Q 01/05

Which film won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Picture in 1929?

A) Sunrise

B) The Jazz Singer

C) Wings

D) 7th Heaven

Answer · why

C) Wings

Wings (1927), a World War I aviation epic, won the first Academy Award for Best Picture (then called Outstanding Picture) at the ceremony held on May ...

Q 02/05

Which 2009 James Cameron film lost the all-time box-office crown in 2019, then took it back with a 2021 re-release?

A) Avengers: Endgame

B) Titanic

C) Avatar

D) Jurassic World

Answer · why

C) Avatar

Avatar's March 2021 China re-release lifted its worldwide total to about $2.85 billion, passing Avengers: Endgame's $2.80 billion; Cameron's own Titan...

Q 03/05

Which actor has won the most Academy Awards for Best Actor?

A) Jack Nicholson

B) Marlon Brando

C) Tom Hanks

D) Daniel Day-Lewis

Answer · why

D) Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis holds the record with three Best Actor Oscars: for My Left Foot (1989), There Will Be Blood (2007), and Lincoln (2012). No other acto...

Q 04/05

What was the first feature-length film to use synchronized dialogue throughout?

A) The Jazz Singer

B) Don Juan

C) The Singing Fool

D) Lights of New York

Answer · why

D) Lights of New York

Lights of New York (1928) was the first all-talking feature; the famous 1927 part-talkie that preceded it had only a handful of synchronized dialogue ...

Q 05/05

Which studio produced the first full-length animated feature film in Hollywood history?

A) Warner Bros.

B) MGM

C) Walt Disney Productions

D) Paramount Pictures

Answer · why

C) Walt Disney Productions

Walt Disney Productions released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, making it the first full-length cel-animated feature film produced in the Un...