Question 1

True or false: David Zaslav personally canceled the release of the nearly finished film 'Batgirl' to save $90 million in taxes.

Accepted Answer

True. Zaslav shelved the $90 million movie for a tax write-down, a controversial move that wiped out completed work.

Question 2

True or false: David Zaslav was the youngest CEO in the history of NBCUniversal.

Accepted Answer

False. David Zaslav never served as CEO of NBCUniversal; he was CEO of Discovery Communications and later Warner Bros. Discovery.

Question 3

True or false: David Zaslav once worked as an intern at a TV station owned by his father.

Accepted Answer

False. David Zaslav's father, Harry Zaslav, was a lawyer, not a TV station owner. Zaslav earned a law degree and began his career as a corporate attorney; there is no record of him interning at a family station.

Question 4

True or false: Zaslav earned his law degree from Harvard Law School.

Accepted Answer

False. He actually earned a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, not Harvard—a common misconception.

Question 5

True or false: Zaslav personally wrote the screenplay for the 1998 film 'The Truman Show'.

Accepted Answer

False. The Truman Show was written by Andrew Niccol. Zaslav has no screenwriting credits; he's a corporate executive.

Question 6

True or false: David Zaslav earned a law degree from Boston University.

Accepted Answer

True. He graduated from Boston University School of Law in 1985 after earning a bachelor's from SUNY Oneonta.

Question 7

True or false: David Zaslav once banned all coffee from Warner Bros. Discovery offices to cut costs.

Accepted Answer

False. While he is known for cost-cutting, there is no record of a coffee ban—this is a fabricated myth.

Question 8

True or false: David Zaslav struck the deal to merge WarnerMedia and Discovery over a single weekend in 2021.

Accepted Answer

True. The $43 billion merger was announced on May 17, 2021, after intense negotiations that reportedly took place over a weekend, surprising the media industry.

David Zaslav Trivia Questions