{
  "pack": "originals-v1",
  "category": "movies-tv",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-001",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, what color are Dorothy's magic slippers?",
      "options": [
        "Silver",
        "Ruby red",
        "Emerald green",
        "Gold"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "In L. Frank Baum's original 1900 novel, Dorothy's magic shoes were silver.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-002",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "On Seinfeld, what is Kramer's rarely used first name?",
      "options": [
        "Morty",
        "Stanley",
        "Leo",
        "Cosmo"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Jerry and George only learned his first name, Cosmo, midway through the series.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-003",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which actor won an Oscar for playing the title role in 1994's Forrest Gump?",
      "options": [
        "Tom Hanks",
        "Kevin Costner",
        "Robin Williams",
        "Jim Carrey"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "It was Hanks's second straight Best Actor win, after Philadelphia.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-004",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Arnold Schwarzenegger's catchphrase 'I'll be back' originated in which 1984 film?",
      "options": [
        "Predator",
        "Commando",
        "The Terminator",
        "Total Recall"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "AFI ranks it among the 100 greatest movie quotes; he reused it in films like Commando and Total Recall.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-005",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which 1941 film hinges on the mystery of a dying tycoon's last word, 'Rosebud'?",
      "options": [
        "The Maltese Falcon",
        "How Green Was My Valley",
        "Citizen Kane",
        "Sergeant York"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Orson Welles co-wrote, directed and starred in the film, his first feature.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-006",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "What is the name of the coffeehouse where the gang hangs out on Friends?",
      "options": [
        "Central Perk",
        "Monk's Café",
        "The Max",
        "Luke's Diner"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "The fictional cafe was the gang's hangout throughout the show's 1994–2004 run.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-007",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In Star Wars, what is the name of Han Solo's ship?",
      "options": [
        "Star Destroyer",
        "X-wing",
        "Slave I",
        "Millennium Falcon"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Han boasts that the Falcon made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-008",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which film won Best Picture at the Academy Awards ceremony held in February 2020?",
      "options": [
        "1917",
        "Parasite",
        "Joker",
        "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Bong Joon-ho's Parasite was the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-009",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which 1975 Steven Spielberg thriller made a generation of beachgoers nervous about sharks?",
      "options": [
        "Orca",
        "Jaws",
        "The Deep",
        "Piranha"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Jaws is often credited as Hollywood's first summer blockbuster.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-010",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which TV drama follows chemistry teacher Walter White's double life?",
      "options": [
        "Ozark",
        "Weeds",
        "Dexter",
        "Breaking Bad"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "The AMC series, set in Albuquerque, ran from 2008 to 2013.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-011",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "What is the name of the fictional African nation in Marvel's Black Panther?",
      "options": [
        "Wakanda",
        "Zamunda",
        "Genovia",
        "Latveria"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Wakanda is the hidden, high-tech kingdom ruled by T'Challa.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-012",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "What is the name of the isolated hotel in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980)?",
      "options": [
        "The Stanley Hotel",
        "The Bates Motel",
        "The Overlook Hotel",
        "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Stephen King based the Overlook on his stay at Colorado's Stanley Hotel.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-013",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which sitcom is set at the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin paper company?",
      "options": [
        "Parks and Recreation",
        "Superstore",
        "The Office",
        "30 Rock"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "The NBC series, adapted from a British original, ran from 2005 to 2013.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-014",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which actor played the Joker in 2008's The Dark Knight?",
      "options": [
        "Heath Ledger",
        "Jared Leto",
        "Joaquin Phoenix",
        "Jack Nicholson"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the role.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-015",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which silent war film won Best Picture (then called 'Outstanding Picture') at the first Oscars?",
      "options": [
        "The Jazz Singer",
        "Metropolis",
        "The General",
        "Wings"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "The World War I aviation drama won at the first Academy Awards ceremony, in 1929.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-016",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which actress played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films?",
      "options": [
        "Emma Stone",
        "Emma Watson",
        "Keira Knightley",
        "Bonnie Wright"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Watson played Hermione in all eight films, released from 2001 to 2011.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-017",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In Back to the Future, what speed must the DeLorean hit to travel through time?",
      "options": [
        "77 mph",
        "88 mph",
        "99 mph",
        "100 mph"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "The time machine also needed 1.21 gigawatts of power.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-018",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "TRUE_FALSE",
      "prompt": "True or False: Walt Disney himself was Mickey Mouse's regular voice through most of the 1930s.",
      "options": [
        "True",
        "False"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Walt voiced Mickey until the late 1940s, when sound-effects artist Jimmy MacDonald took over.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-019",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which 1994 film features a dance contest at a '50s-themed restaurant called Jack Rabbit Slim's?",
      "options": [
        "Reservoir Dogs",
        "Jackie Brown",
        "True Romance",
        "Pulp Fiction"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Quentin Tarantino's film won the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-020",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In which city is the classic bar sitcom Cheers set?",
      "options": [
        "Boston",
        "Chicago",
        "Philadelphia",
        "Baltimore"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "The bar's exterior shots showed Boston's Bull & Finch Pub.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-021",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which TV family lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace?",
      "options": [
        "The Griffins",
        "The Bundys",
        "The Simpsons",
        "The Belchers"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "The Simpsons became a half-hour prime-time series in December 1989.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-022",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Surgeon Hawkeye Pierce is the main character of which long-running TV series?",
      "options": [
        "China Beach",
        "St. Elsewhere",
        "M*A*S*H",
        "Trapper John, M.D."
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "M*A*S*H's 1983 series finale drew more than 100 million US viewers.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-023",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which actor played James Bond in the first official 007 film, 1962's Dr. No?",
      "options": [
        "Sean Connery",
        "Roger Moore",
        "George Lazenby",
        "Timothy Dalton"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Connery played Bond in six official Eon films, starting with Dr. No.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-024",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In Netflix's Stranger Things, what is the name of the town where the kids live?",
      "options": [
        "Derry",
        "Twin Peaks",
        "Sunnydale",
        "Hawkins"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "The series is set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, beginning in 1983.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "movies-tv-025",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which film became the first ever to gross over $1 billion worldwide, in 1998?",
      "options": [
        "Jurassic Park",
        "Titanic",
        "Star Wars",
        "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "Titanic also won 11 Oscars, tying the record set by Ben-Hur.",
      "wildcard": false
    }
  ]
}