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1. In 1985, Nick Park was making a graduation piece at the National Film and Television School. It wasn't complete, but he impressed Aardman enough to take him on. He continued working on the film part-time. It was finally finished in 1989 and released that year. The film, which starred the characters Wallace & Gromit, was called "A _____ Day Out" and concerned the pair going to the moon to replenish their cheese supplies as everybody knows that's what the moon is made of. Complete the film title.
2. In 1991, Nick Park actually had two films nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film. The one that won an Oscar was a series of interviews with the animal residents of a zoo about their likes and dislikes of zoo life and what they missed from their days in the wild. What was it called?
3. Nick Park's "The Wrong Trousers" starred the characters Wallace & Gromit once again. Gromit found himself pushed out of his room by a new black and white lodger that Wallace had taken in. Gromit soon realised this lodger was a criminal mastermind and not at all what he seemed to be but Wallace remained oblivious. What sort of creature was the lodger?
4. In 1996, Aardman won their third Academy Award in the Animated Short Film category and also the BAFTA Best Animation Award for "A Close Shave". Gromit was accused of sheep rustling and Wallace fell for a local wool shop owner that Wallace met when he came to wash the shop windows. What was the name of Wallace's girlfriend?
5. Aardman's first full length feature film, "Chicken Run", was released in June 2000, having been funded by Dreamworks. The main character, Rocky, was voiced by which Oscar winning director who is perhaps better known as an actor in a series of well-known Hollywood cop films?
6. In the autumn of 2005, Dreamworks released Aardman's second feature film which was the first full length Wallace & Gromit film. "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" concerned sabotage which threatened what village event?
7. In "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" Lady Campanula Tottington was voiced by an English actress whose films include "Alice in Wonderland", "The King's Speech" and four of the "Harry Potter" films. Who is she?
8. In autumn 2006, Dreamworks released another Aardman creation, "Flushed Away", which told the story of Roddy, a rather well-to-do rat, who gets flushed down the toilet and into the sewers where he has to learn a whole new way of life. There he meets Rita, who was voiced by an Oscar winning actress who achieved international recognition in a film about a rather large ship disaster. Who was the actress?
9. 2011 saw the release of a Christmas movie named after Santa's youngest son. Santa was off delivering presents but one had inadvertently been missed and it had to be delivered before the child concerned wakes up and Christmas is ruined. He was helped by Grandsanta and an elf called Bryony. What was this character called?
10. In 2012, Aardman and Sony released "The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!" where the Pirate Captain tried yet again to defeat his rivals, Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz, to the title of "Pirate of the Year". It starred the voice talents of Hugh Grant, Imelda Staunton and David Tennant and another actor who made his name as a Hobbit. He played the Pirate With a Scarf. Who was that?
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