Q 01/05

Who directed The Shape of Water?

A) Tim Burton

B) Alfonso Cuarón

C) Alejandro González Iñárritu

D) Guillermo del Toro

Answer · why

D) Guillermo del Toro

It won him Best Director and Best Picture in the same night.

Q 02/05

Who plays Elisa Esposito?

A) Emily Blunt

B) Octavia Spencer

C) Sally Hawkins

D) Rooney Mara

Answer · why

C) Sally Hawkins

Del Toro wrote the role for her and pitched it while drunk at the 2014 Golden Globes.

Q 03/05

In which city and year is the film set?

A) Baltimore, 1962

B) Boston, 1957

C) Washington, D.C., 1968

D) Philadelphia, 1949

Answer · why

A) Baltimore, 1962

Del Toro said 'once upon a time in 1962' turns it into a fairy tale for troubled times.

Q 04/05

Which 1954 monster movie inspired the film?

A) Creature from the Black Lagoon

B) Them! and its giant ants

C) Godzilla, King of the Monsters

D) The Thing from Another World

Answer · why

A) Creature from the Black Lagoon

Del Toro wanted the Gill-man and Julie Adams's character to end up together.

Q 05/05

How does Elisa communicate?

A) A voice box

B) Writing on a slate

C) Morse code

D) Sign language

Answer · why

D) Sign language

She was found abandoned by a river as an infant with scars on her neck.

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