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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) - Quiz
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  • 1. In what month and year was the film made available on videocassette?
A) November 2019
B) May 2003
C) January 1956
D) September 1980
  • 2. Who performed an extensive digital restoration of the film for its 1992 videocassette release?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Scott MacQueen
C) Richard Fleischer
D) Harper Goff
  • 3. In what year was the two-disc DVD set of the film released?
A) 2014
B) 1980
C) 2003
D) 1992
  • 4. Which theater screened the film on the same day the DVD set was released in May 2003?
A) The New York Times Theater
B) The Chicago Tribune Cinema
C) Disney Movie Club
D) El Capitan Theatre
  • 5. Who introduced the film at the El Capitan Theatre screening in May 2003?
A) Scott MacQueen
B) Richard Fleischer
C) Walt Disney
D) Bosley Crowther
  • 6. In what year was a 1080p HD version from a 4K restoration released on iTunes?
A) 1980
B) 2003
C) 2014
D) 2019
  • 7. Through what club was the film released on Blu-ray in 2019?
A) El Capitan Club
B) Jules Verne Society
C) Disney Movie Club
D) Academy of Motion Pictures
  • 8. When did the film become available to stream on Disney+?
A) May 2003
B) January 1956
C) November 2019
D) September 1980
  • 9. What film beat 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for first place during its opening weekend?
A) Jules Verne's Journey
B) Vera Cruz
C) The Nautilus Returns
D) There's No Business Like Show Business
  • 10. On which weekend did the film become the number-one box office film in the United States?
A) Opening weekend
B) Third weekend
C) Fourth weekend
D) Fifth weekend
  • 11. Which film did 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea displace to become the number-one film on its third weekend?
A) Vera Cruz
B) CinemaScope Epic
C) The New York Times
D) There's No Business Like Show Business
  • 12. On which weekend did the film reclaim the number-one position after being dethroned?
A) Third weekend
B) Fifth weekend
C) Second weekend
D) First weekend
  • 13. How much had the film earned in distributor rentals from the US and Canada by January 1956 according to the primary account?
A) $5 million
B) $10 million
C) $8 million
D) $6,607,000
  • 14. What ranking did the film achieve among the highest-grossing films of 1954?
A) Fifth
B) Second
C) First
D) Third
  • 15. What was an alternative initial rentals figure given for the US and Canada?
A) $12,000,000
B) $8 million
C) $4,500,000
D) $6,607,000
  • 16. Who reviewed the film for The New York Times and called it a 'live action' movie made from Jules Verne's work?
A) Kate Cameron
B) Gene Arneel
C) Bosley Crowther
D) Pauline Kael
  • 17. What is the runtime of the film according to Bosley Crowther's review?
A) 128 minutes
B) 145 minutes
C) 110 minutes
D) 95 minutes
  • 18. Which actor did Pauline Kael feel destroyed the illusion of the nineteenth century?
A) Walt Disney
B) James Mason
C) Richard Fleischer
D) Kirk Douglas
  • 19. Who praised the film in Variety for combining photographic ingenuity and imaginative story telling?
A) Gene Arneel
B) Kate Cameron
C) Philip K. Scheuer
D) Mark Bourne
  • 20. Who wrote the screenplay for the film?
A) Richard Fleischer
B) Harper Goff
C) Jules Verne
D) Earl Felton
  • 21. Which publication's reviewer praised the underwater scenes for their eerie beauty and marine life?
A) Variety
B) Los Angeles Times
C) New York Daily News
D) The New York Times
  • 22. Who wrote the review for the Los Angeles Times mentioning actual underwater shots made in the Bahamas?
A) Gene Arneel
B) Steve Biodrowski
C) Jason Seiver
D) Philip K. Scheuer
  • 23. Where were the actual underwater shots for the film made?
A) Florida
B) Hawaii
C) California
D) The Bahamas
  • 24. Which actor's performance was praised for lending depth and dimension to the stock figure of the 'mad genius'?
A) Harper Goff
B) Mason
C) Kirk Douglas
D) Richard Fleischer
  • 25. Which publication stated that the picture was a masterpiece and great entertainment?
