The Directors: Woody Allen Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sneezes on the cocaine leaving a cloud of white dust

Even though he had a prepared script, Allen began to modify it as the filming proceeded to highlight his then amour Diane Keaton, working in her insecurities, her hesitations and mannerisms, and personality. Keaton became Annie or vice versa. And it paid off with a Best Actress award for her and Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Screenplay for Allen.

The cocaine incident is only one of the inventive scenes. There is the lobster scene, split screen psychiatric therapy, and an argument about Marshall McLuhan settled by Marshall McLuhan who just happens to be standing by.

Answer: Dianne Wiest and Barbara Hershey

The film deftly explores relationships and its complications both marital and affairs. Elliot (Michael Caine) is Hannah's husband but is vaguely dissatisfied with the marriage and initiates an affair with her artistic sister Lee (Barbara Hershey). Mickey, Hannah's ex-husband, (Woody Allen) has a disastrous affair with Hannah's other sister Holly (Dianne Wiest). But after the three holidays, Hannah and Elliot are still together, Lee has moved on to another relationship, and Mickey is married to the now pregnant Holly.

Caine and Wiest both won Oscars for their supporting roles while Allen received nominations for directing and screenplay. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 93% and it had essentially rave reviews. The film was influenced by Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and Alexander" where the family meets for Christmas.

Answer: American and other expatriates in 1920s Paris

After several years the prolific woody Allen had mostly well received but less than spectacular films. He came back on top with "Midnight in Paris" (2011). Many characters from literature and the arts are personified by great character actors such as Ernest Hemingway, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, and Salvador Dalí - just to name a few.

Owen Wilson plays Gil Pender, an American would-be novelist, vacationing in Paris with his fiancé Rachel McAdams as Inez. There are scenes where Wilson seems to have adopted a young Woody Allen's mannerisms and speech patterns. Bored with his fiancé's family and arty friends, he wonders Paris alone until he finds that special magical spot and is transported to meet the fabulous artistic expatriates of a bygone era of Paris.

Allen won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Art Direction. Roger Ebert summed it all best: "This is Woody Allen's 41st film. He writes his films himself, and directs them with wit and grace. I consider him a treasure of the cinema. Some people take him for granted, although 'Midnight in Paris' reportedly charmed even the jaded veterans of the Cannes press screenings. There is nothing to dislike about it. Either you connect with it or not. I'm wearying of movies that are for 'everybody - which means, nobody in particular. 'Midnight in Paris' is for me, in particular, and that's just fine with moi."

Answer: Manhattan

Mariel Hemingway received an Oscar nomination for her role as a teenager. Although she has worked steadily in television and films for years, she has worked through mental health issues that she has been candid about.

Isaac (Allen) tries to resist his attraction to Tracy (Hemingway), obviously because of their age differences. He begins an affair with Mary (Diane Keaton) but his thoughts always seem to return to Tracy. When he decides to follow his heart and tells her he loves her innocence, she is leaving for Europe and tells him that not everyone gets corrupted.

The entire musical score is George Gershwin's compositions and lends a nostalgic aura to the film. Ironically, Allen hated the finished product. He said he would work for free on another film if the studio did not release it.

Answer: Mia Farrow

This is not a film to spend a lot of time dissecting the characters and motivations. It is a time to relax and enjoy the creative cinematography. Allen filmed it mostly in back and white to adhere it to the 1920s and '30s. Actual archived newsreel footage is used into which Zelig is inserted as his latest persona. Actual historical events are reenacted. Antique cameras and lenses were used and simulated damage, such as crinkles and scratches, on the negatives to look more like vintage footage. There is long list of famous personages that appear; a few are Hitler, Charles Lindbergh, James Cagney, and Tom Mix.

Mia Farrow, Allen's protégé following Keaton, plays Zelig's therapist but falls in love with him instead. Farrow played in 13 Allen films. Film critic Vincent Canby said "Zelig is not only pricelessly funny, it's also... very moving. It works simultaneously as social history, as a love story, as an examination of several different kinds of film narrative, as satire and as parody... A nearly perfect - and perfectly original - Woody Allen comedy." "Zelig" has a 100% Rotten Tomato rating.

