Expert Challenge: Guess the Movie From the Timeline! Can You Score 20/20?

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Put your film knowledge to the ultimate test with this expert-level quiz! Identify the movies from their precise plot timelines, spanning iconic classics and modern masterpieces. Questions range from tricky to fiendishly difficult – only true cinephiles will ace it.

20 Trivia Questions on Guess the Movie From the Timeline Challenge

Question 1: Which film features this timeline? 1. A woman steals $40,000 and drives to the Bates Motel. 2. She is murdered in the shower. 3. Investigators uncover Norman Bates’ secret in the cellar.?

A. The Birds
B. Psycho
C. Rear Window
D. Vertigo

Question 2: Which film features this timeline? 1. A shark attacks a swimmer on the Fourth of July. 2. The mayor keeps beaches open. 3. Three men hunt the great white shark at sea.?

A. Deep Blue Sea
B. The Shallows
C. Jaws
D. Open Water

Question 3: Which film features this timeline? 1. A princess hides secret plans in droids. 2. Luke Skywalker joins the Rebellion. 3. They destroy the Death Star in a trench run.?

A. The Empire Strikes Back
B. Rogue One
C. Star Wars: A New Hope
D. Return of the Jedi

Question 4: Which film features this timeline? 1. A commercial starship crew investigates a distress signal. 2. A facehugger attaches to Kane. 3. Ripley battles the xenomorph in the escape shuttle.?

A. Prometheus
B. Predator
C. Aliens
D. Alien

Question 5: Which film features this timeline? 1. A family drives to the Overlook Hotel for winter caretaking. 2. Jack types “All work and no play.” 3. Danny escapes via hedge maze as Jack freezes.?

A. The Shining
B. Doctor Sleep
C. 1408
D. Misery

Question 6: Which film features this timeline? 1. Marty McFly travels to 1955 in a DeLorean. 2. He interferes with his parents’ meeting. 3. He races the clock to hit 88 mph for 1985.?

A. Back to the Future Part II
B. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
C. Peggy Sue Got Married
D. Back to the Future

Question 7: Which film features this timeline? 1. Indiana Jones seeks the Ark of the Covenant. 2. He melts Nazi faces with the opened Ark. 3. Marion survives the desert truck chase.?

A. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
B. Raiders of the Lost Ark
C. The Last Crusade
D. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Question 8: Which film features this timeline? 1. A boy finds an alien in his backyard shed. 2. They fly bikes to evade government agents. 3. E.T. “phones home” and says goodbye.?

A. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
B. Explorers
C. Super 8
D. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Question 9: Which film features this timeline? 1. Rose and Jack meet on the Titanic. 2. The ship hits an iceberg. 3. Jack dies in the freezing water as Rose floats on debris.?

A. Ghost
B. A Night to Remember
C. The Poseidon Adventure
D. Titanic

Question 10: Which film features this timeline? 1. Lawyers visit Isla Nublar park. 2. T-Rex attacks a Jeep. 3. They escape on a helicopter as raptors chase.?

A. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
B. Jurassic World
C. Jurassic Park
D. Congo

Question 11: Which film features this timeline? 1. A mobster’s daughter weds at the start. 2. A horse head scares a rival. 3. Michael avenges his family during a baptism montage.?

A. The Godfather Part II
B. Goodfellas
C. Casino
D. The Godfather

Question 12: Which film features this timeline? 1. Clarice recruits Hannibal Lecter. 2. He provides clues on Buffalo Bill. 3. She shoots Bill in the dark basement.?

A. Red Dragon
B. Hannibal
C. Manhunter
D. The Silence of the Lambs

Question 13: Which film features this timeline? 1. Neo takes the red pill. 2. He learns of the Matrix simulation. 3. Trinity revives him with a kiss in the real world.?

A. The Animatrix
B. Reloaded
C. The Matrix
D. Revolutions

Question 14: Which film features this timeline? 1. Forrest enlists in the Army. 2. He runs across America repeatedly. 3. Jenny dies as he reveals their son.?

A. Big Fish
B. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
C. Forrest Gump
D. Cast Away

Question 15: Which film features this timeline? 1. Henry Hill enters the mob life. 2. He deals cocaine against Paulie’s orders. 3. He enters witness protection after betrayals.?

