True Or False Movie Trivia
You’ve seen the blockbusters and the independent dramas, you've memorized the quotes, and cried during the credits (maybe)—but how well do you really know movies?
Well, there's one great way to find out: test your movie buffness with this quiz and see how many of these 20 true-or-false questions you can answer correctly:
Answer 15-20 correctly: You are a TRUE Movie Buff
10-14: You are a TRUE almost Movie Buff
5-9: It's TRUE that you got some right.
0-4: Movie Buff? False
Okay, enough talk, let's get into it...
Q: Scorsese And....
TRUE or FALSE?
Director Martin Scorsese has worked with Leonardo DiCaprio more times than with any other actor.
Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
A: FALSE
While Scorsese and DiCaprio have made six films together—that number still falls short of the 10 movies Scorsese has made with Robert De Niro.
Q: Fight Club
TRUE or FALSE?
There is a Starbucks cup or sign in almost every single scene in the movie Fight Club.
Fight Club (1999), Regency Enterprises
A: TRUE
Director David Fincher has also confirmed that he did include the Starbucks cups in almost every shot.
Twentieth Century, Fight Club (1999)
Q: Indiana Jones
TRUE or FALSE?
The role of Indiana Jones was first offered to Tom Selleck, but he had to turn it down due to contractual conflicts with the television series Magnum PI.
A: TRUE
After he shot the pilot for Magnum PI, Selleck was offered the part in Raiders of the Lost Ark by director Steven Spielberg. He loved the script—but when the network picked up Magnum PI, Selleck's contract with the show meant he could no longer play Indiana Jones. To quote Harrison Ford: "I became the second choice, and I’m very grateful for Tom".
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Train by Walt Disney Studios Malaysia
Q: James Bond
TRUE or FALSE?
The character Q in the James Bond movies is the only main character that has been played by the same actor in every film in the franchise.
A: FALSE
As with all the characters in the franchise, Q has been portrayed by multiple actors over the years. Six to be exact: Peter Burton, Desmond Llewelyn, Geoffrey Bayldon, Alec McCowen, John Cleese, and Ben Whishaw.
Q: Monty Python
TRUE or FALSE?
"It's just a flesh wound" is a classic line from the Monty Python film, Life of Brian.
HandMade Films, Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
A: FALSE
While Life of Brian does have lots of classic lines, this particular one happens to be from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Python (Monty) Pictures, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Q: Epic Directors
TRUE or FALSE?
The same man directed all three of these classic epic films: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, and Doctor Zhivago.
Columbia Pictures, Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
A: TRUE
David Lean, one of the greatest directors of all time, was the man in the director's chair for all three of those classics—and he took home the Best Director Oscar for two of them: The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia.
AnonymousUnknown author / Kar-Air Oy, Wikimedia Commons
Q: Movies In Color
TRUE or FALSE?
The Wizard of Oz was the first movie ever made in color.
A: FALSE
While its use of technicolor filming was a major step forward in cinema and had a major influence on the movies that came after it—The Wizard of Oz was not the first color film.
That honor is generally accepted to go to The World, The Flesh, and the Devil—a now lost 1914 film that utilized the Kinemacolor process.
The World, the Flesh and the Devil, melpomene heliotropium
Q: Star Wars
TRUE or FALSE?
George Lucas Only directed one of the nine main Star Wars films.
nicolas genin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
A: FALSE
While he did only direct one of the films in the original trilogy (Episode IV – A New Hope), he directed all three of the films in the second trilogy (Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Episode III – Revenge of the Sith).
Twentieth Century, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, 20th Century Fox (1999)
Q: Michael Myers Mask
TRUE or FALSE?
The Michael Myers mask in the first Halloween movie is based on the face of actor William Shatner.
Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
A: TRUE
To be more precise: It is a modified Captain Kirk mask from Star Trek that was painted white.
Fotos International, Getty Images
Q: Last Line
TRUE or FALSE?
