Life Is Beautiful - Quiz
  • 1. Which company released the film in Italy in 1997?
A) Cecchi Gori Distribuzione
B) Miramax Films
C) Warner Bros
D) Universal Pictures
  • 2. In which festival was the film screened in May 1998 as a late addition?
A) Berlin International Film Festival
B) Cannes Film Festival
C) Venice Film Festival
D) Toronto International Film Festival
  • 3. On what date was the film released in the United States?
A) 22 October 2001
B) 12 November 1998
C) 12 February 1999
D) 23 October 1998
  • 4. Which company released the film in the United States with English subtitles?
A) Cecchi Gori Distribuzione
B) 20th Century Fox
C) Paramount Pictures
D) Miramax Films
  • 5. On what date was the film released in Germany?
A) 13 November 1998
B) 23 October 1998
C) 12 November 1998
D) 12 February 1999
  • 6. On what date was the film released in Austria?
A) 12 November 1998
B) 12 February 1999
C) 13 November 1998
D) 23 October 1998
  • 7. On what date was the film released in the United Kingdom?
A) 12 November 1998
B) 12 February 1999
C) 13 November 1998
D) 23 October 1998
  • 8. Which version of the film was less successful after being reissued in English speaking territories?
A) Original Italian version
B) Black and white version
C) English-dubbed version
D) English-subtitled version
  • 9. On which Italian television station was the film aired on 22 October 2001?
A) RAI
B) Mediaset
C) Sky Italia
D) LA7
  • 10. How many people viewed the film when it aired on Italian television in 2001?
A) 16 million people
B) 10 million people
C) 5 million people
D) 20 million people
  • 11. How much money did the film make in Italy in lire?
A) 50 billion lire
B) 92 billion lire
C) 120 billion lire
D) 30 billion lire
  • 12. How much money did the film make in Italy in US dollars?
A) $57.6 million
B) $230.1 million
C) $123.8 million
D) $48.7 million
  • 13. Which film surpassed 'Life Is Beautiful' as the highest-grossing Italian film in its native country in 2011?
A) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
B) Il Postino: The Postman
C) Cinema Paradiso
D) What a Beautiful Day
  • 14. Who directed or starred as the main figure making the film a success in Italy, leading him to be treated as a 'national hero'?
A) Tonino Delli Colli
B) Imre Kertész
C) Checco Zalone
D) Benigni
  • 15. How much did the film gross in the United States and Canada?
A) $230.1 million
B) $123.8 million
C) $48.7 million
D) $57.6 million
  • 16. How much did the film gross in other territories outside the US and Canada?
A) $57.6 million
B) $123.8 million
C) $48.7 million
D) $230.1 million
  • 17. What was the worldwide gross of the film?
A) $123.8 million
B) $230.1 million
C) $48.7 million
D) $57.6 million
  • 18. Which fellow Italian film did 'Life Is Beautiful' surpass as the highest-grossing foreign-language film in the United States?
A) Cinema Paradiso
B) What a Beautiful Day
C) Il Postino: The Postman
D) 8½
  • 19. Which film surpassed 'Life Is Beautiful' as the highest-grossing foreign-language film in the United States in 2000?
A) What a Beautiful Day
B) Il Postino: The Postman
C) Amélie
D) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • 20. Which pope received a private screening of the film with Benigni and placed it in his top five favourite films?
A) Pope John XXIII
B) Pope Francis
C) Pope John Paul II
D) Pope Benedict XVI
  • 21. What approval rating does the film hold on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 58%
B) 92%
C) 100%
D) 81%
  • 22. How many reviews were Rotten Tomatoes' 81% approval rating based on?
A) 100 reviews
B) 50 reviews
C) 32 reviews
D) 94 reviews
  • 23. What was the average rating on Rotten Tomatoes out of 10?
A) 6.0/10
B) 8.5/10
C) 5.0/10
D) 7.5/10
  • 24. What weighted average score did Metacritic assign the film out of 100?
A) 75 out of 100
B) 100 out of 100
C) 58 out of 100
D) 81 out of 100
  • 25. How many critics based Metacritic's score of 58 out of 100?
