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 7 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Which actor played Maximus in Gladiator?

    Answer: Russell Crowe

    Russell Crowe won Best Actor for Gladiator.

  2. 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.

  3. Which film features a romance with an operating system named Samantha?

    Answer: Her

    Her, directed by Spike Jonze, centers on a relationship with an AI operating system.

  4. Which film won Best Picture for films released in 2021?

    Answer: CODA

    CODA won Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards.

  5. Which Bong Joon Ho film includes a genetically engineered super-pig named Okja?

    Answer: Okja

    Okja centers on a young girl and the animal named Okja.

Daily round

  1. 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.

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

    Answer: The Godfather

    Vito Corleone is a central character in The Godfather.

  3. Who directed La La Land?

    Answer: Damien Chazelle

    Damien Chazelle directed La La Land after Whiplash.

  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 Pulp Fiction?

    Answer: Quentin Tarantino

    Quentin Tarantino directed Pulp Fiction after Reservoir Dogs.

Daily round

  1. Which actor played Paul Atreides in Dune from 2021?

    Answer: Timothee Chalamet

    Timothee Chalamet played Paul Atreides.

  2. Which movie features a hotel called the Overlook Hotel?

    Answer: The Shining

    The Overlook Hotel is the main setting of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

  3. Who played Ellen Ripley in Alien?

    Answer: Sigourney Weaver

    Sigourney Weaver's role as Ripley became one of science fiction cinema's most famous performances.

  4. Who directed Slumdog Millionaire?

    Answer: Danny Boyle

    Danny Boyle directed Slumdog Millionaire.

  5. Who directed Barbie from 2023?

    Answer: Greta Gerwig

    Greta Gerwig directed Barbie.

Daily round

  1. Who directed The Shawshank Redemption?

    Answer: Frank Darabont

    Frank Darabont directed The Shawshank Redemption.

  2. Who directed Gladiator?

    Answer: Ridley Scott

    Ridley Scott directed Gladiator, which won Best Picture.

  3. Who directed Groundhog Day?

    Answer: Harold Ramis

    Harold Ramis directed Groundhog Day.

  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 country is the primary setting of the film Amelie?

    Answer: France

    Amelie is a French film set mainly in Paris.

Daily round

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

    Answer: Rear Window

    Rear Window stars James Stewart and Grace Kelly.

  2. Which film features Jim Carrey as a man whose life is filmed for television?

    Answer: The Truman Show

    The Truman Show stars Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank.

  3. Which film stars Jamie Foxx as Django?

    Answer: Django Unchained

    Jamie Foxx played the title character in Django Unchained.

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

    Answer: Top Gun

    Top Gun introduced Tom Cruise as Pete Mitchell.

  5. Who directed Nomadland?

    Answer: Chloe Zhao

    Chloe Zhao directed Nomadland and won Best Director.

Daily round

  1. Which studio is associated with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs from 1937?

    Answer: Walt Disney Productions

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was Walt Disney's first animated feature film.

  2. Which Pixar film is about a rat who cooks in Paris?

    Answer: Ratatouille

    Ratatouille follows Remy, a rat with a talent for cooking.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  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. Which actor played Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road?

    Answer: Tom Hardy

    Tom Hardy played Max in Mad Max: Fury Road.

  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 actress stars as the stranded astronaut in Gravity?

    Answer: Sandra Bullock

    Sandra Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone in Gravity.

  4. Which film stars Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa?

    Answer: Mad Max: Fury Road

    Imperator Furiosa is a central character in Mad Max: Fury Road.

  5. Which director made the film Avatar?

    Answer: James Cameron

    James Cameron directed Avatar after earlier hits including Titanic and Aliens.