She Was a Man Trivia Quiz

Answer: Some Like it Hot

The movie was supposed to be in color, but the make-up used on the lead actors gave their faces a green tinge on film. To hide the problem, director Billy Wilder decided to shoot in black-and-white.

Answer: Robin Williams

To test out how real the Mrs. Doubtfire make-up was, Robin Williams dressed as the character and went shopping. Nobody realised she was a man. Williams' other comedic works include "Good Morning, Vietnam", "Aladdin" and "The Birdcage". His dramatic works include "Good Will Hunting" and "Awakenings".

Answer: Madea

"Madea" is short for "Mother Dear". Her real name is Mabel Simmons. She helps women get through problems they have in their lives; she also claims to have killed some of her husbands to collect insurance. Madea also appears on the Perry series "House of Payne".

Answer: Hugo Weaving

Julie Newmar does have a cameo in the movie. Weaving plays a drag queen in "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". He is perhaps best known for playing Agent Smith in the "Matrix" movies and elf Elrond in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. "To Wong Foo" is about three drag queens who are traveling across the country when their car breaks down.

Answer: She doesn't want her aging father to have to fight in a war and goes in his place.

Her family sees her as a disappointment after Mulan makes a mess of things at the matchmaker's house. Joining the army allows her to protect her father and express herself as a person. Mulan gains much honor for her family by protecting China from the Huns.

Answer: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

The movie is based on the true account of what happened in Savannah, Georgia when a man murdered his lover. John Cusack's character originally comes to Savannah to write up a Christmas party but stays to cover the murder trial of Spacey's character. Like Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood", the book on which the movie is based blurs the line between crime nonfiction and the novel.

Answer: Victor Victoria

Her character lives in Europe in the 1930s and has no money. She finds no job as a singer...but becomes a sensation as a drag queen. James Garner plays a man who falls in love with him/her.

Answer: Hilary Swank

Though there are significant deviations from fact, this movie is based on true events. Hilary Swank also won an Oscar for Best Actress for the movie "Million Dollar Baby" in 2005. Felicity Huffman was nominated for "Transamerica" in 2006, playing a man seeking sex reassignment.

Answer: Kiss of the Spider Woman

Molina wishes he were a woman and dresses accordingly when he can. The movie is about the relationship that develops between Molina and his cellmate, a political prisoner. This film was also one of the first independent films to be nominated for Best Picture. It lost to "Out of Africa".

Answer: The Year of Living Dangerously

Director Peter Weir cast her instead of a man because he felt that none of the men who auditioned captured the character. The movie tells of a journalist (Gibson) going to Jakarta, Indonesia, to cover the political unrest there. Hunt's character is against the country's leader, who lets the people in his country starve. Hunt also voiced a man on the television series "Carnivāle".