1. If Tom Hanks ever runs for political office, we wouldn't be too surprised. After all, he is the
third cousin, four times removed of none other than:
Al Gore
Ronald Reagan
Abraham Lincoln
Richard Nixon
2. They're comedic cousins. One's got his own highly rated late-night show, the other's been in the
hot seat for his "controversial" humor in TV and movies. Who are they?
Jay Leno and Andrew Dice Clay
Conan O'Brien and Denis Leary
David Letterman and Norm Macdonald
Craig Kilborn and Jay Mohr
3. Sean Astin (The Goonies and The Lord of the Rings) and brother Mackenzie (The Facts of Life) are
the sons of '60s TV star John Astin (Gomez on The Addams Family) and which movie star mom?
Sandra Dee
Donna Reed
Patty Duke
Anne Bancroft
4. Jason Schwartzman cracked us up in Rushmore and Slackers. His mom, meanwhile, made a name for herself
as a critically acclaimed dramatic actress in the '70s and '80s. She is:
Talia Shire
Lesley Ann Warren
Jessica Lange
Angelica Huston
5. This tough-as-nails "good guy" on a TV crime show owes her good looks to her sexy pinup mom. Daughter
and mom are:
Marg Helgenberger (CSI) and Lana Turner
Jill Hennessy (Crossing Jordan) and Bettie Page
Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU) and Jayne Mansfield
Charlotte Ross (NYPD Blue) and Mamie Van Doren
6. Now that Friends is over, might Jennifer Aniston consider a soap? She could snag some pointers from
dad John, who plays a villain on this daytime drama:
Young and Restless
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
Passions
7. This brother and sister team each has old school Hollywood credentials -- and they both have Oscars
to prove it:
Jack Nicholson and Joanne Woodward
Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek
Anthony Hopkins and Judi Dench
Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty
8. This hot actress who (after a few marriages) is now one-half of a Hollywood super couple who learned
her acting craft from mom who played a damsel in distress in an Alfred Hitchcock thriller. Daughter and mother are:
Kyra Sedgewick and Kim Novak
Kate Capshaw and Eva Marie Saint
Michelle Pfeiffer and Joan Fontaine
Melanie Griffith and Tippi Hedren
9. This former People magazine Sexiest Man Alive winner is the cousin of Miguel Ferrar of Crossing
Jordan fame:
Pierce Bronson
George Clooney
Benicio Del Toro
Brad Pitt
10. This actor, who starred in short-lived TV Drama Deadline, is the second cousin to the late Princess
Diana and first cousin to film legend Orson Welles:
Kelsey Grammer
James Gandolfini
Oliver Platt
Richard Dreyfus