Grauman's Chinese Theatre - Quiz
Grauman s Chinese Theatre
  • 1. In what month and year were plans announced to convert the theater for IMAX?
A) September 2013
B) April 2013
C) March 2020
D) April 2015
  • 2. What are the dimensions of the new IMAX silver screen?
A) 100 ft × 50 ft
B) 94 ft × 46 ft
C) 80 ft × 40 ft
D) 90 ft × 45 ft
  • 3. What characteristic describes the shape of the new IMAX silver screen?
A) Flat
B) Circular
C) Rectangular
D) Curved
  • 4. How was the seating re-arranged to accommodate better sightlines and a taller screen?
A) In flat rows on a single level
B) In stepped rows descending from street level to the former basement
C) In ascending tiers climbing toward the ceiling
D) In a circular formation around the perimeter
  • 5. What part of the auditorium remained unaltered during the IMAX conversion?
A) Decorative walls and ceiling
B) The seating arrangement
C) The floor of the basement
D) The original projection system
  • 6. What was done to the existing curtain during the conversion?
A) It was extended
B) It was removed
C) It was replaced entirely
D) It was shortened
  • 7. Which company added digital signage during the 2013 renovation?
A) Disney
B) Warner Bros.
C) TCL
D) IMAX
  • 8. On what date did the theater reopen with the IMAX conversion?
A) April 15, 2013
B) September 20, 2014
C) March 4, 2020
D) September 20, 2013
  • 9. What film was shown when the theater reopened on September 20, 2013?
A) Oppenheimer
B) Furious 7
C) Interstellar
D) The Wizard of Oz (IMAX 3D version)
  • 10. For the runs of which two films was a 70 mm IMAX projection system installed?
A) Interstellar and Oppenheimer
B) Tenet and Dune: Part Two
C) The Lego Movie and Storks
D) Speed and Iron Man 3
  • 11. Why was the 70 mm projection system kept in 2024?
A) To show classic Disney films
B) Due to a failure of the digital system
C) Because of a request by TCL
D) Because of the success of the Oppenheimer run
  • 12. Which two films prompted the keeping of the 70 mm projection system in 2024?
A) A Star is Born and Furious 7
B) Tenet and Dune: Part Two
C) Austin Powers and Blazing Saddles
D) Interstellar and Oppenheimer
  • 13. When was the IMAX system upgraded to use the dual-4K IMAX with Laser projector system?
A) August 2017
B) September 2013
C) April 2015
D) April 2013
  • 14. Which film's debut coincided with the upgrade to the dual-4K IMAX with Laser projector system?
A) Oppenheimer
B) Furious 7
C) The Wizard of Oz
D) Interstellar
  • 15. Where is the full-scale recreation of the Chinese Theatre's exterior facade and lobby located?
A) Disneyland Resort in California
B) Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park at Walt Disney World Resort
C) Parque Warner Madrid in Spain
D) Universal Studios Hollywood
  • 16. What was the name of the original attraction inside the full-scale recreation in Florida?
A) Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
B) The Hollywood Studio Tour
C) The Wizard of Oz Experience
D) The Great Movie Ride
  • 17. When did The Great Movie Ride open?
A) August 13, 2017
B) March 4, 2020
C) May 1, 1995
D) May 1, 1989
  • 18. When did The Great Movie Ride close?
A) August 13, 2017
B) April 15, 2013
C) March 4, 2020
D) May 1, 1989
  • 19. What attraction replaced The Great Movie Ride?
A) Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
B) Disney's Hollywood Coaster
C) The Great Movie Adventure
D) The Hollywood Tower Hotel
  • 20. When did Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway open?
A) May 1, 1989
B) August 13, 2017
C) September 20, 2013
D) March 4, 2020
  • 21. What specific feature is found in the sidewalks of the Florida recreation?
A) Autograph plaques from 1930s actors
B) Gold stars dedicated to classic musicians
C) Concrete handprints from the years 1988–1995
D) Bronze statues of famous directors
  • 22. Where is the sized-down recreation of the Chinese Theatre located?
A) Parque Warner Madrid theme park
B) Disney's Hollywood Studios
C) Universal Orlando Resort
D) Knott's Berry Farm
  • 23. What type of films are shown at the Parque Warner Madrid recreation?
A) Films relevant to Warner Bros.
B) Universal monster movies
C) Classic Disney animated features
D) Independent foreign films
  • 24. Which two non-horror Warner Bros. films are specifically mentioned as having been shown at Parque Warner Madrid?
