Only A True Batman Fan Can Remember The Dark Knight Trilogy

Christopher Nolan is lauded as one of the most brilliant movie directors working today. His films have been analyzed by scholars and movie buffs and he is regarded as the successor of the great Stanley Kubrick, which is an honor that carries a lot of weight. So, it came as no surprise that when he took on the task of rebooting the Caped Crusader for the big screen. He started off with Batman Begins, which went back and retold the character’s origin story with more detail into his combat training than we had ever received before. And then he got more money to make a sequel, which was the first true masterpiece of a movie to be made out of superheroes or comic books. It is ranked alongside The Godfather and Casablanca as one of the greatest movies ever made. And then came that rare threequel that lives up to expectations. But it’s been a few years since these movies were released, so it’s been a few years since most people have seen them. Only a true nerd remembers enough about Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy to ace this quiz. We're pretty sure that even the most diehard Batman fans might get tripped up on this one!

Question 1

Who is Bruce Wayne’s butler?

The actor Michael Caine has been a huge star of the silver screen for years. He starred in the original versions of The Italian Job and Get Carter, which have both since been given the remake treatment to a lesser effect. He played Bruce Wayne’s butler in the Dark Knight trilogy. He’s the guy who made the promise to Bruce’s parents to watch over him for the duration of his childhood and adult life. Who is Bruce Wayne’s butler in the Batman movies?

Question 2

Complete the Joker quote: "Why so ____?"

The Joker has a ton of memorable quotes from his iconic appearance in Christopher Nolan's second Batman movie. If you're going to attempt to do an impression of the Joker from The Dark Knight, this would probably be the best quote to start out with. It also sums up the character's entire worldview in just three words. He wants you to chillax and have a giggle about the world so you don't go insane, although this is something that hasn't worked out particularly well for him. Complete the Joker quote: "Why so ____?"

Question 3

Who did Batman save: Rachel or Dent?

One of the main reasons why The Dark Knight is regarded by many critics to be one of the greatest movies ever made – like seriously, alongside the likes of The Godfather and Taxi Driver and Heat as a crime epic – is its storytelling. The way that the writers plotted out the narrative is just spectacular. There are so many shocking twists and turns. One is that the Joker had both Rachel Dawes and Harvey Dent tied up and about to die. Batman goes for on and leaves Gotham PD to get the other. But the Joker lied about where each of them are. So, who does Batman save?

Question 4

What is The Dark Knight trilogy's Batmobile called?

The whole concept that Christopher Nolan was driving for when he came in to do a reboot of the Batman franchise was that it would be a much darker and more ominous and serious and realistic approach to the material than we had ever seen before. So, he couldn't have his new, dark, gritty Batman driving around in a silly little car with bat wings called the Batmobile. Instead, they changed the name. What is The Dark Knight trilogy's Batmobile called?

Question 5

Who played Bruce Wayne in the movies?

The actor who played the role of Bruce Wayne, better known as Batman, in the Dark Knight trilogy of movies is known for an on set outburst that he had when he starred in Terminator: Salvation and kicked off at a crew member who happened to be walking in his line of vision while he was trying to act. He also starred in American Psycho and American Hustle and The Fighter, for which he won an Oscar. Who played Bruce Wayne in the movies?

Question 6

What is Harvey Dent’s job?

Even before he burned off half of his face and became the villain known as Two Face, Harvey Dent was an important and prominent figure in Gotham City. In fact, his job was made even more important by the fact that Gotham City is a hub for violent crime. His job revolves around cleaning up the streets and getting criminals behind bars and getting that crime rate as low as he possibly can get it. What is Harvey Dent’s job title?

Question 7

Which iconic villain did Henri Ducard turn out to be?

Liam Neeson has become known for action movies since he was in Taken. He did the sequels to Taken and movies like The Grey and The Commuter and Non Stop. But before all that, he did have a role in an action oriented film called Batman Begins. He played the role of Henri Ducard who trained Bruce Wayne but then turned out to be the villain. The character Henri Ducard in the comics is actually a completely different guy, but Christopher Nolan decided to amalgamate him with an iconic villain from the comic books. Which iconic villain did Henri Ducard turn out to be?

