Pop Culture Trivia

120+ Best Pop Culture Trivia Questions & Answers

Mike Oberman

Updated: June 30th, 2023

Are you a pop culture guru? From movie stars to musicians, this collection of easy, medium, and hard pop culture trivia questions will put your knowledge to the test!

General Pop Culture Trivia

Question: What does the festival Navidad in Mexico mean?

Answer: Christmas

Question: What does the festival Noche Buena in Mexico mean?

Answer: Holy Night

Question: What does the festival Ano Nuevo in Mexico mean?

Answer: New Year's Day

Question: In the 1992 film 'Batman Returns', which actress played Catwoman?

Answer: Michelle Pfieffer

Question: Which of these Brazilian actresses was previously married to Alberto Blanco?

Answer: Luiza Valdetaro

Question: Jack Wild played which part in the movie version of 'Oliver!'?

Answer: The Artful Dodger

Question: In the teen drama 'My So-Called Life', what was the name of the school that Angela Chase attended?

Answer: Liberty High School

Question: Cult TV series 'Twin Peaks' began its first run in what year?

Answer: 1990

Question: Which model was presented on the September 2004 cover of American Vogue as one of the 'Models of the Moment'?

Answer: Isabeli Fontana

Question: Which teen TV series featured Melissa Joan Hart in the central role as a witch?

Answer: Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Question: The 1988 Winter Olympic Jamaican bobsleigh team were the central characters in which film?

Answer: Cool Runnings

Question: Which word is missing from the film title: 'One Flew Over the ... Nest'?

Answer: Cuckoo's

Question: The head of the Corleone family in 'The Godfather' was played by which actor?

Answer: Marlon Brando

Question: The character of The Dude in 'The Big Lebowski' had a penchant for what sport?

Answer: Bowling

Question: The bald doctor in the 'Austin Powers' series had what name?

Answer: Dr. Evil

Question: The 2001 film 'Pearl Harbor' featured which of these actors?

Answer: Josh Hartnett

Question: Russell Crowe fought in which location in the movie 'Gladiator'?

Answer: Colosseum

Film Stars Trivia

Question: Which model appeared on the cover of the 24th and 27th anniversary editions of Playboy Brasil?

Answer: Deborah Secco

Question: The first James Bond movie to star Daniel Craig in the title role was which of these?

Answer: Casino Royale

Question: Michael Jordan starred alongside Bugs Bunny in which film?

Answer: Space Jam

Question: Movie character Forrest Gump is famously from what U.S. state?

Answer: Alabama

Question: The character Optimus Prime is one of the stars of which film franchise?

Answer: Transformers

Question: The movie 'The Shining' featured Jack Nicholson saying what iconic phrase?

Answer: Here's Johnny!

Question: Jack Donaghy in the TV sitcom '30 Rock' is played by which actor?

Answer: Alec Baldwin

Question: Al Pacino played which character in 'The Godfather' series of films?

Answer: Michael Corleone

Question: The 2005 film version of 'War of the Worlds' featured which actor doing the narration?

Answer: Morgan Freeman

Question: Hollywood actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson made his name in which sport?

Answer: Wrestling

Question: The Sylvester Stallone film 'Escape to Victory' centered around which sport?

Answer: Soccer

Question: Ed Norton and Brad Pitt starred together in which of these films?

Answer: Fight Club

Question: The title role in the 2000 film semi-biopic 'Erin Brockovich' was played by which actress?

Answer: Julia Roberts

Question: The character of The Dude in 'The Big Lebowski' had a penchant for what sport?

Answer: Bowling

Question: Edward Cullen in the 'The Twilight' film series is played by which actor?

Answer: Robert Pattinson

Question: Jim Carrey played which holiday character?

Answer: The Grinch

Question: Paul Feig directed Kristen Wiig, Rebel Wilson, and Maya Rudolph in which 2011 comedy film?

Answer: Bridesmaids

Question: The title role in the 2008 film 'Hancock' was played by which actor?

Answer: Will Smith

Question: The film 'Batman Returns' was released in what year?

Answer: 1992

Question: The 2001 film 'Pearl Harbor' featured which of these actors?

Answer: Josh Hartnett

Question: From which Canadian province does Celine Dion come from?

Answer: Quebec

Question: Kim Kardashian has which unusual middle name?

Answer: Noel

Question: In 2007, actress Giovanna Antonelli married which of these Americans?

Answer: Robert P. Locascio

Question: Which reptile has Sylvester Stallone been named after?

Answer: Cobra

Question: Which of these is Ozzy Osbourne's birth name?

Answer: John

Celebrity Relationships Trivia

Question: Which of these actors has Sonia Braga dated?

Answer: Clint Eastwood

Question: Which Brazilian footballer has featured in adverts for Viagra?

Answer: Pele

Question: Which of these musicians has Sonia Braga dated?

Answer: David Lee Roth

Question: Actor Lazaro Ramos is married to which actress?

Answer: Tais Araujo

Question: In 2006, Gisele Bundchen dated which pro surfer?