A) Chicago Tribune
B) The New York Times
C) Harrison's Reports
D) New York Daily News
  • 26. Which newspaper review described the film as a 'nicely balanced dose of old supposition and modern fact'?
A) Harrison's Reports
B) Los Angeles Times
C) Chicago Tribune
D) Variety
  • 27. Which contemporary film critic stated that the film's production design and technical effects have dated hardly at all?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Steve Biodrowski
C) Mark Bourne
D) Jason Seiver
  • 28. What aspect of the film did Mark Bourne criticize as being 'stereotypical'?
A) The submarine design
B) The musical score
C) Portrayals of the natives
D) The humor
  • 29. What aspect of the film did Jason Seiver criticize?
A) The acting
B) The visuals
C) The humor
D) The story
  • 30. What is the approval rating of the film on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 95%
B) 78%
C) 91%
D) 85%
  • 31. How many reviews is the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating based on?
A) 50 reviews
B) 20 reviews
C) 32 reviews
D) 100 reviews
  • 32. What is the average rating of the film on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 8.50/10
B) 6.50/10
C) 7.70/10
D) 9.00/10
  • 33. According to the Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus, what feature is brought to vivid life alongside the classic sci-fi tale?
A) A secret island hideout
B) A nineteenth-century pirate crew
C) An awesome giant squid
D) An underwater volcano
  • 34. Who was the film's primary art director?
A) Earl Felton
B) Harper Goff
C) Richard Fleischer
D) Scott MacQueen
  • 35. What fictitious submarine was designed by Harper Goff?
A) The Nautilus
B) The Ceteawayo
C) The Sub-Pioneer
D) The Albatross
  • 36. Why was Harper Goff unable to receive his Academy Award for Art Direction?
A) He refused to attend the ceremony
B) The film was disqualified from the Oscars
C) He forgot to submit his designs
D) He was not a member of the Art Directors Union
  • 37. Whose novel is the movie 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea based on?
A) H.G. Wells
B) Robert Louis Stevenson
C) Arthur Conan Doyle
D) Jules Verne
  • 38. What photographic medium and color process were utilized by Walt Disney and his staff to create the film?
A) Black and white and standard 35mm
B) Technicolor and VistaVision
C) IMAX and 3D
D) CinemaScope and Technicolor
  • 39. What was included among the supplemental features on the 2003 DVD release concerning the squid fight?
A) An interactive game about the squid
B) Deleted scenes including the original squid fight without sound
C) A completely animated alternative squid battle
D) A commentary track by the squid's creator
  • 40. What year was the film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea released?
A) 1960
B) 1954
C) 1870
D) 1868
  • 41. Which actor played Professor Pierre Aronnax?
A) Peter Lorre
B) James Mason
C) Paul Lukas
D) Kirk Douglas
  • 42. Which actor played Conseil?
A) James Mason
B) Kirk Douglas
C) Peter Lorre
D) Paul Lukas
  • 43. Which company distributed the film, marking a first for Disney?
A) Buena Vista Distribution
B) RKO Radio Pictures
C) United Artists
D) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 44. When did 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea have its premiere?
A) December 23, 1954
B) November 15, 1954
C) December 23, 1870
D) January 1, 1954
  • 45. How many Academy Awards did the film win?
A) Two
B) One
C) Zero
D) Three
  • 46. In what year does the story's plot begin?
A) 1870
B) 1868
C) 1900
D) 1854
  • 47. Where were the ships allegedly being attacked by a sea monster?
A) Mediterranean Sea
B) Atlantic Ocean
C) Indian Ocean
D) Pacific Ocean
  • 48. What is the profession of Conseil in the film?
A) Navy admiral
B) Master harpooner
C) Submarine captain
D) Professor's assistant
  • 49. What is the profession of Ned Land?
A) Navy captain
B) Assistant
C) Professor
D) Master harpooner
  • 50. What type of ship did Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned board to investigate?
A) Warship
B) U.S. Navy frigate
C) Munitions ship
D) Submerging boat
  • 51. Who originally explains that he has intentionally withdrawn from civilization?
A) Pierre Aronnax
B) Captain Nemo
C) Conseil
D) Ned Land
  • 52. What does Captain Nemo use to harvest food for the crew?
