50 Movies & Cinema Quiz Questions and Answers
This page lists 50 real questions from the Quizlino Movies & Cinema category, each with four options, the correct answer and, where available, a short explanation. They are arranged from easy to hard, so you can start at the level that suits you. The full category contains 260 questions spread across its levels, so what you see here is a sample to study from, not the whole quiz.
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Movies & Cinema: Easy Questions
Warm-up questions that most players can answer.
Q1. In Titanic, who plays Jack Dawson?
Answer: B. Leonardo DiCaprio
Explanation: Leonardo DiCaprio starred as Jack Dawson opposite Kate Winslet in James Cameron's Titanic, released in 1997.
Q2. What is the name of the wizard school in Harry Potter?
Answer: B. Hogwarts
Explanation: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is where Harry Potter and his friends study magic.
Q3. In The Lion King, what is Simba’s father’s name?
Answer: C. Mufasa
Explanation: Mufasa is the king of the Pride Lands and is voiced by James Earl Jones in the 1994 film.
Q4. What color pill does Neo take in The Matrix?
Answer: D. Red
Explanation: Neo chooses the red pill, which reveals the truth about the Matrix. The blue pill would have returned him to his ordinary life.
Q5. Who directed Jurassic Park?
Answer: C. Steven Spielberg
Explanation: Steven Spielberg directed Jurassic Park in 1993, based on the novel by Michael Crichton.
Q6. In Forrest Gump, what phrase does Forrest often say about life?
Answer: B. Life is like a box of chocolates.
Explanation: Forrest repeats his mother's saying that life is like a box of chocolates, because you never know what you are going to get.
Q7. What movie features the quote "I'm the king of the world!"?
Answer: B. Titanic
Explanation: Jack Dawson shouts the line from the bow of the ship in Titanic.
Q8. Which superhero is known as the Dark Knight?
Answer: C. Batman
Explanation: The Dark Knight is a long-standing nickname for Batman and also the title of the 2008 film directed by Christopher Nolan.
Q9. What animated movie features the character Woody?
Answer: B. Toy Story
Explanation: Woody, a cowboy doll voiced by Tom Hanks, is the hero of Toy Story, which in 1995 became the first feature film made entirely with computer animation.
Q10. In Frozen, what is the name of Elsa’s sister?
Answer: B. Anna
Explanation: Anna is Elsa's younger sister, who sets out to find her after Elsa flees the kingdom of Arendelle.
Q11. Who directed Pulp Fiction?
Answer: A. Quentin Tarantino
Explanation: Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed Pulp Fiction in 1994, and it won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Q12. What year was the original Star Wars movie released?
Answer: C. 1977
Explanation: Star Wars was released in May 1977 and was later given the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope.
Q13. In The Godfather, what is the Corleone family’s business?
Answer: B. Organized Crime
Explanation: The Corleones are a New York Mafia family, and the film follows Michael Corleone's rise to become its head.
Q14. What fictional country is the setting for Black Panther?
Answer: C. Wakanda
Explanation: Wakanda is a fictional African kingdom made rich and technologically advanced by the metal vibranium.
Q15. In Back to the Future, what is the name of the time-traveling car?
Answer: C. DeLorean
Explanation: Doc Brown builds his time machine from a DeLorean sports car, which travels through time when it reaches 88 miles per hour.
Q16. Which actor played the Joker in The Dark Knight?
Answer: B. Heath Ledger
Explanation: Heath Ledger played the Joker in The Dark Knight and was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor after his death.
Q17. What is the name of Indiana Jones’s father?
Answer: A. Henry Jones Sr.
Explanation: Henry Jones Sr. is played by Sean Connery in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Q18. In The Hunger Games, who volunteers as tribute for her sister?
Answer: C. Katniss Everdeen
Explanation: Katniss Everdeen takes the place of her younger sister, Primrose, when Prim's name is drawn at the reaping.
Q19. Who voices Shrek in the animated film series?
Answer: C. Mike Myers
Explanation: Mike Myers voices Shrek and gave the ogre his Scottish accent.
Movies & Cinema: Medium Questions
A step up in difficulty, for players who know the basics.
Q20. Which horror movie involves a group of friends exploring an abandoned cabin in the woods and accidentally awakening evil forces?
Answer: B. The Evil Dead
Explanation: The Evil Dead, directed by Sam Raimi and released in 1981, was made on a very small budget and became a cult classic.
Q21. What movie features the Sanderson sisters?
Answer: C. Hocus Pocus
Explanation: Hocus Pocus, released in 1993, features the three Sanderson sisters, witches from seventeenth-century Salem.
Q22. What animated Halloween movie features Jack Skellington?
Answer: C. The Nightmare Before Christmas
Explanation: Jack Skellington is the hero of The Nightmare Before Christmas, a stop-motion film produced by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick.
Q23. What Halloween movie stars Bette Midler?
Answer: A. Hocus Pocus
Explanation: Bette Midler plays Winifred Sanderson, the eldest of the three witches in Hocus Pocus.
Q24. In Beetlejuice, what phrase summons Beetlejuice?
