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Cinema and Film Awards

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Cinema and Film Awards covers Oscar-winning movies, historical Hollywood milestones, and acclaimed directors. The questions also address various film genres like documentaries and animated features. Reviewing these facts builds a strong foundation for the general awareness section.

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Cinema and Film Awards Questions

Multiple choice

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2019?

  1. Joker

  2. 1917

  3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  4. Little Women
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Hildur Guðnadóttir won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2020 for her work on the film 'Joker'.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2018?

  1. The Shape of Water

  2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  3. Dunkirk

  4. Phantom Thread
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Explanation

Alexandre Desplat won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2018 for his work on the film 'The Shape of Water'.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2017?

  1. La La Land

  2. Moonlight

  3. Arrival

  4. Hidden Figures
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Justin Hurwitz won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2017 for his work on the film 'La La Land'.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2016?

  1. The Revenant

  2. Mad Max: Fury Road

  3. Sicario

  4. Bridge of Spies
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Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2016 for their work on the film 'The Revenant'.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2015?

  1. The Grand Budapest Hotel

  2. The Theory of Everything

  3. Interstellar

  4. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
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Alexandre Desplat won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2015 for his work on the film 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2014?

  1. 12 Years a Slave

  2. Gravity

  3. Her

  4. The Grandmaster
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Explanation

Hans Zimmer won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2014 for his work on the film '12 Years a Slave'.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the documentary that explores the revival of ancient music?

  1. The World of Early Music

  2. The Sound of the Past

  3. The Music of the Ancients

  4. The Revival of Ancient Music
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The World of Early Music is a documentary that explores the revival of ancient music.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival?

  1. Minari

  2. The Farewell

  3. Honeyland

  4. Clemency
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Minari, directed by Lee Isaac Chung, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Multiple choice

Which documentary won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival?

  1. Minding the Gap

  2. Hale County This Morning, This Evening

  3. Won't You Be My Neighbor?

  4. RBG
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Minding the Gap, directed by Bing Liu, won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival?

  1. The Birth of a Nation

  2. Manchester by the Sea

  3. 20th Century Women

  4. Swiss Army Man
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The Birth of a Nation, directed by Nate Parker, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

Multiple choice

Which documentary won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival?

  1. Citizenfour

  2. Jiro Dreams of Sushi

  3. The Act of Killing

  4. 20 Feet from Stardom
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Citizenfour, directed by Laura Poitras, won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival?

  1. Beasts of the Southern Wild

  2. The Cove

  3. Winter's Bone

  4. Precious
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Beasts of the Southern Wild, directed by Benh Zeitlin, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Multiple choice

Which documentary won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival?

  1. Restrepo

  2. The Cove

  3. An Inconvenient Truth

  4. March of the Penguins
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Restrepo, directed by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival?

  1. Frozen River

  2. The Cove

  3. An Inconvenient Truth

  4. March of the Penguins
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Frozen River, directed by Courtney Hunt, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Multiple choice

Which documentary won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival?

  1. An Inconvenient Truth

  2. The Cove

  3. March of the Penguins

  4. Super Size Me
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An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim, won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.