180+ Best Entertainment Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: What button should you hold when the game is over to continue where you left off in 'Super Mario Bros.'?

Answer: Start

Question: Which reality TV series do you associate with the quote: 'The tribe has spoken'?

Answer: Survivor'

Question: From what country is Twilight-star Robert Pattinson?

Answer: England

Question: Actor Jean Reno was born in Morocco but moved to another country at age 17. Where did he move?

Answer: France

Question: Mulder and Scully are the main characters in which TV series?

Answer: The X-Files

Question: Which of these people is the host of the TV show 'QI'?

Answer: Stephen Fry

Question: Harlem Shake is a song by whom?

Answer: Baauer

Question: Who directed 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels,' 'Snatch' and 'Sherlock Holmes'?

Answer: Guy Ritchie

Question: What was the name of Bruce Lee's late son, who was also an actor?

Answer: Brandon Lee

Question: Who plays Peter Bishop in 'Fringe,' and Pacey Witter in 'Dawson's Creek'?

Answer: Joshua Jackson

Question: Tony Curtis in the movie 'Some Like it Hot' was joined by which other actor?

Answer: Jack Lemmon

Question: What is the name of the resistance fighter who is sent back in time to protect Sarah Connor in 'The Terminator'?

Answer: Kyle Reese

Question: What was the surname of Truly in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'?

Answer: Scrumptious

Question: Which band had a hit with the song 'Mr. Brightside'?

Answer: The Killers

Question: Ringo Starr and George Harrison were members of which popular band?

Answer: The Beatles

Question: Vanessa Chinitor entered the 1999 contest for Belgium with the song 'Like the?'?

Answer: Wind

Question: What movie was marketed with the tagline: 'Who you gonna call?'

Answer: Ghostbusters'

Question: What famous Hollywood actor played Dr. Doug Ross in 109 episodes of the hospital drama 'ER'?

Answer: George Clooney

Question: Which celebrity chef had a very public split with Charles Saatchi in 2013?

Answer: Nigella Lawson

Question: Which song was on the b-side of the Beatles' ''We can work it out'?

Answer: Day Tripper

Question: Who played Eva Peron in the 1996 musical 'Evita'?

Answer: Madonna

Question: What is the name of the little boy who befriends E.T. in the movie of the same name?

Answer: Elliot

Question: US sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory' is set in which city?

Answer: Pasadena

Question: What movie was Brandon Lee filming when he died?

Answer: The Crow'

Question: I Fall to Pieces, 'Crazy' and 'She's Got You' are all songs by which singer?

Answer: Patsy Cline

Question: Who co-created and played the title role in the police drama 'Nash Bridges'?

Answer: Don Johnson

Question: Which rapper had a son with model Amber Rose in February 2013?

Answer: Wiz Khalifa

Question: Who sang the theme song for the 1997 movie 'Titanic'?

Answer: Celine Dion

Question: Peter Parker is also known as what in the world of Marvel?

Answer: Spider-Man

Question: Who directed the 1996 movie 'Evita'?

Answer: Alan Parker

Question: In what city is the TV series 'The Shield' set?

Answer: Los Angeles

Question: Which of the actors in the TV series 'Community' also starred in the movies 'Vacation' and 'Fletch'?

Answer: Chevy Chase

Question: What reality TV series do you associate with the quote: 'The tribe has spoken'?

Answer: Survivor'

Question: What BBC program is presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May?

Answer: Top Gear'

Question: Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer were the main characters in which TV sitcom?

Answer: Seinfeld

Question: US sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory' is set in which city?

Answer: Pasadena

Question: In what city is the TV series 'Sex and the City' set?

Answer: New York

Question: What is the name of the bartender and owner of the bar in TV's 'Cheers'?

Answer: Sam Malone

Question: What TV series follows a South Florida team of forensic investigators and police officers?

Answer: CSI: Miami

Question: Which recently resurrected U.S. TV series featured the characters Fox and Scully?

Answer: The X-Files

Question: What TV series has a different intro in almost every episode?

Answer: The Simpsons'

Question: What TV series centers on privileged teenagers attending an elite private school in Manhattan's Upper East Side?

Answer: Gossip Girl'

Question: The Death of Wolverine comic was published in which year?

Answer: 2014

Question: Complete this 1994 single title by Celine Dion: 'The Power of?'

Answer: Love

Question: Who plays Dr. Frasier Crane in the sitcom 'Frasier'?

