1. "The BFG"
   "James and the Giant Peach"
2. "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
   "Matilda"

2009's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" was Wes Anderson's first foray into animated film. Based on Roald Dahl's book of the same name, the film features George Clooney as the eponymous Mr. Fox.

1. Polo
   Golf
2. Tennis
   Rowing

Before his infamous meltdown, Richie "The Baumer" Tenenbaum (Luke Wilson), was a tennis prodigy who turned pro at 17. Despite having won the U.S. Nationals three years in a row, the sight of his adopted sister, Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow), with her new husband sent him into a downward spiral.

1. "Boy With Apple"
   "The Marble Faun"
2. "Girl With a Pearl Earring"
   "Pickman's Model"

Philandering concierge Gustave H., portrayed by Ralph Fiennes, finds himself embroiled in intrigue when an elderly, wealthy countess bequeaths him a priceless painting. Titled "Boy With Apple," it's the work of Johannes Van Hoytl the Younger, an artist of the Czech Mannerist school.

1. Traditional cel animation
   Clay animation
2. Stop-motion animation
   Computer animation

Wes Anderson often uses stop-motion animation as part of his unique style. The technique involves the frame-by-frame filming of small models to produce an illusion of movement. Largely displaced by computer animation, the time-consuming technique is a dying art.

1. Giant octopus
   Humboldt squid
2. Jaguar shark
   Great white shark

"The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" is filled with colorful sea creatures brought to life through stop-motion animation. The most memorable of these is the massive Jaguar shark responsible for the death of Steve's partner Estaban (Seymour Cassel) who was chewed, not swallowed whole, by the fish.

1. "Moonrise Kingdom"
   "The Royal Tenenbaums"
2. "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
   "The Darjeeling Limited"

So far, the only Wes Anderson film that has earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture is 2014's "The Grand Budapest Hotel." That film also earned Anderson his first nomination for Best Director. With the nominations piling up, there's little doubt that an Academy Award win is in Anderson's future.

1. "Moonrise Kingdom"
   "Bottle Rocket"
2. "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
   "Isle of Dogs"

Beloved comic actor Bill Murray has appeared in every Wes Anderson feature to date with the exception of 1994's "Bottle Rocket." Murray has become such an element of the filmmaker's unique cinematic vision it's difficult to imagine a Wes Anderson film without him.

1. Elton John
   Elvis Presley
2. David Bowie
   Bruce Springsteen

Wes Anderson is a master of using music to evoke mood. Some of the most poignant scenes in "The Life Aquatic" feature Brazilian musician Seu Jorge as Belafonte crewman Pelé dos Santos singing the songs of David Bowie in Portuguese while strumming along on acoustic guitar.

1. "Madagascar"
   "Sing"
2. "The Lion King"
   "The Wild"

Wes Anderson voices Daniel the giraffe in the 2016 film "Sing." In the animated, musical comedy about animals in an "American Idol" style singing competition, Anderson's Daniel performs Michael Jackson's 1972 hit "Ben."

1. Raven
   Owl
2. Dove
   Sparrow

Sam (Jared Gilman) first meets Suzy (Kara Hayward) when he walks into the girls' dressing room at a church performance of "Noye's Fludde," a short opera recounting the Old Testament story of Noah's Ark. Suzy, clad in black with dramatic eye makeup, is a raven.

1. They met when Wilson auditioned for "Bottle Rocket."
   They were roommates at the University of Texas.
2. They are cousins and have been close since childhood.
   They met when Wilson was dating Anderson's sister.

Wes Anderson and actor Owen Wilson have been virtually inseparable as a creative force since they met as roommates at the University of Texas at Austin. Interestingly, neither majored in a field directly related to filmmaking. Anderson was a philosophy major while Wilson studied English.

1. A book titled "Old Custer"
   A copy of "Catcher in the Rye"
2. A pamphlet titled "Coping With the Very Troubled Child"
   A book on fatal childhood diseases

After running away with Sam (Jared Gilman), Suzy (Kara Hayward) shows the AWOL Khaki Scout a pamphlet titled "Coping With the Very Troubled Child" that her parents have hidden from her. As a child, Wes Anderson found a similar pamphlet under much the same circumstances.

