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Bar Trivia: Movie Round: Printable Round

Hosting a trivia night at a bar, at school or at home? Print this round of 10 questions for your quizmaster, with an answer key on its own page. Read the choices aloud for an easier round, or hide them for a tougher one. Prefer to play? Take the quiz online.

Questions

  1. Who directed the 1960 thriller "Psycho"?

    1. Orson Welles
    2. John Huston
    3. Billy Wilder
    4. Alfred Hitchcock

  2. In which 1986 film does Tom Cruise play a Navy fighter pilot nicknamed Maverick?

    1. Iron Eagle
    2. Top Gun
    3. Risky Business
    4. Days of Thunder

  3. Which creatures is Indiana Jones famously afraid of?

    1. Rats
    2. Bats
    3. Snakes
    4. Spiders

  4. Who played Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" (1972)?

    1. James Caan
    2. Al Pacino
    3. Marlon Brando
    4. Robert Duvall

  5. Who was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor?

    1. Harry Belafonte
    2. Sidney Poitier
    3. James Earl Jones
    4. Denzel Washington

  6. Which film beat "Pulp Fiction" and "The Shawshank Redemption" to win Best Picture for 1994?

    1. Quiz Show
    2. Schindler's List
    3. Forrest Gump
    4. Braveheart

  7. Who directed "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968)?

    1. Steven Spielberg
    2. George Lucas
    3. Ridley Scott
    4. Stanley Kubrick

  8. Which film won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature?

    1. Shrek
    2. Toy Story
    3. Monsters, Inc.
    4. Spirited Away

  9. In what year was the very first Academy Awards ceremony held?

    1. 1939
    2. 1927
    3. 1929
    4. 1932

  10. Which 1959 epic was the first film to win 11 Academy Awards?

    1. Spartacus
    2. Lawrence of Arabia
    3. The Ten Commandments
    4. Ben-Hur

Answer key

  1. Alfred Hitchcock (D)

    He shot it in black and white on a modest budget, using crew from his TV series.

  2. Top Gun (B)

    It was inspired by the Navy Fighter Weapons School, then based at Naval Air Station Miramar near San Diego.

  3. Snakes (C)

    In "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), he has to drop into an Egyptian chamber crawling with them.

  4. Marlon Brando (C)

    He won Best Actor for the role but declined the Oscar to protest Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans.

  5. Sidney Poitier (B)

    He won for "Lilies of the Field" (1963) at the April 1964 ceremony.

  6. Forrest Gump (C)

    It won six Oscars that night, including Best Director for Robert Zemeckis.

  7. Stanley Kubrick (D)

    The film's only Oscar was for its visual effects, and it was the only Oscar its director ever won.

  8. Shrek (A)

    The category debuted at the 2002 ceremony, honoring films released in 2001.

  9. 1929 (C)

    The dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel lasted about 15 minutes, and tickets cost $5.

  10. Ben-Hur (D)

    Charlton Heston won Best Actor for playing the title role, a prince turned galley slave.

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