Q 01/05

Who directed and starred in Citizen Kane, number one on both American Film Institute top 100 lists?

A) Cecil B. DeMille

B) Orson Welles

C) Howard Hawks

D) Frank Capra

Answer · why

B) Orson Welles

Orson Welles made Citizen Kane as his first feature film, co-writing and producing it as well as playing the newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane.

Q 02/05

Dorothy's ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz were what color in L. Frank Baum's original book?

A) Silver

B) Gold

C) Emerald

D) White

Answer · why

A) Silver

Silver shoes became ruby slippers because red made a better showcase for the three-strip Technicolor process the film was shot in.

Q 03/05

Which candy does Elliott leave in a trail to lure the alien home in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?

A) Peanut M&M's

B) Hershey's Kisses

C) Reese's Pieces

D) Milk Duds

Answer · why

C) Reese's Pieces

Reese's Pieces got the part only after Mars refused to let M&M's appear, and the candy's sales jumped once the film opened.

Q 04/05

Which film was wrongly announced as Best Picture at the 2017 Oscars before Moonlight was declared the winner?

A) Manchester by the Sea

B) Hacksaw Ridge

C) Hidden Figures

D) La La Land

Answer · why

D) La La Land

La La Land's producers were midway through their acceptance speeches when the mix-up surfaced: the presenters had been handed the wrong envelope.

Q 05/05

Who became the first African American to win an Oscar, for playing Mammy in Gone with the Wind?

A) Butterfly McQueen

B) Hattie McDaniel

C) Dorothy Dandridge

D) Ethel Waters

Answer · why

B) Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel collected her award at a segregated ceremony, where she had to sit at a separate table at the side of the room.