🎬 Movie trivia questions

1. Jurassic Park's fictional Isla Nublar sits off the coast of which real country?

   • Mexico
   • Costa Rica
   • Panama
   • Ecuador
   Answer

   Costa Rica · from Movie Night

2. True or false: "Titanic" and "Ben-Hur" each won 11 Oscars.

   Answer

   True · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

3. In Beverly Hills Cop, Axel Foley disables a police car by stuffing what in its tailpipe?

   • A banana
   • A potato
   • A rolled-up newspaper
   • A tennis ball
   Answer

   A banana · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

4. Seth MacFarlane says baby Stewie Griffin's posh voice is modeled on which actor?

   • Rex Harrison
   • Hugh Grant
   • Patrick Stewart
   • Michael Caine
   Answer

   Rex Harrison · from Movie Night

5. How did James Dean die in 1955, at just 24?

   • A plane crash
   • A drowning
   • A heart attack
   • A car crash
   Answer

   A car crash · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

6. In The Waterboy, Bobby's Mama says alligators are so ornery because of what?

   • They got all them teeth and no toothbrush
   • They was born without mamas
   • They drink too much Gatorade
   • The devil made 'em
   Answer

   They got all them teeth and no toothbrush · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

7. Tagline: "The true story of a real fake."

   • Catch Me If You Can
   • American Hustle
   • The Wolf of Wall Street
   • Argo
   Answer

   Catch Me If You Can · from Movie Night

8. Which actress's 1985 Oscar speech gave us the famous line "You like me!"?

   • Jane Fonda
   • Sissy Spacek
   • Shirley MacLaine
   • Sally Field
   Answer

   Sally Field · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

9. True or false: Pretty Woman began as a much darker drama script titled "3000."

   Answer

   True · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

10. In Tin Cup, Kevin Costner's golfer blows his U.S. Open shot at glory by stubbornly doing what?

    • Hitting over the water again and again
    • Putting with a driver
    • Playing the last hole barefoot
    • Firing his caddie mid-round
    Answer

    Hitting over the water again and again · from Movie Night

11. John Wayne's nickname "the Duke" was first given to whom?

    • His childhood dog
    • His favorite horse
    • His father
    • A movie character
    Answer

    His childhood dog · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

12. Bridget Jones's Diary is loosely modeled on which Jane Austen novel?

    • Pride and Prejudice
    • Emma
    • Sense and Sensibility
    • Persuasion
    Answer

    Pride and Prejudice · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

13. In the Rocky films, name either of Rocky's two pet turtles.

    Answer

    Cuff and Link · from Movie Night

14. Whoopi Goldberg won Best Supporting Actress playing a phony psychic in which 1990 film?

    • Ghost
    • Sister Act
    • The Color Purple
    • Corrina, Corrina
    Answer

    Ghost · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

15. Which Channing Tatum line from 22 Jump Street became a massive meme?

    • "My name is Jeff."
    • "I'm a narc!"
    • "Science!"
    • "I'm Mr. Tumbles."
    Answer

    "My name is Jeff." · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

16. Who voices the supervillain Gru in Despicable Me?

    • Will Ferrell
    • Jason Segel
    • Russell Brand
    • Steve Carell
    Answer

    Steve Carell · from Movie Night

17. Which artist famously interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV VMAs?

    • Jay-Z
    • Kanye West
    • Drake
    • 50 Cent
    Answer

    Kanye West · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

18. In Step Brothers, Brennan and Dale's Prestige Worldwide ends up running which fancy event?

    • The Napa Cheese Gala
    • The Hamptons Yacht Soiree
    • The Malibu Beach Bash
    • The Catalina Wine Mixer
    Answer

    The Catalina Wine Mixer · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

19. What weapon does Anton Chigurh famously carry in No Country for Old Men?

    • A crossbow
    • A machete
    • A captive bolt pistol
    • A harpoon gun
    Answer

    A captive bolt pistol · from Movie Night

20. Which of these legendary directors never won a competitive Best Director Oscar?

    • Mike Nichols
    • Stanley Kubrick
    • Robert Wise
    • Delbert Mann
    Answer

