Round 7: Tossup 14

This family’s patriarch collected one dollar in profit from the film Firelight. A member of this family paid 100 million dollars to his ex-wife after a judge validated a prenuptial agreement they wrote on a napkin. A member of this family said “thank you for that” when asked about a metaphor regarding his parents’ professions by James Lipton. A restaurateur from this family known for her “Peter Pan” haircut once bought a (*) monkey on a whim. A member of this family got his break after pretending to be an apprentice at Universal Studios and grew up in Arizona with his sister, (10[1])who co-wrote the screenplay of Big. The (-5[1])divorce of this family’s parents, the pianist Leah and the General Electric (10[1])engineer (10[1])Arnold, was fictionalized by Tony Kushner in a 2022 film by the founder of Amblin Entertainment. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Jewish family who inspired The Fabelmans. ■END■ (10[1])

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