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Movie Trivia Questions and Answers
Here are 62 movie trivia questions with answers, from easy to impossible, and every answer stays hidden until you tap it.
The list has 19 easy, 18 medium, 16 hard, and 9 impossible questions, so it works for film fans, families and movie nights. They were written and fact-checked by the Quiz Zoomies team in the same easy-to-impossible format as the Quiz Zoomies videos. Tap Reveal all answers to check everything at once, print the page for a game night, or play the questions as a scored quiz.
62 movie trivia questions
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What do we call a film made from drawings or computer images that seem to move?
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An animated film Easy question
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Which snack is most famously eaten at movie theaters?
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Popcorn Easy question
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Which famous sign stands in the hills above Los Angeles?
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Hollywood Easy question
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Which golden statuette is handed out at the Academy Awards?
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The Oscar Easy question
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What does a film director shout to start filming a scene?
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Action! Easy question
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In which US city is the Hollywood district?
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Los Angeles Easy question
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What do we call a film that shows true facts about real life, like animals or history?
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A documentary Easy question
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What is a short preview of a movie, shown before it comes out, called?
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A trailer Easy question
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What do we call a later film that continues the story of an earlier one?
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A sequel Easy question
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What is the written text of a film, with all the lines, called?
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A script Easy question
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What is the list of names that rolls at the end of a film called?
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The credits Easy question
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Which country's film industry is nicknamed Bollywood?
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India Easy question
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What color is the screen actors often stand in front of so a background can be added later?
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Green Easy question
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What do we call the person who writes the music for a film?
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A composer Easy question
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Which film genre features cowboys and the American frontier?
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Western Easy question
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Which film genre has characters burst into song and dance?
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Musical Easy question
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At a drive-in theater, where do people watch the film from?
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Their cars Easy question
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Who performs the dangerous scenes in place of an actor?
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A stunt double Easy question
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Which 1994 animated film is set among lions on the African savanna?
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The Lion King Easy question
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In which country did Studio Ghibli, the famous animation studio, start?
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Japan Medium question
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Which 1997 film about a famous ocean liner won 11 Oscars?
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Titanic Medium question
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Which 1995 animated film was the first feature film made entirely with computer animation?
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Toy Story Medium question
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Which director made Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Jurassic Park?
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Steven Spielberg Medium question
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Which silent film star was famous for his bowler hat, cane and funny walk?
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Charlie Chaplin Medium question
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In which country is the Cannes Film Festival held?
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France Medium question
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What does CGI stand for in movies?
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Computer-generated imagery Medium question
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What do we call a film with no spoken dialogue, the norm before the late 1920s?
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A silent film Medium question
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What is the striped board snapped shut at the start of each take called?
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A clapperboard Medium question
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What is a series of drawings that plans each shot of a film called?
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A storyboard Medium question
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In which country were the Lord of the Rings film trilogy mainly filmed?
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New Zealand Medium question
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Which kind of animation moves clay or puppet models a tiny bit for each frame?
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Stop-motion Medium question
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What is the Los Angeles sidewalk with stars bearing celebrities' names called?
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The Hollywood Walk of Fame Medium question
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What is the word for the main character of a story?
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The protagonist Medium question
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What do we call the actors in the background of a scene who have no lines?
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Extras Medium question
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Which country did the original Godzilla films come from?
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Japan Medium question
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What are IMAX theaters best known for?
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Extra-large screens Medium question
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Which space film series began in 1977, created by George Lucas?
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Star Wars Medium question
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Which 1927 film was the first feature-length film with synchronized talking scenes?
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The Jazz Singer Hard question
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In what year was the first Academy Awards ceremony held?
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1929 Hard question
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Who directed the 1960 thriller Psycho?
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Alfred Hitchcock Hard question
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Who directed and starred in the 1941 film Citizen Kane?
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Orson Welles Hard question
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Which was Walt Disney's first feature-length animated film, released in 1937?
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Hard question
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The Venice Film Festival, the oldest film festival in the world, is in which country?
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Italy Hard question
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How many frames per second is the standard for most cinema films?
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24 Hard question
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Which Japanese animated film won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2003?
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Spirited Away Hard question
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Which 1939 film starts in sepia tones and then switches to full color?
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The Wizard of Oz Hard question
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Which 1942 film starring Humphrey Bogart is set in a cafe in Morocco?
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Casablanca Hard question
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Which 1959 film, famous for its chariot race, won 11 Oscars?
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Ben-Hur Hard question
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Which 2003 fantasy film won all 11 Oscars it was nominated for?
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Hard question
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What technique records an actor's movements with sensors to animate a digital character?
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Motion capture Hard question
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How many movie trivia questions are on this page?
There are 62 movie trivia questions in this list (19 easy, 18 medium, 16 hard, and 9 impossible), spread over 2 pages. Every question has its answer right below it, hidden until you tap Show answer.
Are these movie questions about famous characters?
No. To keep things family-friendly and original, the questions cover film history, awards, inventions and how movies are made rather than characters from specific franchises.
What are 10 good movie trivia questions?
1) What do we call a film made from drawings or computer images that seem to move? An animated film. 2) What do we call a film that shows true facts about real life, like animals or history? A documentary. 3) What color is the screen actors often stand in front of so a background can be added later? Green. 4) Which 1994 animated film is set among lions on the African savanna? The Lion King. 5) In which country is the Cannes Film Festival held? France. 6) What is the Los Angeles sidewalk with stars bearing celebrities' names called? The Hollywood Walk of Fame. 7) Which 1927 film was the first feature-length film with synchronized talking scenes? The Jazz Singer. 8) How many frames per second is the standard for most cinema films? 24. 9) What technique records an actor's movements with sensors to animate a digital character? Motion capture. 10) What is the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival called? The Golden Bear.
What is the hardest movie trivia question here?
One of the hardest is: Which film won the very first Academy Award for Best Picture? The answer is Wings. 9 questions in this list are rated impossible, the top level in the Quiz Zoomies videos.
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