Internet Scavenger Hunt - Answer Key

Drama and Acting

Instructions: Go to the 5 web sites listed below, search each site carefully for the answers to the following questions. Write the answer in the space provided.
Jump to Site: 1 2 3 4 5

Go to the Web Site: The Greatest Films
Question 1: Who were the nominees for best actor in the year 2000? Who won?

Answer: RUSSELL CROWE in "Gladiator," Javier Bardem in "Before Night  
               Falls," Tom Hanks in "Cast Away," Ed Harris in "Pollock," Geoffrey Rush in
               "Quills"

                 Winner was Russell Crowe
Here's how you find the answer: From Index > Oscar History > 2000s
Source: http://www.filmsite.org
Question 2: What 3 films have had the most Oscar wins? How many wins is it?

Answer:Ben-Hur, Titanic, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
11 wins


Here's how you find the answer: From Index > Oscar History > The most Oscar wins by film
Source: http://www.filmsite.org

Go to the Web Site: Theater Mania
Question 1: What date did the musical Avenue Q open on Broadway?

Answer:July 31, 2003

 
Here's how you find the answer: From Home > Avenue Q > New York
Source: http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/4143
Question 2: Who is the Broadway musical Ring of Fire about?

Answer:Johnny Cash

 
Here's how you find the answer: From Home > Ring of Fire > New York,
Source:http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/115824

Go to the Web Site: American Theater Wing's Tony Awards
Question 1: Who is the Tony Award named after?

Answer: Antoinette Perry, an actress, director, producer, and the dynamic wartime leader of the Amserican Theater Wing

 
Here's how you find the answer: From Home > History
Source: http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/about/history/index.html
Question 2: When were the awards first televised?

Answer: CBS began carrying the broadcast in 1978

 
Here's how you find the answer: From Home > History > Television Era
Source: http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/about/history/index.html#2

Go to the Web Site: Shakespeare Online
Question 1: Who are considered the top 5 Shakespeare Villains? What plays are they from?

1) Iago (Othello)
2) Richard III
3) Cornwall ("King Lear")
4) Aaron the Moor ("Titus Andronicus")
5) Edmund ("King Lear")
Here's how you find the answer: From Home > Top 5 Shakespearean Villains
Source:http://shakespeare.about.com/library/weekly/aatp081402.htm
Question 2: How o ld is Juliet in Romeo and Juliet?

Answer: 13 years old

 
Here's how you find the answer: From Home > FAQ > Romeo and Juliet
Source: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/romeofaq.html

Go to the Web Site: Internet Movie Data Base
Question 1: In the IMDB top 250 films, what film is ranked at #8

Answer: Star Wars (1977)

 
Here's how you find the answer: From Home > Top 250
Source: http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

Question 2: Who wrote the music and was the singing voice of Jack Skellington, in A Nightmare Before Christmas?

Answer: Danny Elfman

 
Here's how you find the answer: From Home > Search > Popular Titles > Nightmare Before Christmas
Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/

Return to the Student Worksheet

Created by Joseph Zajaczkowski
Last Modified: 10/13/05
Cesar Chavez Academy High School
Cesar Chavez Academy
Created for MET6203, Computer Applications in Education, Lawrence Technological University