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