Can You Score 20/20? Identify These Iconic Movie Endings Ultimate Trivia Quiz Challenge

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Think you know cinema inside out? This ultimate quiz challenges you to identify 20 legendary movie endings, from shocking twists to unforgettable finales. Questions range from easy classics to devilishly hard – good luck!

20 Trivia Questions on Iconic Movie Endings

Question 1: Which film ends with astronaut Taylor discovering the half-buried Statue of Liberty, revealing the planet is a post-apocalyptic Earth?

A. Battle for the Planet of the Apes
B. Escape from the Planet of the Apes
C. Planet of the Apes (1968)
D. Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Question 2: In which movie does psychologist Malcolm Crowe realise he has been dead the entire time after a child reveals he sees dead people?

A. Stir of Echoes
B. Ghost
C. The Sixth Sense (1999)
D. The Others

Question 3: Which film concludes with Verbal Kint revealed as the legendary criminal mastermind Keyser Söze through clues in his fabricated story?

A. Reservoir Dogs
B. Pulp Fiction
C. L.A. Confidential
D. The Usual Suspects (1995)

Question 4: In which classic horror does Norman Bates don his mother’s clothes and is implied to continue her murders as her personality takes over?

A. Frenzy
B. Shadow of a Doubt
C. Peeping Tom
D. Psycho (1960)

Question 5: Which movie ends with the narrator shooting himself in the cheek, only to see Tyler Durden vanish, as buildings explode in Project Mayhem’s plan?

A. American Psycho
B. Se7en
C. Fight Club (1999)
D. Trainspotting

Question 6: In which film does Detective Mills open the final box to find his wife’s severed head, completing John Doe’s sins?

A. Lucky Number Slevin
B. Seven Psychopaths
C. Prisoners
D. Se7en (1995)

Question 7: Which Star Wars film ends with Darth Vader revealing to Luke Skywalker, “No, I am your father” during their lightsaber duel?

A. Return of the Jedi
B. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
C. The Phantom Menace
D. Revenge of the Sith

Question 8: In which slasher does killers Billy Loomis and Stu Macher reveal themselves as the two Ghostfaces behind the murders?

A. I Know What You Did Last Summer
B. Scream 2
C. Urban Legend
D. Scream (1996)

Question 9: Which horror franchise entry ends with the victims realising the corpse in the room is the alive Jigsaw killer?

A. Hostel
B. Saw II
C. The Collector
D. Saw (2004)

Question 10: In which film is it revealed that Alfred Borden has a twin brother and Robert Angier used a cloning machine for his transported man trick?

A. The Illusionist
B. Now You See Me
C. The Prestige (2006)
D. Scoop

Question 11: Which movie concludes with U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels accepting he is actually patient Andrew Laeddis at Ashecliffe Hospital?

A. Jacob’s Ladder
B. The Machinist
C. Shutter Island (2010)
D. Session 9

Question 12: In which Christopher Nolan film does the story end ambiguously with a spinning top that appears to wobble but the screen cuts to black?

A. The Matrix
B. Total Recall
C. Memento
D. Inception (2010)

Question 13: Which film ends with protagonist Frank realising his condition is self-inflicted and setting himself up to continue killing innocents?

A. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
B. 50 First Dates
C. Paycheck
D. Memento (2000)

Question 14: In which dystopian sci-fi does Detective Thorn learn that Soylent Green is made from human corpses?

A. Logan’s Run
B. Demolition Man
C. Death Race 2000
D. Soylent Green (1973)

Question 15: Which Stephen King adaptation ends with Sue Snell’s hand bursting from Carrie’s grave in a final scare?

A. Prom Night
B. The Rage: Carrie 2
C. Christine
D. Carrie (1976)

Question 16: In which Jim Carrey film does Truman Burbank sail through the dome wall and step into the real world, saying “In case I don’t see ya”?

A. eXistenZ
B. The Matrix
C. The Truman Show (1998)
D. Pleasantville

Question 17: Which Korean revenge thriller reveals that Oh Dae-su has unknowingly been sleeping with his own daughter?

