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150 Movie Trivia Questions and Answers to Stump Film Buffs
Updated on May 07, 2025
There are people who love movies, and then there are people who really love movies. We’re talking about the true film aficionados—the ones who know the most obscure movie trivia questions from seemingly every genre. The ones who can quote a decade’s worth of movies without breaking a sweat. And the ones who are the forces to be reckoned with on trivia night.
Maybe you think you’re one of them. Well, we’ll see about that. We’ve compiled 150 tricky trivia questions about Hollywood’s biggest hits so you can test your movie mettle. Test yourself on everything from Christmas movies to romantic comedies to horror flicks, or challenge a friend for the ultimate trivia showdown.
Read on to see if you’ve got the right stuff. The game starts … now!
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Movie trivia questions
1. Question: The code in The Matrix comes from what kinds of food recipes?
Answer: Sushi
2. Question: What’s the name of Meat Loaf’s character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Answer: Eddie
3. Question: Who actually drew the sketch of Rose in Titanic?
Answer: James Cameron
4. Question: Who voices Joy in Pixar’s Inside Out?
Answer: Amy Poehler
5. Question: Where were The Lord of the Rings movies filmed?
Answer: New Zealand
6. Question: Which country does Forrest Gump travel to as part of the All-American Ping-Pong Team?
Answer: China
7. Question: Which famous Pulp Fiction scene was filmed backward?
Answer: Mia’s overdose scene
8. Question: Which actor was in all of the following movies: The Outsiders, Wayne’s World and Tommy Boy?
A. Tom Cruise
B. Matt Dillon
C. Rob Lowe
D. C. Thomas Howell
Answer: Rob Lowe
9. Question: Who was the first Black person to win an Oscar?
Answer: Hattie McDaniel, for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind
10. Question: Which is not the name of a child selected to tour the Wonka factory in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory?
A. Billy Warp
B. Veruca Salt
C. Mike Teavee
D. Charlie Bucket
Answer: Billy Warp
11. Question: What colors make up Freddy Krueger’s striped sweater?
Answer: Red and green
12. Question: Who did the cat in the classic movie The Godfather belong to?
Answer: No one—the cat was a stray.
13. Question: What is the name of the fictional land where Frozen takes place?
Answer: Arendelle
14. Question: What score did Elle Woods get on her LSAT in Legally Blonde?
Answer: 179
15. Question: In the original version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, what does the Evil Queen actually say to the mirror?
Answer: “Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?” (It is commonly misremembered as: “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”)
16. Question: What was the top-grossing movie of 2014?
Answer: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
17. Question: True or false: Sean Connery wore a toupee in every James Bond movie.
Answer: True
18. Question: How old was Stockard Channing when she played high school student Rizzo in Grease?
Answer: 33
19. Question: Who directed the hit 2017 movie Get Out?
Answer: Jordan Peele
20. Question: What item is in every Fight Club scene?
Answer: A Starbucks cup
21. Question: If you watch the Marvel movies in chronological order, which movie would you watch first?
Answer: Captain America: The First Avenger
22. Question: Which is the first movie in the Austin Powers franchise?
Answer: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
23. Question: In which movie will you find the quote “Here’s looking at you, kid”?
Answer: Casablanca
24. Question: What is the name of the camp in Friday the 13th?
Answer: Camp Crystal Lake
25. Question: Some of the velociraptor noises in Jurassic Park are actually which animals mating?
Answer: Tortoises
26. Question: Which actor hasn’t played the Joker?
A. Jack Nicholson
B. Sean Penn
C. Jared Leto
D. Mark Hamill
Answer: Sean Penn
27. Question: In which country was the 2017 LGBTQ movie Call Me by Your Name filmed?
Answer: Italy
28. Question: The dog in The Sandlot is nicknamed “The Beast.” What’s the dog’s actual name?
Answer: Hercules
29. Question: Which singer starred alongside Steve Martin in 2006’s remake of The Pink Panther?
Answer: Beyoncé
30. Question: Which two movies started from the same script?
A. Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind
B. E.T. and Poltergeist
C. The Goonies and Indiana Jones
D. Jurassic Park and The Land Before Time
Answer: E.T. and Poltergeist
31. Question: How many Oscars has Halle Berry won?
Answer: One, for Monster’s Ball
32. Question: True or false: Speed is the only movie Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves have starred in together.
Answer: False—they also both starred in 2006’s The Lake House.