A) Furious 7 and Austin Powers
B) Speed and Iron Man 3
C) Interstellar and Tenet
D) The Lego Movie and Storks
  • 25. What kind of films are shown at the Parque Warner Madrid recreation during Halloween?
A) Classic silent horror films
B) Horror films for guests over the age of 18
C) Comedies about ghosts
D) Family-friendly spooky animations
  • 26. Which specific horror film is mentioned as being shown during Halloween at Parque Warner Madrid?
A) Halloween
B) Friday the 13th
C) A Nightmare on Elm Street
D) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
  • 27. In which film does the Chinese Theater appear during the fourth wall breaks at the end?
A) Austin Powers in Goldmember
B) Iron Man 3
C) Blazing Saddles
D) Speed
  • 28. Which character visits the courtyard in the 1937 movie A Star is Born?
A) Janet Gaynor
B) Norman Maine
C) Shirley Temple
D) Jean Harlow
  • 29. Whose glasses are seen in the courtyard during the 1937 movie A Star is Born?
A) Eddie Cantor's
B) Harold Lloyd's
C) Norman Maine's
D) Joe E. Brown's
  • 30. Whose 'mouthprint' is seen in the courtyard in the 1937 movie A Star is Born?
A) Eddie Cantor's
B) Jean Harlow's
C) Harold Lloyd's
D) Joe E. Brown's
  • 31. Whose handprints are seen in the courtyard in the 1937 movie A Star is Born?
A) Janet Gaynor's
B) Shirley Temple's
C) Jean Harlow's
D) Joe E. Brown's
  • 32. Whose 'eyes' are seen in the courtyard in the 1937 movie A Star is Born?
A) Norman Maine's
B) Harold Lloyd's
C) Joe E. Brown's
D) Eddie Cantor's
  • 33. Who left a 'Love to you all' message in the courtyard seen in A Star is Born?
A) Shirley Temple
B) Janet Gaynor
C) Eddie Cantor
D) Jean Harlow
  • 34. Whose fictitious footprints are seen in the courtyard in the 1937 movie A Star is Born?
A) Norman Maine's
B) Joe E. Brown's
C) Harold Lloyd's
D) Eddie Cantor's
  • 35. In what video game released in 2011 is the theater a discoverable landmark?
A) Mafia II
B) Grand Theft Auto V
C) L.A. Noire
D) True Crime: New York City
  • 36. What is the theater based on the Chinese Theater named in Grand Theft Auto V (2013)?
A) The Asian Theater
B) The Hollywood Theater
C) The Chinese Cinema
D) The Oriental Theater
  • 37. Which city is Parque Warner Madrid near?
A) Barcelona, Spain
B) San Martín de la Vega, near Madrid, Spain
C) Bay Lake, Florida
D) Los Angeles, California
  • 38. What is the age restriction for guests attending the Halloween horror film screenings at Parque Warner Madrid?
A) Over the age of 21
B) Over the age of 17
C) All ages are welcome
D) Over the age of 18
  • 39. Which video game from 2013 features a theater based on the Chinese Theater?
A) L.A. Noire
B) Iron Man 3
C) Speed
D) Grand Theft Auto V
  • 40. Where are the Academy Awards ceremonies currently held, which is adjacent to the Chinese Theatre?
A) Hollywood and Highland
B) Mann Chinese 6
C) Dolby Theatre
D) Saint Sophia Cathedral
  • 41. What was the Dolby Theatre formerly known as?
A) Kodak Theatre
B) Mann's Chinese Theatre
C) Warner Communications
D) Fox West Coast Theatres
  • 42. Who became the head interior decorator of the Chinese Theatre in 1952?
A) Ted Mann
B) John Tartaglia
C) J. Walter Bantau
D) Elie Samaha
  • 43. At which nearby cathedral was John Tartaglia an artist before joining the theater?
A) Saint Sophia Cathedral
B) Holy Name Cathedral
C) St. Mary's Cathedral
D) Grace Cathedral
  • 44. Who recommended John Tartaglia to continue the work for the Hollywood footprint ceremonies?
A) J. Walter Bantau
B) Elie Samaha
C) Donald Kushner
D) Ted Mann
  • 45. What was the name of the first premiere in CinemaScope for which Jean Simmons had her footprint ceremony?
A) Citizen Kane
B) The Rains Came
C) The Robe
D) The Ten Commandments
  • 46. When was John Tartaglia formally recognized by the City of Los Angeles?
A) October 2011
B) January 1968
C) May 1987
D) June 1952
  • 47. In what year was the Chinese Theatre declared a historic and cultural landmark?
