Mike Nichols Quiz Questions and Answers
1. What was Mike Nichols’ birth name?
a) Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky
b) Mikhail Paul Nichols
c) Igor Michael Nichols
d) Paul Mikhail Peschkowsky
Answer: a) Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky
2. In which city was Mike Nichols born?
a) New York City, USA
b) Berlin, Germany
c) Chicago, USA
d) Moscow, Russia
Answer: b) Berlin, Germany
3. At what age did Mike Nichols and his brother flee Nazi Germany for the USA?
a) 5 and 1
b) 7 and 3
c) 9 and 5
d) 10 and 6
Answer: b) 7 and 3
4. What was the name of the comedy improvisational troupe Mike Nichols joined in the 1950s?
a) The Compass Players
b) The Second City
c) The Groundlings
d) Upright Citizens Brigade
Answer: a) The Compass Players
5. Who was Mike Nichols’ comedy partner in the duo Nichols and May?
a) Elaine May
b) Susan Sontag
c) Meryl Streep
d) Candice Bergen
Answer: a) Elaine May
6. Which Broadway show featured Nichols and May’s improvisational act?
a) The Odd Couple
b) Barefoot in the Park
c) An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May
d) Luv
Answer: c) An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May
7. Which award did Nichols and May win for their comedy album in 1962?
a) Emmy Award
b) Grammy Award
c) Tony Award
d) Oscar
Answer: b) Grammy Award
8. What was Mike Nichols’ first Broadway play as a director?
a) The Odd Couple
b) Luv
c) Barefoot in the Park
d) Death of a Salesman
Answer: c) Barefoot in the Park
9. Which actor starred in Nichols’ Broadway debut, Barefoot in the Park?
a) Dustin Hoffman
b) Robert Redford
c) Jack Nicholson
d) Philip Seymour Hoffman
Answer: b) Robert Redford
10. What was Mike Nichols’ first film as a director?
a) The Graduate
b) Catch-22
c) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
d) Silkwood
Answer: c) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
11. Which famous couple starred in Nichols’ film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
a) Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
b) Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
c) Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
d) Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
Answer: b) Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
12. For which film did Mike Nichols win an Academy Award for Best Director?
a) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
b) Silkwood
c) The Graduate
d) The Birdcage
Answer: c) The Graduate
13. Which film, directed by Nichols, became the highest-grossing movie of 1967?
a) Catch-22
b) The Graduate
c) Carnal Knowledge
d) Working Girl
Answer: b) The Graduate
14. Which of the following is NOT a film directed by Mike Nichols?
a) The Exorcist
b) Silkwood
c) Working Girl
d) The Birdcage
Answer: a) The Exorcist
15. What major entertainment awards did Mike Nichols win to achieve EGOT status?
a) Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, BAFTA
b) Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony
c) Grammy, Oscar, Tony, Golden Globe
d) Emmy, Oscar, Tony, Pulitzer
Answer: b) Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony
16. How many Tony Awards did Mike Nichols win for directing plays?
a) Four
b) Five
c) Six
d) Seven
Answer: c) Six
17. Which play did Nichols win a Tony Award for directing in 2012?
a) The Odd Couple
b) Death of a Salesman
c) Barefoot in the Park
d) Spamalot
Answer: b) Death of a Salesman
18. What was the name of Nichols’ final Broadway directing credit?
a) Betrayal
b) Spamalot
c) The Odd Couple
d) Luv
Answer: a) Betrayal
19. Which actress won an Oscar for her role in Nichols’ film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
a) Anne Bancroft
b) Elizabeth Taylor
c) Meryl Streep
d) Katharine Ross
Answer: b) Elizabeth Taylor
20. Which Nichols film is considered a landmark for addressing generational conflicts in the 1960s?
a) Catch-22
b) The Graduate
c) Carnal Knowledge
d) Silkwood
Answer: b) The Graduate
21. What medical condition did Nichols develop at age 4 that affected him lifelong?
a) Deafness
b) Blindness
c) Baldness
d) Paralysis
Answer: c) Baldness
22. Who was Mike Nichols’ fourth and final wife?
a) Elaine May
b) Diane Sawyer
c) Margo Callas
d) Annabel Davis-Goff
Answer: b) Diane Sawyer
23. Which university did Mike Nichols attend, where he met Elaine May?
a) University of Chicago
b) New York University
c) Harvard University
d) Columbia University
Answer: a) University of Chicago
24. Which Nichols film featured Meryl Streep and addressed nuclear plant safety?
a) Silkwood
b) Working Girl
c) Heartburn
d) Postcards from the Edge
Answer: a) Silkwood
25. What was the name of Nichols’ father’s profession in the USA?
a) Lawyer
b) Doctor
c) Engineer
d) Teacher
Answer: b) Doctor