The Royal Tenenbaums Quizzes

The Royal Tenenbaums Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Spike Jonze

Owen Wilson

Sofia Coppola

Wes Anderson
2 What year was the film released?
2001

2003

2004

2010
3 Who narrates the film?
Judi Dench

Gene Hackman

Tom Hanks

Alec Baldwin
4 Whose hands are shown opening the book of the film's story at the beginning?
Owen Wilson

Gwyneth Paltrow

Wes Anderson

Gene Hackman
5 Where does the film take place?
Chicago

Paris

New York City

Boston
6 Where was the film shot?
New York City

Toronto

Chicago

Los Angeles
7 Who co-wrote the film with Anderson?
Owen Wilson

Gwyneth Paltrow

Angelica Huston

Luke Wilson
8 For which Academy Award was the film nominated?
Best Costume Design

Best Director

Best Original Screenplay

Best Actor
9 Who won a Golden Globe for their performance?
Ben Stiller

Gwyneth Paltrow

Danny Glover

Gene Hackman
10 With whom did Wes Anderson make 'Bottle Rocket'?
Luke and Owen Wilson

Gwyneth Paltrow

Bill Murray

Gene Hackman
11 Which of the following did not inspire the film?
The films of Louis Malle

Les Enfants Terribles

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Franny and Zooey
12 Who plays Royal?
Gene Hackman

Jeff Goldblum

Harrison Ford

Billy Crystal
13 Why do Royal and Etheline get divorced?
He wasn't as faithful as he could have been

He is gay

They fell out of love

She had an affair
14 Who plays Etheline?
Cate Blanchett

Joan Cusack

Cybil Shepherd

Angelica Huston
15 What is Etheline's highest priority as a parent?
Safety

Wealth accumulation

Education

Discipline
16 What does Margot get a grant for as a child?
Singing

Playwriting

Poetry

Anthropology
17 What is Richie's sport?
Golf

Tennis

Squash

Soccer
18 What kind of animal does Chas breed?
Dalmatian sheep

Dalmatian mice

Dalmatian frogs

Dalmatian lizards
19 Who shoots Chas in the hand with a BB gun?
Henry

Richie

Margo

Royal
20 Where do Margot and Richie run away to as children?
The Cloisters

A dive bar in upstate New York

The Metropolitan Opera

African Wing of the public archives
21 How does Margot lose her finger?
She doesn't know

In the door of a subway

Putting a log down for her biological father to chop

She cuts it off in protest
22 Who is Richie's best friend?
His coach, Terry

Henry Sherman

Eli Cash

He has no friends
23 What kind of pet does Richie have?
A horse

A gerbil

A hawk

A frog
24 Where does Royal live after he leaves the Tenenbaum residence?
With his mother

A trailer in Maine

A hotel

An apartment in Brooklyn
25 What was Royal's previous occupation?
Shopowner

Doctor

Lawyer

Banker

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