Shia LaBeouf - A Rising Star Trivia Quiz

Answer: June 11, 1986

Shia was born in sunny Los Angeles California. He is an only child.

Answer: Holes

"Holes" (2003) was the first Disney movie. In "Holes", Stanley Yelnats was sent to a work camp for a crime he didn't commit. While there, he was forced to dig holes all day long, until he found something that changed his family's fortune for ever.

Answer: Beverly Hills 90210

Shia had a part on "ER"(1994 - present) in 2000, where he played a boy afflicted with muscular dystrophy. On "The X Files" (1993- 2002) in 1999, he played another sick boy. In 2003, he was involved in sketch comedies on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992 - present).

Answer: Surf's Up

Shia provided the voice of Cody Maverick in the animated (CGI) movie "Surf's Up". This funny movie was about a penguin who entered the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship. This movie came out after the successful movies, "The March of the Penguins" and "Happy Feet". I guess people had enough of penguins.

Answer: gift from God

Shia means a gift from God, in Hebrew. Shia was named after his maternal grandfather, who was a comedian who worked in the Catskill Mountains. He comes from a long line of performers and started acting as soon as he was born!

Answer: Transformers

This movie was based on the television show "Transformers" (1984 -1987). In the movie "Transformers", Bumblebee turned out to be an Autobot. Autobots came from the planet Cybertron. The planet was inhabited by Autobots and the Decepticons. The Decepticon's goal was total domination. The fight has moved to Earth. Can mankind be saved?

Answer: Golf

"The Greatest Game Ever Played" (2005) was a true story about a virtually unknown 20 year-old Francis Ouimet, who defeated his idol in the 1913 U.S. Open. Shia played Francis Ouimet in this Disney "feel good" movie.

Answer: Yale

He declined Yale saying he was "getting the kind of education you don't get at school". He made "Constantine" and "The Greatest Game Ever Played" in 2005. In 2006, he followed up with "Bobby". In 2007, he was part of "Disturbia", "Surf's Up" and "Transformers". Who would have time for school?

Answer: Louis Stevens

Shia played Louis Stevens in "Even Stevens" from 1999 - 2003. "The Even Stevens Movie" (2003) came out in September.

Louis was a middle school student who loved to annoy his older sister Ren.
While this show was a sitcom, there was no use of a laughtrack.

Answer: Disturbia

Shia played Kale in "Disturbia" where he was under house arrest after punching his Spanish teacher. He spent his time spying on his neighbors and thought he saw a crime being committed. This movie reminded me of the great Alfred Hitchcock movie "Rear Window" (1954).