115+ Best Classic Movies Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: Who throws a garbage can through the window of Sal's pizza joint in 'Do The Right Thing'?

Answer: Mookie

Question: Who tells Ingmar Bergman 'Here's looking at you, kid' in 'Casablanca'?

Answer: Humphrey Bogart

Question: What one word of advice does Benjamin's dad give to his son in 'The Graduate'?

Answer: Plastics

Question: Where does Janet Leigh get stabbed to death in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho'?

Answer: The Shower

Question: Who suffers from acrophobia in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo'?

Answer: Jimmy Stewart

Question: What kind of massive, terrorizing animal is 'King Kong'?

Answer: A Gorilla

Question: Who played Gen. Buck Turgidson in 'Dr. Strangelove'?

Answer: George C. Scott

Question: Who played a corrupt small-town sheriff Little Bill Daggett in 'Unforgiven'?

Answer: Gene Hackman

Question: What famous cop did Gene Hackman play in 'The French Connection'?

Answer: Popeye Doyle

Question: What movie star directed the acclaimed counterculture road movie 'Easy Rider'?

Answer: Dennis Hopper

Question: Who directed the violent western 'The Wild Bunch'?

Answer: Sam Peckinpah

Question: What movie's theme song is called 'Suicide is Painless'?

Answer: MAS*H

Question: Who wishes he'd never been born in 'It's a Wonderful Life'?

Answer: Jimmy Stewart

Question: What is the number of Benjamin Pierce's mobile army hospital in 'MAS*H'?

Answer: 4077

Question: Who played Don Corleone in 'The Godfather'?

Answer: Marlon Brando

Question: Who played father and attorney Atticus Finch in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

Answer: Gregory Peck

Question: What marshal must face ex-con Frank Miller in 'High Noon'?

Answer: Will Kane

Question: Robert Redford and Paul Newman flee to what country in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'?

Answer: Bolivia

Question: Who played a wheelchair-bound murder witness in 'Rear Window'?

Answer: Jimmy Stewart

Question: Who wore an eye patch in the movie 'True Grit'?

Answer: John Wayne

Question: What is the name of the character played by Clint Eastwood in the "Dollars Trilogy" of spaghetti Westerns?

Answer: The Man with No Name

Question: In the movie "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," which character is referred to as "the Ugly"?

Answer: Tuco Ramirez

Question: What is the title of the 1953 Western film starring Gary Cooper as a town marshal?

Answer: High Noon

Question: Who played the lead role of Wyatt Earp in the Western film "Tombstone" (1993)?

Answer: Kurt Russell

Question: What is the name of the gang led by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in the film of the same name?

Answer: The Hole in the Wall Gang

Question: In the Western film "True Grit" (1969), who played the role of Rooster Cogburn?

Answer: John Wayne

Question: What is the title of the 1960 Western film directed by John Sturges and featuring the characters known as "The Magnificent Seven"?

Answer: The Magnificent Seven

Question: Who played the outlaw William Munny in the Western film "Unforgiven" (1992)?

Answer: Clint Eastwood

Question: What is the name of the fictional town in Sergio Leone's Western film "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968)?

Answer: Sweetwater

Question: In the Western film "The Searchers" (1956), who played the role of Ethan Edwards, a Civil War veteran on a quest to find his kidnapped niece?

Answer: John Wayne

Question: What drug is Henry Hill arrested for selling in 'Goodfellas'?

Answer: Cocaine

Question: Who played legendary boxer Jake La Motta in 'Raging Bull'?

Answer: Robert De Niro

Question: Who played private eye J.J. Gittes in 'Chinatown'?

Answer: Jack Nicholson

Question: Who played the background source Deep Throat in 'All the President's Men'?

Answer: Hal Holbrook

Question: What murderous computer tries to kill the crew in '2001: A Space Odyssey'?

Answer: HAL

Question: What composer's music does Alex love and eventually become sick upon hearing in 'A Clockwork Orange'?

Answer: Beethoven

Question: Who played Colonel Kurtz in 'Apocalypse Now'?

Answer: Marlon Brando

Question: In what motel is Janet Leigh killed in the movie 'Psycho'?

Answer: Bates Motel

Question: Who directed the classic thriller film "Psycho" (1960)?

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock

Question: In the film "Vertigo" (1958), what is the profession of the main character played by James Stewart?

Answer: Detective

Question: Who played the character of Norman Bates in the movie "Psycho" (1960)?

Answer: Anthony Perkins

Question: What is the title of the classic thriller film in which Cary Grant is pursued by a group of spies, directed by Alfred Hitchcock?

Answer: North by Northwest

Question: Who directed the psychological thriller "Rear Window" (1954), starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly?

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock

Question: In the movie "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), what is the nickname given to the serial killer Hannibal Lecter?

Answer: Hannibal the Cannibal

Question: What is the name of the iconic character played by Jack Nicholson in the psychological horror film "The Shining" (1980)?

Answer: Jack Torrance

Question: Who directed the thriller film "The Birds" (1963), in which birds inexplicably begin to attack people?

