Palme d'Or - Quiz

1. When was the Special Palme d'Or awarded for the first time?

A) 2010
B) 2024
C) 1997
D) 2018

2. To which director was the 2018 Special Palme d'Or awarded as an homage?

A) Jean-Luc Godard
B) Federico Fellini
C) Ingmar Bergman
D) Akira Kurosawa

3. How many directors or director duos have won the Palme d'Or twice?

A) Twenty
B) Five
C) Two
D) Ten

4. How many directors have won the Palme d'Or for consecutive films?

A) Ten
B) Seven
C) One
D) Three

5. What was the name of the Honorary Palme d'Or given in 1997?

A) Golden Palm
B) Palme des Palmes
C) Grand Prix
D) Special Palme d'Or

6. Who received the Palme des Palmes in 1997?

A) Jean-Luc Godard
B) Studio Ghibli
C) The organizing committee
D) Ingmar Bergman

7. What entity became the first studio to win an Honorary Palme d'Or in 2024?

A) Walt Disney Animation
B) Pixar
C) DreamWorks
D) Studio Ghibli

8. Since what year has the festival regularly awarded the Honorary Palme d'Or?

A) 2018
B) 2024
C) 1997
D) 2002

9. What symbol denotes a unanimous win in the provided text?

A) #
B) *
C) §
D) ‡

10. What symbol denotes directors who have won for consecutive films?

A) §
B) &
C) @
D) ‡

11. What does the term Palme d'Or mean in English?

A) Cannes Prize
B) Palm of Cannes
C) Silver Palm
D) Golden Palm

12. In what year was the Palme d'Or introduced?

A) 1964
B) 1939
C) 1954
D) 1955

13. What was the highest prize of the festival called between 1939 and 1954?

A) Golden Statue
B) Palme d'Or
C) Cannes Grand Prize
D) Grand Prix du Festival International du Film

14. Who directed the first film to win the Palme d'Or?

A) Delbert Mann
B) Abdellatif Kechiche
C) Theo Angelopoulos
D) Jean Cocteau

15. What was the name of the first film to win the Palme d'Or?

A) Eternity and a Day
B) The Red Meadows
C) Anatomy of a Fall
D) Marty

16. Which firm manufactures the Palme d'Or statuette?

A) Tiffany & Co.
B) Bvlgari
C) Chopard
D) Cartier

17. Who redesigned the Palme d'Or in 1997?

A) Thierry de Bourqueney
B) Sébastien
C) Lucienne Lazon
D) Caroline Scheufele

18. What material forms the cushion for the palm?

A) Terracotta
B) Morocco leather
C) Polished silver
D) Cut crystal

19. In which year did the pedestal of the Palme d'Or become pyramidal?

A) 1975
B) 1997
C) 1984
D) 1992

20. Why did the jury award the Palme d'Or to the actresses of Blue Is the Warmest Color?

A) A policy forbade the film from receiving other awards
B) The actresses were also directors
C) The jury misunderstood the rules
D) The director asked for it

21. Which film's director auctioned off his Palme d'Or trophy?

A) Winter Sleep
B) Blue Is the Warmest Color
C) The Piano
D) Titane

22. What major event forced the cancellation of the Cannes Film Festival in 2020?

A) Political unrest
B) COVID-19 pandemic
C) A fire at the venue
D) Financial crisis

23. Who redesigned the Palme and its pedestal in 1992 using hand-cut crystal?

A) Lucienne Lazon
B) Jean Cocteau
C) Caroline Scheufele
D) Thierry de Bourqueney

24. Which film won the Palme d'Or as it appears today for the first time in 1998?

A) Eternity and a Day
B) Marty
C) Winter Sleep
D) The Piano

25. What is the weight of the 18-carat yellow gold used in the palm?

A) 8.50 oz
B) 10.00 oz
C) 2.00 oz
D) 4.16 oz

26. Who was the female director of the film Anatomy of a Fall?

A) Bodil Ipsen
B) Julia Ducournau
C) Justine Triet
D) Jane Campion

27. The coat of arms of which city inspired the original palm design?

A) Cannes
B) Nice
C) Monaco
D) Paris

28. Who created the original sketch that inspired the first Palme d'Or design?

A) Lucienne Lazon
B) Delbert Mann
C) Sébastien
D) Jean Cocteau

29. What kind of leather case is the current Palme d'Or presented in?

A) Red Morocco leather
B) Brown calfskin
C) Black suede
D) Blue Morocco leather

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