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Comedy Quiz
Comedy · Exam Mode
20 questions · 30 min timer · Results at the end
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 '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 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 'Barbie' (2023) director Greta Gerwig's filmmaking background and how did it shape the comedy?
- A. Gerwig's background in mumblecore and indie drama (Frances Ha, Lady Bird) gave her a specific relationship to character interiority that transformed Barbie from a brand comedy into a meditation on identity and expectation
- B. She was a documentary filmmaker
- C. She was previously a TV director only
- D. She had no previous films
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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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Who plays the father in 'Meet the Parents' (2000) and what is the comedy's central tension?
- A. Anthony Hopkins - a subtle thriller
- B. Jack Nicholson - a mild father
- C. Gene Hackman - a friendly father
- D. Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes - a former CIA operative who methodically suspects and intimidates his daughter's boyfriend
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Who wrote and directed 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' (2014) - a comedy about a legendary concierge?
- A. Michel Gondry
- B. Jim Jarmusch
- C. Spike Jonze
- D. Wes Anderson
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What is the British comedy 'Four Lions' (2010) about - and why is it controversial?
- A. A sports film
- B. A dark comedy about four inept would-be jihadis in Sheffield planning a terrorist attack - satirising radicalisation and the gap between terrorist ideology and its incompetent practitioners
- C. A romantic comedy
- D. A heist comedy
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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 'School of Rock' (2003) about and why is Jack Black's performance central to it?
- A. A serious music biopic
- B. A failed rock musician who pretends to be a substitute teacher and converts his students into a rock band - Jack Black's genuine musical ability and manic energy made the comedy credibly musical
- C. A horror film
- D. A romantic drama
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What is the comedic premise of 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' (2005)?
- A. A parody film
- B. A man who fears marriage
- C. A department store electronics salesman whose friends discover he is a 40-year-old virgin and attempt to help him - Judd Apatow's directorial debut
- D. A romantic drama
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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 'Napoleon Dynamite' (2004) about and what cultural impact did it have?
- A. A historical epic
- B. A romantic drama
- C. A deadpan comedy about a socially awkward Idaho teenager, his llama, and his unusual family - whose bizarre non-sequitur dialogue became a national phenomenon
- D. A fantasy adventure
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What is the premise of 'Mrs. Doubtfire' (1993) directed by Chris Columbus?
- A. A musical
- B. A divorced actor who disguises himself as a Scottish housekeeper to spend time with his children after losing custody - a comedy that also addresses divorce's impact on family
- C. A spy comedy
- D. A serious drama
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What is 'Get Out' director Jordan Peele's comedy background and how does it inform his horror?
- A. Peele came from the sketch comedy duo Key & Peele - his comedy training in building and subverting audience expectations directly informs his horror films' structure
- B. He was a dramatic actor
- C. He was a director of romantic comedies
- D. He had no comedy background
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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 Mel Brooks's 'Blazing Saddles' (1974) and why is it considered unmakeable today?
- A. A straightforward Western
- B. A savage satire of Western racism using comedy - featuring Black Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) in a racist 1874 town - whose frank use of racial slurs as satirical weapons would prevent its production today
- C. A serious social drama
- D. A children's film
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Who played Austin Powers in the comedy spy franchise and also played the villain?
- A. Jim Carrey
- B. Will Ferrell
- C. Mike Myers
- D. Adam Sandler
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What is the plot of 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' (1987) directed by John Hughes?
- A. A sports comedy
- B. A romantic comedy
- C. A buttoned-up marketing executive trying to get home for Thanksgiving becomes stranded with a warm but infuriating shower curtain ring salesman - Steve Martin and John Candy
- D. A heist comedy
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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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What is the British comedy 'The Full Monty' (1997) about and what cultural impact did it have?
- A. A heist comedy
- B. A romantic drama
- C. A political satire
- D. Six unemployed Sheffield steelworkers who decide to stage a full male striptease - a film that became one of Britain's biggest comedy exports and a touchstone of 1990s working-class culture