Classic movie trivia
What are the dying words of Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane?
"Rosebud
Three of Jim Carrey's blockbusters—The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective—were all released in what year?
1994
The Battle of Thermopylae served as the basis of what highly stylized 2006 smash hit swords-and-sandals action flick?
300
Who is the first actor to play Jack Ryan on screen?
Alec Baldwin
Who is the only person ever to receive an Oscar nomination for acting in a Star Wars movie?
Alec Guinness
In what 1950 drama does Bette Davis say, "Fasten your seatbelts; it's going to be a bumpy night"?
All About Eve
What is the highest-grossing war movie of all time and Clint Eastwood's highest-grossing movie ever?
American Sniper
Who played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate?
Anne Bancroft
What was Audrey Hepburn's birth name?
Audrey Kathleen Ruston
What is the highest-grossing movie of all time when not taking inflation into account?
Avengers, End Game
Who played iconic femme fatale Phyllis Dietrichson in classic 1946 film noir Double Indemnity?
Barbara Stanwyck
What is the real name of Uma Thurman's "The Bride" character from Kill Bill?
Beatrix Kiddo
For what movie did Tom Hanks score his first Academy Award nomination?
Big
What Hollywood movie star plays himself in Zombieland?
Bill Murray
What is the name of Riley's imaginary friend in Inside Out?
Bing Bong
What is the name of the extended ballet sequence near the end of Singin' in the Rain?
Broadway Melody
What movie holds the record for most Oscar wins without winning Best Picture (eight wins total)?
Cabaret
The stage play Everybody Comes to Rick's was adapted for the screen to become what 1942 Best Picture winner?
Casablanca
What flavor of Pop Tarts does Buddy the Elf use in his spaghetti in Elf?
Chocolate
What American writer/director starred in several iconic European-produced "Spaghetti Westerns"?
Clint Eastwood
What song plays over the opening credits of Guardians of the Galaxy?
Come and get your love by Redbone
Which famous film composer wrote the music for Tim Burton's 1989 Batman?
Danny Elfman
Who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 biopic Selma?
Davis Oyelowo
Which movie star is killed off in the opening scene of Scream?
Drew Barrymore
What real-life on-again off-again Hollywood power couple starred in the film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
Who played Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in Bonnie & Clyde?
Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty
This acclaimed, Oscar-winning filmmaker directed Happy Feet, Babe: Pig in the City and Mad Max: Fury Road.
George Miller
Joaquin Phoenix received his first Oscar nomination for playing Roman emperor Commodus in what 2000 Oscar-winning epic?
Gladiator
Which Oscar-winning blonde bombshell played James Stewart's love interest Lisa Carol Fremont in Rear Window?
Grace Kelly
Near the end of Vertigo, when Judy transforms into Madeline, she is bathed in what color light?
Green
What famous L.A. landmark is heavily featured in Rebel Without a Cause?
Griffith Observatory
Who is the first and only woman of color to win the Oscar for Best Actress?
Halle Berry
Who played detective Rick Deckard in Blade Runner?
Harrison Ford
What infamous 1980 box-office bomb ruined the career of The Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino?
Heaven's Gate
Who played Juror Number 8 in 12 Angry Men?
Henry Fonda
What 1970 movie marked the feature debut of Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Hercules in New York
What is the highest-grossing movie of all time when taking inflation into account?
Home with the Wind
The head of what kind of animal is front-and-center in an infamous scene from The Godfather?
Horse
Who is the only actor to receive an Oscar nomination for acting in a Lord of the Rings movie?
Ian McKellen
What actress' name, who voices Princess Elsa in the Frozen films, did John Travolta botch at the 2014 Oscars?
Idina Menzel
Only three movies in history have won the "big five" at the Oscars (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress). Name them.
It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Silence of the Lambs.
Who directed Boris Karloff in the classics Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein?
James Whale
Who wrote the famous, scary theme music from Halloween?
John Carpenter
What is the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time?
Joker
Who voiced the sultry Jessica Rabbit in Who's Afraid of Roger Rabbit?
Kathleen Turner
Who played the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown in Titanic?
Kathy Bates
Which movie was incorrectly announced as the winner of Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards, during the greatest Oscars flub of all time?
La La Land
Who played Regan MacNeil in The Exorcist?