33. Question: Which movie is this quote from: “What’s in the box?”
Answer: Se7en
34. Question: In Mean Girls, Cady moves to Illinois from which continent?
Answer: Africa
35. Question: Michael Myers’s mask in Halloween is based on which actor’s face?
Answer: William Shatner
36. Question: Which movie was not directed by Tim Burton?
A. The Witches
B. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
C. Corpse Bride
D. Big Fish
Answer: The Witches
37. Question: Which movie does not feature Emma Stone?
A. Superbad
B. Easy A
C. The Help
D. No Strings Attached
Answer: No Strings Attached
38. Question: In the original script for Toy Story, what kind of toy was Woody?
Answer: A ventriloquist’s dummy
39. Question: Who directed Silence of the Lambs?
Answer: Jonathan Demme
40. Question: Which isn’t a core rule for handling a Mogwai in Gremlins?
A. Do not feed it after midnight.
B. Do not expose it to bright lights.
C. Do not let it get wet.
D. Do not let it get cold.
Answer: Don’t let it get cold.
42. Question: True or false: The Shining was Stephen King’s first novel to be adapted into a movie.
Answer: False—1976’s Carrie was the first movie to be adapted from a Stephen King novel.
43. Question: How old was the actress who voiced Boo in Monsters, Inc. at the time of production?
Answer: 2-and-a-half years old
44. Question: Who took home an Oscar for Best Actor in 1998?
Answer: Jack Nicholson, for As Good as It Gets
45. Question: Which Star Wars characters appear in Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Answer: R2-D2 and C-3PO. They appear on a nearby column when Indiana Jones is removing a stone covering from the Ark of the Covenant.
46. Question: Who plays lawyer turned youth hockey coach Gordon Bombay in The Mighty Ducks franchise?
Answer: Emilio Estevez
47. Question: True or false: Gone with the Wind’s fire scene depicts old sets being burned.
Answer: True
48. Question: In the horror movie The Ring, how long do people have to live after they watch a cursed videotape?
Answer: Seven days
49. Question: Which famous line from Jaws was ad-libbed?
Answer: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
50. Question: True or false: James Earl Jones voices Mufasa in 1994’s The Lion King.
Answer: True
51. Question: A Harry Potter stunt double was paralyzed on the job. Which actor did the stunt double do stunts for?
Answer: Daniel Radcliffe
52. Question: What song plays in the tunnel scene in Perks of Being a Wallflower?
Answer: “Heroes” by David Bowie
53. Question: True or false: Toto was paid more than the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz.
Answer: True (though the dog was not paid more than Judy Garland’s Dorothy, an often-quoted incorrect fact)
54. Question: Who plays Captain Steven Hiller in the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day?
Answer: Will Smith
55. Question: The set for which movie was buried underground for decades?
Answer: The Ten Commandments
56. Question: Who played Wendy Torrance in The Shining?
Answer: Shelley Duvall
57. Question: Which was the first movie to show a toilet flushing?
Answer: Psycho
58. Question: Which movie was Spike Lee’s first feature film?
Answer: She’s Gotta Have It
59. Question: True or false: In Django Unchained, Leonardo DiCaprio intentionally cut his hand during a scene.
Answer: False
60. Question: Which word completes this quote from Apocalypse Now: “I love the smell of ___ in the morning.”
Answer: Napalm
61. Question: Dracula was filmed in English during the day, and in what other language at night?
Answer: Spanish
62. Question: What karaoke song does Cameron Diaz’s character sing in My Best Friend’s Wedding?
Answer: “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself”
63. Question: True or false: Jimmy Stewart did not want to do It’s a Wonderful Life.
Answer: True
64. Question: Which actor plays Private Ryan in Saving Private Ryan?
Answer: Matt Damon
65. Question: Who is the youngest person ever to win an Oscar?
Answer: Tatum O’Neal
66. Question: True or false: Bradley Cooper’s first movie role was in 2005’s Wedding Crashers.
Answer: False—his first role was actually in 2001’s Wet Hot American Summer.
67. Question: What is the name of Jeff Goldblum’s character in Jurassic Park?
Answer: Dr. Ian Malcolm
68. Question: What is the highest-grossing movie of all time?
Answer: Avatar
69. Question: Which ’80s movie was Corey Feldman not in?
A. Stand by Me
B. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
C. The Goonies
D. The Lost Boys
Answer: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
70. Question: Who was originally cast to voice Shrek?
Answer: Chris Farley
71. Question: Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth first met on the set of which film?
Answer: The Last Song
72. Question: Which is the first movie in the Bourne franchise?
Answer: The Bourne Identity
73. Question: True or false: Mickey Mouse has five fingers.
Answer: False—Mickey Mouse has four fingers.
