OSCARS & AWARDS
Which film won Best Picture at the 2024 Academy Awards?
A. Poor Things
B. Oppenheimer
C. Barbie
D. Killers of the Flower Moon
B. Oppenheimer.
Which James Bond actor secretly played a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
A. Pierce Brosnan
B. Daniel Craig
C. Timothy Dalton
D. George Lazenby
B. Daniel Craig
According to Guinness World Records, which film has the largest recorded production budget at about US$425 million?
A. Avatar
B. Avengers: Endgame
C. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
D. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
A. Avatar
What is the name of the person mainly responsible for choosing and arranging shots after filming?
The Editor / Film Editor
Which famous film includes the line:
“You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
A. Titanic
B. Jaws
C. Cast Away
D. The Perfect Storm
B. Jaws. AFI ranks it among the most memorable American movie quotes.
Who won Best Actor for Oppenheimer?
A. Robert Downey Jr.
B. Cillian Murphy
C. Paul Giamatti
D. Bradley Cooper
B. Cillian Murphy
Which major Hollywood star appears almost unrecognisable as studio executive Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder?
Tom Cruise
The experimental film Logistics holds the Guinness record for the longest film ever made.
Approximately how long is it?
Closest answer wins!
857 hours — about 35 days and 17 hours.
What does cinematography mainly concern?
A. Advertising the film
B. Creating costumes
C. How the film is visually photographed
D. Writing dialogue
C. How the film is visually photographed
Who directed Pulp Fiction?
Quentin Tarantino
Which film won Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars?
Anora
Brad Pitt makes an extremely brief appearance in Deadpool 2 as which character?
A. Bedlam
B. Zeitgeist
C. Vanisher
D. Shatterstar
C. Vanisher
What does Logistics actually follow for most of its running time?
A. A container ship crossing the Pacific
B. A product travelling backwards through its supply chain
C. A train crossing Europe
D. One family living for a full month
B. A product travelling backwards through its supply chain.
It follows a pedometer from a Stockholm shop back to its factory in China.
What term describes a shot that continues for a long time without an obvious cut?
A long take / continuous take.
What was used as the sound of the stabbing in the famous shower scene in Psycho?
A. A cabbage and wet towel
B. A watermelon and leather
C. A casaba melon and steak
D. A pumpkin and sponge
C. A casaba melon and steak
Which South Korean film became the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture?
Parasite.
Which legendary Marvel creator became famous for making brief appearances in Marvel films?
Stan Lee.
Marvel says he appeared in 22 Marvel Studios films alone.
Which 1995 film became the first fully computer-animated feature film?
Toy Story
What is a MacGuffin?
A. A small mistake left in the final film
B. An object or goal that drives the plot
C. A scene filmed after the credits
D. A character who explains the story
B. An object or goal that drives the plot
What unusual food product was used as the “blood” in the Psycho shower scene?
A. Strawberry syrup
B. Tomato sauce
C. Hershey’s chocolate syrup
D. Blackcurrant cordial
C. Hershey’s chocolate syrup
Which film won all 11 Oscars for which it was nominated?
A. Titanic
B. Ben-Hur
C. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
D. Oppenheimer
C. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
In Thor: Ragnarok, which famous actor briefly plays an actor who is pretending to be Loki in an Asgardian stage play?
Matt Damon
Which Pixar short became the first computer-animated film to win an Academy Award?
A. Luxo Jr.
B. Red's Dream
C. Tin Toy
D. Knick Knack
C. Tin Toy
In filmmaking, what does foreshadowing do?
A. Shows an event from the past
B. Gives hints about something that will happen later
C. Hides the identity of the narrator
D. Changes the chronological order of every scene
B. Gives hints about something that will happen later
How many camera setups were used for the roughly 45-second shower murder in Psycho?
A. 28
B. 52
C. 78
D. 104
C. 78. The scene also contained 52 cuts.