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  The Life and Works of Robert De Niro   popular trivia quiz  
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Robert De Niro is widely considered to be one of the most impressive actors working in film today. He's played a wide array of fascinating characters while exposing very little of himself. This quiz is about his life and his films.
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  All About the Life and Career of Robert De Niro    
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Here's some trivia on the legendary actor Robert De Niro, who has enjoyed a career that spans more than a half century.
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  The Life and Times of Robert DeNiro    
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This has everything you ever wanted to know about Robert DeNiro, one of the greatest actors ever.
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De Niro was offered the role of Jesus in the Scorsese effort,"The Last Temptation of Christ," but turned it down. Who played that role?

From Quiz "The Life and Works of Robert De Niro"





Robert DeNiro Trivia Questions
1. Where was Robert De Niro born?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: New York City, NY

Robert De Niro was born in New York City in 1943. It's obvious that he truly loves that city, since most of his movies take place in New York.

2. What is his astrological sign?

From Quiz The Life and Times of Robert DeNiro

Answer: Leo

He was born on August 17, 1943 in New York, New York.

3. Robert De Niro was born in New York City in 1943. What were his parents' names?

From Quiz All About the Life and Career of Robert De Niro

Answer: Robert and Virginia

Robert De Niro Sr. was born in 1922 in New York. He was an abstract expressionist painter who painted pieces such as "Landscape with Houses," "Still Life with Vases and Hat," and "Studio Interior with Guitar Case." He met his future wife, Virginia Admiral, at school, and they conceived Robert De Niro Jr., who was born in 1943. The couple's marriage was short lived, as they divorced in 1945 while Robert Jr. was an infant. De Niro Sr. died in 1993 of cancer, and his son dedicated "A Bronx Tale" (1993) in his honor. Virginia died in 2000 of natural causes at the age of 85.

4. What was the first film Robert De Niro was credited in?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: The Wedding Party

His first credited film role was that of Cecil in the 1969 film "The Wedding Party", a comedy directed by Brian de Palma. He had an uncredited film role before that in the 1965 Marcel Carnè film "Trois Chambres á Manhattan" as a client in a diner.

5. In what year did he create his own production company?

From Quiz The Life and Times of Robert DeNiro

Answer: 1989

His company's name is Tribeca Productions. He had his first film festival in May of 2002.

6. Which movie did Robert win his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor?

From Quiz All About the Life and Career of Robert De Niro

Answer: The Godfather: Part II

"The Godfather: Part II" (1974) was the first sequel to win an Oscar for Best Picture, and its predecessor "The Godfather" (1972) also won the Best Picture award two years earlier. Part II is noted for its star-studded lineup, consisting of Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, and John Cazale alongside De Niro. De Niro won for his portrayal of a young Vito Corleone, who was an immigrant from Italy while having to overcome the struggles he had assimilating to American life. His hardships, such as dealing with the murder of his family and the loss of his job, contribute to his rise to become the head of the Corleone family, which was prominently featured in the first movie.

7. What 1973 baseball movie brought fame to Robert De Niro?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: Bang The Drum Slowly

Only one of these baseball movies was made in 1973, and that was "Bang The Drum Slowly", where De Niro played a half-witted catcher. "The Natural" (1984) starred Robert Redford. "A League of their Own" (1992) was about a group of women who tried to start a professional league of baseball. "Major League" (1989) is a baseball-related comedy starting Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen.

8. What part of New York did he grow up in?

From Quiz The Life and Times of Robert DeNiro

Answer: Greenwich Village

His mother raised him there after his parents split up. He joined a street gang in Little Italy and gained the nickname "Bobby Milk" beacause of his skin tone.

9. For what 1980 movie did Robert De Niro win an Oscar for Best Actor for portraying a famous pugilist?

From Quiz All About the Life and Career of Robert De Niro

Answer: Raging Bull & The Raging Bull

De Niro played the role as real life boxer Jake LaMotta, who had 106 professional fights between 1941 and 1954. The film featured his legendary fights with Sugar Ray Robinson. Which LaMotta only won one out of six bouts, he was the first boxer to knock Robinson down to the canvas. The film also stars Joe Pesci as his brother and Cathy Moriarty as his wife. The film follows LaMotta's day-to-day life as well as his professional life. De Niro had to train vigorously to get in the shape to portray LaMotta in his fighting years, while also having to gain more than 50 pounds of weight to play the role of LaMotta in his older years.