A) Sea creatures
B) Island farming
C) Imported supplies
D) Stored rations
  • 53. What type of island does the Nautilus arrive at where prisoners are loading a munitions ship?
A) An unmapped volcanic island
B) A penal colony island
C) A secret base island
D) New Guinea
  • 54. Why did Nemo's 'hated nation' torture his wife and son to death?
A) To force him to reveal his discoveries
B) Because he attacked a munitions ship
C) Because he escaped from prison
D) To steal the Nautilus
  • 55. Where is Nemo's secret island base located according to the cabin coordinates?
A) Vulcania
B) The Pacific Ocean
C) New Guinea
D) A penal colony island
  • 56. What objects does Ned Land find on stakes when he goes exploring on the island?
A) Shipwreck remains
B) Bottles with coordinates
C) Human skulls
D) Explosives
  • 57. Who pursues Ned and Conseil as they row away from the shore near New Guinea?
A) Nemo's men
B) Prisoners
C) Cannibals
D) Warships
  • 58. How are the cannibals repelled away from the Nautilus?
A) By the ship's cannons
B) By firing warning shots
C) By electrical charges sent through its hull
D) By Captain Nemo's harpoon
  • 59. Why does Nemo confine Ned Land after the incident in New Guinea?
A) For disobeying orders
B) For trying to steal a longboat
C) For attacking the crew
D) For throwing bottles overboard
  • 60. Who saves Nemo after he is caught by the giant squid's tentacle?
A) The crew
B) Conseil
C) Ned Land
D) Pierre Aronnax
  • 61. Why does Nemo rush ashore at Vulcania?
A) To rescue prisoners
B) To collect specimens
C) To activate a time bomb
D) To bury his journal
  • 62. What do Nemo and his crew decide to do after he is mortally wounded?
A) Sail to a new island
B) Surrender to the warships
C) Give up piracy and live in peace
D) Sink with the ship in a suicide pact
  • 63. What is Captain Nemo doing when he dies?
A) Fighting off the giant squid
B) Viewing his beloved undersea domain through the hull's viewport
C) Writing in Aronnax's journal
D) Activating the time bomb on Vulcania
  • 64. What item does Aronnax try to retrieve before their escape, which leads Ned to knock him unconscious?
A) A harpoon
B) His journal
C) A bag of gold
D) The submarine coordinates
  • 65. What vehicle do Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned use to escape the sinking Nautilus?
A) A warship
B) A longboat
C) A skiff
D) A frigate
  • 66. What happens to Vulcania as the three companions watch from their skiff?
A) It explodes
B) It is burned by cannibals
C) It sinks into the sea
D) It is surrounded by warships
  • 67. What are Captain Nemo's last words to Aronnax?
A) We sink with the ship.
B) This hated nation must pay.
C) The sea provides all I need.
D) There is hope for the future.
  • 68. Who played the Nautilus's First Mate?
A) Robert J. Wilke
B) J. M. Kerrigan
C) Ted de Corsia
D) Carleton Young
  • 69. Who played Captain Farragut?
A) Ted Cooper
B) Ted de Corsia
C) Percy Helton
D) Fred Graham
  • 70. Who portrayed John Howard in the film?
A) J. M. Kerrigan
B) Carleton Young
C) Paul Lukas
D) Kirk Douglas
  • 71. Which actor played the character Billy?
A) Ted Cooper
B) James Mason
C) J. M. Kerrigan
D) Percy Helton
  • 72. Who played the coach driver?
A) Percy Helton
B) Laurie Mitchell
C) Peter Lorre
D) Fred Graham
  • 73. Who played Abraham Lincoln's First Mate?
A) Carleton Young
B) Robert J. Wilke
C) Ted de Corsia
D) Ted Cooper
  • 74. Which uncredited stuntman played Casey?
A) Fred Graham
B) Ted Cooper
C) Percy Helton
D) Laurie Mitchell
  • 75. Who made an uncredited film debut as a hooker?
A) Percy Helton
B) Fred Graham
C) Laurie Mitchell
D) Ted Cooper
  • 76. Who announced in November 1950 that he had acquired the screen rights to the novel?
