Can You Score 20/20? Parody Movie Trivia Quiz: Can You Guess the Film?

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Love those hilarious movie spoofs that poke fun at Hollywood classics? Test your knowledge in this ultimate Parody Movie Trivia Quiz where you’ll guess the films behind the comedy! With 20 multiple-choice questions ranging from easy to expert, see if you can ace the parody hall of fame.

20 Trivia Questions on Parody Movies

Question 1: Which 1980 film parodies the disaster movie Airport!?

A. Zero Hour!
B. Flying High
C. Airplane!
D. Turbulence

Question 2: Who played the unhinged Lieutenant Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun series?

A. Jim Carrey
B. Steve Carell
C. Leslie Nielsen
D. Will Ferrell

Question 3: What 1987 Mel Brooks film spoofs Star Wars?

A. Robin Hood: Men in Tights
B. Spaceballs
C. History of the World: Part I
D. Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Question 4: In Airplane!, which actor played the co-pilot who moonlights as a basketball player?

A. Peter Graves
B. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
C. Robert Hays
D. Lloyd Bridges

Question 5: Which 1991 comedy starring Charlie Sheen parodies Top Gun?

A. Hot Shots!
B. Top Secret!
C. Spy Hard
D. Loaded Weapon 1

Question 6: The first Scary Movie (2000) primarily spoofs which horror film?

A. The Ring
B. Scream
C. Halloween
D. I Know What You Did Last Summer

Question 7: Mel Brooks’ 1974 western parody features Cleavon Little as the sheriff. What is it?

A. Young Frankenstein
B. High Anxiety
C. Silent Movie
D. Blazing Saddles

Question 8: Which 1984 ZAZ film parodies Elvis Presley movies set behind the Iron Curtain?

A. The Kentucky Fried Movie
B. Ruthless People
C. Top Secret!
D. Hero

Question 9: Who directed the first Scary Movie (2000)?

A. David Zucker
B. Jason Friedberg
C. Keenen Ivory Wayans
D. Aaron Seltzer

Question 10: In Spaceballs, who plays the villain Dark Helmet?

A. John Candy
B. Rick Moranis
C. Bill Pullman
D. Mel Brooks

Question 11: What 2001 film parodies teen comedies like American Pie and She’s All That?

A. Can’t Hardly Wait
B. Not Another Teen Movie
C. American Pie 2
D. John Tucker Must Die

Question 12: Leslie Nielsen plays agent WD-40 in which 1996 James Bond parody?

A. Spy Hard
B. Austin Powers
C. Johnny English
D. The Tuxedo

Question 13: Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein (1974) parodies which 1931 horror classic?

A. Dracula
B. Frankenstein
C. The Mummy
D. King Kong

Question 14: Which 1993 sequel parodies Rambo films and stars Charlie Sheen?

A. Hot Shots! Part Deux
B. Hot Shots! Part Tres
C. Rambo parody
D. Another Hot Shots

Question 15: What short-lived TV series preceded the Naked Gun movies?

A. Police Squad!
B. Airplane Squad
C. Police Academy
D. Frank Drebin Files

Question 16: In Airplane!, what is the name of the airline in peril?

A. Trans American
B. Pacific Air
C. Sky High Airlines
D. American Flyers

Question 17: Which 1993 Mel Brooks film spoofs Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves?

A. Life Stinks
B. Robin Hood: Men in Tights
C. Dracula: Dead and Loving It
D. Spaceballs 2

Question 18: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) primarily parodies which spy series?

A. Mission: Impossible
B. James Bond
C. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
D. Jason Bourne

Question 19: What 1977 Mel Brooks film parodies Alfred Hitchcock thrillers?

A. Silent Movie
B. High Anxiety
C. The Producers
D. History of the World: Part I

Question 20: What is Anna Faris’s character name in the first Scary Movie?

A. Sidney Prescott
B. Gale Weathers
C. Cindy Campbell
D. Tatum Riley

Answers

  1. C. Airplane! – Airplane! (1980, dir. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker) directly spoofs Airport! (1975); Zero Hour! (A) is the 1957 film it copies shot-for-shot, while B and D are unrelated.
  2. C. Leslie Nielsen – Nielsen iconic as bumbling detective Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun (1988) and sequels; others are comedians but not in the role.
  3. B. Spaceballs – Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs (1987) lampoons Star Wars with characters like Lone Starr and Barf; others are Brooks parodies of different genres.
  4. B. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Abdul-Jabbar cameos as Captain Oveur’s co-pilot Roger in Airplane! (1980), denying he’s Kareem; others play different roles.
  5. A. Hot Shots! – Hot Shots! (1991, dir. Jim Abrahams) spoofs Top Gun with Charlie Sheen as Topper Harley; B parodies Elvis films, C and D other spoofs.
  6. B. Scream – Scary Movie (2000) mainly parodies Scream and slasher tropes; others are referenced but not primary.
  7. D. Blazing Saddles – Blazing Saddles (1974, dir. Mel Brooks) spoofs westerns with Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart; others are Brooks’ horror/musical parodies.
  8. C. Top Secret! – Top Secret! (1984, ZAZ) spoofs Elvis films in a Cold War setting; others are sketch films or unrelated comedies.
  9. C. Keenen Ivory Wayans – Wayans directed Scary Movie (2000), launching the franchise; others directed different parodies.
  10. B. Rick Moranis – Moranis plays Dark Helmet opposite Mel Brooks’ President Skroob in Spaceballs (1987); others are co-stars in different roles.
  11. B. Not Another Teen Movie – Not Another Teen Movie (2001) spoofs 1990s teen films; others are the originals it parodies.
  12. A. Spy Hard – Nielsen stars as Dick Steele (WD-40) in Spy Hard (1996, dir. Rick Friedberg), spoofing Bond; others are different spy spoofs.
  13. B. Frankenstein – Young Frankenstein (1974) lovingly parodies James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931); others are different Universal horrors.
  14. A. Hot Shots! Part Deux – Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) spoofs Rambo films with Sheen; no such sequels as B, C, D exist.
  15. A. Police Squad! – Police Squad! (1982 TV series, ZAZ) led to The Naked Gun films with same cast; others are unrelated.
  16. A. Trans American – Trans American Flight 209 is the doomed plane in Airplane! (1980); others are fictional or unrelated airlines.
  17. B. Robin Hood: Men in Tights – Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993, dir. Mel Brooks) spoofs Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; others Brooks’ different parodies.
  18. B. James Bond – Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997, dir. Jay Roach) spoofs 1960s Bond films; others later spy series.
  19. B. High Anxiety – High Anxiety (1977, dir. Mel Brooks) parodies Hitchcock classics like Vertigo; others Brooks’ non-thriller spoofs.
  20. C. Cindy Campbell – Anna Faris plays final girl Cindy Campbell in Scary Movie (2000), parodying Sidney Prescott (D); A and B are Scream characters.

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