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100

What film aims to create a sense of fear, panic, alarm for the audience?

Horror

100

Which superhero movie features the iconic phrase, "With great power comes great responsibility"?

Spider Man

100

Who is the person in charge of guiding the actors, choosing camera angles, and steering the artistic vision of a movie?

The Director

100

What describes where and when a film or story takes places?

setting

100

What major movie event takes place every spring in Los Angeles, where the film industry awards gold-plated statuettes to the year's best actors and directors?

The Academy Awards (or The Oscars)

200

This type of film contains a lot of movements, chases, fighting.

Action

200

In The Wizard of Oz, what color is the famous brick road that Dorothy follows to the Emerald City?

yellow

200

What is the title of the person who writes the dialogue and story for a movie script?

Screenwriter (or Scriptwriter)

200

The words the actors learn and say in the film.

script

200

What iconic 1937 Disney release was the very first full-length, hand-drawn animated feature film in movie history?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

300

This film is a fiction film showing past events or set within historical periods.

Historical

300

What animated movie features a garbage-compacting robot who falls in love with a sleek probe named EVE?

WALL - E

300

What do we call a person who performs dangerous stunts (like leaping from buildings or car chases) instead of the lead actor?

Stunt double (or Stunt performer)

300

What is the short, preview video released before a movie comes out to build excitement and show highlights?

A Trailer (or Teaser)

300

Released in 1995 by Pixar, what was the first feature-length movie made entirely using 3D computer animation (CGI)?

Toy Story

400

What kind of a film is this?

Science Fiction

400

Which famous movie franchise created by George Lucas takes place "in a galaxy far, far away"?

Star Wars

400

What job involves designing and composing the music played in the background of a film?

Film Composer (or Music Composer)

400

What does CGI stand for?

computer generated images

400

What slang term was given to early movies with recorded spoken dialogue, short for "talking pictures"?

Talkies

500

In this kind of film, words are often sung instead of spoken.

Musical

500

Question: What is the name of the main green ogre character voiced by Mike Myers in a hit DreamWorks film series?

Shrek

500

Who is responsible for selecting, cutting, and piecing together different video clips to assemble the final movie?  

The Editor

500

What filming technique involves recording a green or blue background so it can later be replaced with digital graphics or landscapes?

Green screen (or Chroma key)

500

Before movies had synchronized sound and dialogue, how did audiences hear the music that played along with silent films?

A live pianist, organist, or orchestra played music right inside the theater.

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