Beasts of the Southern Wild - Quiz
  • 1. Which award did the film win at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival?
A) Caméra d'Or
B) Un Certain Regard
C) Grand Prix
D) Palme d'Or
  • 2. In which section did the film compete at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival?
A) Critics' Week
B) Directors' Fortnight
C) Un Certain Regard
D) Main Competition
  • 3. What prize did the film win at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival?
A) Directing Award
B) Audience Award
C) Special Jury Prize
D) Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
  • 4. Which festival hosted the premiere of the film?
A) Deauville American Film Festival
B) Cannes Film Festival
C) Los Angeles Film Festival
D) Sundance Film Festival
  • 5. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at which 2012 festival?
A) Cannes Film Festival
B) Deauville American Film Festival
C) Sundance Film Festival
D) Seattle International Film Festival
  • 6. What award did the film receive at the Los Angeles Film Festival?
A) Most Innovative Debut
B) Best Director Award
C) Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
D) Grand Jury Prize
  • 7. Which award did the film win at the Seattle International Film Festival?
A) Grand Jury Prize
B) Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director
C) Audience Award
D) Best Narrative Feature
  • 8. What is the name of the award given to the film for Most Innovative Debut in October?
A) Sutherland Trophy
B) Caméra d'Or
C) Ray Bradbury Award
D) Golden Space Needle
  • 9. How many Oscars was the film nominated for on January 10, 2013?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Three
D) Six
  • 10. Who was nominated for Best Director for their work on the film?
A) Lucy Alibar
B) Benh Zeitlin
C) Quvenzhané Wallis
D) Sutherland
  • 11. Who was nominated for Best Actress for their role in the film?
A) Quvenzhané Wallis
B) Lucy Alibar
C) None of the above
D) Benh Zeitlin
  • 12. Which award did the script win from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America?
A) Caméra d'Or
B) Grand Jury Prize
C) Ray Bradbury Award
D) Sutherland Trophy
  • 13. Who co-wrote the screenplay with Benh Zeitlin?
A) Lucy Alibar
B) Ray Bradbury
C) Quvenzhané Wallis
D) None of the above
  • 14. In which category was the film nominated for an Oscar besides Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress?
A) Best Adapted Screenplay
B) Best Film Editing
C) Best Original Score
D) Best Cinematography
  • 15. What is the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating for Beasts of the Southern Wild?
A) 86%
B) 87%
C) 90%
D) 85%
  • 16. How many reviews were used to calculate the Rotten Tomatoes rating?
A) 3,500
B) 45
C) 208
D) 100
  • 17. What is the Metacritic score for the film?
A) 87 out of 100
B) 86 out of 100
C) 8.30 out of 10
D) 90 out of 100
  • 18. How old is the character Hushpuppy?
A) 6
B) 9
C) 7
D) 8
  • 19. Which publication named the film a 2012 Critics' Pick?
A) Rolling Stone
B) Chicago Tribune
C) Chicago Sun-Times
D) The New York Times
  • 20. How many candidates were considered for the role of Hushpuppy before Quvenzhané Wallis was chosen?
A) 3,500
B) 208
C) 1,000
D) 45
  • 21. Which critic called the film the most divisive of 2012?
A) A. O. Scott
B) Peter Travers
C) Michael Phillips
D) Roger Ebert
  • 22. What term did bell hooks use to describe the violence in the film?
A) A masterpiece of realism
B) Necessary dramatic tension
C) Crude pornography of violence
D) Artistic depiction of struggle
  • 23. How old was Quvenzhané Wallis when she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress?
A) 6
B) 7
C) 9
D) 10
  • 24. Which US President described the film as spectacular?
A) George W. Bush
B) Bill Clinton
C) Donald Trump
D) Barack Obama
  • 25. What rank did Sight & Sound magazine assign to the film in its 2012 list?
A) #5
B) #10
C) #1
D) #3
  • 26. What did A. O. Scott name as the rank of Beasts of the Southern Wild among 2012 films?
