Can You Score 20/20 on This Ultimate Movie Trivia Quiz?

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Test your cinematic knowledge with this ultimate movie trivia quiz! From classic Hollywood icons to modern blockbusters, these 20 questions range from easy warm-ups to fiendish challenges that only true film buffs can ace. Grab a pen and see if you can go perfect!

20 Trivia Questions on Iconic Movies

Question 1: In which year was the original Star Wars film released?

A. 1975
B. 1979
C. 1977
D. 1980

Question 2: Who directed the 1975 blockbuster Jaws?

A. Francis Ford Coppola
B. George Lucas
C. Steven Spielberg
D. Brian De Palma

Question 3: What colour pill does Neo choose in The Matrix (1999)?

A. Blue
B. Green
C. Red
D. Yellow

Question 4: Who portrayed Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972)?

A. Al Pacino
B. Robert Duvall
C. Marlon Brando
D. James Caan

Question 5: Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1927/28?

A. The Jazz Singer
B. Sunrise
C. Wings
D. 7th Heaven

Question 6: Who directed Pulp Fiction (1994)?

A. Robert Rodriguez
B. Quentin Tarantino
C. Kevin Smith
D. Samuel L. Jackson

Question 7: What is Jack’s surname in Titanic (1997)?

A. Lovejoy
B. Phillips
C. Andrews
D. Dawson

Question 8: Which was the first official James Bond film released in 1962?

A. From Russia with Love
B. Thunderball
C. Dr. No
D. Goldfinger

Question 9: Who directed Schindler’s List (1993)?

A. Ridley Scott
B. Steven Spielberg
C. David Fincher
D. Christopher Nolan

Question 10: Which was the first film to gross over $2 billion worldwide?

A. Avengers: Endgame
B. Titanic
C. Avatar
D. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Question 11: Who plays Rick Blaine in Casablanca (1942)?

A. Cary Grant
B. Errol Flynn
C. Humphrey Bogart
D. Gary Cooper

Question 12: Which actor portrayed Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy?

A. Christopher Lee
B. Sean Bean
C. Ian McKellen
D. Ian Holm

Question 13: Who directed Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960)?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Otto Preminger
C. Alfred Hitchcock
D. Samuel Fuller

Question 14: The famous line "Here’s looking at you, kid" is from which film?

A. The Maltese Falcon
B. Casablanca
C. To Have and Have Not
D. Key Largo

Question 15: Who won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)?

A. Jonathan Demme
B. Oliver Stone
C. Barry Levinson
D. Ridley Scott

Question 16: In E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), what does E.T. famously want to do?

A. Phone Earth
B. Phone Mum
C. Phone home
D. Phone friend

Question 17: Who directed Jurassic Park (1993)?

A. Jan de Bont
B. Steven Spielberg
C. John Landis
D. Michael Crichton

Question 18: Which Pixar film introduced the character Woody the cowboy?

A. Cars
B. Toy Story
C. Finding Nemo
D. Monsters, Inc.

Question 19: What is the name of the fictional nation in Black Panther (2018)?

A. Sokovia
B. Wakanda
C. Zamunda
D. Genovia

Question 20: In Forrest Gump (1994), what does Forrest say life is like?

A. A garden
B. A highway
C. A box of chocolates
D. A feather

Answers

  1. C. 1977 – Star Wars (later subtitled A New Hope) premiered on 25 May 1977; the others are nearby years but incorrect for the original release.
  2. C. Steven Spielberg – Spielberg helmed the groundbreaking summer blockbuster Jaws, based on Peter Benchley’s novel; the others directed films around that era but not this one.
  3. C. Red – Neo takes the red pill to learn the truth about the Matrix, offered by Morpheus; blue would have reset his memory.
  4. C. Marlon Brando – Brando won an Oscar for his iconic role as the ageing mafia don; Pacino played his son Michael.
  5. C. Wings – The 1927/28 silent war epic won the inaugural Best Picture (then Best Production); The Jazz Singer was the first talkie but didn’t win.
  6. B. Quentin Tarantino – Tarantino wrote and directed the nonlinear crime classic, winning Palme d’Or; Rodriguez did El Mariachi.
  7. D. Dawson – Leonardo DiCaprio’s character is Jack Dawson; the others are crew or villain names from the film.
  8. C. Dr. No – Sean Connery’s Bond debuted in Ian Fleming’s adaptation; From Russia with Love was next.
  9. B. Steven Spielberg – Spielberg’s Holocaust drama won Best Picture and Director Oscars; others directed later historical epics.
  10. C. Avatar – James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi epic first surpassed $2B (over $2.9B total); Endgame came close but second.
  11. C. Humphrey Bogart – Bogart’s Rick is central to the wartime romance; Grant starred in other classics like Notorious.
  12. C. Ian McKellen – McKellen embodied the wizard Gandalf across the trilogy; Holm was Bilbo, Lee was Saruman.
  13. C. Alfred Hitchcock – The Master of Suspense directed his seminal horror; Kubrick did The Shining.
  14. B. Casablanca – Bogart’s Rick says it to Ingrid Bergman; it was ad-libbed from an earlier Bogart film.
  15. A. Jonathan Demme – Demme’s thriller swept Oscars including Director; Stone won for JFK that year? Wait, no—Demme for Lambs.
  16. C. Phone home – E.T.’s plea is one of cinema’s most quoted lines; Spielberg’s family sci-fi classic.
  17. B. Steven Spielberg – Based on Crichton’s novel, Spielberg brought dinosaurs to life; de Bont did Speed.
  18. B. Toy Story – The 1995 CGI milestone stars Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz; first feature-length computer-animated film.
  19. B. Wakanda – Marvel’s advanced African vibranium nation ruled by T’Challa; others from different films.
  20. C. A box of chocolates – Tom Hanks’ Forrest delivers the line: "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get."

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