1. Bean uses Mr. Fox's tail for a necktie.
   The farmer attaches it to the antenna of his car.
2. Bean carelessly tosses the tail aside.
   Bean has the tail made into a hat.

Described by attorney Badger (Bill Murray) as "possibly the scariest man currently living," farmer Franklin Bean, voiced by Michael Gambon, manages to shoot off Mr. Fox's tail. Bean keeps the tail as a trophy, fashioning it into a necktie.

1. "Hotel Chevalier"
   "Next Floor"
2. "Late Afternoon"
   "Tuba Atlantic"

"Hotel Chevalier" is a 13-minute short film by Wes Anderson starring Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman. Originally intended as a separate work from 2007's "Darjeeling Limited," Anderson folded the narrative of the short into the feature film as a prologue.

1. Lauren Graham
   Melissa McCarthy
2. Keiko Agena
   Alexis Bledel

Two years before being cast in her signature role as Rory Gilmore on the popular and long-running WB series "The Gilmore Girls," Alexis Bledel appeared in 1998's "Rushmore." Appearing uncredited in a classroom scene as a Grover Cleveland High student, you may miss her if you blink.

1. He's a risk-taker.
   He has a real air of mystery about him.
2. He has a car.
   He has catlike reflexes.

Despite wannabe criminal mastermind Dignan's (Owen Wilson) somewhat complicated interview process, Bob Mapplethorpe (Robert Musgrave) really doesn't have to try too hard to win the position of getaway driver. He's a shoo-in simply because he has a car.

1. "Enjoying the Gift of Being Uncommon"
   "The Smartest Kids in the World?"
2. "Family of Geniuses"
   "I, Tenenbaum"

As seen in the film "The Royal Tenenbaums," Tenenbaum matriarch Etheline, as portrayed by Anjelica Huston, is the author of a book about her extraordinary children. Its title, appropriately enough, is "Family of Geniuses."

1. Max breaks up Blume's marriage.
   Max releases bees into Blume's hotel room.
2. Max cuts the brake lines of Blume's car.
   Max shoots Blume with a pellet rifle.

When 15-year-old Max (Jason Schwartzman) learns of his friend Herman Blume's (Bill Murray) relationship with his crush, teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams), he embarks on an elaborate campaign of revenge. However, his last act, dismantling the breaks of Blume's car, lands him jail.

1. Beekeeping
   Editor of the "Rushmore Yankee"
2. Calligraphy club
   Robotics club

What Rushmore Academy student Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) lacks in scholarly diligence, he more than makes up for in extracurricular pursuits. He's not, however, involved in a robotics club, but imagine the possibilities.

1. Martin Scorsese
   Brian De Palma
2. Steven Spielberg
   Francis Ford Coppola

Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, son of legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, are frequent creative partners. Anderson has co-written several films with the younger Coppola including "The Darjeeling Limited" and "Moonrise Kingdom."

1. Her finger was severed by a defective prop knife in one of her plays.
   Margot's finger had to be amputated after a BB gun wound became gangrenous.
2. Margot's finger was severed in a woodchopping accident when she ran away to find her birth family.
   She severed her finger herself as a work of performance art.

When adopted Tenenbaum sister Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) ran away from home at the age of 14 to find her birth family, she returned missing part of her right ring finger. It was severed in a woodchopping accident by her real father. She didn't have it sewn back on because "it wasn't worth it."

1. She didn't want to.
   She slept late.
2. She was away on business.
   She didn't know he had died.

When the Whitman brothers finally find their mother (Anjelica Huston), they find there are no easy answers to account for their long estrangement. Her reply to son Jack's (Jason Schwartzman) query about her not showing up at their dad's funeral is, "Because I didn't want to."

1. He injured it in a skiing accident.
   He had a near fatal motorcycle accident.
2. He fell while rock climbing.
   He was pushed from a moving taxi.