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock

Question: In what year of the 1980s did the first Lethal Weapon movie hit the big screen?

Answer: 1987

Question: In what year do Marty and Doc travel forward to in Back to the Future Part II?

Answer: 2015

Question: In which year was E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial released, becoming the top-grossing movie of the 1980s?

Answer: 1982

Question: In what year did Harrison Ford enter our hearts as Indiana Jones in Raiders Of The Lost Ark?

Answer: 1981

Question: What is the first newspaper that Charles Foster Kane acquires and runs in 'Citizen Kane'?

Answer: The New York Inquirer

Question: What year formed part of the title of a 1968 movie, in which the Discovery One embarked on A Space Odyssey?

Answer: 2001

Question: In which year was the classic war movie The Great Escape made and released?

Answer: 1963

Question: Marie Antoinette' is an early period movie starring Norma Shearer. When was it released?

Answer: 1938

Question: What is Larry David's manager's name in Curb Your Enthusiasm?

Answer: Jeff

Question: The first commercial television station began operating in Hollywood in which year?

Answer: 1947

Question: What is the name of Tarzan's female companion in the 1999 Disney movie?

Answer: Jane

Question: In the sitcom "I Love Lucy," what is the name of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo's landlord?

Answer: Fred Mertz

Question: What was the name of the spaceship in the classic science fiction series "Lost in Space"?

Answer: Jupiter 2

Question: Who played the iconic character Mr. Spock in the original "Star Trek" series?

Answer: Leonard Nimoy

Question: What was the profession of the main character in the sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show"?

Answer: Television writer

Question: In the Western series "Bonanza," what was the name of the ranch owned by the Cartwright family?

Answer: Ponderosa

Question: Who played the title character in the detective series "Columbo"?

Answer: Peter Falk

Question: What was the name of the talking horse in the sitcom "Mr. Ed"?

Answer: Mr. Ed

Question: In the sitcom "The Brady Bunch," how many children did Mike Brady have before marrying Carol?

Answer: Three

Question: Who played the role of Lucy Ricardo's best friend Ethel Mertz in "I Love Lucy"?

Answer: Vivian Vance

Question: What was the name of the butler in the sitcom "The Addams Family"?

Answer: Lurch

Question: In the classic sitcom "Gilligan's Island," what was Gilligan's first name?

Answer: Willy

Question: What was the name of the fictional town where "The Andy Griffith Show" took place?

Answer: Mayberry

Question: Who played the character Gomez Addams in the TV series "The Addams Family"?

Answer: John Astin

Question: In the spy series "Get Smart," what was the name of the bumbling secret agent played by Don Adams?

Answer: Maxwell Smart

Question: What was the name of the Jeffersons' next-door neighbors in the sitcom "The Jeffersons"?

Answer: The Willises

Question: The first sound cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse was Steamboat Willie. When was it released?

Answer: 1928

Question: In what year were the Golden Globe Awards not broadcast due to a strike?

Answer: 2008

Question: What was the name of Dorothy's dog from the Wizard of Oz?

Answer: Toto

Question: Complete the title of a 1983 classic movie Educating...?

Answer: Rita

Question: What's missing from the title of the spoof horror movie from 2010 'Vampires ...'?

Answer: Suck

Question: Former Beatle George Harrison had his 'star' on Hollywood's Walk of Fame unveiled in which year?

Answer: 2009

Question: How many Grammy Awards have been awarded in total as of 2013?

Answer: 8,000

Question: What is the formula called to estimate the probability of team A beating team B?

Answer: Log5

Question: Complete the famous movie quote Mother of Mercy, is this the end of ____?

Answer: Rico

Question: In which year did Shirley Booth win the Best Actress Oscar for Come Back Little Sheba?

Answer: 1952

Question: The first-ever 'Star Wars' was released in what year, causing an international sensation overnight?

Answer: 1977

Question: Complete the title of a 1959 John Boulting film Im Alright....?

Answer: Jack

Question: Actor Richard Kiel is best known for playing the same character in two different films. What is the name of this character?

Answer: Jaws

Question: Who seduces Benjamin Braddock in 'The Graduate'?

Answer: Mrs. Robinson

Question: What prize fighter does Rocky Balboa take on in the ring in 'Rocky'?

Answer: Apollo Creed

Question: Who loses their head after taking their boat for a late-night spin in 'Jaws'?

Answer: Ben Gardner

Question: Who directed 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'?

Answer: Milos Foreman

Question: What 'Saturday Night Live' actor almost got to play the lead in 'Batman' until Tim Burton took over the film?

Answer: Bill Murray

Question: What is the only Oscar that 'Citizen Kane' won in 1941?

Answer: Best Writing

Question: In which 'Godfather' movie does Robert De Niro play a young Don Corleone?

Answer: The Godfather Part II

Question: What mental hospital resident did Danny DeVito play in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'?

Answer: Martini

Question: What is the name of Quint's boat in 'Jaws'?

Answer: Orca