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Grauman's Chinese Theatre - Quiz
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  • 1. In what month and year were plans announced to convert the theater for IMAX?
A) April 2015
B) March 2020
C) September 2013
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) Curved
C) Rectangular
D) Flat
  • 4. How was the seating re-arranged to accommodate better sightlines and a taller screen?
A) In stepped rows descending from street level to the former basement
B) In a circular formation around the perimeter
C) In flat rows on a single level
D) In ascending tiers climbing toward the ceiling
  • 5. What part of the auditorium remained unaltered during the IMAX conversion?
A) Decorative walls and ceiling
B) The floor of the basement
C) The seating arrangement
D) The original projection system
  • 6. What was done to the existing curtain during the conversion?
A) It was extended
B) It was replaced entirely
C) It was shortened
D) It was removed
  • 7. Which company added digital signage during the 2013 renovation?
A) IMAX
B) Disney
C) Warner Bros.
D) TCL
  • 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) Interstellar
B) Oppenheimer
C) The Wizard of Oz (IMAX 3D version)
D) Furious 7
  • 10. For the runs of which two films was a 70 mm IMAX projection system installed?
A) Interstellar and Oppenheimer
B) Tenet and Dune: Part Two
C) The Lego Movie and Storks
D) Speed and Iron Man 3
  • 11. Why was the 70 mm projection system kept in 2024?
A) Because of a request by TCL
B) Because of the success of the Oppenheimer run
C) To show classic Disney films
D) Due to a failure of the digital system
  • 12. Which two films prompted the keeping of the 70 mm projection system in 2024?
A) Austin Powers and Blazing Saddles
B) A Star is Born and Furious 7
C) Tenet and Dune: Part Two
D) Interstellar and Oppenheimer
  • 13. When was the IMAX system upgraded to use the dual-4K IMAX with Laser projector system?
A) September 2013
B) April 2015
C) August 2017
D) April 2013
  • 14. Which film's debut coincided with the upgrade to the dual-4K IMAX with Laser projector system?
A) Oppenheimer
B) Furious 7
C) The Wizard of Oz
D) Interstellar
  • 15. Where is the full-scale recreation of the Chinese Theatre's exterior facade and lobby located?
A) Universal Studios Hollywood
B) Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park at Walt Disney World Resort
C) Disneyland Resort in California
D) Parque Warner Madrid in Spain
  • 16. What was the name of the original attraction inside the full-scale recreation in Florida?
A) The Wizard of Oz Experience
B) The Great Movie Ride
C) The Hollywood Studio Tour
D) Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
  • 17. When did The Great Movie Ride open?
A) March 4, 2020
B) May 1, 1995
C) May 1, 1989
D) August 13, 2017
  • 18. When did The Great Movie Ride close?
A) May 1, 1989
B) March 4, 2020
C) August 13, 2017
D) April 15, 2013
  • 19. What attraction replaced The Great Movie Ride?
A) The Hollywood Tower Hotel
B) Disney's Hollywood Coaster
C) Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
D) The Great Movie Adventure
  • 20. When did Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway open?
A) March 4, 2020
B) May 1, 1989
C) September 20, 2013
D) August 13, 2017
  • 21. What specific feature is found in the sidewalks of the Florida recreation?
A) Concrete handprints from the years 1988–1995
B) Autograph plaques from 1930s actors
C) Gold stars dedicated to classic musicians
D) Bronze statues of famous directors
  • 22. Where is the sized-down recreation of the Chinese Theatre located?
A) Knott's Berry Farm
B) Universal Orlando Resort
C) Parque Warner Madrid theme park
D) Disney's Hollywood Studios
  • 23. What type of films are shown at the Parque Warner Madrid recreation?
A) Classic Disney animated features
B) Films relevant to Warner Bros.
C) Independent foreign films
D) Universal monster movies
  • 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) Speed and Iron Man 3
C) Furious 7 and Austin Powers
D) Interstellar and Tenet
  • 25. What kind of films are shown at the Parque Warner Madrid recreation during Halloween?
