Q 01/05

Who directed the 1960 horror film Psycho, with its celebrated shower scene?

A) Alfred Hitchcock

B) Roman Polanski

C) Billy Wilder

D) John Carpenter

Answer · why

A) Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock directed and produced Psycho (1960), shooting it cheaply in black and white with the crew from his television series Alfred Hitchcock...

Q 02/05

In Citizen Kane, Rosebud is revealed as a trade name printed on which object?

A) A racehorse's blanket

B) A sled

C) A boat

D) A music box

Answer · why

B) A sled

Rosebud is the trade name on Kane's childhood sled; as his possessions are burned in the final scene, the name shows through the flames.

Q 03/05

In L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, what colour are Dorothy's magic shoes?

A) Gold

B) Emerald

C) Silver

D) Bronze

Answer · why

C) Silver

Silver in Baum's 1900 novel, the shoes became ruby slippers for the 1939 MGM film because red took better advantage of the new three-strip Technicolor...

Q 04/05

Which nickname did the crew of Jaws give its malfunctioning mechanical sharks?

A) Jonah

B) Chomper

C) Moby

D) Bruce

Answer · why

D) Bruce

Bruce was the name of Spielberg's lawyer, Bruce Ramer; because the pneumatic sharks kept breaking down at sea, Spielberg mostly suggested the monster ...

Q 05/05

Who directed The Godfather (1972)?

A) Martin Scorsese

B) Francis Ford Coppola

C) Peter Bogdanovich

D) Sergio Leone

Answer · why

B) Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola first turned The Godfather down as 'pretty cheap stuff', then took the job largely because his own studio, American Zoetrope, was...