Can’t Wait to Discover Who Won Free Tickets to See Joker: Folie à Deux Tonight?
Find out below and the correct answers to our movie quiz
Movie poster courtesy of Warner Bros.
Can’t Wait to Discover Who Won Free Tickets to See Joker: Folie à Deux Tonight?
Find out below and the correct answers to our movie quiz
Earlier today BU Today put your Joker knowledge to the test, publishing a trivia contest to mark the film’s release. The prize? Tickets to Folie à Deux tonight. Everyone who answered all the questions correctly by noon was entered into a drawing for two free tickets to a 7:45 pm showing tonight at AMC Boston Common 19, and the results are in.
The winner of the drawing is Brayant Mayorquin (Wheelock’26), who is studying Spanish-language education. Congratulations!
1. What year did Joaquin Phoenix win the Academy Award for Best Actor, and for which film?
2020, for The Joker.
2. What is the meaning of the film’s title, Folie à Deux?
It means “Madness of Two,” in homage to the fact that Arthur Fleck/Joker and Harlen “Lee” Quinzel/Harley Quinn meet at a psychiatric hospital.
3. What song is featured in the film’s first released trailer, and who sings it?
A cover of “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” a 1965 song first recorded by pop-rock artist Jackie DeShannon.
4. How many sequels had Phoenix starred in before this film?
None, this is his first-ever sequel.
5. What was the Joker’s first comic book appearance, and in what year?
Batman #1, in 1940
6. What is Lady Gaga’s real name?
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
7. Why is the significance of the film’s release date, October 4?
It’s the five-year anniversary of the release of the first Joker film.
8. Who was the first actor to win an Oscar for playing the Joker, and in which film?
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
9. Which two actors (in addition to Phoenix) reprise their Joker roles in Folie à Deux?
Leigh Gill (as Arthur Fleck’s coworker Gary) and Sharon Washington (as Arthur Fleck’s social worker Debra Kane).
10. Where are the infamous “Joker stairs”—used in both the original Joker and in Folie à Deux—located?
The Bronx, New York City; more specifically, West 167th Street.
Check out a preview of Joker: Folie à Deux here.
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