Question 8

Complete the quote: "Some men just want to watch the world..."

Christopher Nolan and his brother Jonathan are a pair of great writers, so the scripts for their movies are full of brilliant and memorable quotes, including this one. Michael Caine is a fantastic actor who delivers this line perfectly, and he's also a rare elderly and beloved actor who has not been swamped in allegations during the #MeToo movement, which is unfortunately something to be proud of in today's climate. Complete the quote: "Some men just want to watch the world..."

Question 9

What is the name of Gotham’s football team?

A lot of what makes up a fictional city and makes it feel real is giving it its own sports teams. Real cities have them, so if fake cities have them too, it will make them feel more real. In The Dark Knight Rises, Bane bombs a football stadium, so we get to see Gotham’s own professional football team in action (a lot of them were played by real life Pittsburgh Steelers players). What is the name of Gotham’s football team?

Question 10

Who played the Joker in The Dark Knight?

The actor who played the role of the villain the Joker in The Dark Knight, the second movie and arguably the best one in the trilogy, is one of the best of our time. He was in everything from 10 Things I Hate About You to Brokeback Mountain and was always praised as a fantastic young actor. He passed away tragically young, but managed to win a posthumous Oscar for his performance as the Joker. Who played the Joker in The Dark Knight?

Question 11

What is John Blake's real name?

Joseph Gordon Levitt must be a favorite of Christopher Nolan, or at the very least, they must have a great working relationship with one another, because right after they had worked together on Inception, Nolan decided to cast him as a cop named John Blake, a very important role that almost seems written specifically for him, in The Dark Knight Rises. At the end of the movie, we learn his very significant real name. What is John Blake's real name?

Question 12

Which villain meets their end at the end of The Dark Knight?

A problem with a lot of comic book movies these days like Spider-Man 3 and also The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is that they try to cram way too many villains into the same movie. It's like how too many cooks spoil a broth. Too many super villains spoil a comic book movie. But The Dark Knight found a good balance there. There is the main villain, which is the Joker, but there's also Two Face, otherwise known as Harvey Dent. And they are both great and memorable movie villains. Which villain dies at the end of The Dark Knight?

Question 13

Where does Batman find Lau?

At some point during the plot of The Dark Knight, the whole story takes a huge detour to Asia as a guy with information on some criminals named Lau has fled Gotham and headed back to an Asian country, where Batman manages to track him down and bring him all the way back to Gotham to testify against his associates in a court of law. It's all pretty badass stuff if you think about it. Where does Batman find Lau?

Question 14

What is the Joker's disguise when he demolishes the hospital?

One of the greatest improvised moments in the history of cinema comes when the Joker is walking away from the hospital and hits the detonator and it doesn't work, so he has to smack it a few times for it to finally work. He had to improvise it because the detonator actually didn't work, and they were demolishing an entire hospital, so they only really had one shot at it. It's perfect. What is the Joker's disguise when he blows up the hospital?

Question 15

Who played Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises?

Catwoman had not been properly represented on the big screen since the ‘90s when Michelle Pfeiffer played her in Batman Returns. Then Christopher Nolan came along and included her as a feisty rogue in the third chapter of his Batman trilogy. Remember that God awful Halle Berry movie that totally changed the mythology and origin story of the character? Ugh. The actress in The Dark Knight Rises is in the new movie Ocean’s 8. Who played Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises?

Question 16

Complete the quote: "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become ____."

Before he became Two Face with half of his face disfigured by acid and all of the good in his soul completely gone, Harvey Dent was a really good guy. He strove to bring justice to the streets of Gotham City and wash all the scum off the streets, not unlike a fellow anti-hero like Travis Bickle. He had some wise words. Complete the quote: "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become ____."

Question 17

Which Dark Knight movie was released in 3D?

