Film Terminology
What is the term is used for a genre of film featuring dark, brooding characters, corruption, detectives; the seedy side of life?
Film Noir
What country is home to Mount Everest?
Nepal
What is the term given to a fraction where the numerator is larger or equal to the denominator?
Improper Fraction
What is the name of the dream-stalking villain in A Nightmare on Elm Street?
Freddy Krueger
The Greeks invented a way of thinking deeply about the world and the meaning of life. What did they call it?
Philosophy
The foundational composition technique in film where the frame is divided into a 3x3 grid using two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines is also known as what?
The Third Degree Rule
Which country has the highest population in the world?
India
What is the Pythagoras’ Constant, discovered by the first mathematician around 500 BC?
The square root of two
What is the name of the possessed young girl in The Exorcist?
Regan MacNeil
Which country is famous for its amazing (and very old) terracotta army?
China
In movies and media franchises, what does the term canon refer to?
The official, true story and events of a fictional universe as recognized by its creators or rights holders.
How many countries sit on the equator?
13
In algebra, what C-word means a number or constant placed in front of a variable to multiply that variable, such as the 4 in 4x + y?
Coefficient
Who directed 1963’s The Birds?
Alfred Hitchcock
Who was the first Roman Emperor, whom we also find on the calendar?
Octavius Augustus
In film, what is diegetic sound? (As opposed to non-diegetic sound)
Any audio that originates from within the fictional story world of a film and can theoretically be heard by the characters.
Which country has the most pyramids in the world?
Sudan
What sum do you get if you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel?
666
Who directed the 1999 horror film The Sixth Sense?
M. Night Shyamalan
What series of religious wars were fought to reclaim the Holy Land?
The Crusades
Mise-en-scène translates from French as "placing on stage" and refers to everything that appears in front of the camera and its overall visual composition in a film or television scene. Name AT LEAST 3 of the 6 official elements of Mise-en-scène.
1. Setting
2. Props
3. Costumes, Hair and Makeup
4. Lighting
5. Staging and Blocking
6. Composition and Framing
What is the capital of Switzerland?
Bern
What number doesn’t have its own Roman numeral?
Zero
The Losers Club reunites after how many years in It Chapter Two?
27 Years
Who was the most famous Greek poet?
Homer