SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph. D. Score. 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph. D. Level.

Subject: BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNING FILMS Provide the title of the Best Picture film.

(e.g., This 2006 crime-thriller takes place in

Boston. Answer: “The Departed.”)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. This 2012 film is about the escape of U.S. embassy staff during the Iran hostage crisis.

2. This film is about an African-american violinist who is kidnapped and sold into slavery.

3. This 2016 film is based on the play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.”

4. The title of this 2018 film refers to a guide for African-american travelers to the Jim Crow South.

5. In this 2017 film, a humanoid amphibian is discovered in a South American river.

GRADUATE LEVEL

6. This 2020 film is about a widow who leaves to travel around the U.S. in her van as a nomad.

7. The alternative title of this 2014 film is “The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance.”

8. This 2011 film was the first 100% blackand-white film to win since 1960’s “The Apartment.”

9. This 2010 film stars Colin Firth as King George VI.

10. The title of this 2015 film refers to The Boston Globe’s investigative team of journalists.

PH.D. LEVEL

11. “CODA” won in 2022. For what is the title an acronym?

12. This 2008 film follows an Iraq War explosive ordnance disposal team.

13. This 2007 film by the Coen brothers is set in the desert landscape of West Texas.

14. This 2019 film was the first non-englishlanguage film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

15. This 2008 film is about an 18-year-old from the slums of Mumbai.