Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Video Game Movie Trivia Quiz: From Console to Screen

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Test your knowledge of films adapted from beloved video games, from classic arcade brawlers to modern blockbusters. This quiz mixes easy warm-ups with fiendishly tough questions spanning decades of gaming-to-screen adaptations. Grab a controller and see if you can ace it!

20 Trivia Questions on Video Game Movies: From Console to Screen

Question 1: Which actress played Lara Croft in the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider?

A. Charlize Theron
B. Halle Berry
C. Angelina Jolie
D. Jennifer Lopez

Question 2: The 1993 film Super Mario Bros. features which actors as the Mario Brothers?

A. Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo
B. Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez
C. Dennis Hopper and John Lithgow
D. Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper

Question 3: Who directed the 2002 film Resident Evil?

A. Uwe Boll
B. James Wan
C. Paul W.S. Anderson
D. M. Night Shyamalan

Question 4: In the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, which actor portrayed Johnny Cage?

A. Robin Shou
B. Christopher Lambert
C. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
D. Linden Ashby

Question 5: What video game series inspired the 1994 film Street Fighter?

A. Tekken
B. Mortal Kombat
C. Street Fighter
D. Soul Edge

Question 6: The 2005 film Doom stars Dwayne Johnson as which character?

A. The Doom Slayer
B. Sarge
C. John Grimm (Reaper)
D. The Kid

Question 7: Who played Agent 47 in the 2007 film Hitman?

A. Karl Urban
B. Tom Hardy
C. Gerard Butler
D. Timothy Olyphant

Question 8: The 2016 film Warcraft is primarily based on which game?

A. Diablo
B. StarCraft
C. World of Warcraft
D. Hearthstone

Question 9: In the 2020 film Sonic the Hedgehog, who provides the voice of Sonic?

A. Tom Holland
B. Chris Pratt
C. Ryan Reynolds
D. Ben Schwartz

Question 10: Which directors helmed the 2023 animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie?

A. Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn
B. John Musker and Ron Clements
C. Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic
D. Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda

Question 11: Michael Fassbender stars as Callum Lynch in which 2016 video game adaptation?

A. Uncharted
B. Assassin’s Creed
C. Watch Dogs
D. Far Cry

Question 12: Who directed the 2006 horror film Silent Hill?

A. Hideo Kojima
B. Guillermo del Toro
C. Christophe Gans
D. Masahiro Ito

Question 13: In the 2019 film Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, who voices Pikachu?

A. Justice Smith
B. Ryan Reynolds
C. Bill Nighy
D. Ken Watanabe

Question 14: The 2018 film Rampage is based on an arcade game from which year?

A. 1980
B. 1986
C. 1978
D. 1992

Question 15: Tom Holland plays Nathan Drake in which 2022 film?

A. The Last of Us
B. Uncharted
C. God of War
D. Horizon Zero Dawn

Question 16: Which 1999 sci-fi film was adapted from a space combat simulator game series?

A. Starship Troopers
B. Wing Commander
C. Star Wars: Episode I
D. Battlezone

Question 17: In Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Gemma Arterton plays which character?

A. Tamina
B. Seso
C. Bis
D. Guli

Question 18: Who directed the 2021 reboot of Mortal Kombat?

A. James Wan
B. Simon McQuoid
C. Greg Russo
D. Todd Garner

Question 19: The 2001 animated film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was directed by?

A. Hironobu Sakaguchi
B. Square Enix staff
C. Motonori Sakaguchi
D. Hironobu Sakaguchi and Moto Sakakibara

Question 20: Which actor played Kratos in the unproduced but announced God of War film before it stalled?

A. No actor was officially cast
B. Gerard Butler
C. Dwayne Johnson
D. Dave Bautista

Answers

  1. C. Angelina Jolie – She starred as Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), bringing the iconic character to life. The others are action stars from other franchises.
  2. A. Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo – Hoskins played Mario, Leguizamo Luigi in the 1993 film. The other pairings are incorrect casts or villains.
  3. C. Paul W.S. Anderson – He directed the first Resident Evil film in 2002, launching the franchise. The others directed unrelated horror or games.
  4. D. Linden Ashby – Ashby portrayed the cocky fighter Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat (1995). Others played Liu Kang, Raiden, and Shang Tsung.
  5. C. Street Fighter – The film directly adapts Capcom’s iconic fighting game series. The others are rival fighting game franchises.
  6. B. Sarge – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson played the tough sergeant Sarge in Doom (2005). The others are protagonist aliases or marines.
  7. D. Timothy Olyphant – Olyphant embodied the bald assassin Agent 47 in Hitman (2007). The others starred in later action films.
  8. C. World of Warcraft – Warcraft (2016) adapts Blizzard’s MMORPG universe. The others are different Blizzard franchises.
  9. D. Ben Schwartz – Schwartz voices the speedy blue hedgehog in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020). The others voiced characters in rival films.
  10. C. Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic – They co-directed the Illumination/Universal The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). The others directed Disney animations.
  11. B. Assassin’s Creed – Fassbender leads in the 2016 adaptation of Ubisoft’s stealth series. The others are unadapted or different games.
  12. C. Christophe Gans – Gans directed the faithful Silent Hill (2006) adaptation. Kojima created the game; others are horror directors.
  13. B. Ryan Reynolds – Reynolds provides Pikachu’s voice in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019). Smith is the human lead; others support.
  14. B. 1986 – Rampage (2018) adapts Bally Midway’s 1986 arcade game of monster destruction. The other years are nearby but incorrect.
  15. B. Uncharted – Holland stars as young Nathan Drake in Uncharted (2022). The others remain unadapted live-action films.
  16. B. Wing Commander – The 1999 film adapts Chris Roberts’ space sim series. The others are unrelated sci-fi.
  17. A. Tamina – Arterton plays Princess Tamina opposite Gyllenhaal’s Dastan in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010). The others are minor characters.
  18. B. Simon McQuoid – McQuoid made his directorial debut with Mortal Kombat (2021). Wan produced; Russo wrote the script.
  19. D. Hironobu Sakaguchi and Moto Sakakibara – Sakaguchi (game creator) co-directed the 2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Sakakibara was his partner.
  20. A. No actor was officially cast – A God of War film was announced with a script by David Self, but no casting occurred before stalling. The others were rumored but unconfirmed.

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