Answer: Kelsey Grammer

Question: Who is the singing sister of the actor who played Ferdy in 'This Life'?

Answer: Tanita Tikaram

Question: What famous Hollywood actor played Dr. Doug Ross in 109 episodes of the hospital drama 'ER'?

Answer: George Clooney

Question: Which celebrity chef had a very public split with Charles Saatchi in 2013?

Answer: Nigella Lawson

Question: Who starred in 'Bad Boys,' 'Independence Day,' 'Men in Black,' 'Enemy of the State,' and 'Ali'?

Answer: Will Smith

Question: Which of the actors in the TV series 'Community' also starred in the movies 'Vacation' and 'Fletch'?

Answer: Chevy Chase

Question: Who played Eva Peron in the 1996 musical 'Evita'?

Answer: Madonna

Question: Jeremy Clarkson is well known for presenting which TV show?

Answer: Top Gear

Question: Who co-created and played the title role in the police drama 'Nash Bridges'?

Answer: Don Johnson

Question: Eric Bishop is the real name of which actor who portrayed Ray Charles?

Answer: Jamie Foxx

Question: Who directed the movie 'Batman,' featuring Michael Keaton as Batman?

Answer: Tim Burton

Question: Which actor played the lead role in the 2015 film 'Jurassic World'?

Answer: Chris Pratt

Question: Who directed 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels,' 'Snatch' and 'Sherlock Holmes'?

Answer: Guy Ritchie

Question: Who plays Detective Mac Taylor in 'CSI: New York,' and Lieutenant Dan Taylor in 'Forrest Gump'?

Answer: Gary Sinise

Question: Who portrayed gangster John Dillinger in the 2009 movie 'Public Enemies'?

Answer: Johnny Depp

Question: Which actor played the tenth Doctor Who?

Answer: David Tennant

Question: What is Earl's naive and 'borderline artistic' younger brother called in the comedy series 'My Name is Earl'?

Answer: Randy

Question: Virginia Johnson died in July 2013, which TV show is based on her work?

Answer: Masters of Sex

Question: Which actor played Chandler Bing in 'Friends'?

Answer: Matthew Perry

Question: What is Monica's job in 'Friends'?

Answer: Chef

Question: Brooke Vincent plays which character in the UK soap, 'Coronation Street'?

Answer: Sophie Webster

Question: Drama series 'Mad Men' is set in which decade?

Answer: 1960s

Question: Who plays Mark Wahlberg's half-brother and trainer in 'The Fighter'?

Answer: Christian Bale

Question: Which TV series was set in County General Hospital?

Answer: E.R.

Question: What is the name of Gwyneth Paltrow's online blog?

Answer: Goop

Question: In what television series does a ticking digital clock appear before and after every commercial break?

Answer: 24'

Question: Who played the male lead in 'Fighting,' 'Dear John' and 'Step Up'?

Answer: Channing Tatum

Question: What is George's hot-tempered father's name in 'Seinfeld'?

Answer: Frank

Question: What is the first name of the comedian who starred in 'The Cosby Show'?

Answer: Bill

Question: What is the name of Miley Cyrus' alter ego in the hit kids' TV show?

Answer: Hannah Montana

Question: In what year did Will Young win 'Pop Idol'?

Answer: 2001

Question: In what action thriller does Denzel Washington play a train driver who is trying to stop a runaway train loaded with toxic chemicals?

Answer: Unstoppable'

Question: Who directed the films 'Avatar' and 'Titanic'?

Answer: James Cameron

Question: What is the name of the classic horror movie in which a 12-year-old girl is possessed by a demonic entity?

Answer: The Exorcist'

Question: In what movie does Dustin Hoffman play a recent college graduate who is seduced by an older woman?

Answer: The Graduate'

Question: What is the first name of Maroon 5's lead singer?

Answer: Adam

Question: Who plays Andy Dufresne's friend 'Red' in 'The Shawshank Redemption'?

Answer: Morgan Freeman

Question: What is the first name of the film character Indiana Jones?

Answer: Henry

Question: What is the name of the commanding officer in 'Star Trek: The Original Series'?

Answer: James T. Kirk

Question: Who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1997, playing Melvin Udall in 'As Good as It Gets'?

Answer: Jack Nicholson

Question: What is the name of the film character Katniss Everdeen's weapon of choice in 'The Hunger Games'?

Answer: Bow and arrow

Question: What is the name of the protagonist in the 2012 science fiction action movie 'The Hunger Games'?