"Well, nobody’s perfect" is the final line spoken in Billy Wilder's excellent 1959 film, Some Like it Hot.
A: TRUE
The line, which is one of the most iconic in the history of American cinema, was initially not even supposed to be in the movie. The line was put in the script as a placeholder until they could come up with something better. But they never did.
Q: Freddy Krueger
TRUE or FALSE?
The sweater Freddy Krueger wears in the A Nightmare on Elm Street movies has red and black stripes.
A: FALSE
While many do think the stripes are red and black, in actuality, they are red and green stripes. Colors that were chosen on purpose by director Wes Craven based on research suggesting that these colors clash with the human retina.
Danny Lawson - PA Images, Getty Images
Q: Stephen King
TRUE or FALSE?
The Shining was the first of Stephen King’s novels to be adapted into a feature film.
How The Shining Changed Shelley Duvall Forever by SlashFilm
A: FALSE
The Shining was released in 1980—four years after Brian DePalma adapted Carrie into a great film.
CARRIE (Brian De Palma, USA, 1976), Lund Fantastic Film Festival
Q: Steven Spielberg
TRUE or FALSE?
Steven Spielberg has only won two Best Director Oscars.
Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, Wikimedia Commons
A: TRUE
While the great director has been nominated nine times, he has only taken home the trophy twice: Schindler's List, and Saving Private Ryan.
TIMOTHY A. CLARY, Getty Images
Q: James Earl Jones
TRUE or FALSE?
Actor James Earl Jones is the voice of Mufasa in 1994's The Lion King and is also the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films.
Twentieth Century, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
A: TRUE
He was also the voice of the "This Is CNN" tagline for the cable news channel.
Q: Toilet Flush
TRUE or FALSE?
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is the first American movie to show a toilet flushing on screen.
A: FALSE
While this is a much-hyped piece of trivia among many film fans—it isn't true. The 1928 silent film The Crowd has a toilet flushing scene. If you wanna go with the "first toilet flushing scene with sound"—then Psycho is the winner.
Q: Last Line
TRUE or FALSE?
"You met me at a very strange time in my life" is the final line spoken in the 1999 film, Fight Club.
Fight Club (1999), Regency Enterprises
A: TRUE
The line is spoken by Edward Norton's Narrator character to Marla as they stand and watch the city blowing up in the distance outside the window.
Fight Club (1999), Regency Enterprises
Q: Speed
TRUE or FALSE?
The 1994 action blockbuster Speed—starring Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper and Sandra Bullock—is based on a true story of a similar incident that took place in Los Angeles in the early 1980s.
Speed (1994) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers, Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
A: FALSE
Screenwriter Graham Yost was inspired to write the screenplay after his father, Canadian television host Elwy Yost, told him about the 1985 film, Runaway Train.
Peabody Awards, Wikimedia Commons
Q: Amigos
TRUE or FALSE?
Martin Short, Chevy Chase, and Steve Martin played the three main characters in the 1986 Western comedy movie, Three Amigos.
A: TRUE
Steve Martin also co-wrote the film with Lorne Michaels and Randy Newman wrote songs for the movie. It was directed by John Landis.
Q: Molly Ringwald
TRUE or FALSE?
Of these four films—Sixteen Candles, Can’t Buy Me Love, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink—Can’t Buy Me Love is the only one that doesn't star Molly Ringwald.
A: TRUE
Can't Buy Me Love is also the only one not written by the great John Hughes. Hughes also directed Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club.
Can't Buy Me Love (1987) Full Movie, watts514
Q: Al Pacino
TRUE or FALSE?
Al Pacino won his first Oscar for his performance in Serpico.
A: FALSE
While Pacino (one of the greatest actors to ever walk the earth) was nominated for Serpico, he didn't win his first Oscar until almost 20 years later, when he won Best Actor for his performance in 1992's Scent of a Woman.
It is still his only acting Oscar (although, he had had nine nominations throughout his career).
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