A. Donnie Brasco
B. The Irishman
C. Goodfellas
D. American Gangster

Question 16: Which film features this timeline? 1. A heist crew pulls off a diner robbery. 2. Vincent accidentally shoots Marvin. 3. Jules has a revelation after a “miracle” bullet dodge.?

A. Reservoir Dogs
B. True Romance
C. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
D. Pulp Fiction

Question 17: Which film features this timeline? 1. A boy meets a wise-cracking penguin emperor. 2. They journey to Antarctica. 3. Happy Feet dances to save his colony.?

A. Madagascar
B. Surf’s Up
C. Happy Feet
D. March of the Penguins

Question 18: Which film features this timeline? 1. Dom Cobb infiltrates dreams for inception. 2. They plant an idea in Fischer’s mind. 3. The top spins ambiguously at the end.?

A. Shutter Island
B. The Prestige
C. Inception
D. Source Code

Question 19: Which film features this timeline? 1. A virus devastates crops on distant planets. 2. Cooper pilots Endurance through a wormhole. 3. He falls into the tesseract to send data to Murph.?

A. Gravity
B. Ad Astra
C. Arrival
D. Interstellar

Question 20: Which film features this timeline? 1. Tyler Durden starts Fight Club. 2. Project Mayhem targets credit card companies. 3. The Narrator realises he is Tyler and shoots himself.?

A. Se7en
B. The Machinist
C. Fight Club
D. American Psycho

Answers

  1. B. Psycho – Directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1960, Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is killed in the iconic shower scene at the Bates Motel run by Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), whose “mother” is revealed as mummified; others are different Hitchcock thrillers.
  2. C. Jaws – Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster has Chief Brody (Roy Scheider), Hooper, and Quint hunting the shark after attacks; others feature sharks but lack the exact beach/mayor/boat hunt sequence.
  3. C. Star Wars: A New Hope – George Lucas’ 1977 film ends with Luke’s proton torpedo destroying the Death Star; sequels/prequels alter the exact events.
  4. D. Alien – Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror has the Nostromo crew facing the xenomorph from Kane’s facehugger; sequels expand the universe differently.
  5. A. The Shining – Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation sees Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) go mad, with Danny’s maze escape; others are unrelated hotel/king horrors.
  6. D. Back to the Future – Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 hit features Marty’s 1955 timeline interference and lightning strike return; sequels continue the saga differently.
  7. B. Raiders of the Lost Ark – Steven Spielberg’s 1981 adventure has the Ark’s deadly opening; other Indy films have different artifacts/chases.
  8. D. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Spielberg’s 1982 family film includes the bike flight and phone-home; others have aliens but no exact shed/bike farewell.
  9. D. Titanic – James Cameron’s 1997 epic follows Rose (Kate Winslet) and Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) to the sinking; others are different shipwrecks/romances.
  10. C. Jurassic Park – Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film has the T-Rex breakout and raptor finale; sequels revisit the park differently.
  11. D. The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece opens with Connie’s wedding, includes the horse head, and Michael’s baptism hits; sequel focuses on young Vito.
  12. D. The Silence of the Lambs – Jonathan Demme’s 1991 Oscar winner has Clarice (Jodie Foster) consulting Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) for Bill; prequels/sequels differ.
  13. C. The Matrix – The Wachowskis’ 1999 sci-fi has Neo’s awakening and Trinity’s kiss; sequels build on it.
  14. C. Forrest Gump – Robert Zemeckis’ 1994 film spans Forrest’s (Tom Hanks) life to Jenny’s death; others have fantastical journeys but no running/son reveal.
  15. C. Goodfellas – Martin Scorsese’s 1990 biopic follows Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) from entry to coke bust and protection; others are different mob tales.
  16. D. Pulp Fiction – Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 nonlinear film includes the heist twist, Marvin shooting, and Jules’ (Samuel L. Jackson) wallet epiphany.
  17. C. Happy Feet – George Miller’s 2006 animated film has Mumble’s journey and dance; others are penguin/animal tales without the exact plot.
  18. C. Inception – Christopher Nolan’s 2010 dream heist ends with the spinning top; others twist realities differently.
  19. D. Interstellar – Nolan’s 2014 space epic has Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) in the tesseract for Murph; others are space dramas without wormhole/crop virus.
  20. C. Fight Club – David Fincher’s 1999 satire reveals the Narrator (Edward Norton) as Tyler (Brad Pitt), ending in the building collapse setup.

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