Question 1

True or false: Woody Allen performed weekly as a jazz clarinetist at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City for many years.

Accepted Answer

True. He played Monday nights at the Carlyle with his New Orleans jazz band from the 1990s until 2020.

Question 2

True or false: Woody Allen's real name is Allan Stewart Konigsberg.

Accepted Answer

True. Born Allan Stewart Konigsberg in 1935, he legally changed his name to Woody Allen in the early 1950s.

Question 3

True or false: Woody Allen performed as a stand-up comedian at the Copacabana nightclub in the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

True. He was a regular at the Copacabana, honing his neurotic, intellectual humor before his film career took off.

Question 4

True or false: Woody Allen has never won an Academy Award for Best Director.

Accepted Answer

False. He won Best Director for 'Annie Hall' in 1978, beating Steven Spielberg for 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.'

Question 5

True or false: Woody Allen has never appeared as an actor in any film directed by another director.

Accepted Answer

False. He acted in films like 'Casino Royale' (1967) and 'The Front' (1976), both directed by others.

Question 6

True or false: Woody Allen wrote a play entirely in rhyme called 'God.'

Accepted Answer

True. 'God' (1975) is a one-act musical farce written in rhyming couplets, a rare experiment for him.

Question 7

True or false: Woody Allen directed the film 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' entirely in black and white.

Accepted Answer

False. The main narrative is in color; only the film-within-a-film sequences are black-and-white, so the film is not entirely in black and white.

Question 8

True or false: Woody Allen's film 'Manhattan' was shot in widescreen CinemaScope.

Accepted Answer

False. It was shot in 2.35:1 anamorphic Panavision, a different anamorphic system from CinemaScope, despite the similar wide look.

Woody Allen Trivia Questions