Answer: Kelly Slater

Question: Isabeli Fontana married which actor and model in 2005?

Answer: Henri Castelli

Question: Which of these actors has Sonia Braga dated?

Answer: Clint Eastwood

Question: Which Brazilian footballer has featured in adverts for Viagra?

Answer: Pele

Question: Which of these musicians has Sonia Braga dated?

Answer: David Lee Roth

Question: Angelica is married to which fellow TV presenter?

Answer: Luciano Huck

Question: Muril Benicio has a son named Pietro with which actress?

Answer: Giovanna Antonelli

Question: Muril Benicio has a son named Antonio with which actress?

Answer: Alessandra Negrini

Question: Isabeli Fontana was engaged to which Marley?

Answer: Rohan Marley

Question: Actress Betty Lago was married to which actor for many years?

Answer: Eduardo Conde

Question: Actress Eliane Giardini was married to which of these actors?

Answer: Paulo Betti

TV Shows Trivia

Question: TV comedy 'South Park' was created by Matt Stone and which other person?

Answer: Trey Parker

Question: Angel in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' went on to have his own show, but who was the actor that played him?

Answer: David Boreanaz

Question: The first season of which reality show was won by Kelly Clarkson?

Answer: American Idol

Question: Cheers' spin-off 'Frasier' ran for how many seasons?

Answer: 11

Question: A teen drama including a basketball team is the premise of which TV series?

Answer: One Tree Hill

Question: Good Night John Boy' is an iconic line from which TV series?

Answer: The Waltons

Question: A sheriff awakens in the hospital to a world populated by zombies in which TV series?

Answer: The Walking Dead

Question: Simon Cowell left TV talent show 'American Idol' in what year?

Answer: 2010

Question: TV drama 'Dexter' is based on a series of novels by which author?

Answer: Jeff Lindsay

Question: In which TV series does the action center around law firm McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak?

Answer: L.A. Law

Question: Simon Cowell guested on TV series 'The Simpsons' and was beaten up by which character?

Answer: Homer

Question: Tim Allen starred in which 90s TV sitcom?

Answer: Home Improvement

Question: Al Pacino had what job in movie 'Serpico'?

Answer: Cop

Question: Which film was the highest grossing box office hit in the US in 2012?

Answer: The Avengers

Question: Which actor robbed banks alongside Robert De Niro in thriller movie 'Heat'?

Answer: Val Kilmer

Question: Which movie released in 2015 pitches Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson against a massive earthquake in California?

Answer: San Andreas

Question: The lead role in 'Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief' was played by which actor?

Answer: Logan Lerman

Movies Trivia

Question: Which actor played Commodus in the movie 'Gladiator'?

Answer: Joaquin Phoenix

Question: The character played by Will Smith in the movie 'Wild Wild West' had what name?

Answer: Jim West

Question: The debut album by which rapper was called 'The College Dropout'?

Answer: Kanye West

Question: Nicolas Cage played which character in Ghost Rider?

Answer: Johnny Blaze

Question: The 2011 film 'Green Lantern' was fronted by which actor in the title role?

Answer: Ryan Reynolds

Question: In the film 'Revolver,' which actor played the lead role?

Answer: Jason Statham

Question: In the film 'Happy Gilmore,' which actor learned to play golf?

Answer: Adam Sandler

Question: Tina Turner was married to which other singer?

Answer: Ike

Question: The Doors frontman Jim Morrison is buried in which European city?

Answer: Paris

Question: Sylvester Stallone enters what type of competition in the movie 'Over the Top'?

Answer: Arm Wrestling

Question: Which leading man played opposite Beyonce in the 2006 movie version of 'The Pink Panther'?

Answer: Steve Martin

Question: Which comic book character was adapted to film by Steven Spielberg in a 2011 movie?

Answer: Tintin

Question: The movie 'The Shining' featured Jack Nicholson saying what iconic phrase?

Answer: Here's Johnny!

Question: A character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger is famous for saying what line?

Answer: I'll be back

Miscellaneous Trivia

Question: In what year was the game 'Street Fighter' first released?

Answer: 1987

Question: The mansion owned by Elvis Presley was given what name?

Answer: Graceland

Question: Which English city was home to The Beatles?

Answer: Liverpool

Question: An album has to sell how many units in the UK to be considered Platinum?

Answer: 300,000

Question: Vincent van Gogh in the movie 'Vincent and Theo' was played by which actor?

Answer: Tim Roth

Question: The 1984 movie title 'The Muppets Take'...

Answer: Manhattan

Question: The U.S. version of 'The X Factor' had which of these singers as a regular judge?

Answer: Demi Lovato

Question: How many times has Jennifer O'Neill been married?

Answer: 9

Question: The bald doctor in the 'Austin Powers' series had what name?

Answer: Dr. Evil

Question: What is the most outstanding event wherein people will decorate the trail where Jesus will walk through to his crucifixion?

Answer: Sawdust carpets