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The great mid-year media quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which movie has made the most money on its cinema release this year (2018)?

a)

Deadpool 2

b)

Black Panther

c)

Avengers: Infinity War

d)

Ant-Man and the Wasp

2.

What is the most popular website in New Zealand?

a)

Google

b)

Trade Me

c)

Yahoo

d)

YouTube

3.

What is the most downloaded song ever on Apple iTunes?

a)

Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas

b)

I'm Yours by Jason Mraz

c)

I've Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas

d)

Poker Face by Lady Gaga

4.

What do you call the bit in a news article that has the writer's name?

a)

Headline

b)

Byline

c)

Lead paragraph

d)

Explanation

e)

Additional Information

5.

Which of these actors has NOT been in both a Marvel and DC movie?

a)

Ryan Reynolds

b)

Chris Evans

c)

Ben Affleck

d)

Robert Downey Jr

6.

What is the best description of Adam Sandler?

a)

A failed and very unfunny comedian

b)

The worst actor ever to star in a movie

c)

A highly talented comedian and actor

d)

The complete opposite of highly talented

7.

Slartibartfast is a character in which movie?

a)

Avengers: Infinity War

b)

The Fate of the Furious

c)

The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

d)

Deadpool 2

8.

What is the best definition of GENRE?

a)

A French word for chair

b)

A type or category of media text

c)

A type or category of media text based on a shared set of characteristics

d)

A type or category of media text based on similar kinds of stories

9.

What is the most watched video on YouTube that is NOT a music video? These are the top 4.

a)

Johny Johny Yes Papa

b)

Let It Go Singalong

c)

Masha and the Bear - Recipe for Disaster

d)

Wheels on the Bus

10.

What is included in a Lead Paragraph in a news article.

a)

The heading

b)

The writer's name

c)

A summary of the news story

d)

The explanation of the story

e)

Additional information

11.

Which of these films was one of 10 presented at the very first screening of movies in December 1895?

a)

The Fast and the Furious

b)

Driving round New York City

c)

Workers leaving the Lumiere factory

d)

The Sprinkler Sprinkled

12.

The cover image for this quiz was taken from which 2017 film?

a)

Thor: Ragnarok

b)

The Lego Batman Movie

c)

The Shape of Water

d)

Blade Runner 2049

13.

Which country makes the most movies per year?

a)

India (Bollywood)

b)

Nigeria (Nollywood)

c)

United States (Hollywood)

d)

New Zealand (Wellywood)

14.

What is the only film Peter Jackson has made that was partly filmed OUTSIDE New Zealand?

a)

The Lord of the Rings

b)

The Lovely Bones

c)

King Kong

d)

Bad Taste

15.

Which of these films was NOT fully or partly made in New Zealand?

a)

Deadpool

b)

Central Intelligence

c)

Mission Impossible: Fallout

d)

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

16.

Which of these characters is NOT a Marvel character?

a)

Thanos

b)

Human Torch

c)

Green Lantern

d)

Blade

17.

Which of these is a primary purpose for advertising a movie?

a)

Let people know that the film exists

b)

Let people know that this is the film they should pay lots of money to see rather than all those other movies they could also see

c)

Let people know who the main stars of the film are

d)

Let people know what awards the film has won

18.

Which Marvel character has a film coming out in March 2019, and will be an important character in the next Avengers movie?

a)

Ant-Man

b)

Captain Marvel

c)

Doctor Strange

d)

Hawkeye

19.

What was a Sinclair ZX Spectrum?

a)

A 1980's sports car

b)

A 1980's mp3 player

c)

A 1980's video game console

d)

A 1980's home computer

20.

What do the letters ESPN stand for?

a)

Entirely Sports Programming Network

b)

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network

c)

Exceptional Sports Production Network

d)

Evil Syndicate of Pompous Ninnies