Q 01/05

The Post was nominated for Best Picture at the 2018 Oscars but lost to which film?

A) Call Me by Your Name

B) Darkest Hour

C) The Shape of Water

D) Phantom Thread

Answer · why

C) The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water won; The Post, which its director had raced from first reading the script to a first screening in about nine months, left the cerem...

Q 02/05

Which actress plays Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham in The Post?

A) Glenn Close

B) Meryl Streep

C) Sally Field

D) Helen Mirren

Answer · why

B) Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep plays a publisher still finding her voice, talked over in a boardroom full of men until the night she gives the order to print.

Q 03/05

In The Post, Katharine Graham faces her big decision in the same week her company does what?

A) Buys a rival newspaper

B) Launches a television network

C) Closes its printing plant

D) Sells shares to the public

Answer · why

D) Sells shares to the public

Sells shares to the public: the stock offering was brand new, and its backers could walk away if a "catastrophic" event struck, which criminal charges...

Q 04/05

Which two writers share the screenplay credit on The Post?

A) Aaron Sorkin and Tony Kushner

B) Eric Roth and Steven Zaillian

C) Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy

D) Liz Hannah and Josh Singer

Answer · why

D) Liz Hannah and Josh Singer

Liz Hannah and Josh Singer came from opposite ends of the business: she was a first-time screenwriter who sold the script on spec, and he was brought ...

Q 05/05

Which former Sony Pictures chief bought the spec script for The Post at auction in October 2016?

A) Amy Pascal

B) Sherry Lansing

C) Stacey Snider

D) Kathleen Kennedy

Answer · why

A) Amy Pascal

Amy Pascal's new production company won the auction, paying from her own discretionary fund; five months later the script had its director and both of...