39. Practice Questions

Introduction

Time for some practice questions again! The questions on this page will help you review the concepts covered in the Control Flow lesson. These questions may use concepts from everything covered so far.

You may find these questions on the challenging end, but we have provided solutions for them on the next page. We encourage you to give them a good try, but if you get stuck or need a hint, do not hesitate to look at the solutions.

The following questions are based on data on Oscar Award Nominations for Best Director between the years 1931 to 2010. To start you off, we've provided a dictionary called "nominated" with the year (as key) and list of directors who were nominated in that year (as value). We've provided you with a different dictionary called "winners" with the year (as key) and list of directors who won the award in that year (as value).

Helpful hint:

  1. You may find it helpful to use a paper and pen to think through the logic of the for loop instead of directly trying to type out your code. for loops are tricky, but if you take the time to slowly work out the question's logic, and write out what is happening with each iteration in the for loop, it's easier to think through the code.

Practice Questions

Question 1.

A. Create a dictionary that includes the count of Oscar nominations for each director in the nominations list.

B. Provide a dictionary with the count of Oscar wins for each director in the winners list.

*Please use the test environment below to enter your code. *

Start Quiz:



nominated = {1931: ['Norman Taurog', 'Wesley Ruggles', 'Clarence Brown', 'Lewis Milestone', 'Josef Von Sternberg'], 1932: ['Frank Borzage', 'King Vidor', 'Josef Von Sternberg'], 1933: ['Frank Lloyd', 'Frank Capra', 'George Cukor'], 1934: ['Frank Capra', 'Victor Schertzinger', 'W. S. Van Dyke'], 1935: ['John Ford', 'Michael Curtiz', 'Henry Hathaway', 'Frank Lloyd'], 1936: ['Frank Capra', 'William Wyler', 'Robert Z. Leonard', 'Gregory La Cava', 'W. S. Van Dyke'], 1937: ['Leo McCarey', 'Sidney Franklin', 'William Dieterle', 'Gregory La Cava', 'William Wellman'], 1938: ['Frank Capra', 'Michael Curtiz', 'Norman Taurog', 'King Vidor', 'Michael Curtiz'], 1939: ['Sam Wood', 'Frank Capra', 'John Ford', 'William Wyler', 'Victor Fleming'], 1940: ['John Ford', 'Sam Wood', 'William Wyler', 'George Cukor', 'Alfred Hitchcock'], 1941: ['John Ford', 'Orson Welles', 'Alexander Hall', 'William Wyler', 'Howard Hawks'], 1942: ['Sam Wood', 'Mervyn LeRoy', 'John Farrow', 'Michael Curtiz', 'William Wyler'], 1943: ['Michael Curtiz', 'Ernst Lubitsch', 'Clarence Brown', 'George Stevens', 'Henry King'], 1944: ['Leo McCarey', 'Billy Wilder', 'Otto Preminger', 'Alfred Hitchcock', 'Henry King'], 1945: ['Billy Wilder', 'Leo McCarey', 'Clarence Brown', 'Jean Renoir', 'Alfred Hitchcock'], 1946: ['David Lean', 'Frank Capra', 'Robert Siodmak', 'Clarence Brown', 'William Wyler'], 1947: ['Elia Kazan', 'Henry Koster', 'Edward Dmytryk', 'George Cukor', 'David Lean'], 1948: ['John Huston', 'Laurence Olivier', 'Jean Negulesco', 'Fred Zinnemann', 'Anatole Litvak'], 1949: ['Joseph L. Mankiewicz', 'Robert Rossen', 'William A. Wellman', 'Carol Reed', 'William Wyler'], 1950: ['Joseph L. Mankiewicz', 'John Huston', 'George Cukor', 'Billy Wilder', 'Carol Reed'], 1951: ['George Stevens', 'John Huston', 'Vincente Minnelli', 'William Wyler', 'Elia Kazan'], 1952: ['John Ford', 'Joseph L. Mankiewicz', 'Cecil B. DeMille', 'Fred Zinnemann', 'John Huston'], 1953: ['Fred Zinnemann', 'Charles Walters', 'William Wyler', 'George Stevens', 'Billy Wilder'], 1954: ['Elia Kazan', 'George Seaton', 'William Wellman', 'Alfred Hitchcock', 'Billy Wilder'], 1955: ['Delbert Mann', 'John Sturges', 'Elia Kazan', 'Joshua Logan', 'David Lean'], 1956: ['George Stevens', 'Michael Anderson', 'William Wyler', 'Walter Lang', 'King Vidor'], 1957: ['David Lean', 'Mark Robson', 'Joshua Logan', 'Sidney Lumet', 'Billy Wilder'], 1958: ['Richard Brooks', 'Stanley Kramer', 'Robert Wise', 'Mark Robson', 'Vincente Minnelli'], 1959: ['George Stevens', 'Fred Zinnemann', 'Jack Clayton', 'Billy Wilder', 'William Wyler'], 1960: ['Billy Wilder', 'Jules Dassin', 'Alfred Hitchcock', 'Jack Cardiff', 'Fred Zinnemann'], 1961: ['J. Lee Thompson', 'Robert Rossen', 'Stanley Kramer', 'Federico Fellini', 'Robert Wise', 'Jerome Robbins'], 1962: ['David Lean', 'Frank Perry', 'Pietro Germi', 'Arthur Penn', 'Robert Mulligan'], 1963: ['Elia Kazan', 'Otto Preminger', 'Federico Fellini', 'Martin Ritt', 'Tony Richardson'], 1964: ['George Cukor', 'Peter Glenville', 'Stanley Kubrick', 'Robert Stevenson', 'Michael Cacoyannis'], 1965: ['William Wyler', 'John Schlesinger', 'David Lean', 'Hiroshi Teshigahara', 'Robert Wise'], 1966: ['Fred Zinnemann', 'Michelangelo Antonioni', 'Claude Lelouch', 'Richard Brooks', 'Mike Nichols'], 1967: ['Arthur Penn', 'Stanley Kramer', 'Richard Brooks', 'Norman Jewison', 'Mike Nichols'], 1968: ['Carol Reed', 'Gillo Pontecorvo', 'Anthony Harvey', 'Franco Zeffirelli', 'Stanley Kubrick'], 1969: ['John Schlesinger', 'Arthur Penn', 'George Roy Hill', 'Sydney Pollack', 'Costa-Gavras'], 1970: ['Franklin J. Schaffner', 'Federico Fellini', 'Arthur Hiller', 'Robert Altman', 'Ken Russell'], 1971: ['Stanley Kubrick', 'Norman Jewison', 'Peter Bogdanovich', 'John Schlesinger', 'William Friedkin'], 1972: ['Bob Fosse', 'John Boorman', 'Jan Troell', 'Francis Ford Coppola', 'Joseph L. Mankiewicz'], 1973: ['George Roy Hill', 'George Lucas', 'Ingmar Bergman', 'William Friedkin', 'Bernardo Bertolucci'], 1974: ['Francis Ford Coppola', 'Roman Polanski', 'Francois Truffaut', 'Bob Fosse', 'John Cassavetes'], 1975: ['Federico Fellini', 'Stanley Kubrick', 'Sidney Lumet', 'Robert Altman', 'Milos Forman'], 1976: ['Alan J. Pakula', 'Ingmar Bergman', 'Sidney Lumet', 'Lina Wertmuller', 'John G. Avildsen'], 1977: ['Steven Spielberg', 'Fred Zinnemann', 'George Lucas', 'Herbert Ross', 'Woody Allen'], 1978: ['Hal Ashby', 'Warren Beatty', 'Buck Henry', 'Woody Allen', 'Alan Parker', 'Michael Cimino'], 1979: ['Bob Fosse', 'Francis Coppola', 'Peter Yates', 'Edouard Molinaro', 'Robert Benton'], 1980: ['David Lynch', 'Martin Scorsese', 'Richard Rush', 'Roman Polanski', 'Robert Redford'], 1981: ['Louis Malle', 'Hugh Hudson', 'Mark Rydell', 'Steven Spielberg', 'Warren Beatty'], 1982: ['Wolfgang Petersen', 'Steven Spielberg', 'Sydney Pollack', 'Sidney Lumet', 'Richard Attenborough'], 1983: ['Peter Yates', 'Ingmar Bergman', 'Mike Nichols', 'Bruce Beresford', 'James L. Brooks'], 1984: ['Woody Allen', 'Roland Joffe', 'David Lean', 'Robert Benton', 'Milos Forman'], 1985: ['Hector Babenco', 'John Huston', 'Akira Kurosawa', 'Peter Weir', 'Sydney Pollack'], 1986: ['David Lynch', 'Woody Allen', 'Roland Joffe', 'James Ivory', 'Oliver Stone'], 1987: ['Bernardo Bertolucci', 'Adrian Lyne', 'John Boorman', 'Norman Jewison', 'Lasse Hallstrom'], 1988: ['Barry Levinson', 'Charles Crichton', 'Martin Scorsese', 'Alan Parker', 'Mike Nichols'], 1989: ['Woody Allen', 'Peter Weir', 'Kenneth Branagh', 'Jim Sheridan', 'Oliver Stone'], 1990: ['Francis Ford Coppola', 'Martin Scorsese', 'Stephen Frears', 'Barbet Schroeder', 'Kevin Costner'], 1991: ['John Singleton', 'Barry Levinson', 'Oliver Stone', 'Ridley Scott', 'Jonathan Demme'], 1992: ['Clint Eastwood', 'Neil Jordan', 'James Ivory', 'Robert Altman', 'Martin Brest'], 1993: ['Jim Sheridan', 'Jane Campion', 'James Ivory', 'Robert Altman', 