Francis (Owen Wilson) spends much of "The Darjeeling Limited" with his face and head heavily bandaged. He suffered these injuries when he crashed his motorcycle into a hill "on purpose."

1. "Rushmore"
   "Bottle Rocket"
2. "The Royal Tenenbaums"
   "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"

1996's "Bottle Rocket" was Wes Anderson's first feature film. Co-written by Anderson and star Owen Wilson, the film was based on a 13 minute short the director had made with the same core cast in 1994. Although it didn't do well at the box office, it was a hit among critics.

1. Hungary
   Czechoslovakia
2. Latveria
   Zubrowka

Sadly, booking a stay at the Grand Budapest Hotel is impossible. Aside from the exterior of the lavish hotel itself being an intricate and detailed miniature, it also exists in a fictional Eastern European country known as the Republic of Zubrowka.

1. Givenchy
   Fendi
2. Prada
   Gucci

Wes Anderson's critically acclaimed 2013 short "Castello Cavalcanti" was financed by fashion house Prada. Influenced by classic Italian cinema, this eight-minute film stars Jason Schwartzman as a Formula One race car driver stranded in a small Italian Village.

1. Dalmatian mice
   Pygmy goats
2. Beagles
   Mongolian gerbils

Chas, portrayed by Ben Stiller, is the oldest of the Tenenbaum children and a born businessman. In the sixth grade, the young entrepreneur went into business selling Dalmatian mice to a pet shop in Little Tokyo.

1. Bryan Cranston
   Bill Murray
2. Edward Norton
   Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum lends his voice and unmistakable deadpan delivery to the role of Duke, the Siberian Husky in Wes Anderson's animated 2018 film "Isle of Dogs." A lover of gossip, Duke is always at the ready with a bit of useful info prefaced with "You heard the rumor, right?"

1. The Calypso
   The Bossa Nova
2. The Orca
   The Belafonte

Steve Zissou's (Bill Murray) boat, The Belafonte, began its life as a long-range sub hunter in World War II. It was purchased from the US Navy for $900,000. Among its many amenities are a sauna originally designed for the Chinese space program and an on-staff masseuse.

1. Six months
   Nine months
2. 20 years
   75 years

In Wes Anderson's 1996 feature film debut "Bottle Rocket," Dignan, portrayed by Owen Wilson, is long on preparation but short on execution. After "rescuing" pal Anthony (Luke Wilson), he reveals a meticulous 75-year criminal career plan kept in a red, spiral-bound notebook.

1. Chickens
   Turkeys
2. Pheasants
   Squabs

In the opening scene of "Fantastic Mr. Fox," Mr. Fox (George Clooney) and his wife Felicity (Meryl Streep) are caught in a trap while attempting to score a quick meal from Berk's Squab Farm. While captured, Felicity reveals that she's pregnant.

1. Writer's block
   Asthma
2. Dog flu
   Scribe's fever

Tom Wilkinson plays the Author, the character who draws us into the plot of "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and Zero's (Tony Revolori) story. In August of 1968, he traveled to the hotel suffering from a case of Scribe's fever: "a form of neurasthenia common among the intelligentsia of that time."

1. "Birdwell Island"
   "Cascara"
2. "New Penzance"
   "Amity Island"

2012's "Moonrise Kingdom" is set on a fictional island named New Penzance located just off the coast of New England. According to the film, it's 16 miles long and has no paved roads. In 1965, the island was struck by a fierce hurricane.

1. Seeing eye dog
   Mascot
2. Bomb-sniffing dog
   Animal actor

Bill Murray lends his voice to Boss in the 2018 animated film "Isle of Dogs." Before being exiled to Trash Island, Boss was the lead mascot for an undefeated high school baseball team. According to Boss, life on the island has caused him to lose all his spirit.

1. Alec Baldwin
   Gene Hackman
2. Morgan Freeman
   Johnny Depp

Alec Baldwin who's best known for his dramatic roles in film such as "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "The Hunt For Red October" provides the narration for "The Royal Tenenbaums." Although he does not appear onscreen, Baldwin's presence via his sonorous voice is an integral part of the film.