Can You Score 20/20? The Ultimate Film Directors Trivia Quiz

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Put your movie expertise to the test with this ultimate quiz on iconic film directors! Featuring questions from classic Hollywood to modern blockbusters and horror gems, these 20 multiple-choice challenges range from easy warm-ups to seriously tough ones. Think you can name them all?

20 Trivia Questions on Film Directors

Question 1: Who directed the 1972 crime epic The Godfather?

A. Martin Scorsese
B. Francis Ford Coppola
C. Steven Spielberg
D. George Lucas

Question 2: Which director helmed Jaws (1975), the first true summer blockbuster?

A. George Lucas
B. Ridley Scott
C. James Cameron
D. Steven Spielberg

Question 3: Who directed the horror classic Psycho (1960)?

A. Alfred Hitchcock
B. Brian De Palma
C. William Friedkin
D. Tobe Hooper

Question 4: Who directed Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)?

A. Steven Spielberg
B. Irvin Kershner
C. George Lucas
D. Ridley Scott

Question 5: Pulp Fiction (1994) was directed by whom?

A. Robert Rodriguez
B. Quentin Tarantino
C. Kevin Smith
D. Guy Ritchie

Question 6: Who directed Stephen King’s adaptation The Shining (1980)?

A. John Carpenter
B. Wes Craven
C. Stanley Kramer
D. Stanley Kubrick

Question 7: Which director made Alien (1979)?

A. Ridley Scott
B. James Cameron
C. David Fincher
D. Paul W.S. Anderson

Question 8: Who directed the sci-fi noir Blade Runner (1982)?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. George Lucas
C. Ridley Scott
D. Steven Spielberg

Question 9: The Matrix (1999) was directed by?

A. The Hughes brothers
B. The Wachowskis
C. The Coen brothers
D. Peter Jackson

Question 10: Who directed Citizen Kane (1941)?

A. Orson Welles
B. Frank Capra
C. John Ford
D. Howard Hawks

Question 11: Which director helmed Casablanca (1942)?

A. Howard Hawks
B. Raoul Walsh
C. William Wyler
D. Michael Curtiz

Question 12: Who directed the horror landmark The Exorcist (1973)?

A. Roman Polanski
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. William Friedkin
D. John Carpenter

Question 13: Halloween (1978) was directed by?

A. John Carpenter
B. Wes Craven
C. Tobe Hooper
D. George A. Romero

Question 14: Who directed the mob masterpiece Goodfellas (1990)?

A. Francis Ford Coppola
B. Martin Scorsese
C. Brian De Palma
D. Sidney Lumet

Question 15: Which director crafted Inception (2010)?

A. David Fincher
B. Denis Villeneuve
C. Alfonso Cuarón
D. Christopher Nolan

Question 16: Who directed Parasite (2019), the first non-English-language Best Picture Oscar winner?

A. Bong Joon-ho
B. Park Chan-wook
C. Hirokazu Kore-eda
D. Ki-duk Kim

Question 17: Get Out (2017) was directed by whom?

A. Boots Riley
B. Ryan Coogler
C. Jordan Peele
D. F. Gary Gray

Question 18: Who directed No Country for Old Men (2007)?

A. The Coen brothers
B. Sam Mendes
C. Paul Thomas Anderson
D. Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Question 19: Which director made Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)?

A. Charlie Kaufman
B. Michel Gondry
C. Spike Jonze
D. Wes Anderson

Question 20: Who directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)?

A. Wes Craven
B. George A. Romero
C. John Carpenter
D. Tobe Hooper

Answers

  1. B. Francis Ford Coppola – He directed the Best Picture-winning The Godfather (1972), adapting Mario Puzo’s novel. Scorsese directed Goodfellas, while Spielberg and Lucas helmed other classics.
  2. D. Steven Spielberg – Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) revolutionised blockbusters with its suspense. Lucas created Star Wars, Cameron did Aliens, and Scott Alien.
  3. A. Alfred Hitchcock – The Master of Suspense directed Psycho (1960), famous for its shower scene. De Palma emulated his style, Friedkin did The Exorcist.
  4. C. George Lucas – Lucas wrote and directed Star Wars: A New Hope (1977). Kershner directed The Empire Strikes Back, others unrelated.
  5. B. Quentin Tarantino – Tarantino’s nonlinear Pulp Fiction (1994) won Palme d’Or. Rodriguez did From Dusk Till Dawn, Smith Clerks.
  6. D. Stanley Kubrick – Kubrick adapted King’s The Shining (1980) with Jack Nicholson. Carpenter did Halloween, Craven A Nightmare on Elm Street.
  7. A. Ridley Scott – Scott’s Alien (1979) launched the franchise. Cameron directed Aliens, Fincher Alien 3.
  8. C. Ridley Scott – Scott directed the dystopian Blade Runner (1982). Kubrick did 2001, Lucas sci-fi epics.
  9. B. The Wachowskis – Lana and Lilly Wachowski directed revolutionary The Matrix (1999). Hughes brothers eyed it, Coens did noir, Jackson fantasy.
  10. A. Orson Welles – Welles co-wrote, directed, and starred in Citizen Kane (1941), a cinematic milestone. Capra did It’s a Wonderful Life.
  11. D. Michael Curtiz – Curtiz directed Oscar-winning Casablanca (1942). Hawks did adventures, Wyler epics.
  12. C. William Friedkin – Friedkin directed Best Picture winner The Exorcist (1973). Polanski did Rosemary’s Baby.
  13. A. John Carpenter – Carpenter wrote, directed, and scored Halloween (1978), birthing the slasher genre. Craven did Scream.
  14. B. Martin Scorsese – Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990) is a mobster classic narrated by Ray Liotta. Coppola did The Godfather.
  15. D. Christopher Nolan – Nolan wrote and directed mind-bending Inception (2010). Fincher did Fight Club, Villeneuve sci-fi.
  16. A. Bong Joon-ho – Bong directed Parasite (2019), making history with Best Picture. Park Chan-wook did Oldboy.
  17. C. Jordan Peele – Peele’s directorial debut Get Out (2017) won Best Original Screenplay Oscar. Coogler did Black Panther.
  18. A. The Coen brothers – Joel and Ethan Coen directed Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men (2007). Mendes did American Beauty.
  19. B. Michel Gondry – Gondry directed the inventive Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), scripted by Kaufman. Jonze did Her.
  20. D. Tobe Hooper – Hooper co-wrote and directed the raw The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Carpenter did Halloween.

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