Comedy Trivia

120+ Best Comedy Trivia Questions & Answers

Mike Oberman

Updated: July 6th, 2023

Are you ready to laugh out loud? Dive into this collection of comedy trivia questions and challenge your friends to see who knows the most about hilarious movies and iconic comedians.

General Comedy Trivia

Question: What western town is in peril in 'Blazing Saddles'?

Answer: Rock Ridge

Question: What part did director Kevin Smith play in 'Clerks'?

Answer: Silent Bob

Question: What 'Ghostbuster' also directed 'Caddyshack'?

Answer: Harold Ramis

Question: What is Fletch's favorite basketball team in 'Fletch'?

Answer: LA Lakers

Question: What store does Dante slave away at in 'Clerks'?

Answer: Quick-Stop

Question: What item do the knights use to simulate horses in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'?

Answer: Coconut Halves

Question: What song does Lili von Shtupp sing for the boys in the saloon in 'Blazing Saddles'?

Answer: I'm Tired

Question: What is the $350,000 buried under in 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'?

Answer: A Giant W

Question: What is Shaun's weapon of choice against the zombies in 'Shaun of the Dead'?

Answer: A Cricket Bat

Question: Who played the evil Darth Helmet in Mel Brooks' 'Spaceballs'?

Answer: Rick Moranis

Question: Who becomes Satan's boyfriend in 'South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut'?

Answer: Saddam Hussein

Question: Who won an Academy Award for their performance in 'City Slickers'?

Answer: Jack Palance

Question: What is the combination to the airlock on Planet Druidia in 'Spaceballs'?

Answer: 12345

Question: What piece of office equipment do Peter and company beat with a baseball bat in 'Office Space'?

Answer: Fax Machine

Question: Who is 'only pawn, in the game of life' in 'Blazing Saddles'?

Answer: Mongo

Question: Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry starred together in Jeeves and Wooster, what was the name of their other main sketch series?

Answer: A Bit of Fry and Laurie

Question: What sort of films did Will Hay appear in back in the '30s and '40s?

Answer: Comedy

Question: Who played the male lead in the 1994 film, Muriel's Wedding?

Answer: Toni Collette

Comedy Movies & Actors Trivia

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

Answer: 2015

Question: What kind of car does Doc Brown turn into a time machine in 'Back to the Future'?

Answer: DeLorean

Question: Who played Frank The Tank in 'Old School'?

Answer: Will Ferrell

Question: Who played Ferris Bueller in 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'?

Answer: Matthew Broderick

Question: Who played a paranormal investigator and eliminator in 'Ghostbusters'?

Answer: Bill Murray

Question: Who played the title character in 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin'?

Answer: Steve Carell

Question: Who directed 'Blazing Saddles'?

Answer: Mel Brooks

Question: Who starred in the classic silent film 'The Gold Rush'?

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

Question: Who played Betelgeuse in the movie 'Beetlejuice'?

Answer: Michael Keaton

Question: Who played a wacky afternoon radio DJ in 'Good Morning, Vietnam'?

Answer: Robin Williams

Question: Who first played 'The Nutty Professor' on film?

Answer: Jerry Lewis

Question: Who pretends to be an old British nanny in 'Mrs. Doubtfire'?

Answer: Robin Williams

Question: Who played a socialite turned soldier in 'Private Benjamin'?

Answer: Goldie Hawn

Question: Who played 'The Jerk'?

Answer: Steve Martin

Question: Who plays a Detroit cop tracking down a killer in Beverly Hills in 'Beverly Hills Cop'?

Answer: Eddie Murphy

Comedy Films Trivia

Question: What kind of killer animal do the knights fight in the cave in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'?

Answer: Rabbit

Question: Who keeps experiencing the same day over and over in 'Groundhog Day'?

Answer: Bill Murray

Question: What soul-crushing company does Peter Gibbons work for in 'Office Space'?

Answer: Initech

Question: What causes passengers to become deathly ill in 'Airplane!'?

