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. Which director made Gravity from 2013?

    Answer: Alfonso Cuaron

    Alfonso Cuaron directed Gravity and won Best Director.

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

    Answer: Christoph Waltz

    Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for Inglourious Basterds.

  3. Which film was directed by Rob Reiner and based on a Stephen King novella about childhood friends?

    Answer: Stand by Me

    Stand by Me adapts Stephen King's novella The Body.

  4. Which director made The Hurt Locker?

    Answer: Kathryn Bigelow

    Kathryn Bigelow directed The Hurt Locker.

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

    Answer: Slumdog Millionaire

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

Daily round

  1. Which film features the character Dorothy Gale?

    Answer: The Wizard of Oz

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

  2. Which actor played James Bond in Casino Royale from 2006?

    Answer: Daniel Craig

    Daniel Craig debuted as Bond in Casino Royale.

  3. Who directed Lady Bird?

    Answer: Greta Gerwig

    Greta Gerwig wrote and directed Lady Bird.

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

    Answer: Boston

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

  5. Which actor played Forrest Gump?

    Answer: Tom Hanks

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

Daily round

  1. Who directed Her?

    Answer: Spike Jonze

    Spike Jonze wrote and directed Her.

  2. Who directed Nomadland?

    Answer: Chloe Zhao

    Chloe Zhao directed Nomadland and won Best Director.

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

    Answer: Rear Window

    Rear Window stars James Stewart and Grace Kelly.

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

    Answer: Tim Robbins

    Tim Robbins played Andy Dufresne.

  5. Which Korean director made Parasite?

    Answer: Bong Joon Ho

    Bong Joon Ho directed Parasite.

Daily round

  1. Who directed La La Land?

    Answer: Damien Chazelle

    Damien Chazelle directed La La Land after Whiplash.

  2. Who directed Citizen Kane?

    Answer: Orson Welles

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

  3. Which film features an AI named Ava?

    Answer: Ex Machina

    Ava is the humanoid AI character in Ex Machina.

  4. Which film is set largely in Shawshank State Penitentiary?

    Answer: The Shawshank Redemption

    The Shawshank Redemption is set in a fictional Maine prison.

  5. 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.

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 Pixar film is about a rat who cooks in Paris?

    Answer: Ratatouille

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

  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 director made The Departed?

    Answer: Martin Scorsese

    Martin Scorsese won his first Best Director Oscar for The Departed.

  5. Which movie introduced the character Indiana Jones?

    Answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Raiders of the Lost Ark introduced Harrison Ford as archaeologist Indiana Jones.

Daily round

  1. Which studio released Toy Story in 1995?

    Answer: Pixar

    Toy Story was Pixar's first feature film and a major computer-animation milestone.

  2. Which country is the primary setting of the film Amelie?

    Answer: France

    Amelie is a French film set mainly in Paris.

  3. Who directed The Shape of Water?

    Answer: Guillermo del Toro

    Guillermo del Toro directed The Shape of Water.

  4. Which actor played Cooper in Interstellar?

    Answer: Matthew McConaughey

    Matthew McConaughey played Cooper in Interstellar.

  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 director made Fight Club?

    Answer: David Fincher

    David Fincher directed Fight Club.

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

    Answer: Timothee Chalamet

    Timothee Chalamet played Paul Atreides.

  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 film won Best Picture for films released in 2016?

    Answer: Moonlight

    Moonlight won Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards.

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

    Answer: Groundhog Day

    Groundhog Day is built around a repeating-day premise.