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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 2014?

  1. 12 Years a Slave

  2. Gravity

  3. Her

  4. The Grandmaster
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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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Explanation

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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Explanation

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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Explanation

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

Multiple choice

Which documentary won the first Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1943?

  1. The Battle of Midway

  2. Kukan

  3. Moscow Strikes Back

  4. Prelude to War
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Prelude to War, a documentary about the events leading up to World War II, won the first Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1943.

Multiple choice

Which documentary won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2020?

  1. American Factory

  2. The Cave

  3. Honeyland

  4. For Sama
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American Factory, a documentary about a Chinese company that opens a factory in Ohio, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2020.

Multiple choice

Which documentary won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1960?

  1. Serengeti Shall Not Die

  2. The Savage Eye

  3. Giuseppina

  4. The Horse with the Flying Tail
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Serengeti Shall Not Die, a documentary about the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1960.

Multiple choice

Which documentary won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1974?

  1. Hearts and Minds

  2. The Great American Cowboy

  3. Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman

  4. The Hellstrom Chronicle
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Hearts and Minds, a documentary about the Vietnam War, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1974.

Multiple choice

Which documentary won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1984?

  1. The Times of Harvey Milk

  2. Streetwise

  3. Marjoe

  4. The War Room
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The Times of Harvey Milk, a documentary about the life and assassination of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1984.