The Trivia Thread

[gamecock88]

Who turned down the role of Bubba in Forrest Gump? There may be more than one, but I just read this about this guy.

mcconaughey?

 

[Skyhawk96]

Dave chappelle

 

[Skyhawk96]

Edward Norton turned down a role in what movie so he could star in American History X? Who was approached before Norton to play the role of Derek Vinyard?

 

[STS]

Edward Norton turned down a role in what movie so he could star in American History X? Who was approached before Norton to play the role of Derek Vinyard?

I know the first one but not the second one...he turned down the role of James Francis Ryan

 

[Swayin]

Who turned down the role of Bubba in Forrest Gump? There may be more than one, but I just read this about this guy.

Don Cheadle?

 

[STS]

Don Cheadle?

for some reason I think that Chapelle is the correct answer

 

[Swayin]

Edward Norton turned down a role in what movie so he could star in American History X? Who was approached before Norton to play the role of Derek Vinyard?

No idea, good question!

 

[Swayin]

for some reason I think that Chapelle is the correct answer

Wow! 

 

[SanAntonioCock]

Don Cheadle?

Got the initials right.

 

[SanAntonioCock]

for some reason I think that Chapelle is the correct answer

Correctemundo!

I looked it up after I asked the question and apparently David Allen Grier and IceCube turned it down as well. They got the right guy though imo.

 

[SanAntonioCock]

Dave chappelle

Yep. Says he regrets it now. 

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Who was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal?

 

[markymark550]

Correctemundo!

I looked it up after I asked the question and apparently David Allen Grier and IceCube turned it down as well. They got the right guy though imo.

If you believe everything on the Internet, apparently Tupac Shakur read for the part, but wasn't offered the role. That is according to his ex-wife.

 

[STS]

Correctemundo!

I looked it up after I asked the question and apparently David Allen Grier and IceCube turned it down as well. They got the right guy though imo.

agreed...it was an iconic role and I can't imagine anyone else playing that role...but then again if Chapelle had played the role I wonder if I would have felt the same about his peformance

 

[Swayin]

Who was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal?

Dang, another good question, and once again I have no idea. Assuming she was Jesse Owens-era, but I don't remember anything from Berlin about a woman winning.

 

[Skyhawk96]

Who was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal?

Flo Jo

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Flo Jo

Good guess but not Flo.

 

[markymark550]

Jackie Joyner-Kersee was around the same time as Flo Jo, so maybe it's her.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Jackie Joyner-Kersee was around the same time as Flo Jo, so maybe it's her.

Another good guess but no.

 

[STS]

way earlier