Can You Score 20/20? Identify These Undead Films: Ultimate Zombie Movie Trivia Quiz

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Test your zombie cinema knowledge with this 20-question identification quiz! From Romero classics to global hits, can you name these undead films from key plot points, characters, and details? Questions ramp up from easy to fiendishly hard.

20 Trivia Questions: Identify These Zombie Movies

Question 1: Which film features survivors barricaded in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse as slow-moving ghouls besiege them?

A. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
B. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
C. Day of the Dead (1985)
D. Land of the Dead (2005)

Question 2: In which movie do a group of survivors take refuge in a massive shopping mall overrun by zombies?

A. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
B. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
C. Return of the Living Dead (1985)
D. Zombieland (2009)

Question 3: Which film kicks off a zombie apocalypse with rage-infected humans sprinting at terrifying speeds?

A. World War Z (2013)
B. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
C. 28 Days Later (2002)
D. Train to Busan (2016)

Question 4: What is widely regarded as the first feature-length zombie film, featuring Bela Lugosi as a voodoo master on Haiti?

A. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
B. King of the Zombies (1941)
C. White Zombie (1932)
D. Revolt of the Zombies (1936)

Question 5: Which horror-comedy has zombies craving “Braaaains!” after exposure to toxic military gas?

A. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
B. Fido (2006)
C. Zombieland (2009)
D. Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Question 6: Which South Korean blockbuster unfolds almost entirely aboard a high-speed train during a zombie outbreak?

A. Rampant (2018)
B. Peninsula (2020)
C. #Alive (2020)
D. Train to Busan (2016)

Question 7: In George A. Romero’s trilogy, which entry is primarily set in an underground military bunker with scientist Dr. Logan?

A. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
B. Land of the Dead (2005)
C. Day of the Dead (1985)
D. Diary of the Dead (2007)

Question 8: Which British zombie parody follows slacker Shaun and his stepdad battling the undead with pub pints and records?

A. Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
B. Dead Set (2008)
C. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
D. Boy Eats Girl (2005)

Question 9: Zack Snyder’s remake of a Romero classic features fast zombies and a young girl named Ana fleeing her home?

A. Army of the Dead (2021)
B. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
C. World War Z (2013)
D. 28 Days Later (2002)

Question 10: Which Spanish found-footage horror traps a TV reporter and cameraman in a quarantined apartment block with demonic infected?

A. Quarantine (2008)
B. [REC]2 (2009)
C. The Horde (2009)
D. [REC] (2007)

Question 11: Which Netflix film combines a zombie heist in Las Vegas with alpha zombies and features Dave Bautista?

A. Planet Terror (2007)
B. Army of the Dead (2021)
C. Overlord (2018)
D. Vivo sin Miedo (no such film)

Question 12: George A. Romero’s fourth Dead film depicts intelligent zombies led by Big Daddy reclaiming a city?

A. Survival of the Dead (2009)
B. Diary of the Dead (2007)
C. Land of the Dead (2005)
D. The Crazies (2010)

Question 13: Which Robert Rodriguez segment in Grindhouse features DC2 gas turning people into zombies, with Rose McGowan wielding a machine-gun leg?

A. Army of the Dead (2021)
B. Planet Terror (2007)
C. Death Proof (2007)
D. Machete (2010)

Question 14: In which film does a reanimated corpse named Bub become partially trainable under Dr. Frankenstein’s experiments?

A. Re-Animator (1985)
B. Day of the Dead (1985)
C. Return of the Living Dead (1985)
D. Frankenhooker (1990)

Question 15: Which sequel to 28 Days Later shows military occupation in London with fast “infected” breaking free again?

A. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
B. World War Z (2013)
C. The Crazies (2010)
D. Carriers (2009)

Question 16: What Japanese film is a zombie comedy shot in one take, later revealed as a meta low-budget production gone wrong?

