By Tia Bradley
Test Your Knowledge: 25 Virtual Film Quiz Questions
Thu 18 Jun 2020
We recently moved our film quiz onto Instagram. With not everyone having access to the social media site, it was important to us that others could test their film knowledge as well! So here’s 25 film questions to do just that – how many will you get right?
We’ll be posting one of these blog posts at the end of every month (while we’re closed) so make sure to come back to a whole bunch of new questions in July!
**All answers at the bottom of the page – but no cheating and looking there first!**
Q1: Which film won the first Best Picture Academy Award?
A. The Circus
B. Wings
C. 7th Heaven
Q2: Where was director Spike Lee born?
A. Brooklyn
B. Detroit
C. Atlanta
Q3: How many Studio Ghibli films has Hayao Miyazaki directed?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 11
Q4: Viggo Mortensen broke two toes on the set of which film?
A. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
B. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
C: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Q5: Which wine should you never offer to Paul Giamatti?
A. Chardonnay
B. Pinot Grigio
C. Merlot
Q6: The script for Alien was orginially called...?
A. Star Beast
B. Space Monster
C. Galaxy Quest
Q7: The shark in Jaws was named Bruce after Spielberg's...?
A. Dad
B. Lawyer
C. Dog
Q8: In Trainspotting, Sick Boy is an expert on which actor?
A. Roger Moore
B. John Wayne
C. Sean Connery
Q9: Who provided the soundtrack to The Graduate?
A. Simon & Garfunkel
B. Hall & Oates
C. Sonny & Cher
Q10: How many lines does Arnie have in The Terminator?
A. 1
B. 17
C. 23
Q11: Which film topped the global box office in 1995?
A. Apollo 13
B. Toy Story
C. Die Hard with a Vengeance
Q12: How many Wes Anderson films has Bill Murray starred in?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
Q13: When did the first woman win the Best Director Oscar?
A. 2001
B. 2010
C. 2014
Q14: In Star Wars, who is the first character to speak?
A. Princess Leia
B. Darth Vader
C. C-3PO
Q15: Which college does Booksmart's Molly get into?
A. Stanford
B. Yale
C. Princeton
Q16: What director has a cameo as Santa Claus in Hot Fuzz?
A. Peter Jackson
B. Steven Spielberg
C. Danny Boyle
Q17: In Goldfinger, what breed is Blofeld's cat?
A. Persian
B. Siberian
C. Birman
Q18: In which US state is Brokeback Mountain set?
A. North Dakota
B. Montana
C. Wyoming
Q19: What is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's number plate?
A. GEN 11
B. CH1 TT
C. It didn’t have one
Q20: Which singer auditioned to play Satine in Moulin Rouge?
A. Kylie Minogue
B. Courtney Love
C. Beyoncé
Q21: Which is NOT a play by Margot in The Royal Tenebaums?
A. Transference
B. Nakedness Tonight
C. Static Electricity
Q22: Who voiced HAL 2000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
A. Martin Balsam
B. Douglas Rain
C. Keri Dullea
Q23: Who holds the record of 15 Razzie nominations?
A. Sylvester Stallone
B. Nicolas Cage
C. Kevin Bacon
Q24: How many years is Oh Dae Su imprisoned for in Oldboy?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
Q25: Agnès Varda was married to which other film director?
A. François Truffaut
B. Jean-Luc Godard
C. Jacques Demy
Answers
Q1: Wings (B)
Q2: Atlanta (C)
Q3: 10 (B)
Q4: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (A)
Q5: Merlot (C)
Q6: Star Beast (A)
Q7: Lawyer (B)
Q8: Sean Connery (C)
Q9: Simon & Garfunkel (A)
Q10: 17 (B)
Q11: Die Hard with a Vengeance (C)
Q12: 8 (C)
Q13: 2010 (B)
Q14: C-3P0 (C)
Q15: Yale (B)
Q16: Peter Jackson (A)
Q17: Persian (A)
Q18: Wyoming (C)
Q19: GEN 11 (A)
Q20: Courtney Love (B)
Q21: Transference (A)
Q22: Douglas Rain (B)
Q23: Sylvester Stallone (A)
Q24: 15 (C)
Q25: Jacques Demy (C)