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Comedy Quiz
Comedy · Easy
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Comedy is one of the oldest and most beloved genres in cinema, bringing laughter, joy, and unforgettable characters to audiences of all ages. Whether through clever dialogue, physi...
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All 20 questions in this Comedy quiz
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What is 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' (2022) and how does it use comedy alongside its other genres?
- A. A pure science fiction film
- B. A horror film
- C. A laundromat owner discovers she can access parallel universe versions of herself - a film that uses absurdist comedy (hot dog fingers, raccoon chefs) alongside genuine emotional meditation on failure and regret
- D. A romantic comedy
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What is 'Paddington' (2014) and how does it achieve both children's and adult appeal?
- A. A parody film
- B. A serious drama
- C. A dark horror film
- D. A CGI bear from Peru adjusts to London life in a story that is simultaneously charming for children and emotionally intelligent for adults - Paul King's direction created one of British cinema's finest family films
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What is the mockumentary style best exemplified by in film comedy?
- A. A television style only
- B. A conventional narrative approach
- C. A European art cinema approach
- D. Films presented as documentary footage of real events - Christopher Guest's ensemble improvisations and This Is Spinal Tap are its finest cinematic examples
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What is the comedy 'Knives Out' (2019) and what does director Rian Johnson do with the whodunit genre?
- A. A conventional mystery
- B. A horror film
- C. A romantic comedy
- D. A comedy-mystery that reveals who committed the murder early then asks how the story ends - a formal inversion of genre expectations starring Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc
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What is 'This Is Spinal Tap' (1984) and what filmmaking innovation did it popularise?
- A. A horror film
- B. A Rob Reiner mockumentary following a fictional British heavy metal band on their disastrous American tour - popularising the mockumentary format that became ubiquitous in comedy
- C. A real rockumentary
- D. A romantic comedy
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What is the comedy 'Clueless' (1995) based on and what makes it culturally enduring?
- A. A Shakespeare play
- B. An original screenplay
- C. Jane Austen's 'Emma' - transplanted to 1990s Beverly Hills, the film's satirical look at teenage superficiality while finding genuine warmth created an enduring cultural touchstone
- D. A Margaret Atwood novel
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What is the premise of 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' (1986)?
- A. A serious drama
- B. A romantic drama
- C. A horror film
- D. A popular high school senior fakes illness to take a day off school in Chicago with his girlfriend and best friend - and directly addresses the camera throughout
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What is 'Borat' (2006) and what satirical technique does Sacha Baron Cohen use?
- A. A parody film with only actors
- B. A conventional comedy
- C. An in-character mockumentary where Cohen's Kazakh journalist character interacts with real unsuspecting Americans - capturing genuine responses to his offensive persona to expose real prejudices
- D. A fictional satire
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What is 'Little Miss Sunshine' (2006) about and what made it an awards contender as a comedy?
- A. A science fiction comedy
- B. A drama without comedy
- C. A heist film
- D. A dysfunctional family's road trip to a child beauty pageant in a broken VW bus - whose genuine humanity and ensemble excellence earned it four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture
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Who directed and starred in 'Annie Hall' (1977) - the film that transformed the romantic comedy genre?
- A. Mel Brooks
- B. Mike Nichols
- C. Albert Brooks
- D. Woody Allen
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What is 'Elf' (2003) starring Will Ferrell about?
- A. A Christmas horror
- B. A political satire
- C. A human raised among elves at the North Pole who travels to New York City to find his biological father - a Christmas comedy whose Will Ferrell character became one of cinema's great innocents
- D. A romantic drama
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What is 'Hot Fuzz' (2007) directed by Edgar Wright about?
- A. A romantic comedy
- B. A highly competent London police officer is transferred to a quiet English village where he discovers a disturbing secret behind the crime-free facade - a spoof that also delivers genuine action
- C. A horror film
- D. A straightforward action film
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Who starred as Derek Zoolander in the 2001 comedy?
- A. Owen Wilson
- B. Ben Stiller
- C. Jim Carrey
- D. Will Ferrell
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Who plays the accident-prone Inspector Clouseau in the original 'Pink Panther' films?
- A. Buster Keaton
- B. Bob Hope
- C. Peter Sellers
- D. Cary Grant
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What is 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' (2004) about?
- A. A musical
- B. A pompous 1970s San Diego television anchorman whose male-dominated newsroom is disrupted by the arrival of a talented female reporter
- C. A news thriller
- D. A Western parody
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Who starred in 'Home Alone' (1990) as Kevin McCallister?
- A. Elijah Wood
- B. River Phoenix
- C. Edward Furlong
- D. Macaulay Culkin
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What is the comedy 'About a Boy' (2002) based on and who stars in it?
- A. Nick Hornby's novel - Hugh Grant plays a superficial bachelor who invents a fictitious son to attend a single parents' group, then befriends a real troubled 12-year-old
- B. A French comedy
- C. A serious drama
- D. An original screenplay
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What is the romantic comedy 'When Harry Met Sally...' (1989) most famous for?
- A. A dramatic climax
- B. The fake orgasm scene in Katz's Deli where Meg Ryan demonstrates to Billy Crystal that women can convincingly fake orgasms - ending with the line I'll have what she's having
- C. A musical number
- D. A car chase
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What is 'Bridesmaids' (2011) directed by Paul Feig significan't for in comedy film history?
- A. Demonstrating that women-led R-rated comedies could be commercially viable on the same scale as male-driven equivalents - and launching Melissa McCarthy's film career
- B. Being a straightforward comedy
- C. Being a romantic drama
- D. Being a parody film
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Who wrote and directed 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (1964)?
- A. Mel Brooks
- B. Stanley Kubrick - considered the greatest political satire in cinema history
- C. Billy Wilder
- D. Sidney Lumet