Easy Movie Trivia Questions

34 easy movie trivia questions with answers

1. In The Wizard of Oz, what colour are Dorothy's slippers in the film?

   Answer: Ruby red They are silver in the original book; the film changed them for Technicolor.

2. The mechanical shark used on the set of Jaws was nicknamed what?

   Answer: Bruce It broke down so often that the shark barely appears in the finished film.

3. Which film series opens each entry with a scrolling text crawl set in a distant galaxy?

   Answer: Star Wars The first film was released in 1977.

4. In The Lion King, what is Simba's father called?

   Answer: Mufasa Scar, his brother, is the film's antagonist.

5. Which film is set aboard a liner that strikes an iceberg in 1912?

   Answer: Titanic It was released in 1997 and shot largely in a purpose-built tank in Mexico.

6. Which film series follows a young wizard sent to Hogwarts?

   Answer: Harry Potter Eight films were made from the seven novels, the last book split in two.

7. In Finding Nemo, what kind of fish is the title character?

   Answer: A clownfish Real clownfish shelter among the stinging tentacles of sea anemones.

8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was made by which studio?

   Answer: Disney Released in 1937, it was the first full-length cel-animated feature.

9. The Frozen films are set in a fictional kingdom named what?

   Answer: Arendelle Its design borrows heavily from Norwegian stave churches and fjords.

10. In the Toy Story films, what kind of toy is Woody?

    Answer: A cowboy doll Buzz Lightyear is the astronaut of the pair.

11. Which number is James Bond's code name?

    Answer: 007 The double-0 prefix marks an agent licensed to kill.

12. The Hunger Games films were adapted from novels by which author?

    Answer: Suzanne Collins The first novel was published in 2008.

13. Who directed E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?

    Answer: Steven Spielberg It was released in 1982 and stayed in cinemas for more than a year.

14. The Minions appear in which film series?

    Answer: Despicable Me They were popular enough to be given their own spin-off films.

15. Which 1939 film follows Scarlett O'Hara through the American Civil War?

    Answer: Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind won eight competitive Academy Awards, including Best Picture, at the ceremony held in 1940.

16. Which director's films include Jaws, Jurassic Park and Schindler's List?

    Answer: Steven Spielberg Spielberg released Jurassic Park and Schindler's List in the same year, 1993, and won his first Best Director Oscar for the latter.

17. Which actor plays Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean films?

    Answer: Johnny Depp Depp was nominated for Best Actor for the first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl, released in 2003.

18. The 2001 animated film Shrek was made by which studio?

    Answer: DreamWorks Animation Shrek was adapted from a 1990 picture book by William Steig and was DreamWorks' first big animated success.

19. In the Rocky films, in which US city does Rocky Balboa live and train?

    Answer: Philadelphia The steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art became a tourist stop because of the training sequences.

20. The 1984 comedy Ghostbusters is set in which city?

    Answer: New York City The team's headquarters was a real working firehouse in Lower Manhattan.

21. Which animated film about a rat who wants to be a chef is set in Paris?

    Answer: Ratatouille Ratatouille won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for 2007.

22. Which actor played Neo in The Matrix?

    Answer: Keanu Reeves Will Smith has said he turned the role down in order to make Wild Wild West.

23. Which 1952 musical stars Gene Kelly and is set in Hollywood during the switch to sound films?

    Answer: Singin' in the Rain Co-directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen, it was only a modest hit on release and grew in reputation afterwards.

24. Which hobbit does Elijah Wood play in The Lord of the Rings trilogy?

    Answer: Frodo Baggins Wood played Frodo across all three films, released between 2001 and 2003.

25. In Jurassic Park, the dinosaur park sits on an island off the coast of which country?

    Answer: Costa Rica The fictional Isla Nublar lies off Costa Rica's Pacific coast in both Michael Crichton's novel and the film.

26. Who directed the 2010 film Inception?

    Answer: Christopher Nolan Inception won four Academy Awards, all in technical categories such as cinematography and visual effects.

27. In Toy Story, what is the name of the boy who owns Woody and Buzz?

    Answer: Andy Andy passes his toys on to a girl named Bonnie at the end of Toy Story 3.

28. In the Superman films, what is the name of Superman's home planet?

    Answer: Krypton The 1978 film with Christopher Reeve opens with the planet's destruction, as the comics had since 1938.

29. Which composer wrote the scores for Star Wars, Jaws and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?

    Answer: John Williams Williams has won five Academy Awards, the first for adapting Fiddler on the Roof in 1971.

30. On a film set, what is the director of photography responsible for?

    Answer: Camera work and lighting The director of photography, also called the cinematographer, decides with the director how each shot is lit and framed.

31. In film-making, what does a film's 'score' mean?

    Answer: Its original background music A score is composed specifically for the film, unlike a soundtrack of existing songs licensed for it.

32. Which 2001 Studio Ghibli film follows a girl named Chihiro who works in a bathhouse for spirits?

    Answer: Spirited Away Spirited Away won Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards ceremony held in 2003.

33. Which Alfred Hitchcock film shows a California coastal town attacked by flocks of birds?

    Answer: The Birds Released in 1963, The Birds was adapted from a Daphne du Maurier story, as Hitchcock's Rebecca had been.

34. Who played Dorothy in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz?

    Answer: Judy Garland Garland received a special juvenile Academy Award for her performances that year.