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 5 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 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.

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

    Answer: Nomadland

    Nomadland won Best Picture.

  3. Who directed Little Women from 2019?

    Answer: Greta Gerwig

    Greta Gerwig directed the 2019 adaptation of Little Women.

  4. Who directed Pan's Labyrinth?

    Answer: Guillermo del Toro

    Guillermo del Toro wrote and directed Pan's Labyrinth.

  5. Which actress stars as the stranded astronaut in Gravity?

    Answer: Sandra Bullock

    Sandra Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone in Gravity.

Daily round

  1. Which film won Best Picture at the Oscars for films released in 2019?

    Answer: Parasite

    Parasite became the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

  2. Who directed Alien?

    Answer: Ridley Scott

    Ridley Scott directed Alien before later returning to science fiction with films such as Blade Runner.

  3. Which city is strongly associated with La La Land?

    Answer: Los Angeles

    La La Land is set in Los Angeles and draws on the city's film and music culture.

  4. Which actress stars as linguist Louise Banks in Arrival?

    Answer: Amy Adams

    Amy Adams played Louise Banks in Arrival.

  5. Which actor played Forrest Gump?

    Answer: Tom Hanks

    Tom Hanks won an Academy Award for his performance in Forrest Gump.

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. Which film features Tom Hanks as a FedEx systems analyst stranded on an island?

    Answer: Cast Away

    Tom Hanks stars as Chuck Noland in Cast Away.

  3. Which actor starred as Deckard in Blade Runner?

    Answer: Harrison Ford

    Harrison Ford played Rick Deckard in Blade Runner.

  4. Which film features an AI named Ava?

    Answer: Ex Machina

    Ava is the humanoid AI character in Ex Machina.

  5. Which Pixar film begins with an elderly balloon seller's adventure?

    Answer: Up

    Up follows Carl Fredricksen and a house lifted by balloons.

Daily round

  1. Which film features the character Marty McFly?

    Answer: Back to the Future

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

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

    Answer: The Shape of Water

    The Shape of Water won Best Picture.

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

    Answer: Saoirse Ronan

    Saoirse Ronan starred as Lady Bird.

  4. Who directed Mad Max: Fury Road?

    Answer: George Miller

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

  5. Which film stars Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg?

    Answer: The Social Network

    Jesse Eisenberg played Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network.

Daily round

  1. Which film won the five major Oscars: Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay?

    Answer: The Silence of the Lambs

    The Silence of the Lambs is one of the few films to win all five major Academy Awards.

  2. Which director made The Power of the Dog?

    Answer: Jane Campion

    Jane Campion directed The Power of the Dog.

  3. Which film features a shark terrorizing a beach town?

    Answer: Jaws

    Jaws centers on attacks near the fictional town of Amity Island.

  4. Which film stars Dev Patel as Jamal Malik?

    Answer: Slumdog Millionaire

    Dev Patel played Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire.

  5. Which actor won an Oscar for playing Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds?

    Answer: Christoph Waltz

    Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for Inglourious Basterds.

Daily round

  1. Which film features a computer system named HAL 9000?

    Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey

    HAL 9000 is the artificial intelligence system in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

  2. Which director made The Hurt Locker?

    Answer: Kathryn Bigelow

    Kathryn Bigelow directed The Hurt Locker.

  3. Which actor played Marty McFly?

    Answer: Michael J. Fox

    Michael J. Fox played Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.

  4. Which actor played Ken in Barbie from 2023?

    Answer: Ryan Gosling

    Ryan Gosling played Ken in Barbie.

  5. Which directors made The Matrix?

    Answer: The Wachowskis

    The Matrix was written and directed by the Wachowskis.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Groundhog Day

    Groundhog Day is built around a repeating-day premise.

  2. Which movie features the fictional island of Isla Nublar?

    Answer: Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park centers on a dinosaur park located on Isla Nublar.

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

    Answer: Tim Robbins

    Tim Robbins played Andy Dufresne.

  4. Who directed Edward Scissorhands?

    Answer: Tim Burton

    Tim Burton directed Edward Scissorhands.

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

    Answer: Slumdog Millionaire

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