Linda Blair
What words are written on the knuckles of "Reverend" Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) in The Night of the Hunter?
Love and Hate
Who took over the role of Bruce Wayne's love interest Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight, following Katie Holmes's exit after Batman Begins?
Maggie Gylenhaal
Who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz?
Margaret Hamilton
For which 1964 musical blockbuster did Julie Andrews win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Mary Poppins
What is the only 'X'-rated film to win Best Picture at the Oscars?
Midnight Cowboy
In what 1979 James Bond movie does the famous spy go to outer space?
Moonraker
What national monument does Cary Grant climb in the heart-pounding final moments of North by Northwest?
Mount Rushmore
What's the name of the skyscraper in Die Hard?
Nakatomi Plaza
In Apocalypse Now, Robert Duvall says, "I love the smell of _____ in the morning."
Napalm
In Risky Business, what song did Tom Cruise famously lip-sync to in his underwear?
Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger
In what 1969 James Bond thriller does the famous spy fall in love and get married?
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Marlon Brando "could have been a contender" in what iconic 1954 crime drama?
On the Wayerfront
Which Alfred Hitchcock thriller is notorious for its shocking "shower scene"?
Psycho
What 1994 crime film revitalized John Travolta's career?
Pulp Fiction
In The Matrix, does Neo take the blue pill or the red pill?
Red
What's the fictional brand of cigarettes in Quentin Tarantino's movies?
Red Apple Cigarettes
What is the first movie ever to be rated PG-13?
Red Dawn
What was Quentin Tarantino's first feature as writer/director?
Reservoir Dogs
What critically panned 1984 country-musical comedy starring Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone eventually became a cult classic?
Rhinsestone
Who played park owner John Hammond in Jurassic Park?
Richard Attenborough
What prominent American director won an Oscar for helming Forrest Gump?
Robert Zemeckis
What's the name of John Wayne's character in True Grit (played by Jeff Bridgesin the remake)?
Rooster Cogburn
Which 1948 Alfred Hitchcock movie starred James Stewart and was shot to look like one continuous take?
Rope
What is the name of the courtesan played by Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge!
Satine
For what movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?
Schindler's List
In the action thriller Speed, why is Annie (Sandra Bullock)'s driver's license suspended?
She was speeding
Jennifer Lawrence won a Best Actress Academy Award for what 2012 romantic comedy/drama?
Silver linings playbook
What is the model of revolver made famous by Clint Eastwood's "Dirty" Harry Callahan?
Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum
What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
Snow White
Well, nobody's perfect is the final line (and punchline) from what classic 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe?
Some like it Hot
Who wrote the screenplay for Rocky?
Sylvester Stallone
For what movie did George Clooney win his sole acting Oscar to date?
Syriana
In what 1976 thriller does Robert De Niro famously say "You talkin' to me?"
Taxi Driver
What's the Los Angeles hotel prominently featured in Pretty Woman?
The Beverly Wilshire by Four Seasons
What 1927 musical was the first "talkie"?
The Jazz Singer
What animated classic was the first film of the late-twentieth-century "Disney Renaissance?"
The Little Mermaid
What is the name of Quint's shark-hunting boat in Jaws?
The Orca
What is the highest-grossing foreign-language film at the U.S. box office?
The Passion of Christ
Aaron Sorkin won an Oscar for writing what 2010 drama about the creation of Facebook?
The Social Network
What's the name of the anthemic dance near the beginning of The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
The Time Warp
What TV show was Jack Nicholson referencing when he ad-libbed "Here's Johnny!" in The Shining?
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
What's the name of Charlie Chaplin's most famous, recurring character?
The Tramp
What Martin Scorsese movie holds the all-time record for F-bombs?
The Wolf of Wall Street
What shocking Wes Craven horror movie carried the marketing tagline, "To avoid fainting, keep repeating, 'It's only a movie...'"?
The house on the left
How many suns does Luke's home planet of Tatooine have in Star Wars?
Two
What is the name of the spaceship in Alien?
USCSS Nostromo
Who played the Green Goblin in 2002 box-office smash Spider-Man?
Willem Dafoe
What pop vocal group performs at the wedding in Bridesmaids?
Wilson Philips
Which 1927 war drama was the first movie to ever win Best Picture?
Wings
The theme from The Third Man (also called "The Harry Lime Theme" was performed on what instrument?
Zither