10. Who directed De Niro's film, "Mean Streets" (1973)?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: Martin Scorsese

This was his first of many efforts with Martin Scorsese. In it, he plays a street tough who is prone to violence, showing that De Niro has a grittier side to him as well. Whenever Scorsese and De Niro collaborate, they create some great films.

11. What year was he inducted into the Italian-American Hall of Fame?

From Quiz The Life and Times of Robert DeNiro

Answer: 2002

He is often thought of as an Italian-American actor and was consequently given the honor to be inducted into the Italian-American Hall of fame. He is actually of mixed Irish ancestry.

12. For which movie was Robert nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor but did NOT win?

From Quiz All About the Life and Career of Robert De Niro

Answer: Awakenings

Robert lost to Jeremy Irons at the 1991 Academy Awards for his performance in "Reversal of Fortune" (1990). "Awakenings" (1990) featured Robert De Niro as Leonard Lowe, a catatonic man who is tended by doctor Dr. Malcolm Sayer, played by Robin Williams. Sayer gives Leonard a dose of a drug known as L-Dopa, which brings him out of this catatonic state, but only for a while until his tolerance of the drug increases to the point where it becomes ineffective and he returns to his previous catatonic state.

13. What was De Niro's breakthrough role in "The Godfather, Part II" (1974)?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: Vito Corleone

"The Godfather, Part II" is arguably one of the greatest movie sequels ever. In fact, it's the first sequel to ever win an Academy Award for Best Picture. In it, Robert De Niro plays the role of a young Vito Corleone, a role already played flawlessly by Marlon Brando in the previous film. He played it so well that he and Brando became the only actors ever to win Oscars for playing the same character.

14. What 1980s singer/band wrote a song about him?

From Quiz The Life and Times of Robert DeNiro

Answer: Bananarama

They called it "Robert DeNiro's Waiting". It was an album track on their "And That's Not All" album released in 1986.

15. Robert married for the first time in 1976 to a woman who would appear in several movies in her own right. What was her name?

From Quiz All About the Life and Career of Robert De Niro

Answer: Diahnne

De Niro married Diahnne Abbott in 1976 and had two children with her. She has had minor roles in a few of Robert's movies, such as "Taxi Driver" (1976), "New York, New York" (1977), and "The King of Comedy" (1983), along with credits in a few others. The couple divorced in 1988, after Diahnne had filed for divorce due to Robert's multiple infidelities.

16. Robert De Niro played Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver" (1976) once again proved his talent. What is the line commonly associated with this movie?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: "You talkin' to me?"

In "Taxi Driver," another Scorsese effort, De Niro plays a delusional cabbie with a messianic complex who believes that all evil people should be wiped off the face of the Earth, and proceeds to wipe out several of them. The famous line "You talkin' to me?," was improvised by De Niro using the script direction "Travis looks in the mirror." Harvey Keitel and Jodie Foster also contribute great performances. The other three quotes were from Scarface, Citizen Kane, and Star Wars.

17. What was the name of De Niro's 1978 Vietnam movie: "The ________ "?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: The Deer Hunter & Deer Hunter

"The Deer Hunter" is a movie depicting the Vietnam War and its effect on a small industrial town. De Niro stars along with Christopher Walken, John Savage, and Meryl Streep.

18. What movie did he have a major role in, but is almost unrecognizable because of all the makeup?

From Quiz The Life and Times of Robert DeNiro

Answer: Frankenstein

He was the creature in the 1994 picture, "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein".

19. Robert De Niro gained 60 pounds for his role as professional boxer Jake La Motta in what Scorsese film?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: Raging Bull

"Raging Bull" (1980) is yet another testament to De Niro's talent. Here he plays the physically tough but emotionally destructive Jake La Motta, who starts out as a prize fighter and eventually becomes a fat has-been. Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarity also have great roles in what I think is Martin Scorsese's masterpiece.

20. In what year did he win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "Raging Bull"?

From Quiz The Life and Times of Robert DeNiro

Answer: 1981

The movie came out in 1980, but the awards were held in 1981.