A) 1985
B) 1968
C) 1973
D) 1952
  • 48. Who purchased the Chinese Theatre in 1973?
A) Ted Mann
B) Elie Samaha
C) Donald Kushner
D) John Tartaglia
  • 49. What name was the theater known by from 1973 until 2001?
A) Mann's Chinese 6 Theatre
B) Mann's Chinese Theatre
C) Dolby Theatre
D) Grauman's Chinese Theatre
  • 50. Who bought the Mann Theatres business, including the Chinese Theatre, from Ted Mann in 1986?
A) Warner Communications Inc.
B) CIM Group
C) Gulf+Western
D) WestStar Holdings
  • 51. When was the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District added to the National Register of Historic Places?
A) 1968
B) 2000
C) 1973
D) 1985
  • 52. To whom was the theater chain sold in 1997?
A) WestStar Holdings
B) Gulf+Western
C) Ted Mann
D) CIM Group
  • 53. Which architectural firm prepared a restoration and modernization program for the structure in 2000?
A) Behr Browers Architects
B) Fox West Coast Theatres
C) WestStar Holdings
D) CIM Group
  • 54. In what year did the restoration and modernization program begin, which also restored the original name of the cinema palace?
A) 2002
B) 2011
C) 2000
D) 2007
  • 55. What was the original name restored to the cinema palace during the 2002 program?
A) Mann's Chinese 6 Theatre
B) Dolby Chinese Theatre
C) Mann's Chinese Theatre
D) Grauman's Chinese Theatre
  • 56. What name did the new Chinese-themed six-plex in the attached shopping center continue to operate under?
A) Mann's Chinese 6 Theatre
B) Hollywood and Highland 6
C) Grauman's Chinese Theatre
D) Dolby Chinese 6
  • 57. Who purchased the land on which the theater sits in 2007?
A) Ted Mann
B) Elie Samaha
C) WestStar Holdings
D) CIM Group
  • 58. For how much was Grauman's Chinese Theatre sold in 2013?
A) $50 million
B) $10 million
C) $150 million
D) $25 million
  • 59. In which city and state is the Chinese Theatre located?
A) San Francisco, California
B) Los Angeles, California
C) New York City, New York
D) Hollywood, Florida
  • 60. What architectural style do both the Chinese Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre share?
A) Art Deco style
B) Exotic Revival style
C) Victorian style
D) Gothic Revival style
  • 61. Who headed the partnership that built the Chinese Theatre?
A) Cecil B. DeMille
B) Douglas Fairbanks
C) Sid Grauman
D) Howard Hughes
  • 62. In what year did the Chinese Theatre host the debut of Star Wars?
A) 1973
B) 2013
C) 1977
D) 1927
  • 63. How many Academy Awards ceremonies has the Chinese Theatre hosted?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Ten
D) One
  • 64. In what year was the theater renamed Mann's Chinese Theatre?
A) 2013
B) 2001
C) 1929
D) 1973
  • 65. In what year did the theater revert from Mann's Chinese Theatre back to its original name?
A) 2001
B) 1973
C) 2013
D) 1950
  • 66. Following the 2013 renovation, how many seats did the theater have?
A) 1,000
B) 932
C) 500
D) 2,100
  • 67. Whose mansion was leased as the site to build the Chinese Theatre along Hollywood Boulevard?
A) Douglas Fairbanks'
B) Francis X. Bushman's
C) William Fox's
D) Sid Grauman's
  • 68. Which architecture firm designed the 'palace-type' Chinese Theatre?
A) Meyer & Holler
B) IMAX Corporation
C) Fox West Coast
D) TCL Corp.
  • 69. Who served as the principal architect on the Chinese Theatre project?
A) Francis X. Bushman
B) Raymond M. Kennedy
C) Jean Klossner
D) Sid Grauman
  • 70. When did the groundbreaking ceremony for the Chinese Theatre take place?
A) March 1923
B) October 1925
C) May 18, 1927
D) January 5, 1926
  • 71. What nickname was given to Jean Klossner for performing the footprint ceremonies from 1927 through 1957?
A) 'Mr. Hollywood'
B) 'Mr. Architect'
C) 'Mr. Footprint'
D) 'Mr. Concrete'
  • 72. According to the theater's official account, whose accidental step into wet concrete inspired the footprint tradition?
A) Norma Talmadge
B) Jean Klossner
C) Mary Pickford
D) Sid Grauman
  • 73. Who was the second celebrity after Talmadge to be immortalized in the concrete?
