The Ultimate Movie/TV Fan Lockdown Quiz

100 questions to keep you entertained during the Covid-19 lockdown!

We are nearly eight weeks into lockdown in the UK due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Everyone is either working from home, furloughed or just plain bored staring at the same four walls. with that, quizzes seem to be on the high with everyone jumping onto Zoom and proving who are the eggheads of the family/friendship group.

With that in mind, we at ScreenHeads have put together 100 questions for all movie and TV fans to enjoy. Some are hard, some are easy, so let’s see how you all get on!

QUESTIONS

1. How many Star Wars films are there in total?
2. Who played Norman Bates in the 1960 horror classic Psycho?
3. In what year was the first Die Hard film released?
4. What year did UK sitcom Only Fools & Horses air it’s final episode?
5. What is the name of the first animated film that Disney released?
6. Who voiced the Genie in 1992’s Disney classic Aladdin?
7. Name the family dog in The Simpsons.
8. Who directed the film Three Men and a Baby?
9. How many episodes are there of Friends?
10. In pounds, what weight did Christian Bale drop to for filming The Mechanic?
11. Which Toy Story character said this line: “what are you looking at, ya’ hockey puck?”
12. Name the first film to be released in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
13. Andrew Sachs played which character in Fawlty Towers?
14. How old was Macauley Culkin when filming Home Alone?
15. In which film did Glenn Close have a cameo role as a pirate?
16. Who played the characters of Harry and Lloyd in Dumb and Dumber?
17. How old was Matt Smith when he was cast in the title role for Doctor Who?
18. Which role did Andy Serkis play in the Star Wars franchise?
19. What was Ross Geller’s first line in Friends?
20. Which classic Batman villains appear in 1992’s Batman Returns?
21. Who won the Oscar for Best Actor at this year’s (2020) Academy Awards?
22. Which superhero show was the first spin-off of fellow superhero series Arrow?
23. Which actors make up the two lead characters in the Richard Curtis-penned rom-com, Notting Hill?
24. Name the real life figure that Leonardo DiCaprio plays in 2002’s Catch Me If You Can?
25. Who portrays Steve Wozniak in Danny Boyle’s 2015 biopic Steve Jobs?
26. In what year did UK comedy series The Royle Family first air?
27. How many series were made of ITV’s crime-drama Broadchurch?
28. The American drama series Smallville focused on the origins of which famous superhero character?
29. Who plays Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead?
30. TV series Peaky Blinders is set in which city?
31. True or False: The Wolf of Wall Street is loosely based on the life of wall street stock broker, Jordan Belfort.
32. How many years does Yoda say he has trained Jedi for in The Empire Strikes Back?
33. Who was first to play Bruce Banner/The Incredible Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
34. What is Indiana Jones scared of?
35. Which character killed Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?
36. In what year was comedy film Planes, Trains and Automobiles released?
37. Who played the father of Ben Stiller’s character in Meet The Fockers?
38. Which character spoke the first line (on-screen) in Avengers: Infinity War?
39. Who directed all three films in The Hangover trilogy?
40. How many years were there between the releases of The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises?
41. Which biopic film did Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton star in together?
42. How old is Henry Cavill’s Superman said to be in 2013’s Man of Steel?
43. What is the name of Kate Winslet’s character in Titanic?
44. Which film set in the DC Extended Universe has had it’s release date pushed back due to the Covid-19 pandemic?
45. True or false: Steven Spielberg directed Forest Gump.
46. Sam Mendes directed which two James Bond films?
47. The musical scores for The Polar Express, Ready Player One and Avengers: Endgame were brought together by which composer?
48. The first cinematic Spider-Man film was released in what year?
49. The comedy character Alan Partridge is played by which British comedian?
50. Which High School Musical actor is in the 2014 comedy Bad Neighbours and it’s sequel?
51. Who wrote and starred in the UK sitcom Dinnerladies?
52. Christopher Nolan watched which film with the crew of Batman Begins to show his inspiration for their take on the Batman franchise?
53. Which series of films stars Liam Hemsworth and Donald Sutherland?
54. What is the name of Charlie’s evil alter-ego in the comedy film Me, Myself & Irene?
55. In which film did Leonardo DiCaprio famously slice his hand by accident during a take and the take was used?
56. Which superhero film pulled it’s first teaser trailer, which showed the Twin Towers, from release in light of the 9/11 attacks?
57. True or false: Brad Pitt turned down the role of Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before it went to Jeremy Renner.
58. In Game of Thrones, what does Tyrion say that he is the god of?
59. American sci-fi show Firefly ran for how many seasons?
60. Who was originally sought after to star opposite Seth Rogen in Judd Apatow’s comedy-drama Knocked Up before Katherine Heigl was cast?
61. Anne Hathaway won the Oscar for best actress at the Academy Awards thanks to her performance in which film?
62. TV series Stranger Things started airing in what year?
63. 1991’s Hook stars which actress as an elderly Wendy Darling?
64. Chris Pratt starred in which sci-fi thriller alongside Jennifer Lawrence?
65. Which streaming service includes 13 Reasons Why, Lost in Space and The Tiger King in it’s catalogue?
66. Which years did TV series Breaking Bad air from and until?
67. Who directed and starred in 2018’s Murder on the Orient Express?
68. True or false: Harrison Ford won the role of Han Solo in Star Wars: A New Hope by simply helping to read lines with actors who were actually auditioning for roles in the film.
69. Which Back to the Future actor starred in the 1994 adventure film The Pagemaster?
70. Leonard Nimoy was mostly known for his role as Spock in which sci-fi TV series?
71. What is the name of the song Patrick Swayze performed for Dirty Dancing?
72. Who played the title character in the christmas film Jack Frost?
73. True or false: There was a Mission: Impossible TV series before the creation of the film franchise with the same name starring Tom Cruise.
74. Which film is the following line from: “Mrs Robinson you’re trying to seduce me, aren’t you?”
75. Which animated film did director Martin Scorsese lend his voice to?
76. Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey starred in which TV series together?
77. True or false: Macauley Culkin’s younger brother, Kieran Culkin, appears in the first two Home Alone films.
78. Did Dan Ackroyd play Peter Venkman or Raymond Stanz in the Ghostbusters film series?
79. In what year did Doctor Who first air?
80. which Alien star had a small role in sci-fi-comedy film Paul?
81. What year does the first scene of Captain America: Civil War take place?
82. What animal is Pumba in The Lion King?
83. TV series The Boys stars which actor as Billy Butcher?
84. Name all three ghosts who are uncles to the title character of the 1995 film Casper.
85. In which Star Wars film did the character Luke Skywalker die?
86. Lee Mack stars in which UK sitcom?
87. In which sci-fi-action film does Bill Pullman play the President of the United States?
88. True or false: an early draft of the film The Santa Clause actually featured the main character shooting Santa Claus.
89. Which Monty Python film features a character by the name of Biggus Dickus?
90. How many instalments of the Scary Movie franchise did Kevin Hart appear in?
91. In what year did American TV sitcom Seinfeld first air?
92. In Happy Gilmore, which sport does the title character originally want to excel in?
93. Paul Rudd plays the character Mike Hannigan in which TV sitcom?
94. Which film in the Ocean’s Eleven franchise does Bruce Willis appear in?
95. How many Rush Hour films have been released?
96. Channing Tatum shows off his dancing skills in which 2006 film?
97. Which film does this line come from: “they may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom!”
98. Which Star Trek: The Next Generation actor frequently appeared in The Big Bang Theory?
99. Who plays Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter film series?
100. What is the name of Carl’s wife in Up?

