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 9 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. Who directed Lady Bird?

    Answer: Greta Gerwig

    Greta Gerwig wrote and directed Lady Bird.

  2. Which director made Schindler's List?

    Answer: Steven Spielberg

    Steven Spielberg directed Schindler's List, which won Best Picture.

  3. Which film won Best Picture for films released in 2018?

    Answer: Green Book

    Green Book won Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards.

  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. Which directors made The Matrix?

    Answer: The Wachowskis

    The Matrix was written and directed by the Wachowskis.

Daily round

  1. Which director made The Hurt Locker?

    Answer: Kathryn Bigelow

    Kathryn Bigelow directed The Hurt Locker.

  2. Which actor played Cooper in Interstellar?

    Answer: Matthew McConaughey

    Matthew McConaughey played Cooper in Interstellar.

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

    Answer: Christoph Waltz

    Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for Inglourious Basterds.

  4. Who directed Mad Max: Fury Road?

    Answer: George Miller

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

  5. Which director made Gravity from 2013?

    Answer: Alfonso Cuaron

    Alfonso Cuaron directed Gravity and won Best Director.

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. Who directed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?

    Answer: Chris Columbus

    Chris Columbus directed the first two Harry Potter films.

  3. Which Alfonso Cuaron film is set largely in Mexico City in the early 1970s?

    Answer: Roma

    Roma is a black-and-white drama set in Mexico City.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Who directed Alien?

    Answer: Ridley Scott

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

  2. Which movie is set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

    Answer: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    The first Harry Potter film introduces Hogwarts as its main school setting.

  3. Which film won Best Picture for films released in 1997?

    Answer: Titanic

    Titanic won Best Picture and tied the record for most Oscar wins.

  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. Who directed Blade Runner?

    Answer: Ridley Scott

    Ridley Scott directed Blade Runner, released in 1982.

Daily round

  1. Which actress starred in Nomadland as Fern?

    Answer: Frances McDormand

    Frances McDormand played Fern in Nomadland.

  2. 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.

  3. Which actor played James Bond in Goldfinger?

    Answer: Sean Connery

    Sean Connery played James Bond in Goldfinger.

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

    Answer: Timothee Chalamet

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

  5. Which actor played Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

    Answer: Robert Downey Jr.

    Robert Downey Jr. first played Tony Stark in Iron Man in 2008.

Daily round

  1. Who directed La La Land?

    Answer: Damien Chazelle

    Damien Chazelle directed La La Land after Whiplash.

  2. Which film won Best Picture for films released in 2013?

    Answer: 12 Years a Slave

    12 Years a Slave won Best Picture.

  3. Which David Fincher film is about the creation of Facebook?

    Answer: The Social Network

    The Social Network dramatizes the early history of Facebook.

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

    Answer: Saoirse Ronan

    Saoirse Ronan played Jo March in the 2019 film.

  5. Which director made Dune from 2021?

    Answer: Denis Villeneuve

    Denis Villeneuve directed the 2021 film adaptation of Dune.

Daily round

  1. Who directed Edward Scissorhands?

    Answer: Tim Burton

    Tim Burton directed Edward Scissorhands.

  2. Which actress played Barbie in the 2023 film?

    Answer: Margot Robbie

    Margot Robbie starred as Barbie and also produced the film.

  3. 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.

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

    Answer: Jaws

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

  5. Who wrote the screenplay for The Social Network?

    Answer: Aaron Sorkin

    Aaron Sorkin won an Oscar for the screenplay of The Social Network.