A) Horror films for guests over the age of 18
B) Classic silent horror films
C) Family-friendly spooky animations
D) Comedies about ghosts
  • 26. Which specific horror film is mentioned as being shown during Halloween at Parque Warner Madrid?
A) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
B) Friday the 13th
C) A Nightmare on Elm Street
D) Halloween
  • 27. In which film does the Chinese Theater appear during the fourth wall breaks at the end?
A) Speed
B) Blazing Saddles
C) Austin Powers in Goldmember
D) Iron Man 3
  • 28. Which character visits the courtyard in the 1937 movie A Star is Born?
A) Shirley Temple
B) Janet Gaynor
C) Norman Maine
D) Jean Harlow
  • 29. Whose glasses are seen in the courtyard during the 1937 movie A Star is Born?
A) Joe E. Brown's
B) Norman Maine's
C) Eddie Cantor's
D) Harold Lloyd's
  • 30. Whose 'mouthprint' is seen in the courtyard in the 1937 movie A Star is Born?
A) Eddie Cantor's
B) Jean Harlow's
C) Joe E. Brown's
D) Harold Lloyd's
  • 31. Whose handprints are seen in the courtyard in the 1937 movie A Star is Born?
A) Shirley Temple's
B) Jean Harlow's
C) Janet Gaynor's
D) Joe E. Brown's
  • 32. Whose 'eyes' 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
  • 33. Who left a 'Love to you all' message in the courtyard seen in A Star is Born?
A) Eddie Cantor
B) Jean Harlow
C) Shirley Temple
D) Janet Gaynor
  • 34. Whose fictitious footprints are seen in the courtyard in the 1937 movie A Star is Born?
A) Eddie Cantor's
B) Norman Maine's
C) Joe E. Brown'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) L.A. Noire
C) Grand Theft Auto V
D) Mafia II
  • 36. What is the theater based on the Chinese Theater named in Grand Theft Auto V (2013)?
A) The Asian Theater
B) The Chinese Cinema
C) The Oriental Theater
D) The Hollywood Theater
  • 37. Which city is Parque Warner Madrid near?
A) Bay Lake, Florida
B) San Martín de la Vega, near Madrid, Spain
C) Barcelona, Spain
D) Los Angeles, California
  • 38. What is the age restriction for guests attending the Halloween horror film screenings at Parque Warner Madrid?
A) All ages are welcome
B) Over the age of 17
C) Over the age of 18
D) Over the age of 21
  • 39. Which video game from 2013 features a theater based on the Chinese Theater?
A) Grand Theft Auto V
B) L.A. Noire
C) Iron Man 3
D) Speed
  • 40. Where are the Academy Awards ceremonies currently held, which is adjacent to the Chinese Theatre?
A) Saint Sophia Cathedral
B) Mann Chinese 6
C) Dolby Theatre
D) Hollywood and Highland
  • 41. What was the Dolby Theatre formerly known as?
A) Kodak Theatre
B) Fox West Coast Theatres
C) Mann's Chinese Theatre
D) Warner Communications
  • 42. Who became the head interior decorator of the Chinese Theatre in 1952?
A) John Tartaglia
B) J. Walter Bantau
C) Elie Samaha
D) Ted Mann
  • 43. At which nearby cathedral was John Tartaglia an artist before joining the theater?
A) Holy Name Cathedral
B) Saint Sophia Cathedral
C) Grace Cathedral
D) St. Mary's Cathedral
  • 44. Who recommended John Tartaglia to continue the work for the Hollywood footprint ceremonies?
A) Donald Kushner
B) J. Walter Bantau
C) Ted Mann
D) Elie Samaha
  • 45. What was the name of the first premiere in CinemaScope for which Jean Simmons had her footprint ceremony?
A) The Ten Commandments
B) Citizen Kane
C) The Robe
D) The Rains Came
  • 46. When was John Tartaglia formally recognized by the City of Los Angeles?
