50 Question Challenge #2, Movies: answers and sources
Spoilers ahead! Play the video first. Here is every answer, the fun fact and the source we checked it against.
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Level 1: Easy
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What is the snowman called in Frozen?
Olaf He dreams of summer, not knowing he'd melt.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_(Frozen)
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Which superhero is secretly Peter Parker?
Spider-Man He first appeared in a 1962 comic.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man
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What is the cowboy's name in Toy Story?
Woody Pixar says his last name is Pride.
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Which school does Harry Potter go to?
Hogwarts In the stories, it's hidden in Scotland.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts
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What is Simba's father called in The Lion King?
Mufasa James Earl Jones voiced him in 1994 and 2019.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mufasa
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What is Batman's real name?
Bruce Wayne His loyal butler is called Alfred.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman
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What is the red race car called in Cars?
Lightning McQueen His number 95 honors Toy Story's 1995 release.
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What are the little yellow helpers in Despicable Me called?
Minions They speak their own mixed-up language.
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How many dalmatians are in the title of the Disney classic?
101 It's based on a 1956 novel by Dodie Smith.
Level 2: Emoji movies
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Which movie is this? 👠🌈🦁
The Wizard of Oz It came out in 1939, starring Judy Garland.
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Which film is this? 🐧💃🎶
Happy Feet It won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2007.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Feet
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Guess the movie. 🕶️👽🌃
Men in Black Will Smith also sang its theme song.
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Which movie? 🚂🎅❄️
The Polar Express Tom Hanks plays several roles in it.
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Which film is this one? 🐉👦🔥
How to Train Your Dragon The dragon Toothless is a Night Fury.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Train_Your_Dragon_(2010_film)
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Name this one. 🍫🏭🎫
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl's book came out in 1964.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory
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Which movie is this? 🐔🏃🥧
Chicken Run It's stop-motion: clay moved frame by frame.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Run
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Guess this one. 🤖🕶️🏍️
The Terminator Its famous line: “I'll be back.”
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Last one: which movie? 🐝⚖️🍯
Bee Movie Barry the bee sues humans over honey.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Movie
Level 3: Who's in it?
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Level 4: Stars & Oscars
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Which film won the first Oscar for Best Animated Feature?
Shrek It beat Monsters, Inc. in 2002.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Animated_Feature
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Who directed Jaws and E.T.?
Steven Spielberg He also directed Jurassic Park.
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Which actor played Iron Man?
Robert Downey Jr. He played Tony Stark for 11 years.
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Which actress played Hermione Granger?
Emma Watson She was 9 at her first audition.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Watson
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Who played Forrest Gump?
Tom Hanks It won him his second Oscar in a row.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hanks
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Who played Wolverine?
Hugh Jackman He played him for over 20 years.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Jackman
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Who played the Joker in The Dark Knight?
Heath Ledger He won an Oscar for the role.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Ledger
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Who composed the music for Star Wars and Jaws?
John Williams He has over 50 Oscar nominations.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams
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Which film was the first non-English Best Picture winner?
Parasite The South Korean film won in 2020.
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Which film won Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars?
Oppenheimer It won seven Oscars that night.
Level 5: Impossible
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Which pill does Neo take in The Matrix?
The red pill Morpheus offers him the choice in the 1999 film.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix
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What was the first film to earn $1 billion worldwide?
Titanic It got there in early 1998.
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To which year does Marty travel in Back to the Future?
1955 He leaves 1985 at 88 miles per hour.
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What is the computer called in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
HAL 9000 The film came out in 1968.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000
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What was Pixar's second feature film?
A Bug's Life It came out in 1998, three years after Toy Story.
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How many Oscars did The Return of the King win?
11 It won every award it was nominated for.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_t...
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Which was the first Pixar film to win Best Animated Feature?
Finding Nemo It won in 2004.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Nemo
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What was the first animated film nominated for Best Picture?
Beauty and the Beast It was nominated in 1992.
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Who was the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director?
Kathryn Bigelow She won in 2010 for The Hurt Locker.
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Which film won the very first Oscar for Best Picture?
Wings A silent war film from 1927.
The Big Aha stories
- Why Dorothy's slippers are red: In L. Frank Bawm's book, Dorothy's magic shoes are silver. The nineteen thirty-nine film made them ruby red, to show off its bright Technicolor. In twenty twenty-four, one pair sold at auction for over thirty-two million dollars. Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_slippers
- The shark that kept breaking: The Jaws crew nicknamed their mechanical shark Bruce, after Spielberg's lawyer. Salt water kept breaking it, so it barely worked during filming. So Spielberg showed the shark less, and let the music build the fear. Jaws became a giant hit, often called the first summer blockbuster. Sources: wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)
Bonus question
Which animal roars at the start of MGM films? We reveal the answer in the pinned comment under the video.