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Awards & Box Office Records Quiz
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Awards and box office records celebrate two different sides of filmmaking-artistic excellence and commercial success. Together, they highlight the movies, actors, directors, and pr...
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All 20 questions in this Awards & Box Office Records quiz
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What is the Writers Guild of America Award significance in predicting the Oscars?
- A. It has no correlation with Oscar outcomes
- B. Only international films win both
- C. The WGA votes on Best Picture
- D. WGA wins for adapted and original screenplay often predict the Oscar screenplay winners
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What was the production budget of James Cameron's Titanic (1997)?
- A. $250 million
- B. $100 million
- C. $150 million
- D. $200 million
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What record did Spider-Man No Way Home set at the box office in 2021?
- A. Both A and B
- B. It was the highest-grossing Spider-Man film ever
- C. It earned over $1 billion faster than any film in history
- D. It was the first film to earn $1 billion during the pandemic era
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Which year did the Academy Award ceremony first introduce the category of Best Animated Feature?
- A. 2000
- B. 1999
- C. 2005
- D. 2002
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What was the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?
- A. Silence of the Lambs
- B. Aliens
- C. Rocky II
- D. The Godfather Part II
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Which is the highest-grossing war film of all time?
- A. Hacksaw Ridge
- B. 1917
- C. Saving Private Ryan
- D. Dunkirk
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Which film franchise has the second highest cumulative worldwide box office?
- A. James Bond
- B. Fast and Furious
- C. Harry Potter
- D. Star Wars
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What record did Top Gun Maverick set at the box office in 2022?
- A. Both A and C
- B. It broke the record for the biggest Memorial Day opening weekend
- C. It was Tom Cruise's first billion-dollar film
- D. It was the highest-grossing film of 2022 globally
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What is the Academy Award for Best Original Score and who has won it most times?
- A. A scoring award won most by John Williams
- B. A songwriting award won most by Stephen Sondheim
- C. A music award won most by Ennio Morricone
- D. A sound design award won most by Hans Zimmer
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Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the first ever ceremony in 1929?
- A. Sunrise
- B. The Jazz Singer
- C. Chang
- D. Wings
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What was special about the film Parasite at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival prior to its Oscar wins?
- A. It received a standing ovation record of 20 minutes
- B. It was the first Asian film to compete at Cannes
- C. It was disqualified from the Palme d'Or
- D. It won the Palme d'Or becoming the first Korean film to do so
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What is the Directors Guild of America Award and how does it relate to the Oscars?
- A. An award for debut directors
- B. A career achievement award with no Oscar correlation
- C. A guild award that has predicted the Best Director Oscar in the majority of years
- D. An award given only to studio directors
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What is the significance of the 1994 Academy Awards Best Picture race between Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction?
- A. They tied for Best Picture
- B. Forrest Gump won Best Picture while Pulp Fiction won most other awards
- C. Forrest Gump swept all categories
- D. Pulp Fiction won Best Picture over Forrest Gump
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What is the Producers Guild of America Award and why does it matter for the Oscars?
- A. A technical award with little Oscar relevance
- B. An award for documentary films
- C. An award for international productions
- D. A guild award that has correctly predicted the Best Picture Oscar winner most years
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What is the Lion Award Golden Lion and where is it presented?
- A. The top prize at the Sundance Film Festival
- B. The top prize at the Toronto Film Festival
- C. The top prize at the Berlin Film Festival
- D. The top prize at the Venice Film Festival
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Who was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor?
- A. Forest Whitaker
- B. Sidney Poitier
- C. Jamie Foxx
- D. Denzel Washington
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Which film has won the most Academy Awards with 11 Oscars?
- A. The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King
- B. All three share the record
- C. Titanic
- D. Ben-Hur
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Who has won the Academy Award for Best Actor the most times?
- A. Spencer Tracy
- B. Jack Nicholson
- C. Daniel Day-Lewis
- D. Marlon Brando
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What is the Silver Bear and where is it awarded?
- A. The second prize at the Venice Film Festival
- B. The top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival
- C. The audience award at the Tribeca Film Festival
- D. The top prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival
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What is the significance of the film The Blair Witch Project in box office history?
- A. It was the first found footage film
- B. It was the most downloaded film illegally
- C. It set a record for profit ratio relative to budget for a wide release
- D. It was the first film marketed primarily online