Pioneers

Question 1

Who is considered the father of cinema?

Answer 1

Louis Lumière

Question 2

What invention is attributed to Thomas Edison that contributed to the development of cinema?

Answer 2

The Kinetoscope

Question 3

True or False: The first public screening of films took place in 1895.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Fill in the blank: The Lumière brothers are known for their invention of the ________.

Answer 4

Cinematograph

Question 5

What was the name of the first narrative film directed by Georges Méliès?

Answer 5

A Trip to the Moon

Question 6

Which country is credited with the first feature-length film, ‘The Story of the Kelly Gang’?

Answer 6

Australia

Question 7

Who was the first female filmmaker known for her work in the early 1900s?

Answer 7

Alice Guy-Blaché

Question 8

What is the significance of D.W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’?

Answer 8

It was one of the first feature-length films and used innovative narrative techniques.

Question 9

True or False: Sergei Eisenstein is known for his work in silent films and film editing techniques.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Which film movement is associated with the use of montage in cinema?

Answer 10

Soviet Montage Theory

Question 11

What was the primary focus of the French New Wave movement?

Answer 11

Innovative storytelling and breaking traditional cinematic conventions.

Question 12

Fill in the blank: The first animated feature film is ________.

Answer 12

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Question 13

Who directed the groundbreaking film ‘Battleship Potemkin’?

Answer 13

Sergei Eisenstein

Question 14

What year was the first public screening of films by the Lumière brothers?

Answer 14

1895

Question 15

Which filmmaker is known for the concept of ‘auteur theory’?

Answer 15

François Truffaut

Question 16

True or False: Charlie Chaplin was a key figure in the silent film era.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

What genre is considered the first in cinema history?

Answer 17

Silent Comedy

Question 18

Who was the prominent director of the film ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’?

Answer 18

Robert Wiene

Question 19

Which film is often cited as the first science fiction film?

Answer 19

A Trip to the Moon

Question 20

What was the main innovation introduced by the Lumière brothers in filmmaking?

Answer 20

Portable camera technology

Question 21

Fill in the blank: The first horror film is often considered to be ________.

Answer 21

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Question 22

What technique did D.W. Griffith popularize in film narrative?

Answer 22

Cross-cutting

Question 23

Who is known for the use of special effects in early cinema, particularly in ‘A Trip to the Moon’?

Answer 23

Georges Méliès

Question 24

Which film studio is recognized for creating the first animated short film?

Answer 24

Walt Disney Studios

Question 25

True or False: The silent film era lasted from the 1890s to the late 1920s.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What is considered the first documentary film?

Answer 26

Nanook of the North