A. Versus (2000)
B. One Cut of the Dead (2017)
C. Tokyo Zombie (2005)
D. Staple! (no such)

Question 17: Which Australian zombie drama stars Martin Freeman as a father racing to save his infected daughter across the outback?

A. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)
B. Cargo (2017)
C. These Final Hours (2013)
D. The Rover (2014)

Question 18: In which rom-zom-com does zombie “R” fall in love with human Julie, slowly regaining humanity?

A. Warm Bodies (2013)
B. Life After Beth (2014)
C. Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
D. The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

Question 19: Brad Pitt’s globe-trotting zombie epic features wall-climbing hordes and a vaccine quest based on a child zombie?

A. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
B. World War Z (2013)
C. I Am Legend (2007)
D. Contagion (2011)

Question 20: Which low-budget gem follows film students documenting a zombie outbreak, with Romero cameo?

A. Book of the Dead (2005)
B. Diary of the Dead (2007)
C. The Dead Next Door (1989)
D. Children of the Living Dead (2001)

Answers

  1. B. Night of the Dead (1968) – George A. Romero’s groundbreaking film set the zombie template with a farmhouse siege; Dawn/Day/Land are later sequels with different settings.
  2. B. Dawn of the Dead (1978) – Romero’s sequel explicitly features the Monroeville Mall as a survivor stronghold; others lack this iconic location.
  3. C. 28 Days Later (2002) – Danny Boyle’s film originated fast “rage virus” infected; others have fast zombies but different origins.
  4. C. White Zombie (1932) – Victor Halperin’s film starring Lugosi as Murder Legendre predates all others as the first zombie feature.
  5. D. Return of the Living Dead (1985) – Dan O’Bannon’s film coined the brain-hungry trope via Trioxin gas; others have comedic zombies without this catchphrase.
  6. D. Train to Busan (2016) – Yeon Sang-ho’s hit is confined to KTX-101 train cars; others are Korean zombie films but not train-bound.
  7. C. Day of the Dead (1985) – Romero’s third film centres on the Salt Mine bunker with Dr. Logan (Bub’s trainer); others are above-ground.
  8. C. Shaun of the Dead (2004) – Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg’s masterpiece uses “Winchester” pub and “Don’t stop me now”; others are lesser UK parodies.
  9. B. Dawn of the Dead (2004) – Snyder’s remake stars Sarah Polley as Ana; Army is his later original, others unrelated.
  10. D. [REC] (2007) – Jaume Balagueró/Paco Plaza’s original traps Ángela and Pablo inside; Quarantine is the US remake, others sequels/foreign.
  11. B. Army of the Dead (2021) – Snyder’s film has Bautista’s team hitting a Vegas casino vault; Planet Terror is gas zombies, others non-zombie.
  12. C. Land of the Dead (2005) – Romero’s entry shows Big Daddy leading tool-using zombies against Steel City; Survival/Diary are later.
  13. B. Planet Terror (2007) – Rodriguez’s Grindhouse half features El Wray and Cherry Darling’s leg-limb; others lack DC2/gas specifics.
  14. B. Day of the Dead (1985) – Bub is Logan’s tamed zombie soldier; Re-Animator is Herbert West’s serum, not Romero.
  15. A. 28 Weeks Later (2007) – Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s sequel has U.S. forces in District 6; others lack this military quarantine plot.
  16. B. One Cut of the Dead (2017) – Shin’ichirô Ueda’s film reveals the one-shot as staged chaos; others Japanese but different styles.
  17. B. Cargo (2017) – Ben Howling/Yolanda Ramke’s short-expanded film has Freeman’s Andy; Wyrmwood is Mad Max-style action.
  18. A. Warm Bodies (2013) – Isaac Marion adaptation has Nicholas Hoult as R; others have romance but different zombie leads.
  19. B. World War Z (2013) – Marc Forster’s adaptation has Pitt as Gerry Lane, with kid zombies key; others lack global scale.
  20. B. Diary of the Dead (2007) – Romero’s mockumentary has Jason Creed’s crew and his narration; others indie zombie docs without him.

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