Steven Spielberg Trivia

1. Steven Spielberg grew up in the suburbs of what city?

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Answer: Phoenix

The bland, tract-home suburbia depicted in such films as E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Poltergeist (which Spielberg produced and co-wrote) has its origins in Spielberg's Arizona childhood.

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Answer: Bruce

Fittingly, Spielberg named the razor-toothed beast Bruce ... after his lawyer. Ouch!

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Answer: English

Steven attended California State College (now known as California State University), in Long Beach but dropped out to pursue his directing career.

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Answer: Amblin

Amblin Entertainment was named after Spielberg's acclaimed 26-minute 1968 movie about a young man and woman who meet in the desert and decide to hitchhike to the beach. He expanded upon this early road-movie experience with the white-knuckler TV movie "Duel" and his first feature, "The Sugarland Express". "Sugarland" stars Goldie Hawn as a young mother who springs her husband from prison, then hits the highway--with authorities in hot pursuit--to retrieve their young son from a foster home. (And as for the beach part, perhaps you've heard of a little thing called Jaws ...)

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Answer: 4

Steven has a total of 7 children. He has 2 adopted children, Theo Spielberg was born 1988 and was adopted by Kate Capshaw before her marriage to Steven. He then adopted Theo. His second adopted child, Mikaela George Spielberg, was born on February 28, 1996. He is a stepfather to Jessica, (Kate's daughter), and has 1 child by former wife, Amy Irving, Max, who was born in June 1985. He has three children with Kate, Sasha, born in June 1990, Sawyer, born on March 10, 1992 and Destry Allyn, born on December 1, 1996.

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Answer: Schindler's List

Through some miracle of oversight, he never got the award for any of his movies until the mid-90s. Then again, when you have as much money as Spielberg, you don't really need an Oscar to prove yourself.

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Answer: Tom Selleck

Unfortunately for Tom Selleck, contractual obligations to the TV series "Magnum, P.I." prevented him from donning a hat and brandishing a bullwhip as Indy. While Harrison Ford went on to make "Witness", "The Fugitive" and "Air Force One", Selleck's movie career never really took off (with the exception of "Three Men and a Baby"). Instead, he turned up in "Mr. Baseball", "Quigley Down Under" and as a guest star on "Friends".

From Quiz Life and Times of Steven Spielberg

Answer: 1994-"Schindler's List"

In 1999, Steven did win an Oscar for "Saving Private Ryan" for Best Director and was nominated for Best Picture, however, it was in 1994 when Steven took home 2 Oscars in the categories of Best Director and Best Picture for "Schindler's List", (which won a total of 7 Oscars and was nominated for 5).

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Answer: Amazing Stories

Given his clout in Hollywood, Spielberg was able to lure top-name talent for his "Amazing Stories", which was modeled as a less paranoid "Twilight Zone" and less scary "Night Gallery" (for which he directed episodes early in his career). Despite the involvement of such actors as Kevin Costner, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Tim Robbins, John Lithgow and Danny DeVito--not to mention directors such as Tim Burton, Joe Dante, Clint Eastwood, Tobe Hooper, Robert Zemeckis, Martin Scorsese and Spielberg himself--"Amazing Stories" never seemed to click with audiences, who often clicked elsewhere on the dial instead.

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Answer: Liberian Girl

Michael Jackson's song, "Liberian Girl" was originally released on his album, "Bad", which was originally released in the U.S. on August 31, 1987 on the Sony Record label.

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Answer: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

She was the blond ditz Willy.

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Answer: Dive!

His mother owns "The Milky Way" located nearby. "Dive!" closed in January 1999. It was co-owned by none other than SKG partner, Jeffrey Katzenberg. It had a maze of metal catwalks, exposed conduits, pressure gauges, throttles, control panels, sonar screens, and artfully-placed video screens filled with images of fish and blue underwater scenes. It also had 4 working periscopes which allowed guests to zoom and pan in on the action outside in the shopping center. The seats at the bar resembled torpedoes topped with round targets. Upstairs, a fleet of model ships and subs circled the ceiling.

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Answer: Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories is by far one of my favorite TV shows. If you watch USA on Saturday or Sunday afternoons sometimes they'll show some of the episodes.

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Answer: The Blues Brothers

Director John Landis, who loves to give fellow directors small roles in his movies, cast Spielberg as the Cook County clerk in his Chicago-set musical romp "The Blues Brothers".

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Answer: Amblin & Amblin Entertainment

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Answer: Sir Richard Attenborough

Sir Attenborough played the old but happy owner in 'Jurassic Park'.

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Answer: Mashed potatoes

After witnessing a spacecraft, Dreyfuss' obsession with the image of "Devil's Tower" drives him to create impromptu sculptures from shaving cream, a mound of clay from his child's train set -- and even a pile of mashed potatoes during dinner.

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Answer: Dreamworks SKG & Dreamworks

Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen (hence SKG), joined together to produce films, TV programming, interactive softwares, games and music. Although it was a rocky beginning, DreamWorks rebounded in 1998 with such films as "Deep Impact", "Saving Private Ryan", "Antz" and "The Prince Of Egypt" to name a few. Principals Spielberg, Katzenberg, and Geffen each initially invested $33 million for a 22 percent stake apiece. Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, is DreamWorks' largest shareholder with a 24 percent stake of the company.

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Answer: Debra Winger

If you thought Debra Winger was all about weepy romance and drama flicks, think again--the actress lent her voice to the world's favorite alien. So, does that mean E.T.'s female?

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Answer: Jonathan

Jonathan Norman was convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life in June 1998 for stalking him and threatening to rape him.

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Answer: Drew Barrymore

Spielberg met Drew Barrymore when he cast her as Gertie in "E.T." Little did he know she would grow up to pose for "Playboy". When the director found out, he sent Barrymore a blanket so she could cover up.

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Answer: Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore was born on February 22, 1975 in Culver City, California.

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