'Steven Spielberg'], 1994: ['Woody Allen', 'Quentin Tarantino', 'Robert Redford', 'Krzysztof Kieslowski', 'Robert Zemeckis'], 1995: ['Chris Noonan', 'Tim Robbins', 'Mike Figgis', 'Michael Radford', 'Mel Gibson'], 1996: ['Anthony Minghella', 'Joel Coen', 'Milos Forman', 'Mike Leigh', 'Scott Hicks'], 1997: ['Peter Cattaneo', 'Gus Van Sant', 'Curtis Hanson', 'Atom Egoyan', 'James Cameron'], 1998: ['Roberto Benigni', 'John Madden', 'Terrence Malick', 'Peter Weir', 'Steven Spielberg'], 1999: ['Spike Jonze', 'Lasse Hallstrom', 'Michael Mann', 'M. Night Shyamalan', 'Sam Mendes'], 2000: ['Stephen Daldry', 'Ang Lee', 'Steven Soderbergh', 'Ridley Scott', 'Steven Soderbergh'], 2001: ['Ridley Scott', 'Robert Altman', 'Peter Jackson', 'David Lynch', 'Ron Howard'], 2002: ['Rob Marshall', 'Martin Scorsese', 'Stephen Daldry', 'Pedro Almodovar', 'Roman Polanski'], 2003: ['Fernando Meirelles', 'Sofia Coppola', 'Peter Weir', 'Clint Eastwood', 'Peter Jackson'], 2004: ['Martin Scorsese', 'Taylor Hackford', 'Alexander Payne', 'Mike Leigh', 'Clint Eastwood'], 2005: ['Ang Lee', 'Bennett Miller', 'Paul Haggis', 'George Clooney', 'Steven Spielberg'], 2006: ['Alejandro Gonzaalez Inarritu', 'Clint Eastwood', 'Stephen Frears', 'Paul Greengrass', 'Martin Scorsese'], 2007: ['Julian Schnabel', 'Jason Reitman', 'Tony Gilroy', 'Paul Thomas Anderson', 'Joel Coen', 'Ethan Coen'], 2008: ['David Fincher', 'Ron Howard', 'Gus Van Sant', 'Stephen Daldry', 'Danny Boyle'], 2009: ['James Cameron', 'Quentin Tarantino', 'Lee Daniels', 'Jason Reitman', 'Kathryn Bigelow'], 2010: ['Darren Aronofsky', 'David O. Russell', 'David Fincher', 'Ethan Coen', 'Joel Coen', 'Tom Hooper']}
winners = {1931: ['Norman Taurog'], 1932: ['Frank Borzage'], 1933: ['Frank Lloyd'], 1934: ['Frank Capra'], 1935: ['John Ford'], 1936: ['Frank Capra'], 1937: ['Leo McCarey'], 1938: ['Frank Capra'], 1939: ['Victor Fleming'], 1940: ['John Ford'], 1941: ['John Ford'], 1942: ['William Wyler'], 1943: ['Michael Curtiz'], 1944: ['Leo McCarey'], 1945: ['Billy Wilder'], 1946: ['William Wyler'], 1947: ['Elia Kazan'], 1948: ['John Huston'], 1949: ['Joseph L. Mankiewicz'], 1950: ['Joseph L. Mankiewicz'], 1951: ['George Stevens'], 1952: ['John Ford'], 1953: ['Fred Zinnemann'], 1954: ['Elia Kazan'], 1955: ['Delbert Mann'], 1956: ['George Stevens'], 1957: ['David Lean'], 1958: ['Vincente Minnelli'], 1959: ['William Wyler'], 1960: ['Billy Wilder'], 1961: ['Jerome Robbins', 'Robert Wise'], 1962: ['David Lean'], 1963: ['Tony Richardson'], 1964: ['George Cukor'], 1965: ['Robert Wise'], 1966: ['Fred Zinnemann'], 1967: ['Mike Nichols'], 1968: ['Carol Reed'], 1969: ['John Schlesinger'], 1970: ['Franklin J. Schaffner'], 1971: ['William Friedkin'], 1972: ['Bob Fosse'], 1973: ['George Roy Hill'], 1974: ['Francis Ford Coppola'], 1975: ['Milos Forman'], 1976: ['John G. Avildsen'], 1977: ['Woody Allen'], 1978: ['Michael Cimino'], 1979: ['Robert Benton'], 1980: ['Robert Redford'], 1981: ['Warren Beatty'], 1982: ['Richard Attenborough'], 1983: ['James L. Brooks'], 1984: ['Milos Forman'], 1985: ['Sydney Pollack'], 1986: ['Oliver Stone'], 1987: ['Bernardo Bertolucci'], 1988: ['Barry Levinson'], 1989: ['Oliver Stone'], 1990: ['Kevin Costner'], 1991: ['Jonathan Demme'], 1992: ['Clint Eastwood'], 1993: ['Steven Spielberg'], 1994: ['Robert Zemeckis'], 1995: ['Mel Gibson'], 1996: ['Anthony Minghella'], 1997: ['James Cameron'], 1998: ['Steven Spielberg'], 1999: ['Sam Mendes'], 2000: ['Steven Soderbergh'], 2001: ['Ron Howard'], 2002: ['Roman Polanski'], 2003: ['Peter Jackson'], 2004: ['Clint Eastwood'], 2005: ['Ang Lee'], 2006: ['Martin Scorsese'], 2007: ['Ethan Coen', 'Joel Coen'], 2008: ['Danny Boyle'], 2009: ['Kathryn Bigelow'], 2010: ['Tom Hooper']}

