Q 01/05
A) Tim Burton
B) Alfonso Cuarón
C) Alejandro González Iñárritu
D) Guillermo del Toro
Answer · why
It won him Best Director and Best Picture in the same night.
Q 02/05
A) Emily Blunt
B) Octavia Spencer
C) Sally Hawkins
D) Rooney Mara
Answer · why
Del Toro wrote the role for her and pitched it while drunk at the 2014 Golden Globes.
Q 03/05
A) Baltimore, 1962
B) Boston, 1957
C) Washington, D.C., 1968
D) Philadelphia, 1949
Answer · why
Del Toro said 'once upon a time in 1962' turns it into a fairy tale for troubled times.
Q 04/05
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
Del Toro wanted the Gill-man and Julie Adams's character to end up together.
Q 05/05
A) A voice box
B) Writing on a slate
C) Morse code
D) Sign language
Answer · why
She was found abandoned by a river as an infant with scars on her neck.
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