Try To Ace This Movie Quiz To See If You Could Win At Trivia Night
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Movie trivia is always good knowledge to have under your cap, because you don’t know when it’ll come in handy. Everyone has some knowledge of film, since it is so ingrained into our society and our culture, but the extent of that knowledge varies from person to person. Some people are avid cinephiles, so they are able to answer just about any movie trivia question you have to throw at them. They know who directed every movie, who wrote every movie, who starred in every movie, what year every movie came out – they have a little mental profile of every movie you can name. Their mind is like a Wikipedia site for just movie trivia. For other people, that knowledge is much more limited, since they might be more interested in sports or history or some other subject – but it’s always a good idea to learn a little trivia about movies. In pub quizzes and trivia games, movie questions always – without fail – seem to come up. They might come up in odd question or there might be an entire section dedicated to movie trivia questions. How good is your knowledge of the silver screen? Take this movie trivia quiz to find out!
What is the first rule of Fight Club?
When it was first released in the late 1990s, the critics weren’t so hot about Fight Club, but over the years, it has become a cult film and a classic of the anarchist, anti-establishment movement. Funnily enough, the whole thing came from a book of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk, whose first manuscript was rejected for being too dark, so he wrote Fight Club, the darkest, sickest thing he could come up with – and it got published! What is the first rule of Fight Club?
Who played the Joker in The Dark Knight?
Very few movies have the critics raving about them like The Dark Knight. The acclaim just exploded out of nowhere. Batman Begins had received what you could call warm reviews, but then the reviews for The Dark Knight just blew them out of the water. Now, those were red hot reviews! Most of these reviews praised the villain of the Joker and the actor’s portrayal of him. The actor died before the film was released, but won a posthumous Oscar. Who is he?
What kind of doctor is Dr. Schultz in Django Unchained?
There’s a case to be made that Django Unchained is the greatest movie by Quentin Tarantino. It’s got a lot of tough competition, sure, what with Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs. But Django is a modern classic – and it is the director’s highest grossing work to date, with over $400 million at the box office. Christoph Waltz won his second Academy Award for his portrayal of Django’s bounty hunter sidekick, Dr. King Schultz. But just what kind of doctor is Dr. Schultz?
What fictional African nation is the setting for most of Black Panther?
Black Panther just broke a new record for itself the other day – it is now officially the highest grossing superhero movie of all time. It deserves it, because it is an awesome movie. There’s a terrific sequence in Black Panther that takes a detour through South Korea, but most of the movie is set in the title character’s home country, a fictional nation in the heart of Africa. What fictional African nation is the setting for most of Black Panther?
Complete the Jaws quote: “You’re gonna need a bigger...”
Jaws is often cited as being the earliest example of a summer blockbuster – a high concept movie that capitalizes on the summer moviegoing crowd. It was the first theatrically released feature length movie to be directed by the great Steven Spielberg, and he made quite a mark with it. He made what could have easily been a lame duck, a tense thriller of Hitchcockian proportions. The movie is a stone cold classic. Complete the Jaws quote: “You’re gonna need a bigger...”
Who directed The Departed?
The director of The Departed won the Academy Award for Best Director, and some critics say that the Academy gave him that award as more of a lifetime achievement award, regretting having snubbed him for such classics as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas, all of which – these critics believe – would have been more worthy of the award than The Departed. That’s all opinion, it’s nothing that can be proven. Which legendary director gave us the movie The Departed?
Who wants “the precious” in The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Andy Serkis has now become the “go to guy” for motion capture performances in movies. After he played this unusual little creature in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he went on to use performance capture technology for Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong, that weirdly animated Tintin movie, the new Star Wars movies, the three Planet of the Apes prequels, a new Jungle Book movie – but it all started with LOTR. Who wants “the precious” in The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Which of these is NOT a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy?
No one had even heard of the Guardians of the Galaxy until a few years ago, but that all changed when James Gunn came in with his dark sense of humor and his love of space opera and shook up the MCU for the better. Now, Marvel Studios execs insist that all of their movies be rammed with humor, in some attempt to capture the spirit and the essence of the two electric Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Which of these is NOT a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy?
Complete this There Will Be Blood quote: “I drink your...”
Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day Lewis have been back in the media recently, after they were both nominated for Academy Awards for their epic drama set in the fashion industry of the 1960s, Phantom Thread. But that wasn’t the first movie that they worked on together. They previously collaborated on There Will Be Blood, a dark epic drama about the oil business of the 1800s. Complete this iconic There Will Be Blood quote from the final scene: “I drink your...”
