Q 01/05

Which film was the highest-grossing of 2019 and held the all-time box-office record from 2019 to 2021?

A) Avengers: Endgame

B) The Lion King

C) Captain Marvel

D) Spider-Man: Far From Home

Answer · why

A) Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame took the all-time record from Avatar in July 2019 and lost it in March 2021, when a re-release of Avatar in China added the few mill...

Q 02/05

Joker grossed over $1 billion worldwide in 2019, a first for films with which American rating?

A) PG

B) PG-13

C) R

D) NC-17

Answer · why

C) R

R means under-17s need an adult with them, which shrinks the audience, yet Joker passed $1 billion just over a month after opening, something no R-rat...

Q 03/05

Which festival prize did Joker win in September 2019, a month before it reached cinemas?

A) The Golden Lion

B) The Palme d'Or

C) The Golden Bear

D) The Golden Leopard

Answer · why

A) The Golden Lion

The Golden Lion went to Joker from a jury chaired by Argentine director Lucrecia Martel; the film had premiered at the festival a week earlier to an e...

Q 04/05

Who won the Best Actor Oscar for playing Arthur Fleck in Joker?

A) Adam Driver

B) Leonardo DiCaprio

C) Antonio Banderas

D) Joaquin Phoenix

Answer · why

D) Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix lost 52 pounds to play Arthur Fleck and said the daily weigh-ins turned into an obsession; Joker's only other Oscar, from eleven nomin...

Q 05/05

Who directed Joker?

A) Todd Phillips

B) Matt Reeves

C) Zack Snyder

D) David Ayer

Answer · why

A) Todd Phillips

Todd Phillips had made his name with comedies such as Old School and The Hangover; he pitched Joker to Warner Bros. as an anti-superhero film, dark an...