A) Walt Disney
B) Sid Rogell
C) Robert L. Lippert
D) Harper Goff
  • 77. Whose production company prepared a film adaptation before Rogell acquired the rights?
A) Walt Disney
B) Sid Rogell
C) Harper Goff
D) Robert L. Lippert
  • 78. Where did Sid Rogell originally plan to start filming within a year?
A) Universal Studios
B) 20th Century Fox
C) General Service Studios
D) Xtabi Resort
  • 79. Which desert location was used for photographing scenes?
A) Gobi Desert
B) Mojave Desert
C) Death Valley
D) Sahara Desert
  • 80. Where were the San Francisco scenes at the beginning of the film actually filmed?
A) Universal Studios
B) General Service Studios
C) The Bahamas
D) 20th Century Fox
  • 81. Where were most of the modeling shots done?
A) General Service Studios
B) Walt Disney Studios
C) 20th Century Fox
D) Universal Studios
  • 82. How large was the technical crew required for some of the complex location filming sequences?
A) More than 1,000 people
B) More than 50 people
C) More than 400 people
D) More than 100 people
  • 83. What is the primary power source of the Nautilus in the 1954 film?
A) Battery power
B) Coal power
C) Steam power
D) Atomic energy
  • 84. What is the power source of the Nautilus in the original novel?
A) Wind power
B) Atomic energy
C) Battery-powered
D) Solar power
  • 85. How is the shape of the Nautilus described in the novel?
A) A more ornate vessel
B) A streamlined, cigar shaped sub
C) A spherical diving bell
D) A flat-bottomed barge
  • 86. Why were Ned, Aronnax, and Conseil shipwrecked in the vinyl album versions?
A) Because a hurricane came up
B) Because of a massive mechanical failure on their vessel
C) Because they jumped overboard voluntarily
D) Because the Nautilus rammed their ship
  • 87. Who provided the voice of Ned on the 1954 RCA Victor Little Nipper album?
A) William Redfield
B) James Mason
C) Norman Gimbel
D) Kirk Douglas
  • 88. Under which RCA series was the 1954 book-and-record set issued?
A) Little Nipper series
B) Disneyland Children's Series
C) Decca Children's Series
D) Columbia Masterworks
  • 89. Which company released the second record album in 1963?
A) Columbia Records
B) Decca Records
C) RCA Victor
D) Disneyland Records
  • 90. What format was the 1963 album released on?
A) A compact cassette tape
B) Two 45-RPM records
C) A single 78-RPM disc
D) One 331⁄3 RPM 12-inch LP
  • 91. How was the cast for the 1963 Disneyland album credited?
A) By their full legal names
B) Using pseudonyms
C) Uncredited
D) Credited as anonymous studio singers
  • 92. Under which label was the single for 'A Whale of a Tale' released in 1954?
A) Disneyland Records label
B) RCA Victor Little Nipper series
C) Decca Children's Series label
D) Columbia Masterworks label
  • 93. What year was the film's soundtrack given a digital release containing both 'A Whale of a Tale' and its B-side?
A) 1995
B) 1963
C) 1954
D) 2008
  • 94. How many tracks were included in the January 2008 digital soundtrack album?
A) 26-track
B) 65-track
C) 19-track
D) 17-track
  • 95. Who acted as the orchestrator for the film's music?
A) Buena Vista
B) Joseph Dubin
C) RKO Pictures
D) Paul Smith
  • 96. What digital companion accompanied the 2008 soundtrack release?
A) A digital booklet
B) A digital poster
C) A digital script
D) A digital video
  • 97. Where was the 2008 digital soundtrack album initially available exclusively?
A) The iTunes Store
B) Intrada website
C) Amazon
D) Walt Disney Records website
  • 98. Which company released the soundtrack on CD in 2011?
A) Walt Disney Records
B) Buena Vista Distribution
C) RKO Pictures
D) Intrada
  • 99. How long was Disney's association with RKO before it ended?
A) 26 years
B) 50 years
C) 17 years
D) 10 years
  • 100. On what holiday was the film released in 65 key cities across the United States?
A) New Year's Day
B) Christmas Day
C) Independence Day
D) Thanksgiving
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