Can You Score 20/20? Guess the Comedy Movie from the Iconic Joke Trivia Quiz!

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Think you know your comedy classics? Test your knowledge with these 20 hilarious lines from legendary comedy films – can you guess the movie? Questions range from easy crowd-pleasers to tricky deep cuts that only true fans will nail.

20 Trivia Questions on Comedy Movies: Guess the Film from the Joke

Question 1: "Surely you can’t be serious." "I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley."?

A. The Naked Gun
B. Airplane!
C. Hot Shots!
D. Police Academy

Question 2: "Tis but a scratch!" "I’ve had worse." "It’s just a flesh wound!"?

A. Life of Brian
B. The Meaning of Life
C. Time Bandits
D. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Question 3: "Who you gonna call?"?

A. Ghostbusters
B. Beetlejuice
C. Gremlins
D. Ghost

Question 4: "Inconceivable!"?

A. Robin Hood: Men in Tights
B. Shrek
C. The Princess Bride
D. Hook

Question 5: "It’s one louder, innit? These go to eleven."?

A. Wayne’s World
B. This Is Spinal Tap
C. Almost Famous
D. Rock ‘n’ Roll High School

Question 6: "Be the ball, Danny."?

A. Happy Gilmore
B. Tin Cup
C. The Legend of Bagger Vance
D. Caddyshack

Question 7: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."?

A. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
B. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
C. American Graffiti
D. Footloose

Question 8: "So you’re telling me there’s a chance?"?

A. There’s Something About Mary
B. Kingpin
C. Dumb and Dumber
D. Me, Myself & Irene

Question 9: "60% of the time, it works every time."?

A. Talladega Nights
B. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
C. Step Brothers
D. The Other Guys

Question 10: "I am McLovin!"?

A. Superbad
B. Project X
C. 21 Jump Street
D. Knocked Up

Question 11: "Yeah, baby!"?

A. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
B. Goldmember
C. The Spy Who Shagged Me
D. Kick-Ass

Question 12: "Keep the change, ya filthy animal!"?

A. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
B. Uncle Buck
C. Home Alone
D. Problem Child

Question 13: "I’ll have what she’s having."?

A. Sleepless in Seattle
B. When Harry Met Sally…
C. Pretty Woman
D. Four Weddings and a Funeral

Question 14: "This one time, at band camp…"?

A. American Pie
B. American Wedding
C. Van Wilder
D. Old School

Question 15: "You can milk anything with nipples."?

A. Meet the Parents
B. Zoolander
C. Dodgeball
D. Along Came Polly

Question 16: "Did we just become best friends?"?

A. Wedding Crashers
B. I Love You, Man
C. Step Brothers
D. Horrible Bosses

Question 17: "Nice beaver!"?

A. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
B. Airplane!
C. Top Secret!
D. Hot Shots! Part Deux

Question 18: "It’s alive!"?

A. Frankenstein
B. Re-Animator
C. The Bride of Frankenstein
D. Young Frankenstein

Question 19: "Where the white women at?"?

A. Blazing Saddles
B. History of the World: Part I
C. Robin Hood: Men in Tights
D. High Anxiety

Question 20: "Schwing!"?

A. Tommy Boy
B. Black Sheep
C. Wayne’s World
D. Billy Madison

Answers

  1. B. Airplane! – Iconic exchange between Dr. Rumack (Leslie Nielsen) and Ted Striker (Robert Hays) in the 1980 parody classic. The others are similar spoofs but lack this exact line.
  2. D. Monty Python and the Holy Grail – The Black Knight (John Cleese) insists on fighting despite losing limbs in the 1975 comedy. Other Pythons films have different sketches.
  3. A. Ghostbusters – Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) sings the catchy theme in the 1984 hit. Others involve supernatural elements but not this slogan.
  4. C. The Princess Bride – Vizzini (Wallace Shawn) repeatedly exclaims this in the 1987 fairy tale parody. Distractors are adventure comedies without the line.
  5. B. This Is Spinal Tap – Guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) boasts about his amp in the 1984 mockumentary. Others are music comedies but this is unique.
  6. D. Caddyshack – Ty Webb (Chevy Chase) advises Danny Noonan (Michael O’Keefe) in the 1980 golf farce. Others are sports comedies without it.
  7. A. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Ferris (Matthew Broderick) breaks the fourth wall with this in the 1986 teen classic. Distractors are 80s coming-of-age films.
  8. C. Dumb and Dumber – Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) optimistically asks Mary (Lauren Holly) in the 1994 road trip comedy. Others star Farrelly brothers but different.
  9. B. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy – Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) claims this about his trident in the 2004 news satire. Others are Will Ferrell vehicles.
  10. A. Superbad – Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) declares his fake ID name in the 2007 teen comedy. Distractors are similar party films.
  11. A. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery – Austin (Mike Myers) utters his catchphrase throughout the 1997 spy spoof. Sequels reuse it but origin is here.
  12. C. Home Alone – Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) taunts the pizza delivery guy (John Heard) in the 1990 holiday hit. Others are family comedies.
  13. B. When Harry Met Sally… – A deli patron reacts to Sally’s (Meg Ryan) fake orgasm in the 1989 rom-com. Distractors are 80s/90s romances.
  14. A. American Pie – Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) recounts her story in the 1999 gross-out comedy. Sequels reference it but debut is original.
  15. A. Meet the Parents – Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) tells Greg (Ben Stiller) this in the 2000 family farce. Others are Stiller comedies.
  16. C. Step Brothers – Brennan (Will Ferrell) and Dale (John C. Reilly) bond instantly in the 2008 sibling rivalry comedy. Distractors are bromance films.
  17. A. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! – Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) misinterprets a beaver statue in the 1988 slapstick. Others are ZAZ parodies.
  18. D. Young Frankenstein – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) revives the monster in Mel Brooks’ 1974 horror spoof. Originals are horror, not comedy.
  19. A. Blazing Saddles – A thug (Don de Dempson) shouts this while fleeing in the 1974 Western satire. Others are Mel Brooks comedies without it.
  20. C. Wayne’s World – Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) react excitedly in the 1992 SNL spin-off. Distractors are Sandler films.

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