Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Movie Director Quiz: Who Made These Iconic Films?

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Think you know the masterminds behind cinema’s greatest films? This 20-question quiz challenges you to match directors to their legendary movies, from horror classics to sci-fi epics and blockbusters. Questions range from easy starters to fiendishly tough – grab a pen and dive in!

20 Trivia Questions: Who Directed This Film?

Question 1: Who directed Psycho (1960)?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Steven Spielberg
C. Alfred Hitchcock
D. John Carpenter

Question 2: Who directed The Godfather (1972)?

A. Francis Ford Coppola
B. Martin Scorsese
C. Ridley Scott
D. George Lucas

Question 3: Who directed Jaws (1975)?

A. John Carpenter
B. Steven Spielberg
C. James Cameron
D. Peter Jackson

Question 4: Who directed Star Wars (1977)?

A. Ridley Scott
B. George Lucas
C. Steven Spielberg
D. Robert Zemeckis

Question 5: Who directed Alien (1979)?

A. John Carpenter
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. Ridley Scott
D. James Cameron

Question 6: Who directed The Shining (1980)?

A. Alfred Hitchcock
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. Quentin Tarantino
D. Christopher Nolan

Question 7: Who directed Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?

A. Steven Spielberg
B. George Lucas
C. Robert Zemeckis
D. John McTiernan

Question 8: Who directed Blade Runner (1982)?

A. Ridley Scott
B. James Cameron
C. John Carpenter
D. David Fincher

Question 9: Who directed The Thing (1982)?

A. Ridley Scott
B. John Carpenter
C. Stanley Kubrick
D. Steven Spielberg

Question 10: Who directed Back to the Future (1985)?

A. Robert Zemeckis
B. Steven Spielberg
C. James Cameron
D. Tim Burton

Question 11: Who directed Aliens (1986)?

A. Ridley Scott
B. James Cameron
C. John McTiernan
D. Paul Verhoeven

Question 12: Who directed Die Hard (1988)?

A. James Cameron
B. John McTiernan
C. Michael Bay
D. Tony Scott

Question 13: Who directed Goodfellas (1990)?

A. Quentin Tarantino
B. Martin Scorsese
C. Francis Ford Coppola
D. Oliver Stone

Question 14: Who directed Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)?

A. James Cameron
B. Ridley Scott
C. Steven Spielberg
D. Roland Emmerich

Question 15: Who directed Jurassic Park (1993)?

A. Steven Spielberg
B. Peter Jackson
C. Robert Zemeckis
D. Tim Burton

Question 16: Who directed Pulp Fiction (1994)?

A. Martin Scorsese
B. Quentin Tarantino
C. Guy Ritchie
D. Kevin Smith

Question 17: Who directed The Matrix (1999)?

A. The Wachowskis
B. Christopher Nolan
C. James Cameron
D. George Lucas

Question 18: Who directed Inception (2010)?

A. Christopher Nolan
B. Denis Villeneuve
C. Alfonso Cuarón
D. Guillermo del Toro

Question 19: Who directed Get Out (2017)?

A. Jordan Peele
B. Ari Aster
C. Wes Craven
D. M. Night Shyamalan

Question 20: Who directed Parasite (2019)?

A. Bong Joon-ho
B. Park Chan-wook
C. Hirokazu Kore-eda
D. Yorgos Lanthimos

Answers

  1. C. Alfred Hitchcock – Hitchcock directed the iconic 1960 thriller Psycho, famous for its shower scene. Kubrick made The Shining, Spielberg Jaws, and Carpenter Halloween.
  2. A. Francis Ford Coppola – Coppola helmed the 1972 mafia epic The Godfather, winning Best Picture. Scorsese directed Goodfellas, Scott Alien, Lucas Star Wars.
  3. B. Steven Spielberg – Spielberg directed the groundbreaking 1975 blockbuster Jaws. Carpenter did The Thing, Cameron Aliens, Jackson Lord of the Rings.
  4. B. George Lucas – Lucas wrote and directed the original 1977 Star Wars. Scott made Alien, Spielberg Jaws, Zemeckis Back to the Future.
  5. C. Ridley Scott – Scott directed the 1979 sci-fi horror Alien. Carpenter did The Thing, Kubrick The Shining, Cameron Aliens.
  6. B. Stanley Kubrick – Kubrick adapted Stephen King’s novel into the 1980 horror masterpiece The Shining. Hitchcock did Psycho, Tarantino Pulp Fiction, Nolan Inception.
  7. A. Steven Spielberg – Spielberg directed the 1981 adventure Raiders of the Lost Ark. Lucas produced it, Zemeckis did Back to the Future, McTiernan Die Hard.
  8. A. Ridley Scott – Scott created the 1982 dystopian noir Blade Runner. Cameron did Aliens, Carpenter The Thing, Fincher Alien 3.
  9. B. John Carpenter – Carpenter directed the 1982 remake The Thing. Scott made Alien, Kubrick The Shining, Spielberg Jaws.
  10. A. Robert Zemeckis – Zemeckis directed the 1985 time-travel comedy Back to the Future. Spielberg produced it, Cameron Terminator, Burton Beetlejuice.
  11. B. James Cameron – Cameron directed the 1986 sequel Aliens. Scott made the original Alien, McTiernan Die Hard, Verhoeven RoboCop.
  12. B. John McTiernan – McTiernan directed the 1988 action classic Die Hard. Cameron did Terminator, Bay Armageddon, Scott Top Gun.
  13. B. Martin Scorsese – Scorsese directed the 1990 crime saga Goodfellas. Tarantino made Pulp Fiction, Coppola The Godfather, Stone Platoon.
  14. A. James Cameron – Cameron directed the 1991 effects landmark Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Scott did Blade Runner, Spielberg Jurassic Park, Emmerich Independence Day.
  15. A. Steven Spielberg – Spielberg directed the 1993 dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park. Jackson did King Kong, Zemeckis Forrest Gump, Burton Edward Scissorhands.
  16. B. Quentin Tarantino – Tarantino wrote and directed the 1994 nonlinear classic Pulp Fiction. Scorsese did Goodfellas, Ritchie Lock, Stock, Smith Clerks.
  17. A. The Wachowskis – The Wachowskis (Lana and Lilly) directed the revolutionary 1999 The Matrix. Nolan made Inception, Cameron Avatar, Lucas Star Wars.
  18. A. Christopher Nolan – Nolan directed the 2010 mind-bending thriller Inception. Villeneuve did Arrival, Cuarón Gravity, del Toro Pan’s Labyrinth.
  19. A. Jordan Peele – Peele made his directorial debut with the 2017 horror satire Get Out. Aster directed Hereditary, Craven Scream, Shyamalan The Sixth Sense.
  20. A. Bong Joon-ho – Bong directed the 2019 Oscar-winning Parasite. Park made Oldboy, Kore-eda Shoplifters, Lanthimos The Favourite.

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