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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 documentary short film won the Academy Award in 2000?

  1. King Gimp

  2. The Man on Lincoln's Nose

  3. Curtain Call

  4. One Day in September
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One Day in September, a 2000 short documentary film about the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Multiple choice

Which documentary short film won the Academy Award in 2010?

  1. The Cove

  2. Music by Prudence

  3. The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

  4. Rabbit à la Berlin
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The Cove, a 2010 short documentary film about the dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Multiple choice

Which documentary short film won the Academy Award in 2015?

  1. Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

  2. Joanna

  3. Our Curse

  4. White Earth
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Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, a 2015 short documentary film about the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Multiple choice

Which documentary short film won the Academy Award in 2020?

  1. Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)

  2. St. Louis Superman

  3. In the Absence

  4. Walk Run Cha-Cha
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Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl), a 2020 short documentary film about a group of Afghan girls who learn to skateboard, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Multiple choice

Which documentary short film won the Academy Award in 2021?

  1. Colette

  2. Do Not Split

  3. Hunger Ward

  4. A Love Song for Latasha
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Colette, a 2021 short documentary film about a former sex worker who becomes an advocate for the rights of sex workers, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Multiple choice

Which documentary short film won the Academy Award in 2022?

  1. The Queen of Basketball

  2. Three Songs for Benazir

  3. When We Were Bullies

  4. Lead Me Home
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The Queen of Basketball, a 2022 short documentary film about Lusia Harris, the first and only woman to score in an NCAA men's basketball tournament game, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Multiple choice

Which documentary short film won the Academy Award in 1951?

  1. Why Korea?

  2. The Fight: Science Against Cancer

  3. With These Hands

  4. Benjy
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Why Korea?, a 1951 short documentary film about the Korean War, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Multiple choice

Which documentary short film won the Academy Award in 1956?

  1. The Naked Eye

  2. Switzerland

  3. Crashing the Water Barrier

  4. The Bespoke Overcoat
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The Bespoke Overcoat, a 1956 short documentary film about a London tailor who makes a bespoke overcoat for a customer, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Multiple choice

Which documentary short film won the Academy Award in 1963?

  1. Dylan Thomas

  2. The Five Cities of June

  3. The Spirit of America

  4. Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
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Dylan Thomas, a 1963 short documentary film about the life and work of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2022?

  1. Dune

  2. The Power of the Dog

  3. Encanto

  4. Parallel Mothers
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Hans Zimmer won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2022 for his work on the film 'Dune'.

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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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'.