A) 32 critics
B) 50 critics
C) 10 critics
D) 94 critics
  • 26. What did Metacritic's score of 58 out of 100 indicate?
A) mixed or average reviews
B) overwhelming dislike
C) universal acclaim
D) masterpiece
  • 27. How many stars did Roger Ebert give the film?
A) 3.5/4 stars
B) 3/4 stars
C) 2.5/4 stars
D) 4/4 stars
  • 28. Who gave the movie a score of 100/100, calling it 'A deeply moving blend of cold terror and rapturous hilarity'?
A) Owen Gleiberman
B) Richard Schickel
C) Roger Ebert
D) Michael Wilmington
  • 29. Which publication did Richard Schickel write for when reviewing the film?
A) The New York Times
B) The Washington Post
C) Entertainment Weekly
D) Time
  • 30. What grade did Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly give the film?
A) C+
B) B−
C) A+
D) D
  • 31. Who called the film 'sad, funny and haunting' while writing for The Washington Post?
A) David Rooney
B) Michael O'Sullivan
C) Kenneth Turan
D) Janet Maslin
  • 32. How many stars did Nell Minow of Common Sense Media give the film?
A) 3/5 stars
B) 4/5 stars
C) 5/5 stars
D) 2/5 stars
  • 33. Who wrote in The New York Times that the film took 'a colossal amount of gall'?
A) Tom Dawson
B) Kenneth Turan
C) Nell Minow
D) Janet Maslin
  • 34. Which publication's critic Kenneth Turan noted the film had 'some furious opposition' at Cannes?
A) The Washington Post
B) The New York Times
C) Chicago Tribune
D) Los Angeles Times
  • 35. Who provided 'visually rather flat' camera work for the film according to David Rooney of Variety?
A) Benigni
B) Tonino Delli Colli
C) Mel Brooks
D) Imre Kertész
  • 36. Which BBC critic wrote in 2002 that 'Benigni's sentimental fantasy diminishes the suffering of Holocaust victims'?
A) Ilona Klein
B) Ḳobi Niv
C) David Sterritt
D) Tom Dawson
  • 37. In which publication did Mel Brooks speak negatively of the film in 2006, saying it trivialized suffering?
A) The Christian Science Monitor
B) Time
C) Variety
D) Der Spiegel
  • 38. Which Nobel Laureate argued that those who take the film to be a comedy rather than a tragedy have missed the point?
A) Ilona Klein
B) Ḳobi Niv
C) Mel Brooks
D) Imre Kertész
  • 39. What term did Imre Kertész use to rebuff detractors of the film?
A) 'Holocaust conformism'
B) 'human ingenuity'
C) 'treacly horror'
D) 'sentimental optimism'
  • 40. Which Israeli screenwriter and art critic published the book 'Life Is Beautiful, but Not for Jews'?
A) Ḳobi Niv
B) Tom Dawson
C) David Sterritt
D) Ilona Klein
  • 41. In what year was Ḳobi Niv's critical book published in Hebrew?
A) 1997
B) 2003
C) 2000
D) 2006
  • 42. In what year was the English translation of Ḳobi Niv's book published?
A) 2002
B) 2006
C) 2003
D) 2000
  • 43. Which academic analyzed the movie's success and referred to the 'ambiguous themes hidden within' and its appeal of 'sentimental optimism'?
A) David Sterritt
B) Tom Dawson
C) Ilona Klein
D) Ḳobi Niv
  • 44. Which critic writing for The Christian Science Monitor highlighted that enthusiasm for the movie has not been unanimous?
A) David Sterritt
B) Kenneth Turan
C) Michael O'Sullivan
D) David Rooney
  • 45. Which army's Sherman M4 tank appears in the scene coming to liberate the concentration camp in the movie?
A) British Army
B) U.S. Army
C) Red Army
D) French Army
  • 46. Which actual historical camp was liberated by the Red Army, unlike the camp depicted in the film?
A) Buchenwald
B) Treblinka
C) Auschwitz
D) Dachau
  • 47. What is the release year of the film Life Is Beautiful?