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ANSWERS

1. 12
2. Anthony Perkins
3. 1988
4. 2003
5. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
6. Robin Williams
7. Santa’s Little Helper
8. Leonard Nimoy
9. 236
10. 110 pounds
11. Mr Potato Head
12. Iron Man
13. Manuel
14. Eight years old
15. Hook
16. Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels
17. 26 years old
18. Supreme Leader Snoke
19. “…Hi.”
20. The Penguin and Catwoman
21. Joaquin Phoenix
22. The Flash
23. Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts
24. Frank William Abagnale Jr.
25. Seth Rogen
26. 1998
27. Three
28. Superman
29. Andrew Lincoln
30. Birmingham
31. True
32. 800 years
33. Edward Norton
34. Snakes
35. Severus Snape
36. 1987
37. Dustin Hoffman
38. Ebony Maw
39. Todd Phillips
40. 4 years
41. Eddie the Eagle
42. 33 years old
43. Rose Dewitt Bukater
44. Wonder Woman 1984
45. False (the film is directed by Robert Zemeckis)
46. Skyfall and Spectre
47. Alan Silvestri
48. 2002
49. Steve Coogan
50. Zac Efron
51. Victoria Wood
52. Blade Runner
53. The Hunger Games film series
54. Hank
55. Django Unchained
56. Spider-Man (2002)
57. False
58. Tits and wine
59. One
60. Anne Hathaway
61. Les Misérables
62. 2016
63. Maggie Smith
64. Passengers
65. Netflix
66. 2008 – 2013
67. Kenneth Branagh
68. True
69. Christopher Lloyd
70. Star Trek
71. She’s Like the Wind
72. Michael Keaton
73. True
74. The Graduate
75. Shark Tale
76. True Detective
77. True
78. Raymond Stanz
79. 1963
80. Sigourney Weaver
81. 1991
82. Warthog
83. Karl Urban
84. Stretch, Stinky and Fatso
85. The Last Jedi
86. Not Going Out
87. Independence Day
88. True
89. Life of Brian
90. Two (he appeared in Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4)
91. 1989
92. Hockey
93. Friends
94. Ocean’s Twelve
95. Three
96. Step Up
97. Braveheart
98. Wil Wheaton
99. Helena Bonham Carter
100. Ellie