Answer: Katniss Everdeen

Question: In what thriller does Harrison Ford play a Chicago surgeon who is falsely accused of murdering his wife?

Answer: The Fugitive'

Question: What is the name of Gwyneth Paltrow's online blog?

Answer: Goop

Question: What is the name of the 1988 comedy film: 'My Stepmother is a...' what?

Answer: Alien

Question: Who plays the leader of the gang of career criminals in 'Heat'?

Answer: Robert De Niro

Question: What is the first name of Maroon 5's lead singer?

Answer: Adam

Question: Complete the title of the 1988 comedy film: 'My Stepmother is a...' what?

Answer: Alien

Question: Creats of the Night' and 'Crazy Nights' are albums by which American rock band?

Answer: Kiss

Question: Who sang 'All Night Long' at the closing ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?

Answer: Lionel Richie

Question: We Are Young and 'Why Am I the One' are songs by which band?

Answer: Fun

Question: What is the name of the album released by Mariah Carey in 2005: 'The Emancipation of...' what?

Answer: Mimi

Question: Which rock band has the hit song 'Surfin' U.S.A.'?

Answer: The Beach Boys

Question: Who sang the 1980 number one hit 'Funkytown'?

Answer: Lipps Inc

Question: 'Surf's Up' and 'Surfin' U.S.A.' are both albums by which group?

Answer: The Beach Boys

Question: What is the first name of the male lead singer of Maroon 5?

Answer: Adam

Question: Creatures of the Night' and 'Crazy Nights' are albums by which American rock band?

Answer: Kiss

Question: Who sang 'All Night Long' at the closing ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?

Answer: Lionel Richie

Question: Every Breath You Take was a number one by The Police in which year in the US?

Answer: 1983

Question: In 2008, which musical artist brought us the song 'Chasing Pavements'?

Answer: Adele

Question: When did 'King of the Hill' first air?

Answer: 1997

Question: From what country was director Federico Fellini?

Answer: Italy

Question: Maurice Micklewhite is which British actor's real name?

Answer: Michael Caine

Question: In which year was John Lennon killed?

Answer: 1980

Question: Who famously composed incidental music for Alphonse Daudet's play L'Arlesienne?

Answer: Georges Bizet

Question: What is the first name of the comedian who starred in 'The Cosby Show'?

Answer: Bill

Question: In what science fiction thriller does Will Smith play one of the few human survivors of a plague?

Answer: I Am Legend'

Question: What was the middle name of Elvis Presley?

Answer: Aaron

Question: In what thriller does Harrison Ford play a Chicago surgeon who is falsely accused of murdering his wife?

Answer: The Fugitive'

Question: What is the name of Gwyneth Paltrow's online blog?

Answer: Goop

Question: What is the name of Miley Cyrus' alter ego in the hit kids' TV show?

Answer: Hannah Montana

Question: What actress can be seen in 'The Notebook,' 'The Time Traveler's Wife' and 'Sherlock Holmes'?

Answer: Rachel McAdams

Question: In what television series does a ticking digital clock appear before and after every commercial break?

Answer: 24'

Question: Funkytown by Lipps Inc reached number one in the US in which year?

Answer: 1980

Question: What is the first name of protagonist Katniss Everdeen's weapon of choice in the 2012 science fiction action movie 'The Hunger Games'?

Answer: Bow and arrow

Question: In what television series does a ticking digital clock appear before and after every commercial break?

Answer: 24'

Question: Which legendary musician performed at Woodstock in 1969, delivering an iconic rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" on his electric guitar?

Answer: Jimi Hendrix

Question: What was the name of The Beatles' final live concert performance held on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building in London in 1969?

Answer: The Rooftop Concert

Question: Which singer's 1988 concert in London's Wembley Stadium became one of the largest-scale outdoor concerts ever held, with an estimated audience of 72,000 people?

Answer: Michael Jackson

Question: What famous festival is known for its annual concerts in Indio, California, featuring a wide range of musical genres and attracting thousands of attendees?

Answer: Coachella

Question: Who headlined the halftime show at the Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004, during which the infamous "wardrobe malfunction" occurred with Janet Jackson?

Answer: Justin Timberlake

Question: What was the name of the landmark concert event organized by Bob Geldof in 1985 to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia?

Answer: Live Aid

Question: Which rock band performed their iconic "Live at Pompeii" concert in the ruins of the ancient Roman amphitheater in 1971?

