Q 01/05

Which film became the first non-English language movie to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards?

A) Roma

B) Amour

C) Parasite

D) Drive My Car

Answer · why

C) Parasite

Parasite won four Oscars in 2020; accepting Best Director, Bong Joon-ho quoted fellow nominee Martin Scorsese, 'The most personal is the most creative...

Q 02/05

Which film was the first to gross over $2 billion at the worldwide box office?

A) Avatar

B) Titanic

C) Avengers: Endgame

D) Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Answer · why

A) Avatar

Avatar overtook Titanic in January 2010 and went on past $2 billion, so director James Cameron broke his own record for the highest-grossing film ever...

Q 03/05

Which actor won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Dark Knight?

A) Heath Ledger

B) Aaron Eckhart

C) Gary Oldman

D) Michael Caine

Answer · why

A) Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger died nearly six months before The Dark Knight opened; his father, mother and sister accepted the Oscar together on behalf of his three-ye...

Q 04/05

Which 2024 sequel became the highest-grossing animated film in history, a record it held until 2025?

A) Moana 2

B) Inside Out 2

C) Despicable Me 4

D) Kung Fu Panda 4

Answer · why

B) Inside Out 2

Inside Out 2 finished on about $1.7 billion worldwide to become the highest-grossing animated film ever, until China's Ne Zha 2 overtook it in Februar...

Q 05/05

Robert Downey Jr. won an Oscar for Oppenheimer playing which Atomic Energy Commission figure?

A) Lewis Strauss

B) Leslie Groves

C) Edward Teller

D) William Borden

Answer · why

A) Lewis Strauss

Lewis Strauss's 1959 hearing to become Commerce Secretary frames the film, and it ended in defeat: the Senate rejected him by 49 votes to 46.