A) Mary Pickford
B) Anna May Wong
C) Douglas Fairbanks
D) Charlie Chaplin
  • 74. In what year did Sid Grauman decide to retire and sell his share to William Fox's chain?
A) 1927
B) 1950
C) 1929
D) 1931
  • 75. Which filmmaker convinced Grauman to return from retirement to produce the premiere of Hell's Angels?
A) Charlie Chaplin
B) Howard Hughes
C) William Fox
D) Cecil B. DeMille
  • 76. What was the name of the aviation epic whose world premiere prompted Grauman's return to the theater?
A) Hell's Angels
B) A Star Is Born
C) Star Wars
D) The King of Kings
  • 77. When did Grauman return to the theater as managing director after his short-lived second retirement?
A) Christmas Day 1931
B) January 5, 1926
C) May 18, 1927
D) September 13, 1937
  • 78. In what year did Sid Grauman pass away while holding the position of managing director?
A) 1957
B) 1950
C) 1929
D) 1973
  • 79. What is the exterior's most notable feature?
A) A 150 foot-wide stage
B) A massive balcony
C) A 90 foot-tall pagoda
D) A bronze chandelier
  • 80. How tall is the pagoda centered in the middle of the forecourt?
A) 150 feet
B) 30 feet
C) 90 feet
D) 60 feet
  • 81. What material plates the roof of the pagoda?
A) Gold
B) Bronze
C) Stone
D) Silver
  • 82. How tall is the stone-carved mural of a dragon on the central wall?
A) 60 feet
B) 46 feet
C) 30 feet
D) 90 feet
  • 83. What type of statues flank the venue's entrance?
A) Qing dynasty-era emperor statues
B) Ming dynasty-era guardian lion statues
C) Bronze dragon statues
D) Tang dynasty-era horse statues
  • 84. Who oversaw a team of Chinese artisans creating traditional decorations?
A) Moon Quon
B) Xavier Cugat
C) Charles Beardsley
D) Keye Luke
  • 85. Who painted the trees and foliage between the pillars on the side walls?
A) Keye Luke
B) Xavier Cugat
C) Raymond M. Kennedy
D) Moon Quon
  • 86. Who painted the Chinese murals in the lobby?
A) Charles Beardsley
B) Keye Luke
C) Xavier Cugat
D) Sid Grauman
  • 87. What is featured on the auditorium ceiling?
A) A sixty-foot-wide ornate doily
B) A stone-carved dragon mural
C) A bronze lantern
D) A 90-foot pagoda
  • 88. How wide was the original stage?
A) 20 feet
B) 60 feet
C) 150 feet
D) 90 feet
  • 89. How high was the original stage?
A) 71 feet
B) 46 feet
C) 20 feet
D) 150 feet
  • 90. What type of organ was installed in the interior design?
A) A Ming dynasty-era percussion organ
B) A portable electric keyboard
C) A concealed three-manual, 17-rank Wurlitzer organ
D) A large pipe organ built by Moon Quon
  • 91. Where were the organ pipes located?
A) Beneath the stage floor
B) Above the proscenium
C) Inside the central pagoda
D) Inside the box suites
  • 92. In what year did theater ownership remove the organ?
A) 1930
B) 1957
C) 1945
D) 1921
  • 93. How many Hollywood celebrity handprints, footprints, and autographs are in the theater's forecourt?
A) Nearly 200
B) Roughly 50
C) Exactly 100
D) Over 500
  • 94. What variation of the tradition did Harold Lloyd leave in the concrete?
A) Earring
B) Facial profile
C) Cigar
D) Eyeglasses
  • 95. Whose cigar was imprinted in the concrete?
A) Harold Lloyd
B) Tom Mix
C) John Barrymore
D) Groucho Marx
  • 96. Whose dreadlock is imprinted in the concrete forecourt?
A) Emma Watson
B) Betty Grable
C) Marilyn Monroe
D) Whoopi Goldberg
  • 97. What items did the Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson leave imprints of?
A) Their boots
B) Their wands
C) Their eyeglasses
D) Their hands
  • 98. What part of Betty Grable's body left an imprint in the concrete?
A) Her arm
B) Her foot
C) Her leg
D) Her hand
  • 99. Whose earring was imprinted in the concrete?
A) Marilyn Monroe
B) Emma Watson
C) Whoopi Goldberg
D) Betty Grable
  • 100. What weapon did Western stars William S. Hart and Roy Rogers leave imprints of?
A) Wands
B) Rifles
C) Knives
D) Revolvers
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