Q 01/05

Who led the founding of Universal Pictures in 1912?

A) Carl Laemmle

B) Adolph Zukor

C) Louis B. Mayer

D) Jack Warner

Answer · why

A) Carl Laemmle

Carl Laemmle, who had run a Chicago nickelodeon since 1906, merged his Independent Moving Pictures company with several rivals to form the Universal F...

Q 02/05

Universal holds what distinction among American film studios?

A) The first to make a talkie

B) The oldest surviving one

C) The first to win Best Picture

D) The largest by revenue

Answer · why

B) The oldest surviving one

It is also the fifth oldest in the world and one of the 'Big Five'.

Q 03/05

Universal City Studios, opened in 1915 on a converted 230-acre farm, was billed at the time as what?

A) The world's largest film production facility

B) America's first purpose-built sound stage

C) Hollywood's first standing backlot

D) The first studio with a private zoo

Answer · why

A) The world's largest film production facility

Universal City, opened on 15 March 1915 on a 230-acre former farm, was promoted as the world's largest film production facility, and its founder let t...

Q 04/05

The 1915 studio tour of Universal City cost visitors how much, lunch included?

A) Twenty-five cents

B) One dollar

C) Five cents

D) It was free

Answer · why

C) Five cents

The modern tram tour began on 15 July 1964, and still runs through the working backlot.

Q 05/05

Which 1930 Universal film became the studio's first winner of the Best Picture Oscar?

A) All Quiet on the Western Front

B) Dracula

C) Frankenstein

D) King of Jazz

Answer · why

A) All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front, Lewis Milestone's adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's war novel, won Outstanding Production and Best Director at the ...