Christopher Nolan has always been a champion of shooting on film and using all the old fashioned techniques to make movies, but he only thinks that because he doesn't think that digital shooting looks as good as shooting on film. He is not completely averse to digital technologies, he just wants to wait until they come up with something that beats film stock, and the way he sees it, they haven't yet. But he does use IMAX. Which Dark Knight movie was released in 3D?

Question 18

Which villain is this?

Christopher Nolan was always into using obscure villains from the comic books in his movies, if he was interested in them as characters over the more popular ones. This character from Batman Begins was never really all that mainstream in the comics, but Cillian Murphy did a great job of playing him as a terrifying masked evil villain in the first chapter of Nolan's trilogy. He also appeared in The Dark Knight Rises. What is the name of this villain?

Question 19

What is Carmine Falcone's nickname?

Mafia bosses have nicknames all the time in movies and TV shows. It is probably true of real life, too. It's best to be known as the Spaniard or the Italian or something like that, rather than your actual given name, because you never know who you can trust in that world. What if the feds are listening in? A nickname like the Russian gives them nothing to work from, especially if you're not even Russian, which would be the genius of it. What is Carmine Falcone's nickname?

Question 20

Who played Commissioner Gordon in the movies?

The actor who played the iconic role of Commissioner James Gordon in the Christopher Nolan Batman movies won the Academy Award for Best Actor this year for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the movie Darkest Hour. It had been a long time coming for this criminally underrated actor. He has played so many important roles over the years: Lee Harvey Oswald, Dracula, Sid Vicious, George Smiley, the bad guy in Air Force One. Who played Commissioner Gordon in the Dark Knight trilogy?

Question 21

How many bank robbers survive the opening heist in The Dark Knight?

The opening sequence of The Dark Knight, in which the Joker and some of his cronies rob a bank that is run by the mob, is shot in beautiful IMAX and is one of the most cinematic and brilliant scenes ever filmed. It was the only finished footage from the movie that Heath Ledger ever got to see before his tragic and untimely passing. How many of the Joker's gang of bank robbers survive the opening heist in The Dark Knight?

Question 22

What is the Scarecrow's real name?

Cillian Murphy has made a real name for himself in the world of movies and television over the last few years. After making his mark with movies like 28 Days Later, he has become a huge star with roles in shows like Peaky Blinders and other movie roles in other Christopher Nolan movies like Inception and Dunkirk. He's a great actor, and he's great in the role of the Scarecrow in Batman Begins. What is the real name of the Scarecrow?

Question 23

What is Bruce watching with his parents before they are mugged?

In the original comic books and a lot of the retellings and derivative stories that have followed, a young Bruce Wayne is watching a Zorro movie with his parents before they are killed. However, Christopher Nolan changed that to have them watching something with bats instead, just to instill this idea of how important bats are in the boy's life before he takes up the role of the Batman. What is Bruce watching with his parents before he witnesses their loss?

Question 24

Complete the Joker quote: "Do you want to know how I got...?"

The Joker as portrayed in The Dark Knight has become one of the most beloved and iconic movie villains of all time. In just a decade, he has become as iconic as a film character as Vito Corleone or Indiana Jones. That's mostly thanks to Heath Ledger and his fantastic performance, but it can also be attributed to the great lines written for him by the Nolan brothers. Complete the Joker quote: "Do you want to know how I got...?"

Question 25

Who played Bane in The Dark Knight Rises?

The Bane that we see in The Dark Knight Rises is very different from the Bane that we see in the comics. A lot of his costume and demeanor and motivations were changed, but they were all changed for the better. Christopher Nolan humanized Bane and gave him purpose. The actor who he cast is a favorite of the director – he was also in his films Inception and Dunkirk, two of his best. Who played Bane in The Dark Knight Rises?

Question 26

Which group does Bruce train with in Bhutan?

When Bruce Wayne jets off to Asia to train in the ways of combat in order to gain the skills he will need when he's out on the streets of Gotham City in a bat costume, chasing bad guys and beating them up, he gets caught stealing and locked up in a prison in South Asia. That's when Henri Ducard finds him and takes him off to train him with his group of guys. Which group does Bruce train with in Bhutan?

