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1. In 1908, in France, Emile Cohl, influenced by a group calling themselves "The Incoherents", produced what many consider to be the first film of a new genre, "Fantasmagorie". Which genre would that be?
2. What was the first full-length movie to use synchronized sound?
3. In the 1920s, three amazing sisters became the first Australian women to form a company to write, direct and produce feature films. They were the Misses Isobel, Phyllis and Paulette who?
4. What was the first movie to show a toilet flushing on screen?
5. This actress was one of the major stars of the silent era. She is best known for her work in the films of Mack Sennett (with whom she was romantically involved), featuring the Keystone Cops; in these films, she appeared alongside such luminaries as Charlie Chaplin, Marie Dressler, and Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle. She has been credited with having initiated a wildly popular routine in slapstick comedy when, in 1913, she impulsively threw a pie in Arbuckle's face during the filming of "A Noise From the Deep". Who was the actress?
6. "The Lost World", based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel and directed by Harry O. Hoyt for First National Pictures Inc, achieved a first on April 6, 1925. What was this first?
7. What was the first animated movie to feature a dinosaur?
8. What opened off Wilson Boulevard, Camden, New Jersey, on June 6, 1933?
9. Often cited as the first science fiction film ever made, Georges Méliès' "Le Voyage dans la Lune" ("Trip to the Moon") came out in Paris in 1902. Which of these statements is false about the film?
10. Released in 1915, "Inspiration" featured Audrey Munson. What movie first did this film contain?
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