A) 1997
B) 1944
C) 1939
D) 1998
  • 48. What is the name of the main character played by Roberto Benigni?
A) Rodolfo
B) Eliseo
C) Giosuè Orefice
D) Guido Orefice
  • 49. What was Guido's initial profession when he arrived in Arezzo?
A) Government official
B) Waiter
C) Schoolteacher
D) Bookshop owner
  • 50. Who co-wrote the film with Roberto Benigni?
A) Rubino Romeo Salmonì
B) Eliseo
C) Rodolfo
D) Vincenzo Cerami
  • 51. Which book partially inspired the film?
A) The Diary of a Young Girl
B) Life Is Beautiful
C) In the End, I Beat Hitler
D) Schindler's List
  • 52. Who wrote the book In the End, I Beat Hitler?
A) Vincenzo Cerami
B) Roberto Benigni
C) Rubino Romeo Salmonì
D) Guido Orefice
  • 53. Where did Benigni's father spend two years during World War II?
A) Tuscany
B) Arezzo
C) Cannes
D) Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
  • 54. Which award did the movie win at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival?
A) Grand Prix
B) Best Actor
C) Palme d'Or
D) Best Director
  • 55. How many David di Donatello Awards did the film win?
A) Nine
B) Two
C) Five
D) Three
  • 56. In what year does Part I of the film begin?
A) 1997
B) 1939
C) 1944
D) 1998
  • 57. In which Italian town does Guido start working with his uncle?
A) Venice
B) Rome
C) Florence
D) Arezzo
  • 58. What is the region in Italy where Arezzo is located?
A) Sicily
B) Lombardy
C) Tuscany
D) Lazio
  • 59. What is the name of Guido's uncle?
A) Giosuè
B) Eliseo
C) Rubino
D) Rodolfo
  • 60. What is the profession of Dora when Guido meets her in the city?
A) Teacher
B) Waiter
C) Bookshop owner
D) Nanny
  • 61. Who is Dora originally set to be engaged to?
A) Robin Hood
B) Guido
C) Eliseo
D) Rodolfo
  • 62. What is the name of Uncle Eliseo's horse?
A) Sherman
B) Tuscany
C) Robin Hood
D) Hitler
  • 63. What is the name of Guido and Dora's son?
A) Eliseo
B) Rubino
C) Giosuè
D) Rodolfo
  • 64. What business do Guido and Dora open together?
A) A bookstore
B) A horse stable
C) A school
D) A hotel restaurant
  • 65. In what year does Part II of the film take place?
A) 1939
B) 1945
C) 1997
D) 1944
  • 66. Which military force occupies Northern Italy in 1944 in the film?
A) Nazi Germany
B) U.S. Army
C) Fascist Italy
D) British Army
  • 67. On whose birthday are Guido, Eliseo, and Giosuè arrested?
A) Giosuè's
B) Dora's
C) Guido's
D) Eliseo's
  • 68. Why does Dora insist on boarding the train to the concentration camp?
A) She missed her engagement party
B) She wanted to work as a teacher there
C) She was ordered by Nazi guards
D) To stay with her family
  • 69. What method does Guido use to send messages to Dora inside the camp?
A) Letters left in books
B) The camp's loudspeaker
C) Carrier pigeons
D) Secret notes given by German officers
  • 70. How is Uncle Eliseo murdered shortly after arriving at the camp?
A) Shot in an alleyway
B) In a train accident
C) Starvation
D) In a gas chamber
  • 71. Why does Giosuè narrowly avoid being gassed with the other children?
A) His father rescued him
B) He hates to bathe
C) He spoke German
D) He hid in a German officer's room
  • 72. What prize is Giosuè told he will win if he scores one thousand points in the game?
A) A bookshop
B) A tank
C) A horse
D) A train
  • 73. Whom does Guido trick to feed Giosuè during the officers' dinner?
A) Uncle Eliseo
B) A German nanny
C) A U.S. Army soldier
D) Rodolfo
  • 74. What language do the children speak that almost exposes Giosuè at dinner?