### 1A: Create dictionary with the count of Oscar nominations for each director 
nom_count_dict = {}
# Add your code here



print("nom_count_dict = {}\n".format(nom_count_dict))


### 1B: Create dictionary with the count of Oscar wins for each director
win_count_dict = {}
# Add your code here



print("win_count_dict = {}".format(win_count_dict))

Question 2:

Provide a list with the name(s) of the director(s) with the most Oscar wins. We are asking for a list because there could be more than 1 director tied for the most Oscar wins.

Start Quiz:

winners = {1931: ['Norman Taurog'], 1932: ['Frank Borzage'], 1933: ['Frank Lloyd'], 1934: ['Frank Capra'], 1935: ['John Ford'], 1936: ['Frank Capra'], 1937: ['Leo McCarey'], 1938: ['Frank Capra'], 1939: ['Victor Fleming'], 1940: ['John Ford'], 1941: ['John Ford'], 1942: ['William Wyler'], 1943: ['Michael Curtiz'], 1944: ['Leo McCarey'], 1945: ['Billy Wilder'], 1946: ['William Wyler'], 1947: ['Elia Kazan'], 1948: ['John Huston'], 1949: ['Joseph L. Mankiewicz'], 1950: ['Joseph L. Mankiewicz'], 1951: ['George Stevens'], 1952: ['John Ford'], 1953: ['Fred Zinnemann'], 1954: ['Elia Kazan'], 1955: ['Delbert Mann'], 1956: ['George Stevens'], 1957: ['David Lean'], 1958: ['Vincente Minnelli'], 1959: ['William Wyler'], 1960: ['Billy Wilder'], 1961: ['Jerome Robbins', 'Robert Wise'], 1962: ['David Lean'], 1963: ['Tony Richardson'], 1964: ['George Cukor'], 1965: ['Robert Wise'], 1966: ['Fred Zinnemann'], 1967: ['Mike Nichols'], 1968: ['Carol Reed'], 1969: ['John Schlesinger'], 1970: ['Franklin J. Schaffner'], 1971: ['William Friedkin'], 1972: ['Bob Fosse'], 1973: ['George Roy Hill'], 1974: ['Francis Ford Coppola'], 1975: ['Milos Forman'], 1976: ['John G. Avildsen'], 1977: ['Woody Allen'], 1978: ['Michael Cimino'], 1979: ['Robert Benton'], 1980: ['Robert Redford'], 1981: ['Warren Beatty'], 1982: ['Richard Attenborough'], 1983: ['James L. Brooks'], 1984: ['Milos Forman'], 1985: ['Sydney Pollack'], 1986: ['Oliver Stone'], 1987: ['Bernardo Bertolucci'], 1988: ['Barry Levinson'], 1989: ['Oliver Stone'], 1990: ['Kevin Costner'], 1991: ['Jonathan Demme'], 1992: ['Clint Eastwood'], 1993: ['Steven Spielberg'], 1994: ['Robert Zemeckis'], 1995: ['Mel Gibson'], 1996: ['Anthony Minghella'], 1997: ['James Cameron'], 1998: ['Steven Spielberg'], 1999: ['Sam Mendes'], 2000: ['Steven Soderbergh'], 2001: ['Ron Howard'], 2002: ['Roman Polanski'], 2003: ['Peter Jackson'], 2004: ['Clint Eastwood'], 2005: ['Ang Lee'], 2006: ['Martin Scorsese'], 2007: ['Ethan Coen', 'Joel Coen'], 2008: ['Danny Boyle'], 2009: ['Kathryn Bigelow'], 2010: ['Tom Hooper']}


### For Question 2: Please provide a list with the name(s) of the director(s) with 
### the most Oscar wins. The list can hold the names of multiple directors,
### since there can be more than 1 director tied with the most Oscar wins.

most_win_director = []
# Add your code here


print("most_win_director = {}".format(most_win_director))

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