If this doesn’t make you feel old … that cute little blond, cherubic-faced, cheek-slapping kiddie we all loved in the ‘Home Alone’ flicks? He turns 30 this week! That’s right … Macaulay Culkin rings in his 30th birthday on Aug. 26. The former child star — one of the few who has managed to navigate his superstardom relatively unscathed (and, even more remarkably, without a lengthy rap sheet) — completed a stint in NBC’s short-lived series ‘Kings’ last year, will star in the “military action comedy drama” ‘Service Man’ next year and is currently celebrating the scene-stealing performance of younger brother Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells in the buzzed about big-screen romp ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.’
All that makes it the perfect time to test your knowledge of all things Macaulay and company with our Culkin family quiz …
When you’re finished, click here for a list of the correct answers.
1. Culkin family ‘rents Kit Culkin and Patricia Brentup have how many children together?
A: Five
B: Seven
C: Nine
2. Which Culkin sibling is the youngest?
A: Rory
B: Kieran
C: Macaulay
3. Macaulay Culkin became the first child star to nab a $1 million salary for a movie … for which movie?
A: ‘Home Alone 2’
B: ‘Getting Even With Dad’
C: ‘My Girl’
4. Which Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actress is the Culkin kids’ aunt?
A: Sigourney Weaver
B: Kyra Sedgwick
C: Bonnie Bedelia
5. Which Culkin kid plays Fuller, the bedwetting cousin of Macaulay’s Kevin McAllister, in ‘Home Alone’?
A: Rory
B: Shane
C: Kieran
6. In 1998, Macaulay Culkin married a soap actress from which daytime drama?
A: ‘All My Children’
B: ‘As the World Turns’
C: ‘Guiding Light’
7. Before Patricia and Kit became their childrens’ “momager” and “dadager,” Patricia worked as a telephone operator and Kit worked as a maintenance man at a local ________.
A: Church
B: Taxi garage
C: Theater
8. True or false: Director and screenwriter John Hughes wrote ‘Home Alone’ specifically for Macaulay Culkin after seeing him in an episode of the TV show ‘The Equalizer’?
A: True
B: False
9. Which Culkin sibling died in a car accident in 2008?
A: Quinn
B: Dakota
C: Christian
10. Macaulay Culkin was a good friend of Michael Jackson’s, and is even godfather to two of Jackson’s children. How old was the ‘Home Alone’ star when Jackson first invited him to his Neverland Ranch and started their lifelong friendship?
A: 9
B: 7
C: 8
11. Which two Culkin brothers have been nominated for Golden Globe awards?
A: Macaulay and Kieran
B: Rory and Macaulay
C: Kieran and Rory
12. In which Michael Jackson music video does Macaulay Culkin appear?
A: ‘Remember the Time’
B: ‘Black or White’
C: ‘Smooth Criminal’
13. Macaulay Culkin was arrested in 2004 for marijuana possession. In what city was he arrested?
A: Kansas City
B: Salt Lake City
C: Oklahoma City
14. True or false: Before any of the Culkin kids’ acting careers took off, the entire family lived in one room in an Upper East Side apartment?
A: True
B: False
15. What is the name of the Macaulay Culkin-penned 2006 novel that is heavy on thinly disguised autobiographical elements, like his tumultuous relationship with his father?
A: ‘Getting Even With Dad’
B: ‘Junior’
C: ‘The Kid’
Check your answer here!