Answer: The Fish

Question: What mean dog does Clark accidentally kill in 'National Lampoon's Vacation'?

Answer: Dinky

Question: Bill Murray does battle with what kind of rodent in 'Caddyshack'?

Answer: Gopher

Question: What city is overrun with ghosts in 'Ghostbusters'?

Answer: New York City

Question: What's the name of the exclusive country club that serves as the setting of 'Caddyshack'?

Answer: Bushwood

Question: What city are Harry and Lloyd trying to get to in 'Dumb & Dumber'?

Answer: Aspen

Question: Who gets implanted with a V-Chip in 'South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut'?

Answer: Cartman

Question: What is Irwin M. Fletcher's newspaper column name in 'Fletch'?

Answer: Jane Doe

Question: Who eats a fish called Wanda in 'A Fish Called Wanda'?

Answer: Otto

Question: What comedy was marketed with the tagline: Grab life by the ball?

Answer: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Question: Who plays Ali G in the British film?

Answer: Sacha Baron Cohen

Question: In the Howard The Duck movie, what does Howard smoke?

Answer: Cigars

Romantic Comedies Trivia

Question: Who does Ben Stiller pine for in 'There's Something About Mary'?

Answer: Cameron Diaz

Question: Which leading male star shot to fame in the 1994 movie, Four Weddings And A Funeral?

Answer: Hugh Grant

Question: Wendy and Archie Leach are leading characters in which famous British Comedy?

Answer: A Fish Called Wanda

Question: In Mrs. Doubtfire, what doesRobin Williams' character dress up as?

Answer: A Woman

Question: Who starred with Steve Carell in the movie Date Night?

Answer: Tina Fey

Question: Who played the title role in the sitcom Joey?

Answer: Matt LeBlanc

Question: Who plays Harry and Sally in When Harry Met Sally?

Answer: Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan

Question: Hugh Grant starred in hit comedy with Julia Roberts named after where in London?

Answer: Notting Hill

Question: In which film starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant is named after a place in London?

Answer: Notting Hill

Question: Who plays Phoebe Buffay in the popular sitcom Friends?

Answer: Lisa Kudrow

Question: In what movie does Will Ferrell play the evil fashion mogul Jacobim Mugatu?

Answer: Zoolander

Question: Who played the male lead in 17 Again, Me and Orson Welles and High School Musical?

Answer: Zac Effron

Question: Whom did 'Harry' meet in the film with Billy Crystal?

Answer: Sally

Question: Who played Elle in the movie 'Legally Blonde'?

Answer: Reese Witherspoon

Question: Elf starred which of these comedians?

Answer: Will Ferrell

TV Comedy Series & Characters Trivia

Question: What is the name of the Enchanter that the knights meet in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'?

Answer: Tim

Question: What is the name of Jack and Dina's cat in 'Meet The Parents'?

Answer: Mr. Jinx

Question: Who played the title role in the 2001 movie adaptation of Bridget Jones' Diary?

Answer: Renée Zellweger

Question: Which teen actor skipped school in the film, 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'?

Answer: Matthew Broderick

Question: Whom did Harry meet in the film with Billy Crystal?

Answer: Sally

Question: What was the name of Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakhstan character?

Answer: Borat

Question: Which comedian played the title role in Uncle Buck?

Answer: John Candy

Question: Complete this UK TV comedy series title: 'Birds of a ____'

Answer: Feather

Question: Who played the male lead in the 1999 film Notting Hill?

Answer: Hugh Grant

Question: Which actor dressed up as the housekeeper Mrs. Doubtfire in the film of the same name?

Answer: Robin Williams

Question: Who plays Phoebe Buffay in the popular sitcom Friends?

Answer: Lisa Kudrow

Question: What is the name of the disorganized and confused Spanish waiter in Fawlty Towers?

Answer: Manuel

Question: Who plays Harry and Sally in When Harry Met Sally?

Answer: Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan

Question: Who starred in the 2001 movie adaptation of Bridget Jones' Diary?