74. Question: Which actor isn’t in Anchorman?
A. Paul Rudd
B. Seth Rogen
C. David Koechner
D. Adam Scott
Answer: Adam Scott. Even though Scott wasn’t featured in this Will Ferrell movie, he does act alongside Ferrell in the 2008 comedy Step Brothers.
75. Question: What are the names of the two people behind Ghostface in Scream?
Answer: Billy and Stu
76. Question: What year was the first Die Hard movie released?
Answer: 1988
77. Question: What is the name of the chainsaw-wielding maniac in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?
Answer: Leatherface
78. Question: Which movie does not feature Catherine O’Hara?
A. Nothing Personal
B. The Nightmare Before Christmas
C. Beetlejuice
D. City of Angels
Answer: City of Angels
79. Question: Who plays the convenience-store clerk seen at the beginning of Juno?
Answer: Rainn Wilson
80. Question: True or false: The first Academy Awards were handed out in 1925.
Answer: False—they were first handed out in 1929.
81. Question: Which movie stars Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet as a broken-up couple who seek to erase memories of each other?
Answer: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
82. Question: What was the highest-grossing movie of 2005?
Answer: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
83. Question: Which actress has the most Oscar wins?
Answer: Katharine Hepburn
84. Question: When was the first Mission: Impossible movie released?
Answer: 1996
85. Question: How many movies did Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers do together?
Answer: 10
86. Question: Who voices Lenny the shark in 2004’s Shark Tale?
Answer: Jack Black
87. Question: What movie is this famous quote from: “You can’t handle the truth!”
Answer: A Few Good Men
88. Question: Which romantic movie does not feature Ryan Reynolds?
A. The Proposal
B. Definitely, Maybe
C. Just Friends
D. He’s Just Not That Into You
Answer: He’s Just Not That into You
89. Question: Which character in The Godfather is nicknamed “The Turk”?
Answer: Virgil Sollozzo
90. Question: Which comedian makes a zombie cameo in Zombieland?
A. Dan Aykroyd
B. Chevy Chase
C. Steve Martin
D. Bill Murray
Answer: Bill Murray
91. Question: How many times has A Star Is Born, which was originally released in 1937, been remade?
Answer: Four
92. Question: Which actress plays Julia Child in Julie & Julia?
Answer: Meryl Streep
93. Question: Which movie does not feature Winona Ryder?
A. Lucas
B. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
C. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
D. Girl, Interrupted
Answer: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
94. Question: Which movie does not star Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore?
A. The Wedding Singer
B. Fever Pitch
C. Blended
D. 50 First Dates
Answer: Fever Pitch. Barrymore does actually star in 2005’s Fever Pitch, but she appears opposite Jimmy Fallon.
95. Question: True or false: Han Solo’s classic “I know” line in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was improvised by Harrison Ford.
Answer: True
96. Question: What was Tyler Perry’s first movie as Madea?
Answer: Diary of a Mad Black Woman
97. Question: In Passengers, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt star as voyagers to a new planet who awaken decades too early in their trip. Why does Lawrence’s character wake up?
Answer: Pratt’s character wakes her up because he wants a companion.
98. Question: Which phrase completes this famous quote from The Princess Bride: “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. ______.”
Answer: “Prepare to die.”
99. Question: Around how long did it take to make The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Answer: Three years
100. Question: What’s the name of the planet Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker duel on in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith?
Answer: Mustafar
101. Question: Where was The Notebook filmed?
Answer: Charleston, South Carolina
102. Question: Bedford Falls, the town in It’s a Wonderful Life, is based on which real New York town?
Answer: Seneca Falls
103. Question: What is the name of Jessie’s horse in Toy Story 2?
Answer: Bullseye
104. Question: What college did Harry and Sally attend in When Harry Met Sally?
Answer: The University of Chicago
105. Question: Who played Officer Slater in Superbad?
Answer: Bill Hader
106. Question: Who says the iconic “As if!” line in Clueless?
Answer: Cher
107. Question: Which actor hasn’t played Spider-Man?
A. Tobey Maguire
B. Topher Grace
C. Andrew Garfield
D. Tom Holland
Answer: Topher Grace
108. Question: Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1995?
Answer: Forrest Gump
109. Question: What year does Dirty Dancing take place?
Answer: 1963
110. Question: Which actor wasn’t in The Deer Hunter?
A. Al Pacino
B. Robert De Niro
C. John Savage
D. Christopher Walken
Answer: Al Pacino
111. Question: Which movie musical stars Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried as a mother and daughter living on a Greek island?
Answer: Mamma Mia!