A) June 1952
B) January 1968
C) May 1987
D) October 2011
  • 47. In what year was the Chinese Theatre declared a historic and cultural landmark?
A) 1985
B) 1952
C) 1968
D) 1973
  • 48. Who purchased the Chinese Theatre in 1973?
A) John Tartaglia
B) Elie Samaha
C) Donald Kushner
D) Ted Mann
  • 49. What name was the theater known by from 1973 until 2001?
A) Dolby Theatre
B) Mann's Chinese 6 Theatre
C) Grauman's Chinese Theatre
D) Mann's Chinese Theatre
  • 50. Who bought the Mann Theatres business, including the Chinese Theatre, from Ted Mann in 1986?
A) WestStar Holdings
B) Warner Communications Inc.
C) Gulf+Western
D) CIM Group
  • 51. When was the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District added to the National Register of Historic Places?
A) 1968
B) 1985
C) 2000
D) 1973
  • 52. To whom was the theater chain sold in 1997?
A) WestStar Holdings
B) Gulf+Western
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) CIM Group
C) WestStar Holdings
D) Fox West Coast Theatres
  • 54. In what year did the restoration and modernization program begin, which also restored the original name of the cinema palace?
A) 2007
B) 2002
C) 2011
D) 2000
  • 55. What was the original name restored to the cinema palace during the 2002 program?
A) Mann's Chinese 6 Theatre
B) Dolby Chinese Theatre
C) Grauman's Chinese Theatre
D) Mann's 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) Hollywood and Highland 6
C) Mann's Chinese 6 Theatre
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) $150 million
C) $25 million
D) $10 million
  • 59. In which city and state is the Chinese Theatre located?
A) San Francisco, California
B) Hollywood, Florida
C) New York City, New York
D) Los Angeles, California
  • 60. What architectural style do both the Chinese Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre share?
A) Victorian style
B) Art Deco style
C) Gothic Revival style
D) Exotic Revival style
  • 61. Who headed the partnership that built the Chinese Theatre?
A) Douglas Fairbanks
B) Sid Grauman
C) Cecil B. DeMille
D) Howard Hughes
  • 62. In what year did the Chinese Theatre host the debut of Star Wars?
A) 1973
B) 1977
C) 2013
D) 1927
  • 63. How many Academy Awards ceremonies has the Chinese Theatre hosted?
A) Ten
B) Three
C) Five
D) One
  • 64. In what year was the theater renamed Mann's Chinese Theatre?
A) 1973
B) 2013
C) 1929
D) 2001
  • 65. In what year did the theater revert from Mann's Chinese Theatre back to its original name?
A) 1950
B) 1973
C) 2001
D) 2013
  • 66. Following the 2013 renovation, how many seats did the theater have?
A) 2,100
B) 500
C) 1,000
D) 932
  • 67. Whose mansion was leased as the site to build the Chinese Theatre along Hollywood Boulevard?
A) Sid Grauman's
B) Francis X. Bushman's
C) William Fox's
D) Douglas Fairbanks'
  • 68. Which architecture firm designed the 'palace-type' Chinese Theatre?
A) TCL Corp.
B) IMAX Corporation
C) Fox West Coast
D) Meyer & Holler
  • 69. Who served as the principal architect on the Chinese Theatre project?
A) Sid Grauman
B) Raymond M. Kennedy
C) Francis X. Bushman
D) Jean Klossner
  • 70. When did the groundbreaking ceremony for the Chinese Theatre take place?
A) October 1925
B) January 5, 1926
C) March 1923
D) May 18, 1927
  • 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) Jean Klossner
C) Mary Pickford
D) Sid Grauman
  • 73. Who was the second celebrity after Talmadge to be immortalized in the concrete?
A) Charlie Chaplin
B) Anna May Wong
C) Douglas Fairbanks
D) Mary Pickford
  • 74. In what year did Sid Grauman decide to retire and sell his share to William Fox's chain?
A) 1927
B) 1931
C) 1929
D) 1950
  • 75. Which filmmaker convinced Grauman to return from retirement to produce the premiere of Hell's Angels?
