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This quiz focuses on horror films released from 2000 onwards. Questions cover directors, cast members, release years, plot details and production facts drawn from reliable records. Readers will encounter a range of difficulty levels across ten questions.

10 Trivia Questions

Question 1: Who directed the 2018 film Hereditary?

A. Robert Eggers
B. Ari Aster
C. Jordan Peele
D. Mike Flanagan

Question 2: In which year was the first Paranormal Activity film released?

A. 2005
B. 2007
C. 2009
D. 2011

Question 3: Jordan Peele wrote and directed which 2017 horror film?

A. Us
B. Get Out
C. Nope
D. Candyman

Question 4: The 2014 Australian horror film The Babadook was written and directed by whom?

A. Jennifer Kent
B. Roseanne Liang
C. Karyn Kusama
D. Julia Ducournau

Question 5: Which actor starred as the lead in the 2015 film The Witch?

A. Anya Taylor-Joy
B. Florence Pugh
C. Mia Goth
D. Sophie Thatcher

Question 6: John Krasinski directed and starred in which 2018 horror film?

A. A Quiet Place
B. The Night House
C. Bird Box
D. The Invisible Man

Question 7: The 2019 film Midsommar was directed by the same person who made Hereditary. What is that director’s name?

A. Ari Aster
B. David Lowery
C. Scott Derrickson
D. James Wan

Question 8: In the 2017 film It, which actor portrayed the character Pennywise?

A. Bill Skarsgard
B. Javier Botet
C. Tim Curry
D. Doug Jones

Question 9: The Conjuring, released in 2013, was directed by which filmmaker?

A. James Wan
B. Mike Flanagan
C. David F. Sandberg
D. Leigh Whannell

Question 10: Which 2019 horror film was written and directed by Jordan Peele and starred Lupita Nyong’o?

A. Get Out
B. Us
C. Nope
D. Candyman

Answers

  1. B. Ari Aster – Ari Aster directed Hereditary. Robert Eggers directed The Witch, Jordan Peele directed Get Out and Mike Flanagan directed several other horror titles.
  2. B. 2007 – Paranormal Activity first screened at festivals in 2007 before its wider release. The other years do not match the original film.
  3. B. Get Out – Jordan Peele wrote and directed Get Out in 2017. Us and Nope came later while Candyman was a separate project.
  4. A. Jennifer Kent – Jennifer Kent wrote and directed The Babadook. The other names are directors of different horror films.
  5. A. Anya Taylor-Joy – Anya Taylor-Joy played the lead role of Thomasin. The other actresses appeared in later horror productions.
  6. A. A Quiet Place – John Krasinski directed and starred in A Quiet Place. The other titles have different directors.
  7. A. Ari Aster – Ari Aster directed both Hereditary and Midsommar. The remaining names directed unrelated films.
  8. A. Bill Skarsgard – Bill Skarsgard played Pennywise in the 2017 version. Tim Curry played the character in the earlier adaptation.
  9. A. James Wan – James Wan directed The Conjuring. The other directors worked on different entries in the wider horror genre.
  10. B. Us – Jordan Peele wrote and directed Us in 2019. Get Out was 2017 and Nope was 2022.

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