112. Question: What is the name of Rapunzel’s pet chameleon in Tangled?
Answer: Pascal
113. Question: What year was The Dark Knight released?
Answer: 2008
114. Question: Who directed the two hit horror movies Hereditary and Midsommar?
Answer: Ari Aster
115. Question: Director Kevin Smith plays which character in the Clerks movies?
Answer: Silent Bob
116. Question: What occupation does Dianne Wiest’s character Peg have in Edward Scissorhands?
Answer: Avon saleswoman
117. Question: Briar Rose is the pseudonym for which Disney princess?
Answer: Aurora
118. Question: Which comedian didn’t star in Three Amigos! in 1986?
A. Henry Winkler
B. Martin Short
C. Chevy Chase
D. Steve Martin
Answer: Henry Winkler
119. Question: You’ve Got Mail features several nods to which 1940s flick?
Answer: The Shop Around the Corner
120. Question: In which city does Rosemary’s Baby take place?
Answer: New York City
121. Question: What is the call sign of Maverick’s best friend and radar intercept officer in Top Gun?
Answer: Goose
122. Question: In She’s All That, why does Zack ask out Laney?
Answer: He bet his friends he could turn her into the prom queen.
123. Question: Which 3D horror movie starred Supernatural‘s Jensen Ackles?
Answer: My Bloody Valentine (2009)
124. Question: What is the name of the 1954 movie starring Audrey Hepburn, William Holden and Humphrey Bogart as three people involved in a love triangle?
Answer: Sabrina
125. Question: What is the name of the a capella group Anna Kendrick’s character, Beca, joins in Pitch Perfect?
Answer: The Bellas
126. Question: What is the name of the pirate whose treasure the kids are after in The Goonies?
Answer: One-Eyed Willy
127. Question: Who played Atticus Finch in the 1962 drama movie To Kill a Mockingbird?
Answer: Gregory Peck
128. Question: What word completes this famous quote from Jerry Maguire: “Show me the ____.”
Answer: Money
129. Question: Rocky famously runs up the steps of which building in Rocky?
Answer: The Philadelphia Museum of Art
130. Question: Which planet does the crew in 2001: A Space Odyssey travel to?
Answer: Jupiter
131. Question: What is the name of the eerie bunny in Donnie Darko?
Answer: Frank
132. Question: Who played Sam Witwicky in the Transformers franchise?
Answer: Shia LaBeouf
133. Question: What game do the Heathers and Veronica frequently play in Heathers?
Answer: Croquet
134. Question: Which Monty Python movie is the quote “It’s just a flesh wound” from?
Answer: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
135. Question: Which Shakespeare play is the movie 10 Things I Hate About You based on?
Answer: The Taming of the Shrew
136. Question: Which actor isn’t in Knives Out?
A. Chris Evans
B. Michael Shannon
C. Jaeden Martell
D. Jacob Tremblay
Answer: Jacob Tremblay
137. Question: Which movie stars Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford as the journalists who broke the Watergate scandal?
Answer: All the President’s Men
138. Question: What job does Will Hunting (Matt Damon’s character) have in Good Will Hunting?
Answer: Janitor
139. Question: Who does Tim Curry play in Clue?
Answer: Wadsworth
140. Question: In the animated movie Coco, what does Miguel want to be when he grows up?
Answer: A musician
141. Question: In She’s the Man, Amanda Bynes plays Viola, a teen who poses as her twin brother and attends his boarding school. What’s her brother’s name?
Answer: Sebastian
142. Question: Which movie doesn’t star Molly Ringwald?
A. Sixteen Candles
B. Can’t Buy Me Love
C. The Breakfast Club
D. Pretty in Pink
Answer: Can’t Buy Me Love
143. Question: What is the name of the disorderly fraternity at the center of National Lampoon’s Animal House?
Answer: Delta Tau Chi
144. Question: Which two actors starred in the 2012 movie adaptation of 21 Jump Street?
Answer: Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum
145. Question: Three movies have won 11 Oscars, creating a three-way tie for most Oscars won by a movie. Which movie isn’t included in that tie?
A. Ben-Hur
B. The Godfather
C. Titanic
D. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Answer: The Godfather
146. Question: In the 2000 movie Love & Basketball, the two main characters, Monica and Quincy, play basketball for which college?
Answer: The University of Southern California
147. Question: Which coming-of-age movie from the ’90s features Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Rosie O’Donnell and Demi Moore in its cast?
Answer: Now and Then
148. Question: What is the name of Jeff Bridges’s character in The Big Lebowski?
Answer: The Dude
149. Question: When was the last Twilight movie released?
Answer: 2012
150. Question: Which actor hasn’t played Batman in a movie?
A. Ben Affleck
B. Robert Pattinson
C. Will Arnett
D. Christian Slater
Answer: Christian Slater
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