Can You Score a Perfect 20/20? The Impossible Movie Trivia Quiz: Perfect Score Challenge!

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Think you’re a true cinephile? This impossible movie trivia quiz spans cinema history with brutally tough questions designed to stump even hardcore fans. From obscure production details to forgotten casting choices, test your knowledge – can you nail a perfect score?

20 Trivia Questions on Impossible Movie Trivia

Question 1: What was the working title of the film that became known as Casablanca?

A. Play It Again, Sam
B. Rick’s Café
C. Everyone Comes to Rick’s
D. Romance in Casablanca

Question 2: In Citizen Kane (1941), what is the full name of Kane’s childhood friend and drama critic?

A. Jedediah Leland
B. Walter P. Thatcher
C. Bernstein
D. Raymond

Question 3: Which 1928 film was the first full-length feature to use synchronized dialogue throughout?

A. The Jazz Singer
B. Don Juan
C. Lights of New York
D. The Singing Fool

Question 4: Who was originally cast as Dirty Harry before Clint Eastwood took the role?

A. John Wayne
B. Steve McQueen
C. Frank Sinatra
D. Paul Newman

Question 5: In The Godfather (1972), what was the name of the horse whose head appears in Woltz’s bed?

A. Prince
B. Khartoum
C. Diablo
D. Sultan

Question 6: Which actor turned down the lead role in The Matrix before Keanu Reeves?

A. Leonardo DiCaprio
B> Will Smith
C. Brad Pitt
D. Johnny Depp

Question 7: In Psycho (1960), what is the name of the private detective hired to find Marion Crane?

A. Sam Loomis
B. Milton Arbogast
C. George Lowery
D. Tom Cassidy

Question 8: What was the original ending of Pretty Woman before it was changed to a happier one?

A. Edward proposes marriage
B. Vivian returns to Kit and prostitution
C. They part as friends
D. Edward buys the company

Question 9: Who provided the voice for the shark in Jaws (1975)?

A. No voice was used
B. Robert Shaw
C. It was mechanical sounds only
D. Percy Rodriguez

Question 10: In Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), what is the name of Indiana Jones’s dog?

A. Indy
B. Red
C. Toto
D. Sebastian

Question 11: Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture?

A. Wings
B. The Broadway Melody
C. 7th Heaven
D. Sunrise

Question 12: In The Wizard of Oz (1939), who played both the Cowardly Lion and Aunt Em?

A. Frank Morgan
B. Ray Bolger
C. Bert Lahr
D. Jack Haley

Question 13: What was Alfred Hitchcock’s last film?

A. Frenzy
B. Family Plot
C. Topaz
D. Torn Curtain

Question 14: In Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), what is the name of Luke Skywalker’s home planet?

A. Alderaan
B. Tatooine
C. Corellia
D. Naboo

Question 15: Who was the first Black actor to win a competitive Oscar?

A. Sidney Poitier
B. Hattie McDaniel
C. Lou Gossett Jr.
D. Whoopi Goldberg

Question 16: In Titanic (1997), what was the name of the ship that rescued survivors?

A. RMS Carpathia
B. SS Californian
C. RMS Olympic
D. HMS Britannic

Question 17: Which director turned down the chance to helm The Godfather?

A. Francis Ford Coppola
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. Sergio Leone
D. All of the above

Question 18: In E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), what does E.T. stand for?

A. Extra Terrestrial
B. Extraterrestrial
C. External Terrestrial
D. Extra-Terrestrial

Question 19: What is the name of the sled in Citizen Kane?

A. Rosebud
B. Snowy
C. sled
D. Little Rose

Question 20: In The Silence of the Lambs (1991), what is Buffalo Bill’s real first name?

A. Jame
B. James
C. Jamie
D. Jim

Answers

  1. C. Everyone Comes to Rick’s – The 1941 film was adapted from an unproduced play titled Everybody Comes to Rick’s; the other titles are common misconceptions or related films.
  2. A. Jedediah Leland – Played by Joseph Cotten, Leland is Kane’s friend who writes the negative review of Susan’s opera; Thatcher is the banker, Bernstein the colleague.
  3. C. Lights of New York – This 1928 gangster film by Bryan Foy was the first 100% talkie feature; The Jazz Singer had partial dialogue.
  4. C. Frank Sinatra – Sinatra was cast as Harry Callahan but backed out due to a hand injury; he later appeared in Sudden Impact.
  5. B. Khartoum – The horse belonged to producer Jack Woltz, named after a prize racehorse; confirmed in Coppola’s production notes and novel.
  6. B. Will Smith – Smith declined due to commitments on Wild Wild West, citing concerns over sci-fi effects; DiCaprio met but passed.
  7. B. Milton Arbogast – Played by Martin Balsam, he’s killed on the stairs; Loomis is from Halloween, others are minor characters.
  8. B. Vivian returns to Kit and prostitution – Test audiences disliked the dark ending, so it was reshot; confirmed by director Garry Marshall.
  9. D. Percy Rodriguez – His deep voice narrated the shark attacks; mechanical sounds were used but Rodriguez voiced key lines per Spielberg.
  10. A. Indy – The dog is named Indiana, inspiring Jones’s nickname; shown in opening, per Lucas and Spielberg interviews.
  11. A. Wings – The 1927 WWI epic won at the first Oscars; The Broadway Melody won the next year.
  12. C. Bert Lahr – Lahr doubled as the Lion and Aunt Em in certain scenes via makeup and stand-ins; standard Oz casting fact.
  13. B. Family Plot – Hitchcock’s 1976 comedy thriller with Bruce Dern was his final film before retiring.
  14. B. Tatooine – Luke’s desert homeworld with twin suns; Alderaan is destroyed, others are from later films.
  15. B. Hattie McDaniel – Won Best Supporting Actress for Gone with the Wind (1939); Poitier was first Best Actor (1963).
  16. A. RMS Carpathia – Historically accurate, arrived first to rescue 705 survivors; depicted in film.
  17. D. All of the above – Kubrick, Leone, and others passed; Coppola was reluctant but accepted after Paramount insistence.
  18. B. Extraterrestrial – Official title and abbreviation per Spielberg; hyphenated variants are common errors.
  19. A. Rosebud – Revealed as Kane’s sled symbolizing lost innocence; iconic twist from Welles.
  20. A. Jame – Jame Gumb is the character’s name in Harris’s novel and film; not James or Jamie.

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