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What Is Your Film IQ? Before you reach for the popcorn, see if your movie knowledge is up to muster with our quiz inspired by Hollywood stars who once called the Bay Area home. BY ZACK RUSKIN
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Clark Tony Reginald Baxter
2 Over the past several years, onetime San Francisco resident Ali Wong has become enormously popular as a stand-up comic. Recently she co-starred in the locally set 2019 Netflix film Always Be My Maybe, in which her character has what profession? A B C D
Alcatraz tour guide Software engineer Balloon artist Celebrity chef
3 Alicia Silverstone was born in San Francisco and will always be known for her pitch-perfect performance as Cher Horowitz in 1995’s Clueless, a modern-day adaption of which classic novel? A B C D
Emma by Jane Austen Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Seinlanguage by Jerry Seinfeld
4 Hayward’s Mahershala Ali
has won Best Supporting Actor twice in the last three years. In 2019, Ali won for his work in Green Book. Which 2017 filmed netted him his first statue? A B C D
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Moonlight La La Land Paul Blart: Mall Cop Hidden Figures
5 Did you know Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson grew up in Hayward? Since then, he’s appeared in a number of movies with comedian Kevin Hart. Which one of Johnson’s films below does NOT co-star Hart? A B C D
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Baywatch Jumanji: The Next Level Central Intelligence
6 Oakland’s Zendaya Coleman was recently featured on HBO’s new critically acclaimed series Euphoria. Earlier this year, she reprised her role as MJ, a twist on the name of which superhero’s love interest? A B C D
Spider-Man Batman Aquaman Lou Seal
7 San Francisco’s Courtney Love may be better known for her music and marriage to rocker Kurt Cobain, but in 1996, she impressed critics in The People vs. Larry Flynt. What publication was the cause of Flynt’s real-life prolonged legal troubles? A B C D
National Geographic Playboy Hustler The Paris Review
8 Actress Leslie Mann was also born in San Francisco. She and her husband, director Judd Apatow, have often worked together. Which of the following Apatow films does not feature Mann onscreen? A B C D
The 40-Year-Old Virgin Trainwreck Knocked Up Funny People
9 James Franco hails from Palo Alto, but in 2014’s The Interview, he and Seth Rogen play journalists who score a rare chat with which world leader? A B C D
Beyoncé Kim Jong-un Vladimir Putin Mayor Pete Buttigieg
10 Benjamin Bratt was raised in San Francisco and later co-starred with Sandra Bullock in 2000’s Miss Congeniality, a film that finds the FBI going undercover where? A B C D
T.G.I. Friday’s Drag Queen Club Beauty pageant United Nations
11 Beloved comedian Margaret Cho is a San Francisco native who once had a small role in the 1997 action film Face/Off, in which this pair of popular actors literally trade faces. A B C D
ylvester Stallone and S Arnold Schwarzenegger Alec Baldwin and Bruce Willis Johnny Depp and Larry the Cable Guy Nicolas Cage and John Travolta
12 Tom Hanks spent many formative years in Oakland. In 1995, he may have felt like NASA was home after completing filming on which project? A B C D
Aliens The Fifth Element Gattaca Apollo 13 1. Tony 2. Celebrity chef 3. Emma by Jane Austen 4. Moonlight 5. Baywatch 6. Spider-Man 7. Hustler 8. Trainwreck 9. Kim Jong-un 10. Beauty pageant 11. Nicolas Cage and John Travolta 12. Apollo 13
1 I Dream of Jeannie’s Barbara Eden lived in San Francisco for many years. What was the name of the astronaut, played by Larry Hagman, who found Jeannie’s bottle and brought her home?
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