Who played Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy?
The Godfather trilogy consists of two of the finest movies ever made and one lacklustre finale, but on the whole, really great stuff. The movies chart the rise and fall of a gangster named Michael Corleone. Michael starts off in the first movie as a prosperous young war veteran with an education whose mob boss father doesn’t want him to get involved in the family business. But by the end of the first movie, he is involved. Who played Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy?
Where is Carl Fredricksen flying his house to?
The opening eight minutes of Up are definitely the saddest sequence from any film in history. Nothing is guaranteed to bring even the coldest hearted person to tears quite like the opening of Up. It might be paralleled only by Jessie’s tragic “When She Loved Me” flashback sequence in the second Toy Story movie, but it’s tough to beat the opening of Up. After his wife dies, grumpy Carl Fredricksen decides to fly his house to a waterfall. Where is Carl Fredricksen flying his house to?
Whose totem is a spinning top in Inception?
Inception is one of the most fiercely original movies ever made. It’s a trippy odyssey into the mind as a crack team of criminals, led by Leonardo DiCaprio’s grief stricken and troubled Dom Cobb, infiltrate people’s dreams in order to extract their thoughts and ideas. So that they don’t go insane and lose sight of what’s a dream and what’s real, they all have their own “totems” to tell the difference. Whose totem is a spinning top in the movie?
What “merc with a mouth” likes to break the fourth wall?
This movie was a nightmare for the production team to get made. Ryan Reynolds enlisted the help of two writers to hammer out a screenplay, but due to the breaking of the fourth wall and all the swearing and violence, the studio was reluctant to let the movie get made – even with an established fan base and a big Hollywood star like Reynolds in the lead role. The movie was a huge hit in the end, so the studio execs are kicking themselves. A sequel is on the way. Who is this character?
Who voices Shrek?
Shrek is one of the greatest movies of all time, period. Not just animated movies or movies aimed at kids – everyone loves Shrek and it’s a brilliant movie, through and through. The lead character is one of the most beloved icons in the history of the silver screen. Luckily, there’s another Shrek movie on the way, after the fourth was falsely touted as the final chapter by DreamWorks. Which Wayne’s World and Austin Powers star provides the lovable ogre’s voice?
What year is in the title of Stanley Kubrick’s A Space Odyssey?
Stanley Kubrick’s A Space Odyssey (that’s not the complete title) is one of the greatest science fiction films of all time. Every frame is richly detailed and beautifully composed. Kubrick and his co-writer Arthur C. Clarke went through various different title ideas – How the Solar System Was Won, which was a reference to the 1962 epic movie How the West Was Won, Journey Beyond The Stars, Universe, Tunnel to the Stars, and Planetfall. In the end, they went with a year as the title. What year was it?
What instrument is played constantly throughout Birdman?
Birdman – its full title being Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – was a surprise winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture back in 2015, since those awards don’t typically go to overtly comedic films and Birdman’s about as funny as they come. But that’s what’s so great about it! It is funny and it is dark, but it’s also a brilliant movie. It’s shot like it’s all one long take, and one instrument carries through the whole movie. What instrument is it?
Where is The Wolf of Wall Street’s shady offshore bank account?
The Wolf of Wall Street was an unprecedented hit. Who would’ve thought that a movie that celebrated the most depraved and immoral man who ever lived and showed you how fun cocaine and Quaaludes can be and was filled with the darkest humor imaginable and cost $100 million to produce could’ve possibly been a hit movie? Well, that’s what happened! The title character funnels money into a bank account in Europe. Where is The Wolf of Wall Street’s shady offshore bank account?
What fictional moon is the setting of Avatar?
Avatar didn’t take very long to become the highest grossing movie of all time. It made short work of it, actually, back in 2009. It’s set on fictional moon way out in space. The atmosphere on this fictional moon is described as a mix of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, xenon, ammonia, methane, and hydrogen sulphide. You can either see this as being James Cameron overthinking it or building up a rich and detailed fictional universe. Either way, what is the name of this moon?
Which of these is NOT one of Sheriff Woody’s recorded catchphrases?
