Sandra Bullock - Simply Sandy Trivia Quiz

Answer: Arlington, Virginia

Sandra was the first of two sisters born to Helga and John Bullock. Her father was an American voice teacher, and her mother was a German opera singer; Helga died in 2000. Sandy's younger sister Gesine is three years her junior. Having been born into the entertainment industry, Sandra and Gesine spent their early childhood on the road with their parents, dividing time between the United States and Europe.

The family settled back in the Washington, DC area when Sandy was a young teenager.

Answer: Roles involving on-screen nudity by her character

Fairly early in her film career (1993), Sandra portrayed the character Alyssa Rothman in a truly dreadful B-movie, "Fire on the Amazon" (also known by the alternate title "Lost Paradise"). That role featured a dimly-lit love scene in which Alyssa appeared to be topless. Although Sandra did film the scene, she literally covered her breasts and nipples with duct tape to ensure they would not be visible on camera. Sandy has described the experience as one of the low points of her career, and the film itself as, "A horrible piece of garbage." Since then, she has refused all roles involving any form of nudity.

Sandra has played several characters who smoked, including her roles in "Speed" and "The Net". In "28 Days" her character was both a smoker and an alcohol abuser, who stole a limousine and crashed it while driving under the influence.

In 2009, in the movie "The Proposal", Sandra did shoot a scene where the two main characters were embarrassed to encounter each other naked, when showering. The scene was played for comedic effect and important parts were never shown.

Answer: As an oral spray

The potion was taken orally, like an aerosol breath spray. Both Diane and her biochemistry partner Paul Matthews (Tate Donovan) experimented with the magical spray ("Love Potion No. 8"), turning both of their love lives upside-down. Later, realizing that he and Diane were meant to be together - not with any of the people who'd been influenced by their use of the potion - Paul obtained another elixir ("Love Potion No. 9") to counteract the effects of No. 8 and win Diane's hand.

Answer: shepherd

As a very frustrated Sgt. John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) told Lenina, what she had meant to say was, "Looks like there's a new sheriff in town." Lt. Huxley humorously misquoted many 20th century catchphrases, but most of her other mistakes were a bit too blue to be repeated here at FunTrivia.com.

The role of Lt. Lenina Huxley was originally cast to actress Lori Petty ("Cadillac Man", "A League of Their Own"), but the producers replaced her with Sandra just a few days into the filming of "Demolition Man".

Answer: Annie Porter

Before Sandra was cast as Annie Porter, the role was offered to model/actress Halle Berry. Fortunately for Sandy's fans, Ms. Berry declined the part. In a 1996 interview, Sandra told "Premiere" magazine, "Everyone told me to pass on 'Speed'. I heard, 'You're not going to do the bus movie... chuckle chuckle.' It was the industry joke."

To her subsequent regret, Sandra reprised her role as Annie Porter in the ill-fated 1997 sequel, "Speed 2: Cruise Control". Regarding that experience, she later told Reuters, "I just didn't know when to step out of a project if I felt the script wasn't being developed properly. I went into it with the best intentions, but its failure was the best thing for me on a lot of levels. It proved a lot of things that I felt to be true to begin with, and it placed me in a situation that I was more comfortable with because nobody cared about me after it was done. I failed and was on the outs and I was able to go back and concentrate on things I loved."

Answer: Her identity was erased

Angela's entire identity was erased, forcing her to pose as Ruth Marx, a woman with a criminal past wanted by the police. The only person she could trust was her ex-boyfriend and former analyst, Dr. Alan Champion (played by comedian Dennis Miller). Unfortunately, Dr. Champion didn't survive his reunion with Angela for very long.

Answer: Ticket Agent

Lucy sold tickets on the "L", Chicago's famous elevated rail transit system. You can learn just about everything there is to know about the "L" at www.chicago-l.org.