Answer: Renée Zellweger

Question: Who played the male lead in the sitcom Joey?

Answer: Matt LeBlanc

Time Travel Movies

Question: What does Josh make a wish on that makes him grow up overnight in 'Big'?

Answer: A Fortune Teller Machine

Question: What item does Marty try to bring back from the future that causes so much trouble in 'Back to the Future Part II'?

Answer: A Sports Almanac

Question: What volatile element powers the time machine in 'Back to the Future'?

Answer: Plutonium

Question: What town serves as the time-traveling setting in the 'Back to the Future' trilogy?

Answer: Hill Valley

Question: Marty convinces his future father that he's what alien in 'Back to the Future'?

Answer: Darth Vader

Spoofs & Parodies Trivia

Question: What song does Egon use to explain the amount of kinetic energy currently in the city in 'Ghostbusters'?

Answer: A Twinkie

Question: What does Jimmy Stewart claim he can see and talk to constantly in 'Harvey'?

Answer: A Giant Rabbit

Question: What theme park are the Griswolds trying to get to in 'National Lampoon's Vacation'?

Answer: Walley World

Question: What speed does Darth Helmet order his ship to go to while chasing Lonestar in 'Spaceballs'?

Answer: Ludicrous Speed

Question: What watering hole do Shaun and Ed decide to hold up in during a zombie outbreak in 'Shaun of the Dead'?

Answer: The Winchester

Classic Comedies Trivia

Question: In what movie does a boy let out a startled, piercing: Aaaaahhhh! after slapping aftershave on his cheeks for the first time?

Answer: Home Alone

Question: From what movie is the quote: Yeah, there were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident?

Answer: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Question: Who played the snobbish Judge Smails in Caddyshack?

Answer: Ted Knight

Question: In which movie did Ben Stiller play the role of Dustin Hoffman's son and Robert De Niro's son-in-law?

Answer: Meet the Fockers

Question: How many characters does Mike Myers play in Austin Powers in Goldmember?

Answer: Four

Question: Which rapping duo starred in House Party?

Answer: Kid n Play

Question: When was the original Nutty Professor film made?

Answer: 1963

Question: Which of these movies is a comedy?

Answer: Old School

Question: Who falls in love with Diane Keaton in Annie Hall?

Answer: Woody Allen

Question: And if I find that you are trying to corrupt my firstborn child, I will bring you down, baby. I will bring you down to Chinatown. Name the comedy?

Answer: Meet the Parents

Question: Which film shows Tom Cruise dancing in a pink shirt and his underwear?

Answer: Risky Business

Miscellaneous Comedy Trivia

Question: What is the last name of every member of the Town Council in 'Blazing Saddles'?

Answer: Johnson

Question: The movie 'Silver Streak' takes place on what mode of transportation?

Answer: Train

Question: How much money do Al and Ty bet over a game of golf with Judge Smails in 'Caddyshack'?

Answer: $80,000

Question: What sport does The Dude like to play in 'The Big Lebowski'?

Answer: Bowling

Question: Who finally burns down the office building in 'Office Space'?

Answer: Milton

Question: Who has the fastest hands in the world in 'Blazing Saddles'?

Answer: Jim

Question: How many '...Weddings And A Funeral' in the hit movie?

Answer: Four

Question: What did Josh Hartnett's character try to give up in 40 Days and 40 Nights?

Answer: Sex

Question: Which Robin played Mrs. Doubtfire on the big screen?

Answer: Williams

Question: Which iconic '80s movie sees a young boy called Josh turn into a man overnight after making a wish?

Answer: Big

Question: In which film did Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant star, named after a place in London?

Answer: Notting Hill

Question: What kind of commercials does Happy do in 'Happy Gilmore' to raise money for his grandmother?

Answer: Subway

Question: Who claims he created a program to bilk money from the company in 'Office Space'?

Answer: Michael

Question: How many '...Weddings And A Funeral' in the hit movie?

Answer: Four

Question: In 'Howard The Duck' movie, what does Howard smoke?

Answer: Cigars