- 1. When was the Special Palme d'Or awarded for the first time?
A) 2010
B) 2024
C) 2018
D) 1997
- 2. To which director was the 2018 Special Palme d'Or awarded as an homage?
A) Federico Fellini
B) Akira Kurosawa
C) Jean-Luc Godard
D) Ingmar Bergman
- 3. How many directors or director duos have won the Palme d'Or twice?
A) Two
B) Five
C) Twenty
D) Ten
- 4. How many directors have won the Palme d'Or for consecutive films?
A) One
B) Three
C) Ten
D) Seven
- 5. What was the name of the Honorary Palme d'Or given in 1997?
A) Golden Palm
B) Grand Prix
C) Special Palme d'Or
D) Palme des Palmes
- 6. Who received the Palme des Palmes in 1997?
A) Jean-Luc Godard
B) The organizing committee
C) Studio Ghibli
D) Ingmar Bergman
- 7. What entity became the first studio to win an Honorary Palme d'Or in 2024?
A) DreamWorks
B) Studio Ghibli
C) Pixar
D) Walt Disney Animation
- 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) Silver Palm
B) Palm of Cannes
C) Cannes Prize
D) Golden Palm
- 12. In what year was the Palme d'Or introduced?
A) 1955
B) 1964
C) 1939
D) 1954
- 13. What was the highest prize of the festival called between 1939 and 1954?
A) Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
B) Golden Statue
C) Cannes Grand Prize
D) Palme d'Or
- 14. Who directed the first film to win the Palme d'Or?
A) Delbert Mann
B) Abdellatif Kechiche
C) Jean Cocteau
D) Theo Angelopoulos
- 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) Bvlgari
B) Cartier
C) Chopard
D) Tiffany & Co.
- 17. Who redesigned the Palme d'Or in 1997?
A) Sébastien
B) Caroline Scheufele
C) Thierry de Bourqueney
D) Lucienne Lazon
- 18. What material forms the cushion for the palm?
A) Terracotta
B) Morocco leather
C) Cut crystal
D) Polished silver
- 19. In which year did the pedestal of the Palme d'Or become pyramidal?
A) 1992
B) 1984
C) 1997
D) 1975
- 20. Why did the jury award the Palme d'Or to the actresses of Blue Is the Warmest Color?
A) The jury misunderstood the rules
B) The actresses were also directors
C) A policy forbade the film from receiving other awards
D) The director asked for it
- 21. Which film's director auctioned off his Palme d'Or trophy?
A) The Piano
B) Winter Sleep
C) Blue Is the Warmest Color
D) Titane
- 22. What major event forced the cancellation of the Cannes Film Festival in 2020?
A) A fire at the venue
B) Financial crisis
C) COVID-19 pandemic
D) Political unrest
- 23. Who redesigned the Palme and its pedestal in 1992 using hand-cut crystal?
A) Lucienne Lazon
B) Caroline Scheufele
C) Jean Cocteau
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) The Piano
C) Winter Sleep
D) Marty
- 25. What is the weight of the 18-carat yellow gold used in the palm?
A) 4.16 oz
B) 2.00 oz
C) 10.00 oz
D) 8.50 oz
- 26. Who was the female director of the film Anatomy of a Fall?
A) Jane Campion
B) Bodil Ipsen
C) Julia Ducournau
D) Justine Triet
- 27. The coat of arms of which city inspired the original palm design?
A) Monaco
B) Paris
C) Cannes
D) Nice
- 28. Who created the original sketch that inspired the first Palme d'Or design?
A) Jean Cocteau
B) Sébastien
C) Lucienne Lazon
D) Delbert Mann
- 29. What kind of leather case is the current Palme d'Or presented in?
A) Black suede
B) Red Morocco leather
C) Blue Morocco leather
D) Brown calfskin
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