Movie Trivia Quizzes (The Movies Based on Shorts Quiz)

The Movies Based on Shorts Quiz

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1) This month’s District 9 is based on a short film called Alive in Joburg. Who directed both?

Peter Jackson
McG
Neill Blomkamp
Stephen Sommers
James Cameron

2) Sling Blade, based off of a 1994 short film, won Billy Bob Thornton an Oscar in what category?

Best Actor
Best Picture
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Director

3) The 2003 short film Saw was used to help pitch the feature length version to studios. Who directed it/at least one of the Saw franchise films?

James Wan
Darren Lynn Bousman
David Hackl
Kevin Greutert
John Kramer

4) Twelve Monkeys takes its inspiration from a 1962 short from which country?

China
Italy
France
United States
Australia

5) Napoleon Dynamite was partially adapted by Jared Hess from his own 2003 short film titled what?

Preston
Napoleon Dynamite
Peluca
Next Time Round
Gosh!

6) George Lucas directed the short film Electronic Labyrinth: THX-1138 4EB, which later became THX 1138, while attending which university?

USC
UCLA
FSU
SVA
He didn't direct it in college

7) Office Space’s origins go back to a series of four animated shorts starring which character?

Peter Gibbons
Michael Bolton
Samir Nagheenanajar
Bill Lumbergh
Milton

8) It’s the Naomi Watts film that fits the quiz category.

21 Grams
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Ellie Parker
Funny Games
King Kong

9) Joe’s Apartment is based on a short film that aired during commercials on which network?

Comedy Central
MTV
Nickelodeon
VH1
TNN/Spike

10) Bottle Rocket, a feature-length adaptation of Wes Anderson’s own short, is set in which state?

Arkansas
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas

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