Correct: C. Wings

'Wings,' a silent film about World War I fighter pilots, won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929. It was praised for its realistic aerial combat sequences, which were filmed using real planes and daring stunts. To this day, it remains one of only two silent films to ever win the top Oscar.

Correct: B. Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse was the first Disney character to speak, in the 1929 animated short "The Karnival Kid". Prior to this, Mickey had appeared in silent cartoons like "Steamboat Willie" (1928) where he whistled, laughed, and made sounds but did not speak actual words. In "The Karnival Kid", Mickey's first spoken words were "Hot dogs!" as he worked as a hot dog vendor.

Correct: B. Wings

Wings (1927), a World War I aviation epic starring Clara Bow and Gary Cooper, won the first Academy Award for Best Picture (then called Outstanding Picture) at the inaugural ceremony in 1929. The film featured breathtaking aerial photography and was the only silent film to win Best Picture until The Artist in 2012. Its dogfight sequences remain technically impressive nearly 100 years later.

Correct: C. Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson has won three Academy Awards for acting - Best Actor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and As Good as It Gets (1997), and Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment (1983). He has 12 total nominations, the most for any male actor. His Oscar wins span 22 years across three different decades, demonstrating extraordinary longevity at the highest level.

Correct: D. The Third Man

The Third Man (1949), directed by Carol Reed and starring Orson Welles, won the inaugural Palme d'Or at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. The film - a post-war thriller set in occupied Vienna featuring Welles as the mysterious Harry Lime - is considered one of the greatest British films ever made. Anton Karas's distinctive zither score became one of cinema's most recognisable.

Correct: A. The Geuns

The Geun-sae family (specifically Geun-sae, the husband, who was hiding from loan sharks) lives in the secret underground bunker beneath the Park family's mansion in Parasite (2019). His wife Moon-gwang was the Parks' former housekeeper who secretly brought her husband food through a hidden passage. The revelation of the basement's occupant transforms the film from a social comedy into something far darker.

Correct: D. Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard directed Breathless (? bout de souffle, 1960), one of the defining films of the French New Wave movement that revolutionised cinema worldwide. The film's jump cuts, handheld camera work, and casual disregard for conventional narrative structure influenced generations of filmmakers. Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg's performances captured a new kind of existential restlessness.

Correct: C. Ne Zha

Ne Zha (2019), a Chinese animated film based on a character from Chinese mythology, is the highest-grossing non-English language film of all time, grossing approximately 726 million worldwide - almost entirely from the Chinese domestic market. The film's success reflects the enormous scale of the Chinese film market and the appetite for domestic animated productions.

Correct: B. Alejandro Inarritu

Alejandro González I degrees rritu won three Academy Awards for Best Director over six years - Birdman (2014), The Revenant (2015), and the honorary Oscar for the VR experience Carne y Arena (2017). His consecutive wins for Birdman and The Revenant made him the first director since Joseph L. Mankiewicz to win back-to-back Best Director Oscars.

Correct: D. Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook directed Oldboy (2003), the second film in his Vengeance Trilogy, which became the most internationally recognised Korean film before Parasite. The film won the Grand Prix at Cannes under jury president Quentin Tarantino. Its narrative twist and the iconic 'corridor fight' sequence - filmed in one continuous shot - influenced action and thriller cinema worldwide.

Correct: C. 1929

The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 - specifically on May 16, 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The ceremony lasted just 15 minutes, the winners had been announced three months earlier, and approximately 270 people attended. The Best Picture award went to Wings (1927/28).

Correct: C. Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando was the first actor to be paid 1 million for a single film - for his role in The Young Lions (1958). This unprecedented salary reflected his extraordinary box office power following his earlier star-making performances. The million-dollar payday transformed the entire structure of Hollywood star compensation.

Correct: C. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) is the longest Best Picture winner at 201 minutes (3 hours and 21 minutes) in its theatrical version. It was extended to 263 minutes in the extended edition. The film's length was part of its sweep - winning 11 Oscars across its three-hour-plus running time without audiences feeling the length was excessive.

Correct: D. Jaws

Jaws (1975), directed by Steven Spielberg, is credited with coining the use of 'blockbuster' to describe a massively successful film. Its enormous commercial success - buoyed by nationwide simultaneous release and heavy television advertising, both new marketing strategies - established the template for the summer blockbuster event film.

Correct: B. FAO Schwarz

FAO Schwarz is the toy store in Big (1988) where Tom Hanks' character Josh (a child in an adult body) gets a job and famously plays a giant floor piano with his boss. The floor piano scene - with Hanks and Robert Loggia playing 'Chopsticks' and 'Heart and Soul' with their feet - became one of the most beloved scenes in 1980s cinema.

Correct: A. Legend

Legend (1985), a fantasy film directed by Ridley Scott, features the tagline 'The greatest lie ever told' - referring to the film's dark fairy-tale premise about good and evil. The film stars Tom Cruise and Tim Curry as the Lord of Darkness.

Correct: C. Eli Roth

Eli Roth is the director known as 'The Sultan of Splatter' for gore-heavy horror films including Cabin Fever (2002), Hostel (2005), and Hostel: Part II (2007). His films belong to a subgenre sometimes called 'torture porn' that uses explicit visceral horror as its primary effect.