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Movies Quiz - Mass Communications

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is is known for inventing the first moving picture?

a)

Eadweard Muybridge

b)

George Eastman

c)

Philip Branswell

d)

Hannibal Goodwin

2.

What year was the first moving picture created?

a)

1874

b)

1875

c)

1876

d)

1877

3.

What is Eadweard Muybridge know for inventing?

(a)  

4.

What is the importance of Gone with the Wind & The Wizard of OZ?

(a)  

5.

What did Hannibal Goodwin invent?

(a)  

6.

Who invented the Kinetoscope?

a)

Eadweard Muybridge

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Edwin S. Porter

d)

Hannibal Goodwin

7.

What allowed silent movies to begin to include a narrative?

(a)  

8.

Films that are 40 mins +

a)

Feature

b)

Short

9.

What is the importance of Triumph of the Will?

(a)  

10.

What is the importance of Battleship Potemkin?

(a)  

11.

Films that are less than 40 minutes

a)

Feature

b)

Short

12.

What material was used to make the first moving pictures?

(a)  

13.

When did sound get introduced to movies?

(a)  

14.

What is the importance of Life of an American Firefighter?

(a)  

15.

What type of films is Edwin S. Porter known for?

a)

Feature Films

b)

Short Films

16.

What method was used to introduce sound to movies?

(a)  

17.

What is the importance of Story of the Kelley Gang?

(a)  

18.

What is the importance of The Jazz Singer?

(a)  

19.

What is the importance of Birth of a Nation?

(a)  

20.

What are the the 3 keys to Vertical Integration in the studio system?

(a)  

21.

What is the importance of Easy Rider?

(a)  

22.

Who created the films "The Great Train Robbery" and "Life of an American Firefighter"?

a)

George Eastman

b)

Eadweard Muybridge

c)

Edwin S. Porter

d)

Phillip Marshall

23.

What is the importance of Citizen Kane?

(a)  

24.

Who directed The Godfather?

(a)  

25.

Who directed Casablanca?

(a)  

26.

Who directed Raging Bull?

(a)  

27.

Who directed Singing in the Rain?

(a)  

28.

Who won Best Director at the Oscars this year?

(a)  

29.

Which woman won director of the year first?

(a)  

30.

When did the Paramount Decision occur?

(a)  

31.

When did The HollyWood 10 occur? And who was involved?

(a)  

32.

When did streaming surpass physical viewing?

(a)  

33.

Who was the first actress to earn over $1 million in a year?

(a)