You can’t say you didn’t cry at the end of Toy Story 3 when the toys were headed towards the trash incinerator and accepted their fate and all linked arms to face the pit of death and brimstone together as a family. The group all boils down to Sheriff Woody, the cowboy played by Tom Hanks who means well but often irritates people. His pullstring activates one of several record catchphrase. Which of these is NOT one of the catchphrases?
Who is the killer from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho?
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is a classic of the horror genre. Before Psycho came along, the movie producers and studio executives in Hollywood had no faith at all that a horror movie could be a box office smash and a critically acclaimed masterpiece. And then Hitchcock came out of nowhere with his tale of a money embezzler on the lam who stops off at a motel and gets butchered, and totally changed everyone’s perception. Who is the killer in the movie?
What is The Bride’s real name?
If Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, a surreal blend of the spaghetti western genre, Japanese martial arts movies, and the American action thriller, was released as one single movie release as he had intended, then it would’ve been like four hours long and no one would’ve gone to see it. But he wisely split it in two, and it did really well. In the movies, Uma Thurman plays the enigmatic role of the former assassin The Bride. What is The Bride’s real name?
Which of these actors has NOT played Spider-Man?
The nature of superhero movies is that people go to see the character and not so much the actor, so they can really be played by anyone as long as they suit the role. That’s why there was a Spider-Man reboot just five years after the Sam Raimi trilogy ended, with a new actor. There was demand for the character, if not the actor. And just two years after that series ended, there was yet another actor in the role, Which of these actors has NOT played Spider-Man?
Who was on the poster that Andy Dufresne used to hide his escape tunnel?
Yeah, yeah, the plot twist in The Shawshank Redemption is a huge plot hole, because how could Andy have put the poster back on the wall with a tautness that could be ripped by a stone’s throw if he was behind the poster? But forget about that, because it is an iconic moment from the history of cinema. Tim Robbins gave us a guy who could root for in Andy. Who was on the poster that Andy Dufresne used to hide his escape tunnel?
Who killed Han Solo?
Fan boys were going crazy when it was announced that Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher would be returning to their roles as Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia in a new Star Wars movie when Lucasfilm and its creative properties were acquired by Disney. But then tragedy struck at the end of the movie when Han was killed by one of the primary antagonists that were introduced to the world in The Force Awakens. Who did it?
What was the name of the arms dealer in Taxi Driver?
The classic Martin Scorsese crime thriller Taxi Driver is cited by pretty much every director in the movie business as an influence on their work. Robert De Niro plays Travis Bickle, a cabbie who becomes a vigilante with the aim of washing all the scum off the streets of New York. In order to go about this, he buys some guns from a shady arms dealer, played by Scorsese’s real life friend Steven Prince. What was the name of the arms dealer in Taxi Driver?
Which comedian directed Get Out?
No one expected this sketch comic’s first movie to be a horror movie – and they were even more surprised when it turned out to be an Oscar winner. The director himself was worried about the film’s chances of success: “What if white people don't want to come see the movie because they're afraid of being villainized with black people in the crowd? What if black people don't want to see the movie because they don't want to sit next to a white person while a black person is being victimized on-screen?” Who is he?
Who killed Mufasa in The Lion King?
The Lion King is such a great movie. Everyone loves it. It was one of the highest grossing movies of the 1990s, amassing more than $900 million at the global box office, and it remains a modern animated classic to this day. It’s a loose adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet, but with animal characters instead of humans. The character Mufasa is killed at the end of the first act by the antagonist. Who killed Mufasa in The Lion King?
What social network is The Social Network based on?
The Social Network was a high grossing drama movie that got a ton of critical acclaim and awards and nominations. It was directed by David Fincher as a change of pace from his usually dark movies like Fight Club and Se7en and Zodiac and Gone Girl. The script was written by the Aaron Sorkin of A Few Good Men. It stars Jesse Eisenberg as the founder of a popular social networking site. What social network is The Social Network based on?
Which terrorist are the CIA searching for in Zero Dark Thirty?
Kathryn Bigelow’s brilliant fact based drama thriller Zero Dark Thirty was the subject of a major scandal in the intelligence world, as some people thought that the filmmakers had been given far too much information to work from. A lot of stuff is classified and shrouded in secrecy about the terrorist manhunt that the movie is based on, but this movie got a lot of that stuff out there. Which terrorist are the CIA searching for in Zero Dark Thirty?
What gangster movie includes the characters Mr. White, Mr. Pink, and Mr. Blonde?
