Martin Scorsese Trivia

Challenge your audience to questions about the filmography of beloved Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese.

15 questions · Published April 22, 2020

Trivia questions (5 of 15)

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1. For which film has Martin Scorsese won his only Best Director Academy Award?
Martin Scorsese has been nominated for Best Director nine times, but his only win came in 2006 for "The Departed." His nine Best Director nominations place him second on the all-time list, behind William Wyler's twelve.
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2. Which actor has Martin Scorsese directed the most often?
As of 2023's "Killers of the Flower Moon," Martin Scorsese has collaborated with Robert De Niro nine times.
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3. What 2016 Martin Scorsese film about 17th century Jesuit priests barely made a sound at the box office?
"Silence" (2016) was a decades long passion project for the filmmaker but failed to connect with audiences, only grossing $22 million against its $50 million dollar budget.
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4. Martin Scorsese co-wrote and directed 1993's "The Age of Innocence," based on a 1920 book by ____________.
"The Age of Innocence" is the twelfth novel from author Edith Wharton and was first published in 1920 in four serialized parts. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1921, making Wharton the first woman to win the award.
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5. Which acerbic comedian did Scorsese cast in a decidedly non-comic role opposite long-time collaborator Robert De Niro in 1995's "Casino"?
Martin Scorsese cast well-known insult comic Don Rickles as Billy Sherbert, right hand man to Robert De Niro's Sam "Ace" Rothstein, in the 1995 gangster epic "Casino."

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