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 2 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Who directed The Shape of Water?

    Answer: Guillermo del Toro

    Guillermo del Toro directed The Shape of Water.

  2. Who directed Blade Runner?

    Answer: Ridley Scott

    Ridley Scott directed Blade Runner, released in 1982.

  3. Which actor played J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer?

    Answer: Cillian Murphy

    Cillian Murphy starred as J. Robert Oppenheimer.

  4. Which Alfred Hitchcock film stars James Stewart as a photographer watching neighbors?

    Answer: Rear Window

    Rear Window stars James Stewart and Grace Kelly.

  5. Which Christopher Nolan film is about rival magicians?

    Answer: The Prestige

    The Prestige follows competing stage magicians in late Victorian-era London.

Daily round

  1. Who directed Ex Machina?

    Answer: Alex Garland

    Alex Garland wrote and directed Ex Machina.

  2. Who directed Edward Scissorhands?

    Answer: Tim Burton

    Tim Burton directed Edward Scissorhands.

  3. Who directed The Shawshank Redemption?

    Answer: Frank Darabont

    Frank Darabont directed The Shawshank Redemption.

  4. Which actress played Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson?

    Answer: Saoirse Ronan

    Saoirse Ronan starred as Lady Bird.

  5. Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature?

    Answer: Shrek

    Shrek won the first Best Animated Feature Oscar for films released in 2001.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Which actor played James Bond in Goldfinger?

    Answer: Sean Connery

    Sean Connery played James Bond in Goldfinger.

  3. Which actress played Jo March in Little Women from 2019?

    Answer: Saoirse Ronan

    Saoirse Ronan played Jo March in the 2019 film.

  4. Which film won Best Picture for films released in 2022?

    Answer: Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Everything Everywhere All at Once won Best Picture at the 95th Academy Awards.

  5. Which 1960 film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and features the Bates Motel?

    Answer: Psycho

    Psycho introduced the Bates Motel as one of Hitchcock's most famous settings.

Daily round

  1. Which film won Best Picture for films released in 2016?

    Answer: Moonlight

    Moonlight won Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards.

  2. Which film features an AI named Ava?

    Answer: Ex Machina

    Ava is the humanoid AI character in Ex Machina.

  3. Which film features a group of kids searching for pirate treasure in Oregon?

    Answer: The Goonies

    The Goonies follows kids in Astoria, Oregon on a treasure-hunt adventure.

  4. Which director made Dune from 2021?

    Answer: Denis Villeneuve

    Denis Villeneuve directed the 2021 film adaptation of Dune.

  5. Which film stars Natalie Portman as a ballerina named Nina?

    Answer: Black Swan

    Natalie Portman won Best Actress for Black Swan.

Daily round

  1. Who directed Spirited Away?

    Answer: Hayao Miyazaki

    Hayao Miyazaki directed Spirited Away for Studio Ghibli.

  2. Which city is the main setting of The Departed?

    Answer: Boston

    The Departed is closely tied to Boston's crime and police worlds.

  3. 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.

  4. Which movie features the character Rose DeWitt Bukater?

    Answer: Titanic

    Rose DeWitt Bukater is played by Kate Winslet in Titanic.

  5. Which actor starred as Theodore in Her?

    Answer: Joaquin Phoenix

    Joaquin Phoenix played Theodore Twombly.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Morgan Freeman

    Morgan Freeman played Ellis Boyd Redding, known as Red.

  2. Which 1986 film introduced Pete Mitchell as a naval aviator?

    Answer: Top Gun

    Top Gun introduced Tom Cruise as Pete Mitchell.

  3. Which actor played Wonka in the 2023 film Wonka?

    Answer: Timothee Chalamet

    Timothee Chalamet played Willy Wonka in the 2023 musical fantasy film.

  4. Which movie launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008?

    Answer: Iron Man

    Iron Man was the first released film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

  5. Who directed Citizen Kane?

    Answer: Orson Welles

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

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Who directed Mad Max: Fury Road?

    Answer: George Miller

    George Miller returned to the Mad Max series with Fury Road.

  3. Which film features the character Dorothy Gale?

    Answer: The Wizard of Oz

    Dorothy Gale is the central character in The Wizard of Oz.

  4. Which directors made The Matrix?

    Answer: The Wachowskis

    The Matrix was written and directed by the Wachowskis.

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

    Answer: Aliens

    James Cameron directed Aliens, the 1986 sequel to Alien.