A) German
B) Italian
C) French
D) English
  • 75. How does Guido cover for Giosuè when he accidentally speaks Italian at dinner?
A) By hiding Giosuè under the table
B) By claiming Giosuè is a German nanny
C) By telling the guards it was a joke
D) By teaching all the German children how to give thanks in Italian
  • 76. What happens to Guido after he goes to find Dora in the chaos of the camp closing?
A) He is caught by a German soldier and executed
B) He boards a train to Arezzo
C) He escapes on a Sherman tank
D) He hides with Giosuè
  • 77. What gesture does Guido make as he passes Giosuè on his way to his execution?
A) He speaks in German
B) He winks
C) He gives him a point
D) He cries
  • 78. What vehicle does the U.S. Army unit arrive in that excites Giosuè?
A) A bookstore delivery truck
B) A train
C) A Sherman tank
D) A horse named Robin Hood
  • 79. Who reveals himself as the film's narrator at the end?
A) The adult Giosuè
B) Roberto Benigni
C) Rodolfo
D) Uncle Eliseo
  • 80. What happened to Salmonì's brothers?
A) They became soldiers
B) They escaped to America
C) They were murdered
D) They survived
  • 81. How long did Luigi Benigni spend in a Nazi labour camp?
A) Two years
B) Four years
C) One year
D) Three years
  • 82. How did Luigi Benigni talk about his camp experiences to his children?
A) Angrily
B) Humorously
C) Secretly
D) Tragically
  • 83. How are Dora De Giovanni and Guido Vittoriano Basile related to Nicoletta Braschi?
A) Grandparents
B) Parents
C) Uncles
D) Siblings
  • 84. Why was Guido arrested?
A) Being Jewish
B) Stealing food
C) Draft dodging
D) Anti-fascist activity
  • 85. Where is the Center for Documentation of Contemporary Judaism based?
A) Milan
B) Arezzo
C) Rome
D) Florence
  • 86. According to Benigni, what can provide 'the truth' about the Holocaust?
A) Military records from 1943
B) Feature films like his own
C) Only documentaries interviewing survivors
D) Books like the one by Salmonì
  • 87. In front of which building was the bicycle fall scene shot?
A) An old abandoned factory near Papigno
B) Badia delle Sante Flora e Lucilla
C) Mauthausen concentration camp
D) The Center for Documentation in Milan
  • 88. What was the concentration camp set built in?
A) A historic church in Arezzo
B) A studio in Milan
C) An old abandoned factory
D) A military base in Rome
  • 89. Near which location was the abandoned factory converted into a concentration camp?
A) Papigno
B) Milan
C) Florence
D) Tuscany
  • 90. Who composed the original score to the film?
A) Roberto Benigni
B) Vincenzo Cerami
C) Jacques Offenbach
D) Nicola Piovani
  • 91. What is the title of the prominent classical piece in the film?
A) Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
B) In the End, I Beat Hitler
C) Life Is Beautiful
D) Auschwitz Barcarolle
  • 92. Who composed the prominent classical barcarolle in the film?
A) Roberto Benigni
B) Nicola Piovani
C) Rubino Romeo Salmonì
D) Jacques Offenbach
  • 93. Whose feet did Roberto Benigni kiss upon receiving the award at Cannes?
A) Steven Spielberg
B) Francis Ford Coppola
C) Martin Scorsese
D) Quentin Tarantino
  • 94. What position did Martin Scorsese hold on the jury at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival?
A) Honorary chairman
B) Lead critic
C) Jury president
D) Festival director
  • 95. At which Academy Awards ceremony did Benigni win Best Actor?
A) 70th Academy Awards
B) 71st Academy Awards
C) 72nd Academy Awards
D) 69th Academy Awards
  • 96. Which specific award did Roberto Benigni win for his acting role at the Oscars?
A) Best Original Screenplay
B) Best Actor
C) Best Supporting Actor
D) Best Director
  • 97. Which musical category won an Academy Award for the film?
A) Best Original Song
B) Best Sound Editing
C) Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
D) Best Adapted Score
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