1. In which year was Kathryn Bigelow born?
a) 1951
b) 1960
c) 1945
d) 1955
Answer: a) 1951
2. What is Kathryn Bigelow’s primary profession?
a) Actress
b) Film Director
c) Screenwriter
d) Producer
Answer: b) Film Director
3. Which film earned Kathryn Bigelow the Academy Award for Best Director?
a) Zero Dark Thirty
b) The Hurt Locker
c) Point Break
d) Near Dark
Answer: b) The Hurt Locker
4. Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win which major award for directing?
a) Golden Globe
b) BAFTA
c) Academy Award
d) Palme d’Or
Answer: c) Academy Award
5. Which university did Kathryn Bigelow attend for her undergraduate studies?
a) Yale University
b) San Francisco Art Institute
c) Columbia University
d) New York University
Answer: b) San Francisco Art Institute
6. What genre is Kathryn Bigelow’s film Near Dark (1987) primarily associated with?
a) Science Fiction
b) Romantic Comedy
c) Horror-Western
d) Historical Drama
Answer: c) Horror-Western
7. Which actor starred in Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 film Point Break?
a) Keanu Reeves
b) Tom Cruise
c) Brad Pitt
d) Johnny Depp
Answer: a) Keanu Reeves
8. What is the setting of Kathryn Bigelow’s film The Hurt Locker?
a) Vietnam War
b) Iraq War
c) World War II
d) Afghanistan War
Answer: b) Iraq War
9. Which film directed by Kathryn Bigelow focuses on the hunt for Osama bin Laden?
a) Zero Dark Thirty
b) The Hurt Locker
c) Detroit
d) K-19: The Widowmaker
Answer: a) Zero Dark Thirty
10. In which year was The Hurt Locker released?
a) 2005
b) 2008
c) 2010
d) 2012
Answer: b) 2008
11. What is the title of Kathryn Bigelow’s first feature film?
a) The Loveless
b) Blue Steel
c) Near Dark
d) Strange Days
Answer: a) The Loveless
12. Which actor played the lead role in Bigelow’s Blue Steel (1990)?
a) Jamie Lee Curtis
b) Sigourney Weaver
c) Meryl Streep
d) Jodie Foster
Answer: a) Jamie Lee Curtis
13. Which of Bigelow’s films explores the 1967 Detroit riots?
a) Zero Dark Thirty
b) Detroit
c) The Weight of Water
d) K-19: The Widowmaker
Answer: b) Detroit
14. What is a recurring theme in many of Kathryn Bigelow’s films?
a) Romantic relationships
b) Time travel
c) Masculinity and violence
d) Political satire
Answer: c) Masculinity and violence
15. Which film by Bigelow is a cyberpunk thriller released in 1995?
a) Point Break
b) Strange Days
c) Blue Steel
d) The Loveless
Answer: b) Strange Days
16. Who co-directed The Loveless (1981) with Kathryn Bigelow?
a) James Cameron
b) Oliver Stone
c) Monty Montgomery
d) Ridley Scott
Answer: c) Monty Montgomery
17. Which of Bigelow’s films is set aboard a Soviet submarine?
a) The Hurt Locker
b) K-19: The Widowmaker
c) Zero Dark Thirty
d) Detroit
Answer: b) K-19: The Widowmaker
18. What is the primary focus of Bigelow’s The Weight of Water (2000)?
a) A murder mystery
b) A space exploration
c) A sports drama
d) A political thriller
Answer: a) A murder mystery
19. Which actor starred in Zero Dark Thirty as Maya?
a) Natalie Portman
b) Jessica Chastain
c) Scarlett Johansson
d) Anne Hathaway
Answer: b) Jessica Chastain
20. Which award did The Hurt Locker win at the 82nd Academy Awards?
a) Best Picture
b) Best Actor
c) Best Original Score
d) Best Cinematography
Answer: a) Best Picture
21. In which city was Kathryn Bigelow born?
a) Los Angeles, California
b) San Carlos, California
c) New York City, New York
d) Chicago, Illinois
Answer: b) San Carlos, California
22. Which of Bigelow’s films features a female police officer as the protagonist?
a) Near Dark
b) Strange Days
c) Blue Steel
d) Point Break
Answer: c) Blue Steel
23. What is the runtime of Zero Dark Thirty?
a) 120 minutes
b) 157 minutes
c) 135 minutes
d) 180 minutes
Answer: b) 157 minutes
24. Which of Bigelow’s films was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama?
a) The Hurt Locker
b) Point Break
c) Near Dark
d) The Loveless
Answer: a) The Hurt Locker
25. Which cinematographer worked with Bigelow on The Hurt Locker?
a) Roger Deakins
b) Barry Ackroyd
c) Emmanuel Lubezki
d) Janusz Kami?ski
Answer: b) Barry Ackroyd
