1. In which year was Adam McKay born?
A) 1965
B) 1968
C) 1970
D) 1972
Answer: B) 1968
2. Where was Adam McKay born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
C) Denver, Colorado
D) Chicago, Illinois
Answer: C) Denver, Colorado
3. What was Adam McKay’s role at Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1995 to 2001?
A) Cast member
B) Head writer
C) Director
D) Producer
Answer: B) Head writer
4. Which comedy troupe did Adam McKay help found in Chicago?
A) The Groundlings
B) Second City
C) Upright Citizens Brigade
D) ImprovOlympic
Answer: C) Upright Citizens Brigade
5. Who was Adam McKay’s frequent collaborator in comedy films during the 2000s?
A) Steve Carell
B) Will Ferrell
C) John C. Reilly
D) Paul Rudd
Answer: B) Will Ferrell
6. Which was Adam McKay’s first feature film as a director?
A) Talladega Nights
B) Step Brothers
C) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
D) The Other Guys
Answer: C) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
7. What is the name of the production company founded by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell?
A) Hyperobject Industries
B) Gary Sanchez Productions
C) Yellow Dot Studios
D) Funny or Die Productions
Answer: B) Gary Sanchez Productions
8. Which website did Adam McKay and Will Ferrell launch in 2007?
A) Funny or Die
B) CollegeHumor
C) The Onion
D) Cracked
Answer: A) Funny or Die
9. Which film earned Adam McKay an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay?
A) Vice
B) The Big Short
C) Don’t Look Up
D) Anchorman 2
Answer: B) The Big Short
10. What is the name of Adam McKay’s current production company, founded in 2019?
A) Gary Sanchez Productions
B) Second City Productions
C) Hyperobject Industries
D) Yellow Dot Studios
Answer: C) Hyperobject Industries
11. Which film directed by Adam McKay is a satirical take on the 2007–08 financial crisis?
A) Vice
B) The Big Short
C) Don’t Look Up
D) Step Brothers
Answer: B) The Big Short
12. Which actor played Dick Cheney in Adam McKay’s film Vice?
A) Christian Bale
B) Steve Carell
C) Brad Pitt
D) Ryan Gosling
Answer: A) Christian Bale
13. What is the primary theme of Adam McKay’s film Don’t Look Up?
A) Political corruption
B) Financial crisis
C) Climate change
D) Media sensationalism
Answer: C) Climate change
14. Which university did Adam McKay attend but drop out of before completing his degree?
A) Penn State University
B) Temple University
C) University of Chicago
D) New York University
Answer: B) Temple University
15. Which improv teacher did Adam McKay study under in Chicago?
A) Del Close
B) Tina Fey
C) Amy Poehler
D) Matt Walsh
Answer: A) Del Close
16. What was the name of the Second City revue that Adam McKay performed in?
A) Citizen Gates
B) Pinata Full of Bees
C) The Family
D) Paradigm Lost
Answer: B) Pinata Full of Bees
17. Which role did Adam McKay occasionally play on Saturday Night Live?
A) Weekend Update anchor
B) Celebrity impersonator
C) Obnoxious audience member
D) Sketch comedian
Answer: C) Obnoxious audience member
18. Which film was Adam McKay working on before he left to pursue a climate change project?
A) Bad Blood
B) Average Height, Average Build
C) Shiver
D) The Chair Company
Answer: B) Average Height, Average Build
19. Who was cast as the lead in Adam McKay’s unproduced film Average Height, Average Build?
A) Will Ferrell
B) Leonardo DiCaprio
C) Robert Pattinson
D) Mark Wahlberg
Answer: C) Robert Pattinson
20. Which network has a first-look television deal with Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries?
A) Netflix
B) HBO
C) Apple TV+
D) Amazon Prime
Answer: B) HBO
21. Which TV series did Adam McKay direct the pilot for and serve as an executive producer?
A) Succession
B) The White Lotus
C) Euphoria
D) Barry
Answer: A) Succession
22. What caused the professional split between Adam McKay and Will Ferrell?
A) Creative differences over Anchorman 2
B) Casting John C. Reilly in Winning Time without informing Ferrell
C) Disagreement over Funny or Die management
D) Financial disputes at Gary Sanchez Productions
Answer: B) Casting John C. Reilly in Winning Time without informing Ferrell
23. Which podcast did Adam McKay host from 2015 to 2016?
A) Last Movie Ever Made
B) The Chris Gethard Show
C) Surprisingly Awesome
D) Drunk History
Answer: C) Surprisingly Awesome
24. In which city did Adam McKay primarily grow up after his parents’ divorce?
A) Denver, Colorado
B) Malvern, Pennsylvania
C) Worcester, Massachusetts
D) Chicago, Illinois
Answer: B) Malvern, Pennsylvania
25. What is the name of the production company Adam McKay started to focus on climate change content?
A) Yellow Dot Studios
B) Hyperobject Industries
C) Gary Sanchez Productions
D) Second City Productions
Answer: A) Yellow Dot Studios
