The Royal Tenenbaums Quizzes

The Royal Tenenbaums Quiz 1

1 Who directed the film?
Wes Anderson

Spike Jonze

Sofia Coppola

Owen Wilson
2 What year was the film released?
2003

2001

2004

2010
3 Who narrates the film?
Alec Baldwin

Tom Hanks

Gene Hackman

Judi Dench
4 Whose hands are shown opening the book of the film's story at the beginning?
Wes Anderson

Owen Wilson

Gene Hackman

Gwyneth Paltrow
5 Where does the film take place?
Chicago

New York City

Paris

Boston
6 Where was the film shot?
New York City

Los Angeles

Toronto

Chicago
7 Who co-wrote the film with Anderson?
Angelica Huston

Owen Wilson

Gwyneth Paltrow

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

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Original Screenplay
9 Who won a Golden Globe for their performance?
Gene Hackman

Danny Glover

Gwyneth Paltrow

Ben Stiller
10 With whom did Wes Anderson make 'Bottle Rocket'?
Bill Murray

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gene Hackman

Luke and Owen Wilson
11 Which of the following did not inspire the film?
The films of Louis Malle

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Franny and Zooey

Les Enfants Terribles
12 Who plays Royal?
Billy Crystal

Gene Hackman

Jeff Goldblum

Harrison Ford
13 Why do Royal and Etheline get divorced?
He is gay

They fell out of love

He wasn't as faithful as he could have been

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?
Education

Discipline

Wealth accumulation

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

Poetry

Playwriting

Anthropology
17 What is Richie's sport?
Squash

Golf

Tennis

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

Dalmatian lizards

Dalmatian sheep

Dalmatian mice
19 Who shoots Chas in the hand with a BB gun?
Margo

Richie

Henry

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

A dive bar in upstate New York

African Wing of the public archives

The Cloisters
21 How does Margot lose her finger?
Putting a log down for her biological father to chop

She doesn't know

She cuts it off in protest

In the door of a subway
22 Who is Richie's best friend?
Henry Sherman

His coach, Terry

Eli Cash

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

A horse

A gerbil

A hawk
24 Where does Royal live after he leaves the Tenenbaum residence?
A hotel

An apartment in Brooklyn

A trailer in Maine

With his mother
25 What was Royal's previous occupation?
Shopowner

Lawyer

Doctor

Banker

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