Question 27

Who robbed Bruce Wayne's parents?

We all know how the origin story of the Batman character goes. A mugger did away with both of his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, in a scuffle for a diamond necklace that Martha was wearing. This is what drives Bruce to dress up like a bat and fight back against the crime in the city as a superhero guy. In Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan gave a name (from the comics) to the mugger that finished them. Who murdered Bruce Wayne's parents?

Question 28

Which Dark Knight trilogy villain broke Batman's back?

The moment at which this villain picks up Batman and slams him down, back first, onto his knee, breaking his whole spine, is one of the most iconic moments from any of the Batman comic books, so it was a really cool moment when fans realized that Christopher Nolan had decided to translate this to the big screen for one of the chapters in his Batman trilogy. Which Dark Knight trilogy villain broke Batman's back in one of the movies?

Question 29

What object does the Joker make 'disappear'?

This moment is perhaps the most shocking one from all the classic moments that come along during the Joker's first ever appearance in The Dark Knight. A bunch of gang lords are hanging out together and conferencing, talking to one another, when the Joker just comes in and starts speaking to him. He does something of a magic trick, if you want to call it that, when he uses a gangster's head to make an object 'disappear.' What object does the Joker make 'disappear'?

Question 30

Who replaced Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes?

Katie Holmes played Rachel Dawes in Batman Begins, but when it came time to make the sequel, the role of Rachel Dawes was played by a different actress entirely. She does look a little bit like Katie Holmes, but she's not Katie Holmes. It's kind of like with Terrence Howard as War Machine, who was replaced by Don Cheadle for Iron Man 2. The replacement actress’ brother was in the running to play Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins, actually, so that would’ve been weird. Who is she?

Question 31

Who did Bruce Wayne promote to CEO of Wayne Enterprises?

You can't be Batman and also be the CEO of a huge global corporation, so Bruce Wayne has to delegate a lot of his work. He left a lot of it to the board of directors and frustrated them when he would fall asleep during board meetings. In the end, he made the character who had previously been in charge of tech and was played by Morgan Freeman to CEO. Who did Bruce Wayne promote to CEO of Wayne Enterprises?

Question 32

What is Miranda Tate's real name?

The Miranda Tate character in The Dark Knight Rises remains a very mysterious character throughout the whole movie until you find out what her real name is and start putting the pieces together and linking it back to the earlier movies and realize that she actually plays a very significant role in this trilogy and has from the very beginning. As it turns out, she's an iconic character from the comics. What is Miranda Tate's real name from The Dark Knight Rises?

Question 33

What is The Dark Knight trilogy's Batcycle called?

Of course, the version of the Batmobile that is featured in The Dark Knight trilogy is called the Tumbler, but if it hits the fan and everything gets a little too close to the vest for Batman, he can bust right out of it on a cool motorcycle. In the comics, this is called the Batcycle, but in the Christopher Nolan movies, it has another name entirely. What is the name of The Dark Knight trilogy's version of the Batcycle?

Question 34

Complete the Bane quote: "You think darkness is..." what?

Bane had some pretty darn big boots to fill when he became the main villain in The Dark Knight Rises, because he was the villain in the follow up to The Dark Knight, and the villain in that was Heath Ledger's the Joker, so there was no way that he would be able to live up to that legacy. Still, with his poetic musings and his unstoppable power, he managed to come close. Complete the Bane quote: "You think darkness is..." what?

Question 35

Who played John Blake in The Dark Knight Rises?

The actor who played the role of the cop/Robin surrogate John Blake in The Dark Knight Rises has a good working relationship with Christopher Nolan, since he was also in his movie Inception. He has starred alongside Seth Rogen in comedies like 50/50 and The Night Before and played real life figures in biopics like Snowden and The Walk. He began his career as a kid on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. Who played John Blake in The Dark Knight Rises?

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