Movie Nerdity Quiz

Answer 100 questions and compete for the title of biggest movie nerd!

Some of the questions may seem unfair, but they’re evened out by others so don’t worry. It’s all in fun.

Personal habits:
1. Have you ever written a review of a movie?

Yes
No

2. Are you watching a movie right now, as you take the quiz?

Yes
No

3. If so, have you already seen it multiple times?

Yes
No

4. Have you ever seen a silent movie?

Yes
No

5. Have you ever seen a foreign language movie?

Yes
No

6. Have you ever watched a movie with the sound off just to gain a different interpretation?

Yes
No

7. Do you have a subscription to a mail-order movie rental service?

Yes
No

8. Do you watch more than one movie per week?

Yes
No

9. ...more than three movies per week?

Yes
No

10. ...more than seven movies per week?

Yes
No

11. Have you ever watched a movie you knew you wouldn’t like just so you could have an opinion about it?

Yes
No

12. ...more than once?

Yes
No

13. Has anyone ever told you that your eyes light up when you talk about movies?

Yes
No

14. Have you ever binge-watched movies all night?

Yes
No

15. ...for two or more consecutive days?

Yes
No

16. Have you ever used a dream to fix bad writing in a movie you watched by dreaming an alternate, “better” version?

Yes
No

17. Do you read screenplays for fun?

Yes
No

18. Do you read screenplays more often than books?

Yes
No

19. Does a substantial portion of your daily vocabulary consist of movie or TV quotes/references?

Yes
No

20. Have you ever read the manual for a video camera you didn’t own?

Yes
No

21. While waiting in airports or other crowded areas, do you make up movies in your head to entertain yourself?

Yes
No

22. Do you imagine that the people around you are characters in the movie you're imagining?

Yes
No

23. Have you ever memorized a scene in a movie and acted it out for friends and/or family?

Yes
No

24. Have you ever memorized an entire movie?

Yes
No

25. Have you ever watched movies for so long without moving that parts of you fell asleep?

Yes
No

26. While seeing a movie in a theater, do you refuse to leave in the middle of the movie for bathroom breaks?

Yes
No

27. ... do you stay, even if it starts to hurt?

Yes
No

28. ...do you stay, even if it’s on TV and not in a theater but has no commercial breaks?

Yes
No

29. Do you watch movies while you do chores (e.g. cooking, cleaning)?

Yes
No

30. Have you ever watched a movie while doing unrelated homework (e.g. math, chemistry)?

Yes
No

31. Have you ever visited imdb.com?

Yes
No

32. ...have you visited in the last week?

Yes
No

33. ...today?

Yes
No

34. Do you have an IMDB account?

Yes
No

35. Have you ever watched every available version of a movie in chronological order (e.g. the 1939, 1969, and 2002 TV version of “Goodbye, Mr. Chips”) in one sitting?

Yes
No

36. Have you ever compared/contrasted two filmmakers (George Lucas vs. Tim Burton, etc.)?

Yes
No

37. Have you seen the 1986 movie “F/X”?

Yes
No

38. Have you seen the 1988 movie “The Wizard of Speed and Time”?

Yes
No

Formal Education & Knowledge:
39. Have you ever taken a film studies class?

Yes
No

40. Have you ever known more about movies/ film history than your film teacher?

Yes
No

41. Have you ever taken a film production class?

Yes
No

42. Have you ever majored in film/video?

Yes
No

43. Do you know the difference between story and plot?

Yes
No

44. Do you know the rule-of-thirds?

Yes
No

45. Have you ever used the term mise en scène (correctly) in a sentence?

Yes
No

46. Have you ever debated whether or not sound is part of mise en scène?

Yes
No

47. Have you ever used the phrase “deep-space composition”?

Yes
No

48. Have you ever used the phrase “deep-focus cinematography”?

Yes
No

49. Have you ever written a screenplay?

Yes
No

50. Have you ever considered learning a foreign language just to gain a further appreciation of films from that country?

Yes
No

51. Did you follow through and learn the language?

Yes
No

Answer YES if you know what the following acronyms/abbreviations stand for.
52. CU

Yes
No

53. MS (there are two correct meanings for this abbreviation)?