21. In which 2000 comedy did De Niro play an ex-CIA agent who gives his daughter's boyfriend a hard time?

From Quiz All About the Life and Career of Robert De Niro

Answer: Meet the Parents

De Niro plays the role of Jack Byrnes, an over-protective father to Pam, played by Teri Polo. She brings her boyfriend, Gaylord Focker, played by Ben Stiller, for the first time to her parents' house, where there are many tense and awkward moments between Stiller and De Niro, and it makes for a very funny movie. One scene that sticks out is when Gaylord and Jack are driving to the store together, and "Puff the Magic Dragon" comes on the radio. Gaylord tells Jack that the song is about smoking marijuana, which leads to an funny interaction. The comedy was a box office hit, and it spawned two sequels, which were released in 2004 and 2010.

22. What is the name of the underrated 1982 dark comedy that De Niro starred in: "The _______ "?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: The King of Comedy & King of Comedy

In "The King of Comedy," De Niro plays an aspiring, startlingly unfunny comedian who stalks a talk show host (Jerry Lewis) in an effort to achieve fame. It is another Martin Scorsese movie and by far one of De Niro's most underappreciated roles.

23. Aside from acting, De Niro has occasionally been a movie director. He made his directing debut in 1993 with "A Bronx Tale." Which movie was his second?

From Quiz All About the Life and Career of Robert De Niro

Answer: The Good Shepherd

"The Good Shepherd," released in 2006, was a spy thriller about the CIA's early days. It featured Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, and De Niro. Damon played the lead role as Edward Wilson, a CIA specialist who is assigned with investigating the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961. The movie was nominated for one Oscar, and grossed $100 million in box office revenue. De Niro's movie directing has been rare; he began his acting career in the 1960s, and, as of 2022 has only directed two movies, so he mainly sticks with his acting chops.

24. What was his first credited movie?

From Quiz The Life and Times of Robert DeNiro

Answer: Greetings

"Greetings" came out in 1968, "Bloody Mama" came out in 1970, and the other two came out in 1969. His very first movie was "Three Rooms in Manhattan" that was released in 1965, but he was only an extra and not credited.

25. For which movie, that brought Joe Pesci out of retirement, did De Niro play Mafia hitman Frank Sheeran?

From Quiz All About the Life and Career of Robert De Niro

Answer: The Irishman

"The Irishman" was released in 2019 and was directed by Martin Scorsese. Along with De Niro and Pesci, it stars Al Pacino, Ray Romano, Anna Paquin, and Harvey Keitel. De Niro, as Sheeran, is a World War II veteran who finds work as a truck driver after the war while also working with the mob, and eventually meets and befriends Jimmy Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union. While in a nursing home, the now elderly Frank Sheeran reflects on his past involvement with the mob and Teamsters to retell the story of his life. The movie was nominated for 10 Oscars, but it failed to win any.

26. In "The Untouchables" (1987), Robert De Niro took the role of the infamous Prohibition-era gangster, Al Capone. Who played Elliot Ness, the FBI agent determined to stop him?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: Kevin Costner

All of these actors were in this Brian de Palma movie. In fact, these four actors received top billing over De Niro.

27. Which 1988 comedy had Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin running from the FBI and the mob?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: Midnight Run

"The Cable Guy" was a Jim Carrey film.

28. De Niro was offered the role of Jesus in the Scorsese effort,"The Last Temptation of Christ," but turned it down. Who played that role?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: Willem Dafoe

Interesting how in "Platoon" (1986), the other soldiers commented on Willem Dafoe's character saying that he acted like he was Jesus. It's also interesting how in his death scene, he makes a Jesus Christ pose.

29. In the 1990 film Goodfellas, what was the name of Robert De Niro's character?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: Jimmy Conway

One of Scorsese's best. Tommy DeVito was played by Joe Pesci, Henry Hill by Ray Liotta, and Paul Cicero by Paul Sorvino.

30. In 1991, De Niro starred as Max Cady in a Scorsese remake of the 1962 title "Cape Fear." Who played the original Max Cady?

From Quiz The Life and Works of Robert De Niro

Answer: Robert Mitchum

Gregory Peck was in the original Cape Fear, but he played the part of lawyer Sam Bowden, played in the remake by Nick Nolte. Unlike many remakes, this one was actually very well done. Watch for cameos from the cast of the original Cape Fear.

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