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1. 1. What was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?

   • Wings
   • The Jazz Singer
   • Sunrise
   • All Quiet on the Western Front
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   Wings. Wings (1927), a silent WWI flying epic, won at the first Oscars ceremony in 1929 — which lasted about 15 minutes.

2. 2. Who directed Jaws?

   • George Lucas
   • Steven Spielberg
   • Francis Ford Coppola
   • Martin Scorsese
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   Steven Spielberg. The mechanical shark, nicknamed Bruce, broke down so often that Spielberg kept it off-screen — which made the film scarier.

3. 3. Which 2009 James Cameron film became the highest-grossing movie of all time?

   • Titanic
   • Avatar
   • Avengers: Endgame
   • Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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   Avatar. Avatar lost the crown to Avengers: Endgame in 2019, then took it back with a 2021 re-release in China.

4. 4. 'Here's looking at you, kid' is a famous line from which film?

   • Gone with the Wind
   • Citizen Kane
   • Casablanca
   • The Maltese Falcon
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   Casablanca. Humphrey Bogart improvised versions of the line, which wasn't in the original script.

5. 5. What was the first feature-length film made entirely with computer animation?

   • Shrek
   • A Bug's Life
   • Toy Story
   • Antz
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   Toy Story. Toy Story (1995) earned director John Lasseter a Special Achievement Oscar.

6. 6. Who played Jack Dawson in Titanic?

   • Brad Pitt
   • Leonardo DiCaprio
   • Matt Damon
   • Johnny Depp
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   Leonardo DiCaprio. Titanic won 11 Oscars, tying Ben-Hur's record — later matched again by The Return of the King.

7. 7. In The Wizard of Oz, what color are Dorothy's slippers?

   • Silver
   • Emerald
   • Ruby red
   • Gold
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   Ruby red. They were silver in the book — MGM changed them to ruby to show off Technicolor.

8. 8. 'May the Force be with you' comes from which film franchise?

   • Star Trek
   • Star Wars
   • Dune
   • The Matrix
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   Star Wars. The line appears in every Star Wars film, though Obi-Wan's 'the Force will be with you, always' is the 1977 original's version.

9. 9. Who directed Pulp Fiction?

   • Quentin Tarantino
   • Robert Rodriguez
   • David Fincher
   • Oliver Stone
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   Quentin Tarantino. It won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1994 and revived John Travolta's career.

10. 10. What is the name of the hobbit played by Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings?

    • Samwise Gamgee
    • Bilbo Baggins
    • Frodo Baggins
    • Peregrin Took
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    Frodo Baggins. The trilogy was shot in one massive production in New Zealand over 438 days of principal photography.

11. 11. Which film became the first non-English-language movie to win Best Picture?

    • Roma
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    • Parasite
    • Life Is Beautiful
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    Parasite. Bong Joon-ho's Parasite (2019) won four Oscars, including Best Director.

12. 12. Who plays Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs?

    • Anthony Hopkins
    • Gary Oldman
    • Jeremy Irons
    • Ben Kingsley
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    Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins won Best Actor with roughly 16 minutes of screen time — one of the shortest winning performances ever.

13. 13. In Back to the Future, what kind of car is the time machine?

    • A Mustang
    • A Corvette
    • A DeLorean
    • A Camaro
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    A DeLorean. It needs to hit exactly 88 mph — and early drafts had the time machine built from a refrigerator.

14. 14. Which director has won the most Best Director Oscars?

    • Steven Spielberg
    • John Ford
    • Frank Capra
    • William Wyler
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    John Ford. John Ford won four, for The Informer, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man.

15. 15. In Finding Nemo, what kind of fish is Nemo?

    • An angelfish
    • A blue tang
    • A clownfish
    • A pufferfish
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    A clownfish. Real clownfish are immune to their host anemone's sting thanks to a protective mucus layer.

16. 16. The Godfather is based on a novel by which author?

    • Mario Puzo
    • Norman Mailer
    • Gay Talese
    • Don DeLillo
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    Mario Puzo. Puzo co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola and won Oscars for both The Godfather and Part II.

17. 17. Which actor played Iron Man across the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

    • Chris Evans
    • Robert Downey Jr.
    • Mark Ruffalo
    • Jeremy Renner
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    Robert Downey Jr.. Iron Man (2008) launched the MCU, and much of Downey's banter was improvised.

18. 18. Which 1994 Disney film features the song 'Circle of Life'?

    • Aladdin
    • Pocahontas
    • The Lion King
    • Beauty and the Beast
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    The Lion King. Elton John and Tim Rice wrote the songs; 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight' won the Oscar.

19. 19. Which Alfred Hitchcock film contains the famous shower scene?

    • Vertigo
    • Rear Window
    • The Birds
    • Psycho
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    Psycho. Shot in black and white, the scene used chocolate syrup as blood.

20. 20. Who played the title role in Forrest Gump?

    • Tom Hanks
    • Kevin Costner
    • Michael Keaton
    • Robin Williams
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    Tom Hanks. Hanks won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994).

21. 21. In The Matrix, which pill does Neo take?

    • The blue pill
    • The red pill
    • The green pill
    • The white pill
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    The red pill. Red means learning the truth about the Matrix; blue means waking up and remembering nothing.

22. 22. Which composer scored Star Wars, Jaws, and Jurassic Park?

    • Hans Zimmer
    • Jerry Goldsmith
    • John Williams
    • Ennio Morricone
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    John Williams. Williams has more than 50 Oscar nominations — the most of any living person.

23. 23. In Jurassic Park, where do scientists get the dinosaur DNA?

    • Frozen fossils
    • Mosquitoes preserved in amber
    • Dinosaur eggs
    • Deep-sea sediment
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    Mosquitoes preserved in amber. Real DNA degrades far too fast for this to work — its half-life is around 521 years.

24. 24. Which actor holds the record for the most Oscar acting nominations?

    • Katharine Hepburn
    • Jack Nicholson
    • Meryl Streep
    • Denzel Washington
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    Meryl Streep. Streep has 21 nominations and three wins; Hepburn holds the record for wins, with four.

25. 25. In The Breakfast Club, why are the five students at school on a Saturday?

    • Band practice
    • Detention
    • SAT prep
    • A science fair
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    Detention. The whole film takes place in one day, mostly in the school library.

26. 26. What is the name of the kingdom in Frozen?

    • Corona
    • Arendelle
    • DunBroch
    • Motunui
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    Arendelle. It was inspired by Norway — fjords, stave churches, and all.

27. 27. Who wrote and directed Get Out?

    • Ryan Coogler
    • Barry Jenkins
    • Jordan Peele
    • Ava DuVernay
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    Jordan Peele. Peele won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay with his directorial debut.

28. 28. In Rocky, which city's museum steps does Rocky famously run up?

    • New York
    • Boston
    • Chicago
    • Philadelphia
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    Philadelphia. The steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art are now nicknamed the Rocky Steps, with a Rocky statue nearby.

29. 29. Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for playing which character?

    • The Joker
    • Two-Face
    • Bane
    • The Riddler
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    The Joker. His Dark Knight performance made him only the second actor to win a posthumous acting Oscar.

30. 30. In E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, what does E.T. want to do?

    • Find his ship
    • Phone home
    • Meet the president
    • Stay on Earth
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    Phone home. E.T.'s voice was created mostly from an elderly Californian woman named Pat Welsh, plus animal sounds.

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