Q 01/05

Which future streaming giant did Blockbuster turn down the chance to buy for $50 million in 2000?

A) Hulu

B) YouTube

C) Netflix

D) Amazon

Answer · why

C) Netflix

Netflix was then a fledgling DVD-by-mail firm, just three years old. A decade after saying no, Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy protection.

Q 02/05

In which city did a franchise outlive every other branch to become the world's last Blockbuster store in 2019?

A) Bend, Oregon

B) Boise, Idaho

C) Anchorage, Alaska

D) Fargo, North Dakota

Answer · why

A) Bend, Oregon

Bend, Oregon kept its franchise open after the company-owned stores shut in 2014. By 2024 about 80% of its income came from selling merchandise, not f...

Q 03/05

Which future film director spent five years behind the counter at Video Archives in Manhattan Beach, California?

A) Kevin Smith

B) Quentin Tarantino

C) Richard Linklater

D) Paul Thomas Anderson

Answer · why

B) Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino bought the shop's entire stock of tapes when it closed in 1995 and rebuilt the store inside his own home.

Q 04/05

Which Sony tape format did most video rental shops drop in the 1980s after VHS won the format war?

A) U-matic

B) Video 2000

C) Cartrivision

D) Betamax

Answer · why

D) Betamax

Betamax did not vanish entirely: its cassette shape lived on as Betacam, a professional format used by broadcasters long after shops went all-VHS.

Q 05/05

Which 1994 Kevin Smith comedy has Randal Graves working at RST Video in Leonardo, New Jersey?

A) Clerks

B) Mallrats

C) Chasing Amy

D) Jersey Girl

Answer · why

A) Clerks

Clerks was filmed in the real New Jersey stores where Smith himself worked, and its initial shoot cost just $27,575.