Robert Joseph Flaherty Quiz Questions and Answers
1. In which year was Robert J. Flaherty born?
a) 1874
b) 1884
c) 1894
d) 1904
Answer: b) 1884
2. Where was Robert J. Flaherty born?
a) Iron Mountain, Michigan
b) Chicago, Illinois
c) New York, New York
d) Toronto, Canada
Answer: a) Iron Mountain, Michigan
3. What is Robert J. Flaherty often referred to as?
a) Father of Narrative Film
b) Father of Documentary Film
c) Father of Animation
d) Father of Silent Film
Answer: b) Father of Documentary Film
4. Which was Flaherty’s first commercially successful feature-length documentary?
a) Moana
b) Man of Aran
c) Nanook of the North
d) Louisiana Story
Answer: c) Nanook of the North
5. In which year was Nanook of the North released?
a) 1918
b) 1922
c) 1926
d) 1930
Answer: b) 1922
6. What was the primary subject of Nanook of the North?
a) Polynesian culture
b) Cajun lifestyle
c) Irish fishing communities
d) Inuit life
Answer: d) Inuit life
7. Who financed Flaherty’s expedition to film Nanook of the North?
a) Paramount Pictures
b) Revillon Frères
c) Standard Oil Company
d) British Film Institute
Answer: b) Revillon Frères
8. Which film by Flaherty is set in the South Seas?
a) Moana
b) Man of Aran
c) The Land
d) Louisiana Story
Answer: a) Moana
9. In which year was Moana released?
a) 1922
b) 1926
c) 1934
d) 1942
Answer: b) 1926
10. Who coined the term “documentary” in a review of Flaherty’s Moana?
a) Paul Rotha
b) John Grierson
c) Frances Flaherty
d) F.W. Murnau
Answer: b) John Grierson
11. Which film by Flaherty is set in Ireland’s Aran Islands?
a) Nanook of the North
b) Moana
c) Man of Aran
d) The Titan
Answer: c) Man of Aran
12. In which year was Man of Aran released?
a) 1926
b) 1934
c) 1942
d) 1948
Answer: b) 1934
13. What was Flaherty’s profession before he became a filmmaker?
a) Teacher
b) Prospector and explorer
c) Journalist
d) Musician
Answer: b) Prospector and explorer
14. Who was Flaherty’s wife and collaborator?
a) Helen van Dongen
b) Melanie McGrath
c) Frances Hubbard
d) Louise Flaherty
Answer: c) Frances Hubbard
15. In which year did Flaherty marry Frances Hubbard?
a) 1904
b) 1914
c) 1924
d) 1934
Answer: b) 1914
16. Which film did Frances Flaherty receive an Academy Award nomination for?
a) Nanook of the North
b) Moana
c) Louisiana Story
d) Man of Aran
Answer: c) Louisiana Story
17. Which film was a collaboration between Flaherty and F.W. Murnau?
a) Tabu
b) The Land
c) Industrial Britain
d) Elephant Boy
Answer: a) Tabu
18. In which year was Tabu released?
a) 1926
b) 1931
c) 1934
d) 1942
Answer: b) 1931
19. Which Flaherty film was made for the U.S. Department of Agriculture?
a) Louisiana Story
b) The Land
c) Industrial Britain
d) The Titan
Answer: b) The Land
20. In which year was The Land released?
a) 1934
b) 1942
c) 1948
d) 1951
Answer: b) 1942
21. Which film was Flaherty’s last finished work?
a) Nanook of the North
b) Moana
c) Louisiana Story
d) Man of Aran
Answer: c) Louisiana Story
22. In which year was Louisiana Story released?
a) 1934
b) 1942
c) 1948
d) 1951
Answer: c) 1948
23. Where did Flaherty die?
a) Iron Mountain, Michigan
b) Dummerston, Vermont
c) New York, New York
d) Toronto, Canada
Answer: b) Dummerston, Vermont
24. In which year did Flaherty die?
a) 1941
b) 1951
c) 1961
d) 1971
Answer: b) 1951
25. What was the cause of Flaherty’s death?
a) Heart attack
b) Cerebral thrombosis
c) Pneumonia
d) Cancer
Answer: b) Cerebral thrombosis