Movies & TV Quiz

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1000+ questions in this theme

20 of them, with the answers

The questions, with answers

1. Which Billy Wilder film, starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton, was adapted from an Agatha Christie play?

   AnswerWitness for the Prosecution

2. In a classic scene from the Rambo quadrilogy, Rambo kills a guy in a helicopter with a rock. In which Rambo movie does this take place?

   AnswerFirst Blood

3. What actress starred opposite Hugh Grant in the 1999 romantic comedy Notting Hill?

   AnswerJulia Roberts

4. What state was the setting of the film The Blair Witch Project?

   AnswerMaryland

5. Which American actress received her 13th Academy Award nomination in 2003?

   AnswerMeryl Streep

6. What movie earned Grace Kelly the Academy Award for Best Actress?

   AnswerThe Country Girl

7. Where does Cher’s character, Loretta Castorini, work in the 1987 romantic comedy Moonstruck?

   AnswerIn a funeral parlor

8. Who is the villains mistress in The Man with the Golden Gun, who gets killed for having betrayed her lover to James Bond?

   AnswerAndrea Anders

9. What is the name of the character, portrayed by Leslie Nielsen in the “Naked Gun” trilogy?

   AnswerLieutenant Frank Drebin

10. What TV cat had the motto I hate meeces to pieces?

    AnswerMr. Jinks

11. What were the names of the policeman and the cab driver in the movie Its a Wonderful Life?

    AnswerBert and Ernie

12. In the movie I Am Sam, this actress plays Rita Harrison, the pro bono attorney who decides to be Sam’s lawyer?

    AnswerMichelle Pfeiffer

13. In P.T. Anderson’s There Will Be Blood, which one of the Sunday Family tells Daniel about the oil?

    AnswerPaul

14. Which film hero brings down a helicopter by launching a car at it?

    AnswerJohn McClane

15. What sport had Arnold Schwarzenegger practiced before he took up bodybuilding?

    AnswerSoccer

16. In what movie, featuring Viggo Mortenson, does Ed Harris co-star as the ruthless one-eyed Carl Fogarty?

    AnswerA History of Violence

17. In the movie Shaun of the Dead, what is the main characters weapon of choice?

    AnswerA Cricket bat

18. In The Notebook, Allie’s parents take her away to separate her from Noah. What else does Allie’s mother do to keep the young lovers apart?

    AnswerShe hides the letters Noah sends to Allie.

19. In Dexter, what is Dexter Morgan’s day job that gives him access to crime scenes?

    AnswerForensic blood spatter analyst

20. What was the code name of fictional character Roger Bartlett, portrayed by Richard Attenborough in the movie The Great Escape?

    AnswerBig X