Answer: Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds"

Welles' adaptation of "War of the Worlds" in 1938 caused mass panic, as the first two-thirds of the one-hour broadcast was presented as a series of simulated news bulletins, which suggested an actual alien invasion by Martians was currently in progress. The "Radio Days" cast feel the panic as well.

Radio was still relatively new in the 1930s. The radio required more than television demands of us. It required our imagination. We had to imagine Jack Armstrong cutting his way through the jungle; imagine Ma Perkins giving sage advice over a cup of tea; imagine what creature opened the squeaking door.

"Radio Days" employs an ensemble cast in the context of an extended family. The plot is hard to describe as it is a series of urban legends, constantly changing plot points and vignettes. Mia Farrow is am aspiring radio actress, Dianne Wiest is Aunt Bea who is spinning into spinsterhood, and Allen as the unseen narrator recalling his family and radio.

The film was well received by film critics and earned am 88% freshness rating from Rotten Tomatoes. It received two Oscar nominations for Art Direction and Allen's screenplay. In researching I was surprised to note that it lost money at the box office.

Answer: Diane Keaton

Allen abandoned the script many years before taking it up again. But since he lost his planned co-star, Keaton stepped in. He modified it in such a way as to feature Diane Keaton in her Academy Award performance in "Annie Hall" (1977). Allen said that the part was really not designed for either actress but was a tightly wound mystery.

The Liptons (Allen and Keaton) are only vaguely acquainted with the Houses (Jerry Adler and Lynn Cohen) who live in the same apartment house. The death of Lillian House is suspicious as she appeared to be in good health so the Liptons decide to do their own investigation. They find a pattern of double-crossing and deception.

Again, because of the scandal and subsequent publicity, there was a direct effect on the box office and the film lost money in spite of positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes netted 92% based on 26 reviews.

Answer: Chazz Palminteri

John Cusack is nominally the director but gangster Chazz Palminteri as Cheech forces changes, rewrites the script, and make a play doomed for failure into a hit. Cusack in the process makes false claims about changes Cheech made, loses his girlfriend Ellen (Mary-Louise Parker), and has an affair with his alcoholic leading lady Helen Sinclair (Dianne Wiest). Wiest won her second Academy Award for a Supporting Role. In her love scenes she says "Don't speak!".

"Bullets over Broadway" received seven Oscar nominations but only Wiest prevailed. Allen was nominated for screenplay and director and Tilly and Palminteri for Supporting roles, and for production and set design. It clocked a solid 96% with Rotten Tomatoes.

Answer: Jeff Daniel's character emerges from the screen to meet her

Jeff Daniels as Tom Baxter steps out of the movie and approaches Cecilia (Farrow) and they have some adventures and begin to fall in love. The movie can not be played until his character returns to the screen. The studio enrolls Gil Shepherd (a dual role for Daniels) to force Tom back to the movie. Cecilia is left to choose between Gil and Tom and she chooses Gil. Tom returns to the movie but as soon as he does, Gil dumps her. We last see her alone in a movie theater watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance.

Again Allen received critical acclaim and a 91% rotten Tomatoes score for freshness. Although pretty much ignored by the Academy, it earned many nominations and wins with other film societies.

Answer: "The Front" - A coward is forced to fight in the Russian Revolution

In "The Front" (1976), Allen plays an agent who helps blacklisted screenwriters sell their efforts.

Joaquin Phoenix stars as a burned out and depressed alcoholic college professor who rejuvenates himself through planning and executing a murder in "Irrational Man" (2015).

In "Bananas" (1971), a bumbling New Yorker travels to a Latin American nation and becomes involved in its rebellion.

The main character in "Broadway Danny Rose" (1989) will always go the extra mile for his show business clients.