# 🦅 Trivia: Nicolas Cage  
**🗓️ Used:** 2025-06-13

## 🧠 Regular Questions

### 1. What is Nicolas Cage’s birth name?  
**Answer:** Nicolas Kim Coppola  
- “When you’re born into the Godfather, but choose Ghost Rider.”  
- “Coppola by blood, chaos by choice.”  
- “Nepotism? Nah, Cage made his own weird legacy.”  
- “Swapped family glory for flaming skulls.”  
- “He could’ve directed, but he chose to scream instead.”

### 2. For what film did Nicolas Cage win an Academy Award?  
**Answer:** Leaving Las Vegas  
- “Spoiler: He didn’t leave with dignity.”  
- “Oscar-winning alcoholism. Classy.”  
- “Proof he can act *before* the bees took over.”  
- “Yes, he was serious once.”  
- “Vegas: where careers and sobriety go to die.”

### 3. What treasure-hunting franchise made Cage a box office hero?  
**Answer:** National Treasure  
- “History, puzzles, and overacting—*America!*”  
- “Stealing the Declaration like it’s a Costco receipt.”  
- “Indiana Jones with a DMV energy.”  
- “A masterclass in yelling about Benjamin Franklin.”  
- “The U.S. Constitution never stood a chance.”

### 4. Which Cage film involves a demonic motorcycle-riding superhero?  
**Answer:** Ghost Rider  
- “He’s on fire—literally.”  
- “The only superhero who needs sunscreen at night.”  
- “The skull? On purpose.”  
- “Flaming chains, bad CGI, pure Cage.”  
- “This movie answers ‘what if hell had a Harley?’”

### 5. What 1997 action film stars Cage swapping faces with John Travolta?  
**Answer:** Face/Off  
- “You heard right. They *switch faces.*”  
- “Peak ‘90s madness with bonus explosions.”  
- “Travolta becomes Cage. The world suffers.”  
- “It’s not plastic surgery—it’s plot surgery.”  
- “Face it: This movie’s insane. Literally.”

## ✍️ Fill-in-the-Blank Questions

### 1. Nicolas Cage is the nephew of director Francis Ford ______.  
**Answer:** Coppola  
- “Uncle made The Godfather. Nephew made *The Wicker Man.*”  
- “Hollywood royalty meets screaming royalty.”  
- “Family dinners must be weird.”  
- “Coppola family tree, now with more bees.”  
- “Name drop? More like name yeet.”

### 2. Cage famously yelled “Not the ______!” in *The Wicker Man*.  
**Answer:** Bees  
- “Nature’s most aggressive punchline.”  
- “A meme. A scream. A lifestyle.”  
- “Pollen and pain, brought to you by Cage.”  
- “Bees = Oscars now?”  
- “It’s not a horror movie—it’s a documentary on overacting.”

### 3. Cage legally changed his last name to “Cage” as a tribute to comic book hero ______ Cage.  
**Answer:** Luke  
- “Superheroes inspired his *entire life*.”  
- “Marvel nerds, rejoice. He’s one of you.”  
- “From Power Man to Power Performance.”  
- “That explains the muscles and chaos.”  
- “Not a cage match—just a Cage.”

### 4. In *Adaptation*, Cage plays a screenwriter and his fictional ______.  
**Answer:** Twin  
- “Two Cages. One Oscar nom. Zero chill.”  
- “He played himself—and himself.”  
- “Because one Cage isn’t enough.”  
- “Split personalities, same energy.”  
- “Twin Peaks? Try twin freaks.”

### 5. Nicolas Cage once bought a ______ island.  
**Answer:** Private  
- “Because mansions are for cowards.”  
- “Cage Island: population unhinged.”  
- “Next up: Nicolas Cage World.”  
- “Real estate? More like surreal estate.”  
- “He also owned a dinosaur skull, just FYI.”

## ❓ Multiple Choice Questions

### 1. [Difficulty: 1]  
Which of these Cage films involves a cursed lottery ticket?  
- A. Honeymoon in Vegas  
- B. It Could Happen to You  
- C. City of Angels  
- D. The Family Man  
**Answer:** B. It Could Happen to You  
- “It could happen… but it probably shouldn’t.”  
- “Romance, ethics, and Cage in a uniform.”  
- “Lotto love with a side of weird.”  
- “Based on a lie, redeemed by charm.”  
- “You’ll laugh. You’ll cringe. You’ll Cage.”

### 2. [Difficulty: 2]  
Which movie has Cage playing an angel who gives up immortality?  
- A. City of Angels  
- B. Knowing  
- C. Next  
- D. Con Air  
**Answer:** A. City of Angels  
- “Fallen angel, risen awkwardness.”  
- “Wings, tears, and Goo Goo Dolls.”  
- “When eternal love comes with migraines.”  
- “Flightless and full of feelings.”  
- “Somehow, *not* the weirdest role he’s done.”

### 3. [Difficulty: 3]  
What real-life event inspired Cage’s movie *World Trade Center*?  
- A. 1993 WTC bombing  
- B. 9/11 attacks  
- C. Hurricane Katrina  
- D. Oklahoma City bombing  
**Answer:** B. 9/11 attacks  
- “Cage in a drama? Yes, it happened.”  
- “No bees. Just real tragedy.”  
- “A rare serious Cage moment.”  
- “Survival story meets stone-faced acting.”  
- “Yes, he kept the wig.”

### 4. [Difficulty: 3]  
In *Con Air*, what’s Cage’s character’s name?  
- A. Cameron Poe  
- B. Johnny Blaze  
- C. Charlie Kaufman  
- D. Benjamin Franklin Gates  
**Answer:** A. Cameron Poe  
- “A name so Southern it comes with its own mullet.”  
- “The accent alone deserves jail time.”  
- “Put the bunny back in the box.”  
- “America’s most patriotic parolee.”  
- “Con Air: The sky's the limit for lunacy.”

### 5. [Difficulty: 4]  
Which animated film features Cage as a voice actor for Spider-Man Noir?  
- A. Spider-Man: Homecoming  
- B. Into the Spider-Verse  
- C. The Amazing Spider-Man 2  
- D. Big Hero 6  
**Answer:** B. Into the Spider-Verse  
- “Black and white. All angst. All Cage.”  
- “He punches Nazis and smells 1930s rain.”  
- “Spider-Man, but make it vintage trauma.”  
- “Best voice casting since ever.”  
- “Spider-Cage, Spider-Cage, noir as hell with pent-up rage.”
  
  
  