Robin Williams Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
What was Robin Williams’s birth name?
A: Robin McLaurin Williams.
What middle school did Williams attend?
A: Deer Path Junior High School.
Robins first performance took place at what comedy club in
San Francisco?
A: Holy City Zoo.
Who was Robin Williams's father?
A: Robert Fitzgerald Williams, a senior executive at the
Ford Motor Company.
When was Robin Williams born?
A: July 21, 1951.
Where did Robin enroll after high school?
A: Claremont Men's College in Claremont,
California.
What religion did Robins mother practice?
A: Christian Science.
While attending Claremont Men's College what did Robin
study?
A: Political science.
Where was Robin Williams born?
A: Chicago, Illinois, United States.
On what date did Robin Williams die?
A: August 11, 2014.
How old was Robin Williams when he died?
A: 63.
What was the official cause of death for Robin Williams?
A: Asphyxia due to suicidal hanging.
How many children did Robin Williams have?
A: 3
Robin Williams got his start as stand-up comedian in what
two cities in the mid-1970s?
A: San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Williams rose to fame as Mork on what TV series?
A: Mork & Mindy (1978–82).
Robin Williams was known for his what?
A: Improvisational skills.
Robin Williams attained a full scholarship to what highly
regarded school in New York City?
A: Juilliard School.
What movie was Robins film debut?
A: Popeye (1980).
How many times was Robin nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Actor?
A: Three times.
He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his
in what movie?
A: Good Will Hunting.
How many Emmys did Williams receive during his acting
career?
A: Two.
How many golden Globe Awards did Robin Williams win?
A: Six.
How many Screen Actors Guild Awards did Robin Williams
receive?
A: Two.
On what date did Robin Williams commit suicide?
A: August 11, 2014.
At what hospital was Robin Williams born?
A: At St. Luke's Hospital.
Robin first saw Jonathan Winters on
TV when he was how
old?
A: Eight.
Who was Robin's mother?
A: Laurie McLaurin, a former model from Jackson,
Mississippi.
What are the names of Williams's two elder half-brothers?
A: Robert Todd Williams and McLaurin Smith-Williams.
In what religion was Robin Williams raised?
A: As an Episcopalian.
Robin gave credit to his mother as an important early
influence for his what?
A: Sense of humor.
What elementary school did Robin Attend?
A: Gorton Elementary School.
In 1963, when Robin was twelve, his dad was transferred to
where?
A: Detroit.
In school, Robin was on the school's soccer team,
wrestling
team, and became class what?
A: President.
How old was Robin when his father took early retirement and
moved his family moved to Tiburon, California?
A: 16.
After the family moved to Tiburon, California, Williams
attended what high school?
A: Redwood High School in nearby Larkspur.
Robin studied theatre for three years at what institution?
A: College of Marin, a community college in Kentfield, California.
Robin Williams paid many of his friend Christopher Reeve's
what?
A: Medical bills.
After Robin and his family moved to Marin County
California, Robin began his career doing what?
A: Stand-up comedy shows in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Who became Robin's "idol" early in life?
A: Jonathan Winters.
Williams won a Grammy Award for the recording of what
1979
live show at the Copacabana in New York?
A: "Reality...What a Concept".