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  • 1. Which award did the film win at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival?
A) Palme d'Or
B) Un Certain Regard
C) Grand Prix
D) Caméra d'Or
  • 2. In which section did the film compete at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival?
A) Directors' Fortnight
B) Main Competition
C) Un Certain Regard
D) Critics' Week
  • 3. What prize did the film win at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival?
A) Special Jury Prize
B) Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
C) Audience Award
D) Directing Award
  • 4. Which festival hosted the premiere of the film?
A) Sundance Film Festival
B) Los Angeles Film Festival
C) Deauville American Film Festival
D) Cannes Film Festival
  • 5. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at which 2012 festival?
A) Sundance Film Festival
B) Seattle International Film Festival
C) Cannes 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) Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
C) Grand Jury Prize
D) Best Director Award
  • 7. Which award did the film win at the Seattle International Film Festival?
A) Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director
B) Audience Award
C) Grand Jury Prize
D) Best Narrative Feature
  • 8. What is the name of the award given to the film for Most Innovative Debut in October?
A) Ray Bradbury Award
B) Caméra d'Or
C) Golden Space Needle
D) Sutherland Trophy
  • 9. How many Oscars was the film nominated for on January 10, 2013?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Six
D) Five
  • 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) Benh Zeitlin
C) Quvenzhané Wallis
D) None of the above
  • 12. Which award did the script win from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America?
A) Caméra d'Or
B) Sutherland Trophy
C) Grand Jury Prize
D) Ray Bradbury Award
  • 13. Who co-wrote the screenplay with Benh Zeitlin?
A) Quvenzhané Wallis
B) Lucy Alibar
C) None of the above
D) Ray Bradbury
  • 14. In which category was the film nominated for an Oscar besides Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress?
A) Best Original Score
B) Best Cinematography
C) Best Film Editing
D) Best Adapted Screenplay
  • 15. What is the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating for Beasts of the Southern Wild?
A) 90%
B) 85%
C) 86%
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) 8.30 out of 10
B) 86 out of 100
C) 87 out of 100
D) 90 out of 100
  • 18. How old is the character Hushpuppy?
A) 9
B) 6
C) 8
D) 7
  • 19. Which publication named the film a 2012 Critics' Pick?
A) Rolling Stone
B) Chicago Sun-Times
C) Chicago Tribune
D) The New York Times
  • 20. How many candidates were considered for the role of Hushpuppy before Quvenzhané Wallis was chosen?
A) 45
B) 1,000
C) 3,500
D) 208
  • 21. Which critic called the film the most divisive of 2012?
A) Roger Ebert
B) Peter Travers
C) Michael Phillips
D) A. O. Scott
  • 22. What term did bell hooks use to describe the violence in the film?
A) Crude pornography of violence
B) A masterpiece of realism
C) Artistic depiction of struggle
D) Necessary dramatic tension
  • 23. How old was Quvenzhané Wallis when she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress?
A) 9
B) 10
C) 6
D) 7
  • 24. Which US President described the film as spectacular?
A) Barack Obama
B) Bill Clinton
C) Donald Trump
D) George W. Bush
  • 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) Fifth-best
B) Third-best
C) Second-best
D) Best
  • 27. How did Roger Ebert describe the film in his review?
A) A failure of imagination
B) A remarkable creation
C) A documentary-style drama
D) Overbearing and divisive
  • 28. What is the name of the one-act play that the film was adapted from?
A) The Bathtub
B) The Aurochs
C) Juicy and Delicious
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 Bayous
B) The Elysian Fields
C) The Levee
D) The Bathtub
  • 31. What kind of creature does Miss Bathsheba teach the children about?
A) Alligator gar
B) Giant boar
C) Aurochs
D) Cavemen
  • 32. What is the reason Miss Bathsheba gives for the Bathtub ending up underwater?
A) The alligator gar attack
B) The levee breaking
C) A hurricane
D) The ice caps melting
  • 33. What does Hushpuppy find burning on her stove when she returns home alone?
A) Medicine
B) Her house
C) Her father's clothes
D) Food
  • 34. What triggers Hushpuppy to think she has thrown off the balance of the universe?
A) The house fire
B) Punching her father
C) Seeing the aurochs
D) A rumble of thunder
  • 35. Where does Wink tell Hushpuppy he got his hospital gown and bracelet?
A) A hospital
B) A pharmacy
C) The schoolhouse
D) The floating bar
  • 36. How do the residents of the Bathtub plan to drain the water after the flood?
A) Blowing a hole in the levee
B) Pumping the water out
C) Using an alligator gar carcass
D) Building floating homes
  • 37. What object is used to blow a hole in the levee?
A) An alligator gar carcass stuffed with explosives
B) A homemade raft
C) A sunken boat
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) The Bathtub
D) Elysian Fields
  • 39. How does the film portray the aurochs?
A) Prehistoric cavemen
B) Wild cattle
C) Fictional dragons
D) Giant horned boar-like creatures
  • 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 is struck by lightning
B) He suffers a heart attack
C) He is punched in the chest
D) He falls into the fire
  • 42. What is the occupation of the woman Hushpuppy thinks is her mother?
A) Teacher
B) Doctor
C) Fisherman
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 map
B) A boat
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) Terrebonne
C) Jean Charles
D) Montegut
  • 47. What is the name of the filmmaking group behind the production?
A) Terrebonne Film Group
B) The Bathtub Crew
C) Court 13
D) Louisiana Arts Collective
  • 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) Bakery owner
B) Film director
C) Professional actor
D) Fisherman
  • 50. Which hurricane did Dwight Henry experience as a child?
A) Hurricane Ida
B) Hurricane Betsy
C) Hurricane Katrina
D) Hurricane Camille
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