As "While You Were Sleeping" unfolded, we learned that Lucy had a secret crush on Peter. After Peter was mugged and fell unconscious onto the tracks just outside of Lucy's ticket booth, she pulled him to safety in the face of an approaching train. While Peter was hospitalized in a coma, Lucy inadvertently became an extended member of his family, and found herself in the confusing situation of pretending to be Peter's fiancé, while she was simultaneously falling hopelessly in love with his brother, Jack. Bill Pullman and Peter Gallagher co-starred as Jack and Peter Callaghan. So how did it all end? No spoilers here! If you don't already know, you'll have to rent the DVD to find out!

Answer: Smithville

All four communities are actual small towns in Texas. Birdee hailed from Smithville, where she was crowned "Queen of Corn" for three consecutive years ("a feat unsurpassed in the history of Smithville"). In addition to her leading role, Sandra was also the executive producer of "Hope Floats".

Her performance as Birdee earned Sandra the 1999 Lone Star Film & Television Award for Best Actress.

Answer: Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman portrayed Sally's sister, Gillian ("Gillie"). Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing played the roles of Bridget "Jet" Owens and Frances Owens, the unconventional aunts who raised Sally. Caprice Benedetti was Maria Owens, a family ancestor who had inflicted a cruel curse on all of the Owens women: any man they fell in love with met an early and untimely death.

Answer: Who Do I Gotta Kill?

Sandra Bullock and Steve Buscemi both had small roles in the 1992 comedy "Who Do I Gotta Kill?" (also known by the alternate video title "Me & The Mob"). A stereotypical "direct to video" release, the film was panned by both critics and audiences alike.

In "28 Days", Sandra's character Gwen Cummings suffered from an alcohol abuse problem. She was compelled to attend a drug and alcohol rehab program in lieu of receiving a jail sentence, after stealing a limousine and crashing it while driving under the influence. Sandra spent research time at a real rehabilitation center to prepare for her role as Gwen.

Answer: The dress was made of rubber bands

Gracie's dress was very tight, but it didn't cause her to faint, and although Gracie did trip and stumble on her way from the hangar to the airplane, the dress remained fully in place. As most faithful Sandra Bullock fans already know, it's rather unlikely that Sandy would ever appear in a film wearing see-through costuming of any kind. In fact, Gracie's dress was totally opaque, and it was made entirely out of blue rubber bands.

Sandra's performance as Gracie Hart earned her an American Comedy Award, a Blockbuster Entertainment Award and a Teen Choice Award, in addition to a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Answer: No

Joel Voorhies has worked with Sandra Bullock on several of her film projects, dating back to 1996. Prior to "Ya-Ya", Joel was Sandy's costumer for "In Love and War", "Hope Floats", "Practical Magic", "Forces of Nature" and "Murder by Numbers". He was also the supervising key costumer for "Miss Congeniality", and Sandra's wardrobe assistant on "A Time to Kill" (their first collaboration together).

Answer: The Six Million Dollar Man

Sandra guest starred as Katie in a "Six Million Dollar Man" TV movie, "Bionic Showdown", which first aired on ABC on April 30, 1989. Her character Katie had been confined to a wheelchair since the age of six, and was on the verge of becoming the second "bionic woman". Lee Majors starred as Colonel Steve Austin, and Lindsay Wagner co-starred as Jaime Sommers.

More recently, Sandra has been the executive producer of the ABC sitcom "George Lopez". She appeared in several episodes of the show, playing the recurring character Amy, an accident-prone klutz.

Answer: While You Were Sleeping

Sandra starred in all four films. She produced "Gun Shy", and was the executive producer for both "Hope Floats" and "Murder by Numbers". "While You Were Sleeping" was produced by Roger Birnbaum and Joe Roth (together with six other executive, associate and co-producers).

Answer: Fortis Films

Fortis Films is located in West Hollywood, California. Fortis is a Latin word essentially meaning "strength and perseverance" (English synonyms: strong, brave, powerful, robust, steadfast, courageous and valiant). In addition to Sandra, both her father John and sister Gesine work at Fortis.

The three other firms are/were also production companies owned by famous actresses. Sigourney Weaver owns and operates Goat Cay Productions, and Moving Pictures is Demi Moore's production company. Prufrock Pictures (formerly Fandango Films) was founded by Meg Ryan, but ceased operations in 2000.