Answer: C. Say his name three times
Explanation: Beetlejuice appears when his name is spoken three times in a row.
Q25. What Disney Halloween movie features a group of kids fighting witches?
Answer: B. Hocus Pocus
Explanation: In Hocus Pocus a group of children in Salem must stop the Sanderson sisters before sunrise.
Q26. In The Nightmare Before Christmas, what holiday town does Jack discover?
Answer: B. Christmas Town
Explanation: Jack stumbles into Christmas Town and decides to take over Christmas himself.
Q27. What Halloween movie features a killer pumpkin mask?
Answer: B. Halloween III
Explanation: Halloween III: Season of the Witch, released in 1982, centres on deadly Halloween masks and is the only film in the series without Michael Myers.
Q28. In Coraline, what do the "Other Mother's" eyes look like?
Answer: B. Buttons
Explanation: The Other Mother has black buttons sewn in place of her eyes and wants to sew buttons onto Coraline's eyes too.
Q29. What Halloween film features a haunted videotape?
Answer: B. The Ring
Explanation: In The Ring, anyone who watches a cursed videotape receives a phone call warning that they will die in seven days.
Q30. What creature appears every 27 years in It?
Answer: C. Pennywise
Explanation: Pennywise the Dancing Clown is the form taken by the creature in Stephen King's It, which returns to the town of Derry every 27 years.
Q31. In Hocus Pocus, what are the names of the three Sanderson sisters?
Answer: B. Winifred, Sarah, and Mary
Explanation: Winifred is played by Bette Midler, Sarah by Sarah Jessica Parker and Mary by Kathy Najimy.
Q32. What is the name of the Pumpkin King in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Answer: B. Jack Skellington
Explanation: Jack Skellington is known as the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town.
Q33. In the movie Halloween (1978), who is the masked killer?
Answer: C. Michael Myers
Explanation: Michael Myers is the silent masked killer in John Carpenter's Halloween, set in the fictional town of Haddonfield.
Q34. In Beetlejuice, how many times must you say Beetlejuice's name to summon him?
Answer: C. Three times
Explanation: Saying the name Beetlejuice three times summons him, and saying it three times again sends him away.
Q35. What magical object brings the Sanderson sisters back to life in Hocus Pocus?
Answer: C. Black Flame Candle
Explanation: The Black Flame Candle brings the Sanderson sisters back when it is lit on Halloween night.
Q36. In Coraline, what replaces the "Other Mother's" eyes?
Answer: B. Buttons
Explanation: Everyone in the Other World has buttons for eyes, which is the first sign that something there is wrong.
Q37. Which Halloween movie features a friendly ghost named Casper?
Answer: B. Casper
Explanation: Casper, released in 1995, is based on the cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost.
Movies & Cinema: Hard Questions
Challenging questions for confident players.
Q38. Who played Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Answer: B. Chris Evans
Explanation: Chris Evans played Steve Rogers, also known as Captain America, from 2011 to 2019.
Q39. Which movie features the quote "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."?
Answer: C. The Godfather Part II
Explanation: The line is spoken by Michael Corleone, played by Al Pacino, in The Godfather Part II.
Q40. Who directed Schindler's List?
Answer: B. Steven Spielberg
Explanation: Steven Spielberg directed Schindler's List in 1993, and it won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Q41. Which movie features the character Ferris Bueller?
Answer: C. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Explanation: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a 1986 comedy directed by John Hughes, stars Matthew Broderick as a schoolboy who skips school for a day in Chicago.
Q42. Who played the Genie in Disney's 1992 animated Aladdin?
Answer: B. Robin Williams
Explanation: Robin Williams voiced the Genie and improvised much of his dialogue during recording.
Q43. Which movie features the quote "Wax on, wax off."?
Answer: B. The Karate Kid
Explanation: In The Karate Kid, Mr Miyagi teaches Daniel karate movements through chores such as waxing cars.
Q44. Which actor played Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series?
Answer: B. Johnny Depp
Explanation: Johnny Depp played Captain Jack Sparrow, and the first film brought him an Academy Award nomination.
Q45. Which movie features the character Patrick Bateman?
Answer: B. American Psycho
Explanation: Patrick Bateman, a Wall Street banker with a murderous secret life, is played by Christian Bale in American Psycho, released in 2000.
Q46. What is the name of the train in Snowpiercer?
Answer: C. Snowpiercer
Explanation: Snowpiercer is the name of the train that circles a frozen Earth carrying the last surviving humans.
Q47. Which movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020?
Answer: C. Parasite
Explanation: Parasite won Best Picture at the ceremony held in 2020, becoming the first film not in English to take the award.
Q48. Who directed Parasite?
Answer: B. Bong Joon-ho
Explanation: The South Korean director Bong Joon-ho won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Parasite.
Q49. Which movie features the quote "I see dead people."?
Answer: B. The Sixth Sense
Explanation: The line is spoken by the young boy Cole, played by Haley Joel Osment, in The Sixth Sense, released in 1999.
Q50. Which actor portrayed the Joker in Joker (2019)?
Answer: C. Joaquin Phoenix
Explanation: Joaquin Phoenix played Arthur Fleck in Joker and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role.
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