A) Cecil B. DeMille
B) Charlie Chaplin
C) William Fox
D) Howard Hughes
  • 76. What was the name of the aviation epic whose world premiere prompted Grauman's return to the theater?
A) Hell's Angels
B) The King of Kings
C) Star Wars
D) A Star Is Born
  • 77. When did Grauman return to the theater as managing director after his short-lived second retirement?
A) September 13, 1937
B) Christmas Day 1931
C) May 18, 1927
D) January 5, 1926
  • 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 90 foot-tall pagoda
D) A bronze chandelier
  • 80. How tall is the pagoda centered in the middle of the forecourt?
A) 60 feet
B) 30 feet
C) 150 feet
D) 90 feet
  • 81. What material plates the roof of the pagoda?
A) Silver
B) Stone
C) Bronze
D) Gold
  • 82. How tall is the stone-carved mural of a dragon on the central wall?
A) 90 feet
B) 46 feet
C) 30 feet
D) 60 feet
  • 83. What type of statues flank the venue's entrance?
A) Tang dynasty-era horse statues
B) Bronze dragon statues
C) Qing dynasty-era emperor statues
D) Ming dynasty-era guardian lion statues
  • 84. Who oversaw a team of Chinese artisans creating traditional decorations?
A) Moon Quon
B) Charles Beardsley
C) Xavier Cugat
D) Keye Luke
  • 85. Who painted the trees and foliage between the pillars on the side walls?
A) Xavier Cugat
B) Keye Luke
C) Raymond M. Kennedy
D) Moon Quon
  • 86. Who painted the Chinese murals in the lobby?
A) Keye Luke
B) Charles Beardsley
C) Xavier Cugat
D) Sid Grauman
  • 87. What is featured on the auditorium ceiling?
A) A bronze lantern
B) A sixty-foot-wide ornate doily
C) A 90-foot pagoda
D) A stone-carved dragon mural
  • 88. How wide was the original stage?
A) 20 feet
B) 60 feet
C) 150 feet
D) 90 feet
  • 89. How high was the original stage?
A) 71 feet
B) 46 feet
C) 150 feet
D) 20 feet
  • 90. What type of organ was installed in the interior design?
A) A large pipe organ built by Moon Quon
B) A Ming dynasty-era percussion organ
C) A concealed three-manual, 17-rank Wurlitzer organ
D) A portable electric keyboard
  • 91. Where were the organ pipes located?
A) Above the proscenium
B) Beneath the stage floor
C) Inside the box suites
D) Inside the central pagoda
  • 92. In what year did theater ownership remove the organ?
A) 1930
B) 1945
C) 1957
D) 1921
  • 93. How many Hollywood celebrity handprints, footprints, and autographs are in the theater's forecourt?
A) Nearly 200
B) Roughly 50
C) Exactly 100
D) Over 500
  • 94. What variation of the tradition did Harold Lloyd leave in the concrete?
A) Cigar
B) Earring
C) Facial profile
D) Eyeglasses
  • 95. Whose cigar was imprinted in the concrete?
A) John Barrymore
B) Tom Mix
C) Groucho Marx
D) Harold Lloyd
  • 96. Whose dreadlock is imprinted in the concrete forecourt?
A) Whoopi Goldberg
B) Emma Watson
C) Marilyn Monroe
D) Betty Grable
  • 97. What items did the Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson leave imprints of?
A) Their wands
B) Their eyeglasses
C) Their hands
D) Their boots
  • 98. What part of Betty Grable's body left an imprint in the concrete?
A) Her arm
B) Her hand
C) Her foot
D) Her leg
  • 99. Whose earring was imprinted in the concrete?
A) Betty Grable
B) Whoopi Goldberg
C) Marilyn Monroe
D) Emma Watson
  • 100. What weapon did Western stars William S. Hart and Roy Rogers leave imprints of?
A) Revolvers
B) Knives
C) Rifles
D) Wands
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