Seven days of questions and answers

Movies Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 10 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Who directed The Lord of the Rings film trilogy?

    Answer: Peter Jackson

    Peter Jackson directed the three Lord of the Rings films released from 2001 to 2003.

  2. Who directed Citizen Kane?

    Answer: Orson Welles

    Orson Welles directed, co-wrote, produced, and starred in Citizen Kane.

  3. Which actor wrote and starred in Rocky?

    Answer: Sylvester Stallone

    Sylvester Stallone wrote Rocky and starred as the title character.

  4. Which film did James Cameron direct as a sequel to Alien?

    Answer: Aliens

    James Cameron directed Aliens, the 1986 sequel to Alien.

  5. Which film features an AI named Ava?

    Answer: Ex Machina

    Ava is the humanoid AI character in Ex Machina.

Daily round

  1. Which film is known for the character Vito Corleone?

    Answer: The Godfather

    Vito Corleone is a central character in The Godfather.

  2. Which film won Best Animated Feature at the Oscars for films released in 2003?

    Answer: Finding Nemo

    Finding Nemo won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

  3. Which director made The Godfather?

    Answer: Francis Ford Coppola

    Francis Ford Coppola directed The Godfather and its first two sequels.

  4. Which actor narrated and played Red in The Shawshank Redemption?

    Answer: Morgan Freeman

    Morgan Freeman played Ellis Boyd Redding, known as Red.

  5. Which 1942 film is set largely in Morocco during World War II?

    Answer: Casablanca

    Casablanca is one of the best-known Hollywood films connected with wartime Morocco.

Daily round

  1. Which actor played Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs?

    Answer: Anthony Hopkins

    Anthony Hopkins won an Academy Award for playing Hannibal Lecter.

  2. Which film is set on a train carrying the last survivors after a global freeze?

    Answer: Snowpiercer

    Snowpiercer is a science-fiction film directed by Bong Joon Ho.

  3. Which film features the character Marty McFly?

    Answer: Back to the Future

    Marty McFly is the time-traveling teenager in Back to the Future.

  4. Which film won Best Picture for films released in 2017?

    Answer: The Shape of Water

    The Shape of Water won Best Picture.

  5. Which film features Bill Murray reliving the same day?

    Answer: Groundhog Day

    Groundhog Day is built around a repeating-day premise.

Daily round

  1. Which actor won an Oscar for playing King Schultz in Django Unchained?

    Answer: Christoph Waltz

    Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for Django Unchained.

  2. Which film stars Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly?

    Answer: Breakfast at Tiffany's

    Audrey Hepburn played Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

  3. Which film stars Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg?

    Answer: The Social Network

    Jesse Eisenberg played Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network.

  4. Which director made Arrival from 2016?

    Answer: Denis Villeneuve

    Denis Villeneuve directed Arrival.

  5. Which studio released Toy Story in 1995?

    Answer: Pixar

    Toy Story was Pixar's first feature film and a major computer-animation milestone.

Daily round

  1. Which film won Best Picture for films released in 2020?

    Answer: Nomadland

    Nomadland won Best Picture.

  2. Which actress won Best Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once?

    Answer: Michelle Yeoh

    Michelle Yeoh won Best Actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once.

  3. Which film won Best Picture for films released in 2008?

    Answer: Slumdog Millionaire

    Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture at the 81st Academy Awards.

  4. Which film series is set in Middle-earth?

    Answer: The Lord of the Rings

    The Lord of the Rings films adapt J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth stories.

  5. Which actor played Neo in The Matrix?

    Answer: Keanu Reeves

    Keanu Reeves played Neo in The Matrix and its sequels.

Daily round

  1. Who directed Little Women from 2019?

    Answer: Greta Gerwig

    Greta Gerwig directed the 2019 adaptation of Little Women.

  2. Which film won Best Picture for films released in 2009?

    Answer: The Hurt Locker

    The Hurt Locker won Best Picture over Avatar and other nominees.

  3. Which film won 11 Academy Awards in 2004, tying the record for most Oscar wins?

    Answer: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    The Return of the King won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture.

  4. Which film stars Jamie Foxx as Django?

    Answer: Django Unchained

    Jamie Foxx played the title character in Django Unchained.

  5. Which actor returned as Pete Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick?

    Answer: Tom Cruise

    Tom Cruise reprised the role of Pete Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick.

Daily round

  1. Which director made Inglourious Basterds?

    Answer: Quentin Tarantino

    Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed Inglourious Basterds.

  2. Which actor played the Joker in The Dark Knight?

    Answer: Heath Ledger

    Heath Ledger won a posthumous Academy Award for his performance in The Dark Knight.

  3. Which film won Best Picture for films released in 2023?

    Answer: Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer won Best Picture at the 96th Academy Awards.

  4. Which actor played Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption?

    Answer: Tim Robbins

    Tim Robbins played Andy Dufresne.

  5. Who directed Moonlight?

    Answer: Barry Jenkins

    Barry Jenkins directed Moonlight.