Quiz: The BAFTAs
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QUESTIONS
1. What does BAFTA stand for?
a) The British Arts of Film and Television Awards
b) The British Academy for Film and Television Arts
c) The Best Film and TV Awards
d) Britain’s Actors in Film and Television Awards
2. When was the first BAFTA Awards?
a) 1949
b) 1952
c) 1939
d) 1975
3. What does a BAFTA award look like?
a) A director’s seat
b) A script
c) A theatre mask
d) A film camera
4. Which British actress has the most BAFTA wins for Best Actress in a Leading Role?
a) Kate Winslet
b) Dame Maggie Smith
c) Olivia Coleman
d) Dame Julie Walters
5. Which of these films is not nominated for Best Film at this year's BAFTA awards?
a) Dune
b) Don’t Look Up
c) Encanto
d) Licorice Pizza
6. Which film has won the most BAFTAs in history?
a) Lawrence of Arabia
b) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
c) One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
d) Titanic
7. The Best Animated Film category was first awarded in 2007. But which film won?
a) Happy Feet
b) The Fox and the Hound 2
c) Cars
d) Ice Age: The Meltdown
8. What is the only MCU film to win a BAFTA?
a) Black Panther
b) Iron Man
c) Deadpool
d) Venom
9. Who is the only director to receive two Best Director nominations in the same year?
a) Ang Lee
b) Greta Gerwig
c) Ava DuVernay
d) Steven Soderbergh
10. Who is the youngest person to win a BAFTA award?
a) Cherry Campbell
b) Saoirse Ronan
c) Jamie Bell
d) Harley Bird
ANSWERS
1. The answer is b) The British Academy for Film and Television Arts!
Does what it says on the tin, really!
2. The answer is a) 1949!
In 1949 the British Film Academy, as it was then known, presented the first awards for films made in 1947 and 1948!
3. The answer is c) A theatre mask!
The BAFTA award trophy is a golden mask, and was designed by American sculptor Mitzi Cunliffe!
4. The answer is b) Dame Maggie Smith!
Maggie Smith has the most wins in this category for her roles in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), A Private Function (1984), A Room with a View (1985), and The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987).
5. The answer is c) Encanto!
It might not be in the Best Film category, but it is in the Best Animated Film category!
6. The answer is b) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid!
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid picked up nine awards at the 1971 ceremony. It was nominated for 10 - with Paul Newman missing out on best actor in a leading role to his co-star Robert Redford.
7. The answer is a) Happy Feet!
The penguin musical comedy Happy Feet won the inaugural award, and won the same award at the Oscars later that year!
8. The answer is a) Black Panther!
In 2019, Black Panther won Best Special Visual Effects at the 72nd Baftas. MCU films have received 11 nominations in total, eight of which were in the Special Visual Effects category.
9. The answer is d) Steven Soderbergh!
Steven Soderbergh’s Erin Brockovich and Traffic were both nominated in 2000 but missed out to Ang Lee who won for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!
10. The answer is a) Cherry Campbell!
In 2014, nine-year-old Cherry Campbell became the youngest ever BAFTA winner for her lead role in CBeebies series Katie Morag, the story of a feisty girl from a magical Scottish island.
