The Quiz: Joaquin Phoenix was born in what U.S. territory?
Puerto Rico
American Samoa
U.S. Virgin Islands
Guam
Joaquin Phoenix was born Joaquin Bottom in 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where his parents were working as missionaries for the Children of God religious group at the time. They moved around throughout Central and South America but ultimately left the organization and settled in Los Angeles when Joaquin was four years old. He and his siblings, River, Rain, Liberty, and Summer, began to pursue careers in Hollywood shortly thereafter; his brother River, in particular, scored major roles in films including “Stand by Me” and “My Own Private Idaho” before his untimely death at age 23 in 1993.
The correct answer to this quiz is Puerto Rico.