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