    Stanley Kubrick · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

21. Jake and Elwood try to raise $5,000 to save what in The Blues Brothers?

    • A blues club
    • Their childhood orphanage
    • A church choir
    • Their father's farm
    Answer

    Their childhood orphanage · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

22. Who plays 'unsinkable' Molly Brown in Titanic (1997)?

    • Frances Fisher
    • Kathy Bates
    • Meryl Streep
    • Glenn Close
    Answer

    Kathy Bates · from Movie Night

23. Before winning Best Actor as Freddie Mercury, Rami Malek starred in which hacker TV series?

    • Silicon Valley
    • Mr. Robot
    • Halt and Catch Fire
    • Black Mirror
    Answer

    Mr. Robot · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

24. In Crazy, Stupid, Love, Ryan Gosling recreates a famous lift from which movie?

    • Dirty Dancing
    • Grease
    • Flashdance
    • Footloose
    Answer

    Dirty Dancing · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

25. Plot, explained badly: Two slackers kidnap Napoleon and Socrates so they don't fail a history report.

    • Hot Tub Time Machine
    • Wayne's World
    • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
    • Encino Man
    Answer

    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure · from Movie Night

26. Titanic (1997) won how many Academy Awards, tying the all-time record at the time?

    • 10
    • 9
    • 14
    • 11
    Answer

    11 · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

27. What weapon do the knights use to defeat the killer rabbit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

    Answer

    The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

28. Tobey Maguire's no-CGI catch of a whole cafeteria tray in Spider-Man (2002) reportedly took how many takes?

    • 156
    • 12
    • 40
    • One, first try
    Answer

    156 · from Movie Night

29. Which director made Point Break and Zero Dark Thirty?

    • Tony Scott
    • Ava DuVernay
    • Michael Mann
    • Kathryn Bigelow
    Answer

    Kathryn Bigelow · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

30. True or false: Notting Hill's famous blue front door was on screenwriter Richard Curtis's own former home.

    Answer

    True · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

31. In Rocky, what does Rocky gulp down raw from a glass before his dawn run?

    • Oysters
    • Milk
    • A whole cheesesteak
    • Eggs
    Answer

    Eggs · from Movie Night

32. Halle Berry made history in 2002 as the first Black woman to win which award?

    • Best Director Oscar
    • Best Supporting Actress Oscar
    • Best Original Song Oscar
    • Best Actress Oscar
    Answer

    Best Actress Oscar · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

33. Napoleon Dynamite's T-shirts urge you to vote for whom?

    • Kip
    • Pedro
    • Rico
    • Deb
    Answer

    Pedro · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

34. In the Iron Man films, what is Pepper Potts's actual first name?

    • Patricia
    • Penelope
    • Virginia
    • Margaret
    Answer

    Virginia · from Movie Night

35. Before directing West Side Story, Robert Wise edited which 1941 film often called the greatest ever?

    Answer

    Citizen Kane · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

36. Gene Wilder plays a washed-up gunslinger known as what in Blazing Saddles?

    • The Rio Kid
    • The Sundance Kid
    • The Waco Kid
    • The Laredo Kid
    Answer

    The Waco Kid · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

37. In Remember the Titans, the team wins over the locker room by singing which Motown hit?

    • Ain't No Mountain High Enough
    • My Girl
    • I Heard It Through the Grapevine
    • Stop! In the Name of Love
    Answer

    Ain't No Mountain High Enough · from Movie Night

38. Which director of The Thing and Escape from New York also composed the famous Halloween theme himself?

    • Wes Craven
    • Tobe Hooper
    • David Cronenberg
    • John Carpenter
    Answer

    John Carpenter · from Classic Hollywood & the Oscars

39. Emma Stone's Olive compares her rumored reputation to which novel in Easy A?

    Answer

    The Scarlet Letter · from Comedies & Rom-Coms

40. When John Williams first played Spielberg the two-note Jaws theme on piano, Spielberg reportedly thought it was what?

    • A joke
    • Too slow
    • Too sad
    • Borrowed from Beethoven
    Answer

    A joke · from Movie Night

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