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Great quiz! I love Tom Cruise! xxxxx
Jessica 1/1/12 12:26 pm

Answers:

1. Tom has played which of the following real-life people from the Vietnam era?
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Ron Kovic
Robert McNamara
Abbie Hoffman
 
2. What is Tom's connection to the TV show Lost?
Tom's former brother-in-law is JJ Abrams, who created the show
Tom receives an executive producer credit on the show
Tom's vocalizations are the voice-overs.
Tom's cousin had a recurring role in show
 
3. Tom's infamous couch-jumping episode occurred on what show?
Oprah
The Today Show
The Tonight Show
L. Ron Hubbard's Dance Fever
 
4. Warren Zevon's 'Werewolves of London' was featured in which of Tom's films?
Top Gun
All the Right Moves
Days of Thunder
The Color of Money
 
5. Tom has appeared in an on-screen adaptation of the works of each of the following writers, except for whom?
Anne Rice
Philip K Dick
Michael Crichton
John Grisham
 
6. Which of the following films did not gross $100 million at the US box office?
Rain Man
Top Gun
A Few Good Men
Magnolia
 
7. In A Few Good Men, Tom portrayed naval lawyer Daniel Kaffee, who held which rank?
Commander
Colonel
Lieutenant
Lieutenant Colonel
 
8. Tom has played A) Lestat B) Mitchell McDeere C) Joel Goodson and D) an assassin named Vincent. Which of the following ranks the characters correctly in age, from youngest to oldest?
A -B - C - D
D - A - C - B
C - B - D - A
D - C - A - B
 
9. Which of these fictitious characters has Tom played in a brief cameo?
Jack Ryan
Axel Foley
Austin Powers
Jack Sparrow
 
10. In which film did Tom play a character who was shot to death?
Born on the Fourth of July
All the Right Moves
Taps
Far and Away
 
11. What is unusual about Tom's wives Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes?
All were devout Buddhists before marrying Tom
Mimi is about 11 years older than Nicole, who is about 11 years older than Katie
All are from the same small town in California
They all play bridge every Saturday with Brooke Shields
 
12. Discussing his opposition to psychiatry with Matt Lauer on the Today show in 2005, Tom said famously, "Matt, Matt, Matt....you're ________.....you don't even know what Ritalin is."
Glib
Supercilious
Sanctimonious
Part of the problem
 
13. For which film was Tom *not* nominated for an Oscar?
Rain Man
Born on the Fourth of July
Magnolia
Jerry Maguire
 
14. Which director hasn't worked with Tom in a feature film?
Steven Spielberg
Martin Scorsese
Brian De Palma
Roman Polanski
 
15. Where was Tom born?
New Jersey
New Zealand
New Mexico
New Cyrius Epsilon 3, Maplewood Township
 
16. What Cruise film contains the following line: "For 500 bucks a month, I'll kill whoever you want"?
Collateral
Cocktail
The Last Samurai
Willow
 
17. In 2006, Tom began a business relationship with the owner of which professional sports team?
St. Louis Cardinals
Dallas Cowboys
Washington Redskins
Miami Heat
 
18. Tom claims that the name of his daughter Suri means "princess" in Hebrew, and is also Persian for:
Red Rose
Beautiful
Everlasting
Dawn's Splendor
 
19. In 2006, Tom and his producing partner, Paula Wagner, split with Paramount, with which the two had been associated for more than a decade. Cruise and Wagner subsequently headed what other major studio?
Sony
United Artists
Universal
MGM
 
20. Part of the controversy that surrounded Suri's birth was the persistent rumor that the child's father was not in fact Tom, but this former boyfriend of Katie's:
Vince Vaughn
Matthew Perry
Mario Lopez
Chris Klein
 
21. Tom's film with the greatest US gross, adjusted for inflation, is:
Top Gun
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible
War of the Worlds
 
22. The world held its breath during summer 2006 as everyone eagerly awaited a report of a Suri sighting. The Great Suri Watch ended when which celebrity claimed to have visited Tom and Katie and seen their progeny?
Will Smith
Leah Remini
John Travolta
Oprah Winfrey
 
23. With which of these Oscar winners has Tom appeared on film more than once?
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
Jack Nicolson
Jamie Foxx
 
24. For which Nicole Kidman film, released almost simultaneously with the couple's divorce, was Tom credited as an executive producer?
The Hours
The Peacemaker
Birthday Girl
The Others
 
25. Tom is most widely associated with Scientology. Which of the following is also true of his religious life?
He was born Jewish
His father was a devout Buddhist
He has been excommunicated by the Catholic Church
As a youngster, Tom attended a Franciscan seminary
 




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