The concept of having a color code for the criminal characters in a movie came from the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (not the remake with Denzel Washington – the first one with Jerry Stiller from the ‘70s). This cool, slick, nonlinearly structured gangster movie was the feature length directorial debut of Quentin Tarantino. It stars Harvey Keitel and Steve Buscemi and Tim Roth and Michael Madsen. What gangster movie includes the characters Mr. White, Mr. Pink, and Mr. Blonde?
Where is La La Land set?
No one in Hollywood would’ve expected a lavish musical in the style of the ‘50s Golden Age musicals made in the year 2016 to have grossed over $400 million at the global box office, but that’s exactly what La La Land did – and it went on to win a whole host of Oscars, too. La La Land is a classic success story for a movie. Its title refers to being out of touch with reality, but it is also the nickname for the city it’s set in. What city is it?
Whose side was Black Widow on in Captain America: Civil War?
Marvel Studios’ top brass insisted back in 2016 that Captain America: Civil War was the third solo outing for their Captain America character, but the critics were a little more on the money when they described it as Avengers 2.5, since pretty much every character from the Avengers movies was in it as a team. Well, actually, they broke into two different teams, opposing each other on their political views. They all took sides. Whose side was Black Widow on?
What war is the setting of Inglourious Basterds?
Many interviewers in the past ten years or so have asked writer/director Quentin Tarantino why he intentionally misspelled the title of his beloved war epic movie Inglourious Basterds, but he keeps telling them that he’ll never reveal why – which probably means there is no real explanation. He’s been quoted as saying it’s a “Quentin Tarantino spelling” of the two words. Inglourious Basterds is consistently ranked among the best war movies ever made. What war is the setting of Inglourious Basterds?
Who gives James Bond his gadgets?
Crazy high tech gadgets have been a part of the James Bond movie franchise for over fifty years. When Daniel Craig took on the role and they were giving him a dark, gritty reboot in the style of Batman Begins – a more realistic version – they softened on the gadgets. But since Spectre came out a couple of years ago, they’re back on the gadget stuff. Which member of the government spy team gives James Bond his gadgets in the movies?
What movie is Airplane! primarily a spoof of?
Airplane! is often cited by critics and comedy fans as being the funniest movie ever made. There’s a new gag every few seconds. It has the fastest joke rate of any comedy movie ever made – that’s been scientifically proven. It all started when David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker watched an old disaster movie on cable TV and thought it was completely ridiculous, so they wrote their own movie mocking it. What movie is Airplane! primarily a spoof of?
What movie is this screenshot taken from?
This movie is a dramatic masterpiece with satirical and darkly comic overtones that make it enjoyable to watch as well as enlightening. The movie stars Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening as a married couple who each go through a midlife crisis at the same time. It was directed by Sam Mendes and written by the great Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball. The movie is filled with beautiful and visually stunning motifs and imagery. What movie is this screenshot taken from?
Complete this Gladiator quote: “I will have my vengeance...”
Ridley Scott’s historical action epic Gladiator still, to this day, stands as one of the best swords and sandals movies of all time. It stars Russell Crowe in the performance of his career (although some stories from the set suggest that he was a total jerk to the crew during the making of the movie). The script is great (even if Russell Crowe didn’t agree and was very vocal about it), with many iconic lines. Complete this Gladiator quote: “I will have my vengeance...”
Watchmen is NOT based on a comic book – true or false?
It’s rare that a superhero movie will get made with a huge budget like $130 million and be rated R. Watchmen has a modest score of 64% on the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes, but it has gained something of a cult film status in the few years since its release. People just like seeing that level of graphic violence in a superhero movie, because you don’t usually get to – and visually, it looks really cool on film. Watchmen is NOT based on a comic book – is this statement true or false?
What historical tragedy is Schindler’s List about?
Steven Spielberg made Schindler’s List, one of the greatest and most powerful drama movies of all time, because he felt a personal connection with the material. That’s because he is a Jewish man and the film is about one of the worst tragedies to beset the Jewish people in all of history. Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley star in the film, which was a box office hit then and is beloved by audiences now. What historical tragedy is Schindler’s List about?
Who played Rick Deckard in Blade Runner?
The actor who played the role of replicant hunter Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott’s iconic, postmodern, hugely acclaimed neo noir science fiction thriller Blade Runner has played many famous roles on the silver screen – including Han Solo, Indiana Jones, and the President of the United States of America who kicks Gary Oldman’s sadistic ass in the action thriller Air Force One. Who played the character of Rick Deckard in Blade Runner and its long awaited 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049?
