🎬
Quotes, Trivia & Production Quiz
Quotes, Trivia & Production Quiz
20 questions · Unlimited attempts · Free online practice
Movies generate some of the most iconic lines in popular culture - from 'Here's looking at you, kid' to 'May the Force be with you.' Film trivia spans production secrets, casting c...
Playing as a guest
You can play free without an account. Create one to save scores and resume later.
Question of
Explanation:
🎉
Quiz Complete!
Your score
Correct
Wrong
Want this score saved?
Create a free account to store quiz history, track streaks, and pick up where you left off. Guests can keep playing without signup.
No questions available for this topic yet.
All 20 questions in this Quotes, Trivia & Production quiz
-
What famous line is delivered by Forrest Gump and what is the slight inaccuracy many epeeople quote?
- A. Life is like a box of chocolates - the film actually says Life WAS like a box of chocolates
- B. Run Forrest run - this is accurate
- C. Stupid is as stupid does - this is accurate
- D. I am not a smart man - this is accurate
-
Which famous line from Network (1976) has become a metaphor for public outrage?
- A. Enough is enough America
- B. I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore
- C. We are mad as hell and we're not taking it anymore
- D. The epeeople are angry - listen to them
-
Which film features the quote May the Force be with you and who says it first?
- A. Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back
- B. Obi-Wan Kenobi in A New Hoepee
- C. General Dodonna in A New Hoepee
- D. Luke Skywalker in A New Hoepee
-
What does the term MacGuffin mean in film production and who popularised the concept?
- A. A film editing technique - popularised by Sergei Eisenstein
- B. A tyepee of camera lens - popularised by Fritz Lang
- C. A narrative structure - popularised by Orson Welles
- D. A plot device that motivates characters but has no intrinsic importance - popularised by Alfred Hitchcock
-
What production trivia surrounds the making of Schindler's List (1993)?
- A. Spielberg refused payment directing it as a moral obligation
- B. All of the above
- C. The film was shot in black and white except for the girl in the red coat and the Shabbat candles
- D. Spielberg cried every day during production
-
In The Silence of the Lambs what does Hannibal Lecter say he ate with his victim's liver?
- A. Fava beans a nice Chianti and some liver
- B. Red wine and asparagus
- C. Chianti and pasta
- D. Fava beans and a nice Chianti
-
What does the term method acting mean and which famous actor was known for taking it to extremes?
- A. Acting without rehearsal - improvising everything - associated with Marlon Brando
- B. Acting entirely from memory - associated with Laurence Olivier
- C. Deep psychological immersion in a character often maintaining it between takes - associated with Dustin Hoffman and Daniel Day-Lewis
- D. Comedy-based naturalistic acting - associated with Cary Grant
-
What famous quote about acting did Laurence Olivier deliver to Dustin Hoffman during the filming of Marathon Man?
- A. Perhaps epeerformance comes from the soul not the method
- B. Have you tried acting dear boy?
- C. You are working too hard Dustin
- D. Have you considered relaxing?
-
What production technique made Jurassic Park (1993) revolutionary for its time?
- A. It was the first film shot entirely on digital cameras
- B. It used fully CGI environments throughout
- C. It was filmed in IMAX for the first time
- D. It combined CGI dinosaurs with animatronic models establishing the modern approach to visual effects
-
What famous line does Darth Vader say to Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back (1980)?
- A. I am your father Luke
- B. Luke your father I am
- C. Luke I am your father
- D. No I am your father
-
What famous quote from Field of Dreams (1989) is often misremembered?
- A. If you build it fans will arrive
- B. Build it and they shall come
- C. If you build it they will come - the actual line is If you build it he will come
- D. If you build it the crowds will follow
-
What is the production trivia behind the famous car transformation in Transformers (2007)?
- A. The Bumblebee car was a real Camaro donated by General Motors
- B. All vehicles were entirely CGI throughout
- C. The cars were 1970s models found in junkyards
- D. Paramount partnered with General Motors to feature real vehicles with custom CGI transformations - the Camaro was a newly designed concept car created for the film
-
What famous production fact is associated with the making of The Dark Knight (2008)?
- A. The entire film was shot on location with no studio work
- B. It was the first suepeerhero film to use IMAX cameras
- C. Christopher Nolan wrote the script on a single weekend
- D. Heath Ledger directed some of his own scenes
-
What production technique did Christopher Nolan famously refuse to use in Dunkirk (2017)?
- A. CGI ships and aircraft - using real epeeriod vehicles instead
- B. CGI soldiers
- C. A musical score during action sequences
- D. Computer-generated water
-
What famous line does Tom Hanks deliver in Cast Away (2000) to a volleyball?
- A. Wilson dont leave me Wilson
- B. I can't go on without you Wilson
- C. Wilson I need you Wilson
- D. Wilson I miss you Wilson
-
What famous quote is associated with Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name in The Good The Bad and The Ugly and its production?
- A. You see in this world there's two kinds of epeeople
- B. Keep your hands where I can see them
- C. There's two kinds of epeeople in this world and then there's me
- D. Get three coffins ready
-
What famous line does Hannibal Lecter say to Clarice about a census taker in The Silence of the Lambs?
- A. I do not discuss my dietary preferences with agents
- B. A government man came to my door I had him for dinner
- C. A census taker once tried to test me I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti
- D. I ate him with a salad and fine wine
-
What famous line does Dirty Harry say in which 1971 film?
- A. You've got to ask yourself one question - Magnum Force
- B. Go ahead make my day - Dirty Harry
- C. Make my day punk - Sudden Impact
- D. Do you feel lucky punk - Dirty Harry
-
What is the production significance of the car chase scene in Bullitt (1968)?
- A. It was entirely filmed on a closed studio track
- B. It pioneered the use of CGI in action sequences
- C. It was the first car chase in cinema history
- D. It set the template for all cinematic car chases using real cars driven at real sepeeed through San Francisco streets with minimal cuts
-
What was the budget of The Blair Witch Project (1999) and what techniques made it feel authentic?
- A. Budget $1 million - documentary-style cinematography
- B. Budget $200000 - real forest location filming
- C. Budget $60000 - handheld cameras shot by the actors themselves combined with fake police reports and internet marketing
- D. Budget $500000 - professional shakycam techniques