A) Best
B) Fifth-best
C) Third-best
D) Second-best
  • 27. How did Roger Ebert describe the film in his review?
A) A failure of imagination
B) Overbearing and divisive
C) A documentary-style drama
D) A remarkable creation
  • 28. What is the name of the one-act play that the film was adapted from?
A) Juicy and Delicious
B) Beasts of the Southern Wild
C) The Bathtub
D) The Aurochs
  • 29. In what year was Beasts of the Southern Wild nominated for four Academy Awards?
A) 2011
B) 2014
C) 2012
D) 2013
  • 30. What is the name of the community where Hushpuppy and Wink live?
A) The Levee
B) The Bayous
C) The Bathtub
D) The Elysian Fields
  • 31. What kind of creature does Miss Bathsheba teach the children about?
A) Alligator gar
B) Aurochs
C) Giant boar
D) Cavemen
  • 32. What is the reason Miss Bathsheba gives for the Bathtub ending up underwater?
A) A hurricane
B) The levee breaking
C) The ice caps melting
D) The alligator gar attack
  • 33. What does Hushpuppy find burning on her stove when she returns home alone?
A) Her father's clothes
B) Food
C) Her house
D) Medicine
  • 34. What triggers Hushpuppy to think she has thrown off the balance of the universe?
A) The house fire
B) Seeing the aurochs
C) A rumble of thunder
D) Punching her father
  • 35. Where does Wink tell Hushpuppy he got his hospital gown and bracelet?
A) A pharmacy
B) The schoolhouse
C) A hospital
D) The floating bar
  • 36. How do the residents of the Bathtub plan to drain the water after the flood?
A) Building floating homes
B) Pumping the water out
C) Blowing a hole in the levee
D) Using an alligator gar carcass
  • 37. What object is used to blow a hole in the levee?
A) A sunken boat
B) An alligator gar carcass stuffed with explosives
C) A dynamite-filled box
D) A homemade raft
  • 38. What is the name of the floating bar where Hushpuppy searches for her mother?
A) Elysian Fields
B) The Levee
C) The Bayou
D) The Bathtub
  • 39. How does the film portray the aurochs?
A) Prehistoric cavemen
B) Fictional dragons
C) Giant horned boar-like creatures
D) Wild cattle
  • 40. What does Hushpuppy do when she finally confronts the aurochs?
A) Calls for her father
B) Calmly stands her ground
C) Fights them
D) Runs away
  • 41. What causes Wink to collapse after his fight with Hushpuppy?
A) He is struck by lightning
B) He suffers a heart attack
C) He is punched in the chest
D) He falls into the fire
  • 42. What is the occupation of the woman Hushpuppy thinks is her mother?
A) Cook
B) Fisherman
C) Doctor
D) Teacher
  • 43. Where does the film Beasts of the Southern Wild take place?
A) Los Angeles
B) Louisiana bayou
C) New York
D) The polar regions
  • 44. What does Miss Bathsheba provide to Hushpuppy when she fears the balance of the universe is broken?
A) Herbal medicine
B) An alligator gar
C) A map
D) A boat
  • 45. Which real-life location inspired the film's fictional setting?
A) Isle de Jean Charles
B) The Tremé neighborhood
C) Montegut
D) New Orleans
  • 46. In which town was the film shot?
A) Terrebonne
B) New Orleans
C) Montegut
D) Jean Charles
  • 47. What is the name of the filmmaking group behind the production?
A) Louisiana Arts Collective
B) Terrebonne Film Group
C) The Bathtub Crew
D) Court 13
  • 48. Which specific ability did Quvenzhané Wallis demonstrate at her audition?
A) Playing the guitar
B) Burping on command
C) Swimming long distances
D) Cooking
  • 49. What was Dwight Henry's profession before he was cast as Wink?
A) Fisherman
B) Film director
C) Bakery owner
D) Professional actor
  • 50. Which hurricane did Dwight Henry experience as a child?
A) Hurricane Camille
B) Hurricane Katrina
C) Hurricane Betsy
D) Hurricane Ida
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