Ultimate 62-Question Hollywood Movie Trivia Quiz: Hard Mode for Cinephiles
Round 4: Hardcore Production & Industry Secrets (Questions 39-51)
Which film is often called “the most cursed production in history” due to a series of plane crashes and lightning strikes?
What is the “Wilhelm Scream,” and in which film did it originate?
Which director famously used a “MacGuffin” as a plot device?
Which 1999 film was shot entirely on handheld digital cameras to simulate a documentary?
Who is the most nominated person in Academy Award history (not an actor)?
Which film features the longest tracking shot in history (before the digital era)?
What does the “A113” appearing in almost every Pixar film refer to?
Which actor refused his Oscar for The Godfather and sent a Native American activist in his place?
What was the first movie to be rated X (later changed to R) and still win Best Picture?
Which 1993 film had its production famously overseen by George Lucas while the director was away filming Schindler’s List?
Who is the only person to win an Oscar for a film they also directed, produced, and starred in?
What was the first feature-length film made entirely with CGI?
Which movie lost its entire digital render just before release and was saved by a backup on a worker’s home computer?
The fact about Toy Story 2 (Q51) is even crazier than it sounds. When an accidental command started deleting the film’s files, the team watched as Woody’s hat, then his boots, then entire scenes vanished in real-time. The only reason the movie exists is that an engineer, Galyn Susman, had been working from home to care for her newborn and had a complete backup on her personal computer.