A. The Skin I Live In
B. Hard Candy
C. Oldboy (2003)
D. Lady Vengeance

Question 18: In which Coen Brothers film does Anton Chigurh escape justice, and Sheriff Bell retires after recounting a haunting dream?

A. Fargo
B. True Grit
C. No Country for Old Men (2007)
D. Burn After Reading

Question 19: Which John Carpenter remake ends with R.J. MacReady and Childs sharing a drink, ambiguously watching for the alien Thing among them?

A. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
B. The Blob
C. The Faculty
D. The Thing (1982)

Question 20: In which cult film does Donnie Darko fulfil his role by being crushed by an engine, correcting the primary universe timeline?

A. Primer
B. The Butterfly Effect
C. Donnie Darko (2001)
D. Pi

Answers

  1. C. Planet of the Apes (1968) – Astronaut Taylor curses humanity upon seeing the Statue of Liberty buried in sand, confirming Earth’s destruction. The others are sequels with distinct ape-human war conclusions.
  2. C. The Sixth Sense (1999) – Clues like Malcolm’s ignored wife and ringless finger reveal his death from the opening shooting. The others feature living protagonists seeing or interacting with ghosts differently.
  3. D. The Usual Suspects (1995) – Kujan realises the bulletin board details match Verbal’s story, exposing his Keyser Söze identity. The others have ensemble crime plots without this exact con-man twist.
  4. D. Psycho (1960) – A psychiatrist explains Norman’s split personality as he imagines his mother speaking. The others involve voyeurism or family secrets but no preserved-mother reveal.
  5. C. Fight Club (1999) – The alter ego Tyler fades as credit card buildings collapse per the anarchist plan. The others end in murders or investigations without dissociative identity.
  6. D. Se7en (1995) – Doe’s confession forces Mills to commit wrath, unveiling the envy/wrath sin cycle. The others are revenge thrillers lacking the boxed-head shock.
  7. B. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) – Vader’s Cloud City duel line subverts expectations in the saga’s darkest chapter. The others have different Skywalker family revelations.
  8. D. Scream (1996) – Stabbed but revived by adrenaline, the duo confess their meta-murder plot. Sequels and copycats have multiple killers but different pairs.
  9. D. Saw (2004) – Jigsaw (John Kramer) rises from the trap, having orchestrated events while terminally ill. Later entries expand the apprentice lore differently.
  10. C. The Prestige (2006) – Twins explain Borden’s secret; Angier drowns clones nightly in Tesla’s machine. The others feature solo magicians without duality tech twists.
  11. C. Shutter Island (2010) – Teddy’s lobotomy looms as he prefers the delusional marshal identity. The others involve industrial accidents or Vietnam trauma hallucinations.
  12. D. Inception (2010) – Cobb ignores the totems’ wobble, choosing family reality post-dream heist. The others end with reality-questioning bullets or memory implants.
  13. D. Memento (2000) – Leonard burns Sammy’s note and tattoos a reminder to kill Teddy next, perpetuating his vengeance loop. The others lack anterograde amnesia revenge cycles.
  14. D. Soylent Green (1973) – Thorn witnesses euthanasia and shouts the cannibalism truth amid overpopulation collapse. The others depict future societies without processed people.
  15. D. Carrie (1976) – Snell’s prom dream turns nightmarish with the vengeful hand grab. Remakes omit this specific grave jolt.
  16. C. The Truman Show (1998) – Storm forces the set’s exit; Christof bids farewell from the fake sky. The others trap protagonists in virtual worlds they fight differently.
  17. C. Oldboy (2003) – Mi-do’s incest horror leads to hypnosis revenge suicide pact. Remakes alter the familial shock.
  18. C. No Country for Old Men (2007) – Bell’s dream of his father’s fire symbolises uncaught evil; no showdown occurs. The others resolve with confrontations or justice.
  19. D. The Thing (1982) – The blood test fails to confirm; they await Alaska’s freeze or dynamite. Remakes resolve the assimilation more definitively.
  20. C. Donnie Darko (2001) – The time-travelling engine kills him on October 2, collapsing the tangent universe. The others manipulate time via drugs or devices differently.

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