Player" (1992), "Floundering" (1994), "The Grifters" (1990), "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997), "Serendipity" (2001) and "Runaway Jury" (2003).
Recently Piven has found his own career success in the HBO series "Entourage" for which he received an Emmy for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2006.
5. In what romantic comedy did John appear with Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones?

Answer: America's Sweethearts

In 2001, John played Eddie Thomas in this film, written by and co-starring Billy Crystal. John's character was an actor who ends up in a treatment center after he catches his actress wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) cheating on him. However, he then begins to fall in love with her sister Kiki (Julia Roberts).
6. John voiced a character in what animated movie?

Answer: Anastasia

John voiced the character of Dimitri in 1997's "Anastasia", opposite the voices of Meg Ryan and Kelsey Grammer.
7. What is the name of John's production company?

Answer: New Crime Productions

His production company is called New Crime Productions and has produced "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997), "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998), and "The Jack Bull" (1999) as well as various stage productions. He founded the company with two of his high school buddies, Steve Pink and D.V. DeVincentis.
8. What was the name of John's character in "Serendipity" (2001)?

Answer: Jonathan Trager

"Serendipity" is the story of Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas two people who meet while shopping for Christmas presents for the respective lovers in New York City. After spending a magical evening together they decided to test fate by splitting up and seeing if destiny brings them back together...

Nicholas Easter was his character in "Runaway Jury" (2003), Craig Schwartz was his character in "Being John Malkovich" (1999) and Lane Meyer was his character in "Better Off Dead" (1985).
9. Many movie stars have made guest appearances on primetime TV Shows, but John Cusack is not one of them. In fact, in the 1990's John only made one television guest appearance. On what TV show did John appear in 1996?

Answer: Frasier

In 1996 John appeared in one episode of "Frasier" (1993-2004) entitled "Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven" as a character named Greg who calls into Fraiser Crane's radio show. John Cusack and the show's star Kelsey Grammer both voiced characters in 1997's "Anastasia."
10. John Cusack starred in a movie that premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and won the Audience Award for Best Dramatic Picture. What is the name of this film?

Answer: Grace is Gone

"Grace is Gone" is about a man who learns that his wife, Grace was killed in the Iraq war, and takes his two daughters on a camping trip before giving them the sad news. John plays Stanley Phillips the widower.

The other three films, "The Pool," "Never Forever" and "Starting out in the Evening" were three other entrants at the Sundance Film Festival.
Source: Author tdakoo

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