Ultimate Movie IQ Test: Can You Score a Perfect 20/20?

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Challenge your cinematic expertise with this ultimate movie IQ test! These 20 questions span decades of film history, from Hollywood classics to modern blockbusters, with difficulty ramping up from easy to expert level. Grab a pen and see if you can ace them all.

20 Trivia Questions on Ultimate Movie IQ

Question 1: Which film won the first ever Academy Award for Best Picture?

A. The Jazz Singer
B. Wings
C. Sunrise
D. The Broadway Melody

Question 2: Who directed the 1960 horror classic Psycho?

A. Stanley Kubrick
B. Martin Scorsese
C. Alfred Hitchcock
D. Roman Polanski

Question 3: In Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), what is the name of Han Solo’s famous spaceship?

A. Enterprise
B. Millennium Falcon
C. Nostromo
D. X-Wing

Question 4: Which actor portrayed Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972)?

A. Al Pacino
B. Robert De Niro
C. Marlon Brando
D. Joe Pesci

Question 5: In what year was Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park released?

A. 1992
B. 1994
C. 1993
D. 1991

Question 6: Who directed the entire Lord of the Rings live-action trilogy?

A. Guillermo del Toro
B. Peter Jackson
C. Roland Emmerich
D. James Cameron

Question 7: In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, what colour are Dorothy’s magical slippers?

A. Silver
B. Gold
C. Red
D. Blue

Question 8: Which film features the iconic courtroom line “You can’t handle the truth!”?

A. The Godfather
B. A Few Good Men
C. Goodfellas
D. Scent of a Woman

Question 9: Who won the Best Director Oscar for Schindler’s List (1993)?

A. Martin Scorsese
B. Quentin Tarantino
C. Steven Spielberg
D. Robert Zemeckis

Question 10: Which film is the highest-grossing of all time worldwide (unadjusted for inflation, as of 2023)?

A. Avengers: Endgame
B. Titanic
C. Avatar
D. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Question 11: In Forrest Gump (1994), what does Forrest compare life to?

A. A bag of shrimp
B. A box of chocolates
C. Running through a field
D. A pair of shoes

Question 12: Who directed the groundbreaking sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)?

A. Ridley Scott
B. George Lucas
C. Stanley Kubrick
D. Christopher Nolan

Question 13: What was Disney’s first full-length animated feature film?

A. Pinocchio
B. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
C. Fantasia
D. Dumbo

Question 14: In Pulp Fiction (1994), what is the name of the burger chain referenced by Jules and Vincent?

A. McDonald’s
B. Big Kahuna Burger
C. In-N-Out
D. Krusty Burger

Question 15: Which actress won a Best Actress Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)?

A. Julianne Moore
B. Jodie Foster
C. Demi Moore
D. Halle Berry

Question 16: In what year was the original Jaws film released?

A. 1974
B. 1976
C. 1975
D. 1973

Question 17: Who played the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008)?

A. Jack Nicholson
B. Jared Leto
C. Heath Ledger
D. Joaquin Phoenix

Question 18: In The Matrix (1999), which colour pill does Neo choose to see the truth?

A. Blue
B. Green
C. Red
D. Black

Question 19: Which director helmed the Dollars Trilogy starring Clint Eastwood?

A. Akira Kurosawa
B. John Ford
C. Sergio Leone
D. Clint Eastwood

Question 20: In Finding Nemo (2003), what is the name of the shark who tries to be vegetarian?

A. Marlin
B. Nemo
C. Bruce
D. Dory

Answers

  1. B. Wings – Wings (1927–28) won the first Best Picture at the inaugural 1929 Oscars; The Jazz Singer was the first talkie but not Best Picture, others came later.
  2. C. Alfred Hitchcock – Hitchcock directed the iconic 1960 adaptation of Robert Bloch’s novel; Kubrick did The Shining, Scorsese Taxi Driver, Polanski Repulsion.
  3. B. Millennium Falcon – Han Solo’s ship is explicitly named the Millennium Falcon in the 1977 film; others are from Star Trek, Alien, Star Wars fighters.
  4. C. Marlon Brando – Brando won Best Actor as the ageing mafia boss; De Niro played young Vito in Part II, Pacino was Michael, Pesci in Goodfellas.
  5. C. 1993 – Jurassic Park premiered June 11, 1993; 1992 was Aladdin, 1994 The Lion King.
  6. B. Peter Jackson – Jackson directed all three films (2001–2003) from Tolkien’s books; del Toro was attached early but left.
  7. C. Red – The film uses ruby red slippers, differing from L. Frank Baum’s silver in the book; others are distractors.
  8. B. A Few Good Men – Spoken by Jack Nicholson as Col. Jessup in the 1992 film; others have famous lines but not this one.
  9. C. Steven Spielberg – Spielberg won his first Best Director Oscar for the 1993 Holocaust drama; others nominated that year or later.
  10. C. Avatar – James Cameron’s 2009 film holds the record at over $2.9 billion; Endgame is #2.
  11. B. A box of chocolates – Tom Hanks’ character says “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
  12. C. Stanley Kubrick – Kubrick co-wrote and directed the 1968 MGM film; others directed later sci-fi classics.
  13. B. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Released 1937, it was the first feature-length cel-animated film in Hollywood.
  14. B. Big Kahuna Burger – The fictional Hawaiian-themed chain is ordered by hitmen in Tarantino’s script.
  15. B. Jodie Foster – Foster won for Clarice Starling; Hopkins won Supporting Actor as Lecter.
  16. C. 1975 – Jaws released June 20, 1975, becoming the first summer blockbuster.
  17. C. Heath Ledger – Ledger’s portrayal won a posthumous Oscar; Nicholson was in 1989’s Batman.
  18. C. Red – Morpheus offers the red pill for truth, blue for illusion.
  19. C. Sergio Leone – Leone directed A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
  20. C. Bruce – Bruce is the great white shark in the Sydney Harbour scene, leader of the Fish-Friendly Sharks.

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