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1. Tom Cruise's breakout role was in the teen comedy drama, "Risky Business" (1983). Picture this: Tom in his socks and underwear singing Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock 'n' Roll", and a girl of dubious moral character called Lana. This actress went on to play another femme fatale role in "The Hand that Rocked the Cradle" (1992). Who played Lana in "Risky Business"?
2. In 1986, Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer and Tim Robbins were elite US Navy airmen in "Top Gun". Who could forget Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone" (1986) hit on the soundtrack? Who played Maverick's (Cruise's) girl, Charlie, a year after her first major role?
3. In "The Color of Money" (1986), Tom Cruise had second billing behind Paul Newman who won the Oscar for Best Actor for his repeat role as Fast Eddie Felson. It was Cruise who had the girl, though. The actress, playing the girl called Carmen, had a breakout role in Scarface" (1983) and went on to play leading roles in the "The Abyss" (1998) and "The Perfect Storm" (2000) Who was she?
4. In "Rain Man" (1988), Tom Cruise deferred top billing to Dustin Hoffman who won an Oscar for playing the eponymous role. However Cruise's character, Charlie Babbit had the girl, Susanna, who was played by which Italian actress?
5. This actress was well known in Australia but not in the US when she met Tom Cruise on the set of "Days of Thunder" (1990). They made two other movies together, both whilst they were married to each other - "Far and Away" (1992) and "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999). They have not made a movie together since they were divorced in 2001. What is this actress's name?
6. In "The Firm" (1993), this actress played Abbie, wife to Cruise's Mitch McDeere, a new lawyer in a law firm with a dark past. This was only her fifth movie but she had third billing in only her second movie, which was a blockbuster called "Basic Instinct" (1992). What was her name?
7. "Jerry Maguire" (1996) stars Tom Cruise playing a disgruntled sports agent, Cuba Gooding as a disgruntled footballer ("Show me the money!"), and the first-billed actress playing her breakout role. Who was this actress?
8. In "Vanilla Sky" (2001), a remake of the Spanish "Open your Eyes" (1997), Tom Cruise starred with two female actresses, one established and one relatively new in Hollywood. However one of these actresses starred in the original film as well. What is the name of the actress who starred in both movies?
9. In "War of the Worlds" (2005), the role of the girl is smaller than the normal Cruise movie, as she (Mary-Ann) and Cruise's character (Ray) have separated. Nevertheless, when Ray returns her daughter safely at the end of the movie, this Australian actress (best known for playing Eowyn, in the latter two "Lord of the Rings" (2002, 2003) movies) demonstrates her prowess as an actress. Who was she?
10. In "Oblivion" (2013), Cruise stars as Jack, in a post-apocalyptic world, with two less known co-stars whose characters may or may not be his wives. One of these actresses is British actress Andrea Riseborough, whose prior, better known works were "Happy Go Lucky" (2008) and "Made in Dagenham" (2010), both with Sally Hawkins (Ginger in "Blue Jasmine" [2013]). The other co-star, a tall leggy, French Ukrainian sounds like she should have been cast as eye candy in a implausible spy movie. What was her name?
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