Q 01/05

Riggan Thomson is first seen in Birdman meditating in his underwear while showing which apparent superpower?

A) Telekinesis

B) Levitation

C) Teleportation

D) Mind reading

Answer · why

B) Levitation

Levitation. The director said the whole film grew from that one image of a man floating cross-legged in mid-air, and it never changed between first id...

Q 02/05

Birdman's star was Oscar-nominated for playing Riggan Thomson, but which actor beat him to Best Actor?

A) Benedict Cumberbatch

B) Eddie Redmayne

C) Bradley Cooper

D) Steve Carell

Answer · why

B) Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne. He won for playing Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, so Birdman took Best Picture without any of its three nominated actors...

Q 03/05

What is Birdman's parenthetical subtitle?

A) The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

B) The Sound of One Hand Clapping

C) A Fable of Broadway

D) The Slow Death of a Movie Star

Answer · why

A) The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance. The phrase turns up late in the film as the headline of a newspaper review, and the director said the subtitle was...

Q 04/05

Which author's short story is Riggan adapting for Broadway in Birdman?

A) Raymond Carver

B) John Cheever

C) Richard Ford

D) Tobias Wolff

Answer · why

A) Raymond Carver

Raymond Carver. The director feared the author's widow, Tess Gallagher, would refuse the rights, but she loved the script and said Carver would be lau...

Q 05/05

Riggan last played Birdman in 1992, the same year Birdman's star made his second film as which superhero?

A) Superman

B) Batman

C) Darkman

D) The Rocketeer

Answer · why

B) Batman

Batman. Batman Returns came out in 1992, and the director said he wanted Michael Keaton for Riggan partly because, like the character, he had worn a c...