Q 01/05

Which film won the very first Academy Award for Best Picture, at the 1929 ceremony?

A) Wings

B) The Jazz Singer

C) The Gold Rush

D) Metropolis

Answer · why

A) Wings

Wings took Outstanding Picture at the first ceremony in May 1929; a second top prize, Unique and Artistic Picture, went to Sunrise that night and was ...

Q 02/05

Which 1937 release was the first cel-animated feature film produced in the United States?

A) Lady and the Tramp

B) Alice in Wonderland

C) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

D) One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Answer · why

C) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was nicknamed 'Disney's Folly' during its long, costly production; on release in December 1937 it was an immediate box...

Q 03/05

Who hosted NBC's The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992?

A) Jack Paar

B) Steve Allen

C) Johnny Carson

D) David Letterman

Answer · why

C) Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson took over from Jack Paar in October 1962; when he retired in May 1992, NBC gave the desk to Jay Leno, which began Leno's long rivalry wi...

Q 04/05

Which town hosted the 1969 Woodstock festival, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm?

A) Woodstock

B) Bethel

C) Saugerties

D) Ithaca

Answer · why

B) Bethel

Yasgur's farm sat 60 miles southwest of the town of Woodstock; the name stuck anyway.

Q 05/05

Which song opened MTV's broadcast on its first day in 1981?

A) Money for Nothing

B) Video Killed the Radio Star

C) Everybody Wants to Rule the World

D) Thriller

Answer · why

B) Video Killed the Radio Star

Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles, a 1979 single, followed the words 'Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll' when MTV went on air just after mi...