1. In which year was Jim Jarmusch born?
a) 1948
b) 1953
c) 1960
d) 1957
Answer: b) 1953
2. Where was Jim Jarmusch born?
a) New York City, NY
b) Cuyahoga Falls, OH
c) Los Angeles, CA
d) Chicago, IL
Answer: b) Cuyahoga Falls, OH
3. Which university did Jarmusch graduate from with a B.A. in English?
a) Harvard University
b) New York University
c) Columbia University
d) Yale University
Answer: c) Columbia University
4. What was the name of Jim Jarmusch’s first feature film?
a) Stranger Than Paradise
b) Permanent Vacation
c) Down by Law
d) Mystery Train
Answer: b) Permanent Vacation
5. Which film won the Caméra d’Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival?
a) Stranger Than Paradise
b) Down by Law
c) Mystery Train
d) Night on Earth
Answer: a) Stranger Than Paradise
6. What is a key characteristic of Jarmusch’s filmmaking style?
a) High-budget special effects
b) Minimalist storytelling
c) Fast-paced action sequences
d) Conventional Hollywood narratives
Answer: b) Minimalist storytelling
7. Which film by Jarmusch is a western starring Johnny Depp?
a) Dead Man
b) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
c) Broken Flowers
d) Only lovers Left Alive
Answer: a) Dead Man
8. In which film does Jarmusch explore the vampire genre?
a) Paterson
b) The Dead Don’t Die
c) Only Lovers Left Alive
d) Coffee and Cigarettes
Answer: c) Only Lovers Left Alive
9. Which musician has NOT appeared in a Jarmusch film?
a) Tom Waits
b) Iggy Pop
c) Joe Strummer
d) Kurt Cobain
Answer: d) Kurt Cobain
10. What award did Jarmusch win at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival for Broken Flowers?
a) Palme d’Or
b) Grand Prix
c) Best Director
d) Jury Prize
Answer: b) Grand Prix
11. Which film by Jarmusch features a series of vignettes about taxi drivers?
a) Night on Earth
b) Coffee and Cigarettes
c) Mystery Train
d) The Limits of Control
Answer: a) Night on Earth
12. What is the name of Jarmusch’s avant-garde rock band?
a) The Del-Byzanteens
b) Sqürl
c) Bad Rabbit
d) No Wave Riders
Answer: b) Sqürl
13. Which Jarmusch film was added to the National Film Registry in 2002?
a) Down by Law
b) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
c) Stranger Than Paradise
d) Paterson
Answer: c) Stranger Than Paradise
14. Where did Jarmusch spend time studying abroad during college?
a) London
b) Paris
c) Berlin
d) Tokyo
Answer: b) Paris
15. Which filmmaker was Jarmusch’s professor at NYU?
a) Martin Scorsese
b) Francis Ford Coppola
c) Steven Spielberg
d) Nicholas Ray
Answer: d) Nicholas Ray
16. What is the setting for Jarmusch’s film The Limits of Control?
a) New York
b) Spain
c) Japan
d) Iceland
Answer: b) Spain
17. Which Jarmusch film is a documentary about Iggy and the Stooges?
a) Gimme Danger
b) Year of the Horse
c) Coffee and Cigarettes
d) Behind Jim Jarmusch
Answer: a) Gimme Danger
18. Who composed music with Jarmusch for Only Lovers Left Alive?
a) Tom Waits
b) Jozef van Wissem
c) Iggy Pop
d) Neil Young
Answer: b) Jozef van Wissem
19. Which film features Bill Murray as a man searching for a son he never knew?
a) Paterson
b) The Dead Don’t Die
c) Broken Flowers
d) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Answer: c) Broken Flowers
20. What is a common theme in Jarmusch’s films?
a) Superhero adventures
b) Alienation and cultural clashes
c) Romantic comedies
d) Historical epics
Answer: b) Alienation and cultural clashes
21. Which Jarmusch film is a zombie comedy?
a) The Dead Don’t Die
b) Only Lovers Left Alive
c) Dead Man
d) Mystery Train
Answer: a) The Dead Don’t Die
22. In which city does Jarmusch primarily live and work?
a) Los Angeles
b) New York
c) Chicago
d) Miami
Answer: b) New York
23. What is the name of the no wave band Jarmusch was part of?
a) Sqürl
b) Bad Rabbit
c) The Del-Byzanteens
d) Sonic Youth
Answer: c) The Del-Byzanteens
24. Which Jarmusch film features Adam Driver as a bus driver?
a) Paterson
b) The Dead Don’t Die
c) Broken Flowers
d) Night on Earth
Answer: a) Paterson
25. What was Jarmusch’s role in the film Lightning Over Water?
a) Director
b) Producer
c) Assistant
d) Actor
Answer: c) Assistant