Anchorman tells the legend of which character?
Considering the kind of comedies that Hollywood tends to churn out, it can be a beautiful thing when something truly special and inspired like Anchorman comes along. The absurdist sense of humor of the movie’s writers Adam McKay and Will Ferrell doesn’t usually go down well with the money men who like to play it safe and pump millions of dollars into formulaic tripe. Anchorman is a fantastic movie about an iconic character. Anchorman tells the legend of which character?
Where does Liam Neeson go to find his daughter in Taken?
The success of the first Taken movie, when it grossed over $200 million at the global box office back in 2008, inspired the action movie market to change. For starters, most of them star Liam Neeson these days. Plus, a bunch of them were being set in cool European cities, since that was what Hollywood thought had sold Taken to a wide audience, even though it was obviously Neeson. What European city does Liam Neeson go to find his daughter in Taken?
Which of these actresses is NOT in Mean Girls?
Mean Girls is one of the best teen comedy movies of all time. It is the female equivalent of Superbad. Everybody loves it. Its screenplay was adapted by Tina Fey from the book Queen Bees and Wannabes, which was written by Rosalind Wiseman and is actually a non fiction self help book with nothing to do with the plot of the movie. The cast of Mean Girls is full of brilliantly talented performers. Which of these actresses is NOT in Mean Girls?
What kind of dancing is Black Swan about?
Darren Aronofsky decided to make a movie about dancing after his acclaimed drama The Wrestler, because he considered the elegant art of dancing to be the opposite end of the artistic spectrum to the brutal and violent art of wrestling. So, he made Black Swan, one of the darkest and deepest psychological thrillers ever made – and it clearly panned out, since it did extremely well, both in terms of critically and commercially. What kind of dancing is Black Swan about?
Which of these is NOT one of the three parts of a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western movie title?
There’s a spaghetti western movie about bounty hunters and a hidden stash of gold from the ‘60s that is without a doubt one of the greatest movies ever made. It was directed by the great Sergio Leone and had a musical score by the fantastic Ennio Morricone and starred Clint Eastwood in one of his most iconic roles. Quentin Tarantino counts it among his favorite movies of all time. Which of these is NOT one of the three parts of a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western movie title?
Which member of One Direction is in Dunkirk?
One of the guys from One Direction is in Christopher Nolan’s WWII epic Dunkirk. When that was first announced, people were up in arms. Nolan swears that when this guy came in, he beat out hundreds of other auditioning actors and the director had no idea who he was, but was just blown away by his incredible acting method. Yeah, right! What a load of baloney! It was an obvious attempt to guarantee blockbuster success. Which member of One Direction is in Dunkirk?
How many Harry Potter movies are there?
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them doesn’t count, because that’s just set in the same universe – or Potterverse, if you will, as JK Rowling so persistently pushes on the world. This is just the story of Harry Potter, the boy who lived, and his journey through Hogwarts and the wizarding world as he made friends and made enemies and fell in love and learned the meaning of his very existence. How many movies are there in the Harry Potter series?
How many years was Solomon Northup a slave?
Hollywood will cash in on anything that seems like it’ll be a trend. Have you noticed that? They even started cashing in on America’s sordid and terrible history of slavery after the massive $400 million box office haul of Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti western homage Django Unchained. So, we got Free State of Jones starring Matthew McConaughey, Birth of a Nation, which was expelled from the Oscars when its director was accused of rape, and this one. How many years was Solomon Northup a slave?
What Asian country is Scarlett Johansson visiting in Lost in Translation?
Lost in Translation is the movie that made Sofia Coppola a beloved director. Sure, she may have struggled initially as an actress in The Godfather Part III, with the audience panning her performance and criticizing her casting as nepotism, but she didn’t let that stop her from entering the film industry. Her big break movie was set in a far off Asian country with beautiful lights and cityscapes. What Asian country is Scarlett Johansson visiting in the movie Lost in Translation?
How many Angry Men are there in the title of a classic courtroom drama?
There’s a classic movie about a court case and a bunch of jurors who are deciding the fate of the defendant. The movie has been subjected to countless parodies, including recent ones on Family Guy and Inside Amy Schumer that made fun of the concept. This movie, about a certain number of titular Angry Men, is consistently ranked among the best movies ever made. How many Angry Men are there in the title of this classic black and white courtroom drama?