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 was the total worldwide box office gross of the Harry Potter film series?
- A. $9.8 billion
- B. $6.5 billion
- C. $7.7 billion
- D. $5 billion
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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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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 was notable about the 96th Academy Awards ceremony in 2024 regarding female nominees?
- A. Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous woman nominated for Best Actress
- B. First all-female producing team won Best Picture
- C. First woman won Best Director
- D. Record number of women nominated across all categories
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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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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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Which film won Best Picture at the Oscars and is widely considered the most surprising upset in the awards' history?
- A. Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan
- B. All three are cited as major upsets
- C. Crash over Brokeback Mountain
- D. Dances with Wolves over Goodfellas
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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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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 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 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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Who has won the most Academy Awards for acting in history?
- A. Katharine Hepburn
- B. Meryl Streep
- C. Daniel Day-Lewis
- D. Jack Nicholson
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Which film set a record by winning the Academy Award for Best Picture without its director being nominated for Best Director?
- A. Argo
- B. American Beauty
- C. Driving Miss Daisy
- D. Gladiator
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Which film holds the record for the biggest opening weekend box office?
- A. Avengers: Endgame
- B. Spider-Man: No Way Home
- C. Avengers: Infinity War
- D. The Avengers
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Which is the highest-grossing Christmas film of all time?
- A. Home Alone 2
- B. Home Alone
- C. The Polar Express
- D. Elf
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What was the global box office total for Avengers Endgame making it briefly the highest-grossing film ever?
- A. $1.9 billion
- B. $2.79 billion
- C. $2.5 billion
- D. $3.1 billion
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What is the highest-grossing film of all time (not adjusted for inflation as of 2024)?
- A. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- B. Titanic
- C. Avatar
- D. Avengers: Endgame
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Which film became the highest-grossing animated film worldwide in July 2024?
- A. Frozen II
- B. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- C. Inside Out 2
- D. Incredibles 2
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Which film was the first to earn $2 billion at the worldwide box office?
- A. Titanic
- B. Avatar
- C. Jurassic World
- D. Avengers Endgame