Q 01/05

Which organisation founded the Golden Globes and ran them until 2023?

A) Hollywood Foreign Press Association

B) Screen Actors Guild

C) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

D) Broadcast Film Critics Association

Answer · why

A) Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The group began in 1943 as the Hollywood Foreign Correspondent Association, formed by Los Angeles-based journalists filing cinema news to markets outs...

Q 02/05

In which year was the first Golden Globe Awards ceremony held?

A) 1929

B) 1944

C) 1953

D) 1961

Answer · why

B) 1944

The first ceremony, honouring 1943 films, took place on January 20, 1944 at the 20th Century-Fox studios rather than a hotel ballroom.

Q 03/05

Since 1961 the Golden Globes have been staged in the International Ballroom of which hotel?

A) The Beverly Hilton

B) Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

C) Chateau Marmont

D) Beverly Hills Hotel

Answer · why

A) The Beverly Hilton

The 1,700-seat ballroom, then the largest on the West Coast, opened in 1958. Early ceremonies moved between venues including the Roosevelt and the Bev...

Q 04/05

The Golden Globes split top film prizes into Drama and which other genre grouping?

A) Animation or Fantasy

B) Romance or Family

C) Action or Adventure

D) Musical or Comedy

Answer · why

D) Musical or Comedy

The split dates from 1951. It doubles the number of movie stars in the room and is the reason The Martian was once nominated as a comedy.

Q 05/05

Which film holds the record for most Golden Globes won by a single movie, going seven for seven in 2017?

A) La La Land

B) Slumdog Millionaire

C) Oppenheimer

D) Titanic

Answer · why

A) La La Land

Damien Chazelle's musical swept its picture category plus Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay, Score and Song, breaking the record set by One Flew Ov...