1. In which city was Curtis Hanson born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Reno, Nevada
C) New York, New York
D) Chicago, Illinois
Answer: B) Reno, Nevada
2. What was Curtis Hanson’s profession?
A) Actor, singer, and dancer
B) Film director, screenwriter, and producer
C) Novelist and poet
D) Cinematographer and editor
Answer: B) Film director, screenwriter, and producer
3. What was the name of Curtis Hanson’s first feature film as a director?
A) The Silent Partner
B) The Bedroom Window
C) Sweet Kill
D) L.A. Confidential
Answer: C) Sweet Kill
4. In which year was Curtis Hanson born?
A) 1940
B) 1945
C) 1950
D) 1955
Answer: B) 1945
5. What magazine did Hanson work for as a freelance photographer and editor after dropping out of high school?
A) Variety
B) Cinema
C) Rolling Stone
D) The Hollywood Reporter
Answer: B) Cinema
6. Which horror film did Hanson co-write in 1970?
A) The Exorcist
B) Halloween
C) The Dunwich Horror
D) Psycho
Answer: C) The Dunwich Horror
7. Who was the executive producer Hanson approached for his first feature film, Sweet Kill?
A) Steven Spielberg
B) Roger Corman
C) George Lucas
D) Francis Ford Coppola
Answer: B) Roger Corman
8. What was the original gender of the killer in Hanson’s script for Sweet Kill?
A) Female
B) Gender-neutral
C) Male
D) Undisclosed
Answer: A) Female
9. Which film did Hanson write and serve as an associate producer for in 1978?
A) Never Cry Wolf
B) The Silent Partner
C) White Dog
D) The Little Dragons
Answer: B) The Silent Partner
10. Which film earned Hanson an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay?
A) 8 Mile
B) The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
C) L.A. Confidential
D) Wonder Boys
Answer: C) L.A. Confidential
11. What was the name of the teen sex comedy Hanson directed in 1983?
A) American Graffiti
B) Losin’ It
C) Fast Times at Ridgemont High
D) The Breakfast Club
Answer: B) Losin’ It
12. Which actor starred in Hanson’s film Losin’ It before becoming widely known?
A) Brad Pitt
B) Johnny Depp
C) Tom Cruise
D) Leonardo DiCaprio
Answer: C) Tom Cruise
13. Which film marked Hanson’s major breakthrough as a director?
A) The Bedroom Window
B) The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
C) The River Wild
D) Bad Influence
Answer: B) The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
14. What genre is Hanson’s film L.A. Confidential primarily classified as?
A) Neo-noir crime
B) Science fiction
C) Romantic comedy
D) Historical drama
Answer: A) Neo-noir crime
15. Who did Hanson direct in the hip-hop drama 8 Mile?
A) 50 Cent
B) Eminem
C) Jay-Z
D) Dr. Dre
Answer: B) Eminem
16. Which directors were considered for 8 Mile before Hanson was chosen?
A) Quentin Tarantino and Danny Boyle
B) Martin Scorsese and Ridley Scott
C) Steven Spielberg and James Cameron
D) David Fincher and Christopher Nolan
Answer: A) Quentin Tarantino and Danny Boyle
17. What was Hanson’s role at the UCLA Film and Television Archive?
A) Dean of the Film School
B) Chairperson
C) Guest Lecturer
D) Archivist
Answer: B) Chairperson
18. Which film did Hanson direct that featured Meryl Streep in her first action role?
A) The River Wild
B) Wonder Boys
C) In Her Shoes
D) Too Big to Fail
Answer: A) The River Wild
19. What health condition forced Hanson to retire from filmmaking?
A) Heart disease
B) Frontotemporal dementia
C) Alzheimer’s disease
D) Parkinson’s disease
Answer: B) Frontotemporal dementia
20. In which year did Curtis Hanson pass away?
A) 2014
B) 2016
C) 2018
D) 2020
Answer: B) 2016
21. Which film did Hanson co-write with Samuel Fuller?
A) The Silent Partner
B) White Dog
C) Never Cry Wolf
D) The Bedroom Window
Answer: B) White Dog
22. What was the name of the film Hanson directed that was a romantic comedy-drama released in 2005?
A) Wonder Boys
B) Lucky You
C) In Her Shoes
D) Too Big to Fail
Answer: C) In Her Shoes
23. Which actor played a lead role in Hanson’s film Wonder Boys?
A) Robert Downey Jr.
B) Michael Douglas
C) George Clooney
D) Brad Pitt
Answer: B) Michael Douglas
24. Which film did Hanson direct that was based on a novel by James Ellroy?
A) 8 Mile
B) The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
C) L.A. Confidential
D) The Bedroom Window
Answer: C) L.A. Confidential
25. What was the original title of the film Hanson shot under the pseudonym Edward Collins?
A) God Bless Dr. Shagetz
B) And God Bless Grandma and Grandpa
C) The Little Dragons
D) Sweet Kill
Answer: B) And God Bless Grandma and Grandpa
