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