Answer: Pink Floyd

Question: What legendary musician's final concert took place at the Fillmore East in New York City in 1971, just a few months before his death?

Answer: Jim Morrison

Question: Which singer's 1997 concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, set a Guinness World Record for the largest-ever audience at a concert, with an estimated 3.5 million attendees?

Answer: Rod Stewart

Question: Which British band performed their historic "Live Aid" concert at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia simultaneously in 1985?

Answer: Queen

Question: What famous music festival held in upstate New York in 1969 became a symbol of the counterculture movement and is considered a defining moment in music history?

Answer: Woodstock

Question: Which pop superstar's "Blonde Ambition World Tour" in 1990 caused controversy with its provocative performances and costumes?

Answer: Madonna

Question: What was the name of the Rolling Stones' free concert held at Altamont Speedway in California in 1969, which ended tragically with a fan being killed by a member of the Hells Angels security team?

Answer: Altamont Speedway Free Festival

Question: Which iconic musician performed a historic concert in 1987 near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, symbolizing the fall of the Berlin Wall?

Answer: David Bowie

Question: What was the name of the concert tour by U2 that set records for the highest-grossing tour of all time, spanning from 2009 to 2011?

Answer: U2 360° Tour

Question: Which rock band's concert film "The Last Waltz," directed by Martin Scorsese, documented their final live performance in 1976?

Answer: The Band

Question: What was the name of Elvis Presley's famous 1973 concert broadcast worldwide via satellite, dubbed "Aloha from Hawaii"?

Answer: Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite

Question: Which American rapper's 2012 concert at Central Park in New York City drew an estimated 60,000 attendees, causing the park to reach its capacity?

Answer: Jay-Z

Question: What was the name of the benefit concert organized by George Harrison in 1971 to raise funds for the people affected by the Bangladesh Liberation War?

Answer: The Concert for Bangladesh

Question: Which rock band's 2001 "Reunion Tour" marked their return to the stage after a 21-year hiatus and became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time?

Answer: The Eagles

Question: Which famous musical features the songs "Memory," "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats," and "Mr. Mistoffelees"?

Answer: Cats

Question: Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet," one of the most famous love stories of all time?

Answer: William Shakespeare

Question: What musical is based on Victor Hugo's novel and features songs like "I Dreamed a Dream" and "One Day More"?

Answer: Les Misérables

Question: Which musical explores the life and music of The Four Seasons, featuring hit songs like "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"?

Answer: Jersey Boys

Question: Who wrote the iconic play "Hamlet," which is known for its famous soliloquy that begins with the words "To be or not to be"?

Answer: William Shakespeare

Question: What musical tells the story of a group of struggling artists in New York City's East Village and features songs like "Seasons of Love" and "La Vie Bohème"?

Answer: Rent

Question: Which play by Arthur Miller explores the Salem witch trials and serves as an allegory for McCarthyism during the Red Scare?

Answer: The Crucible

Question: What musical centers around the life and career of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, featuring a blend of hip-hop, R&B, and traditional show tunes?

Answer: Hamilton

Question: Who wrote the play "Macbeth," known for its supernatural elements and the ambition-driven tragedy of its titular character?

Answer: William Shakespeare

Question: What musical is set in 19th-century France and follows the story of a reformed criminal, Jean Valjean, featuring songs like "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Do You Hear the People Sing?"

Answer: Les Misérables

Question: Which play by Tennessee Williams tells the story of a faded Southern belle named Blanche DuBois and her relationship with her sister's husband, Stanley Kowalski?

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire

Question: What musical features the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda the Good Witch, and includes songs like "Defying Gravity" and "Popular"?

Answer: Wicked

Question: Who wrote the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a romantic comedy set in a mythical Athenian forest and featuring a mischievous fairy named Puck?

Answer: William Shakespeare

Question: What musical is based on the novel by Gaston Leroux and tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the Paris Opera House?

Answer: The Phantom of the Opera

Question: Which play by Arthur Miller explores the American Dream and the downfall of Willy Loman, a traveling salesman?

Answer: Death of a Salesman

Question: What musical follows the lives of the founding fathers of the United States, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, and features songs like "My Shot" and "You'll Be Back"?

Answer: Hamilton

Question: Who wrote the play "The Importance of Being Earnest," a comedic critique of Victorian social customs and manners?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: What musical is set in 1950s Baltimore and tells the story of Tracy Turnblad, a teenager who dreams of dancing on a TV show called "The Corny Collins Show"?

Answer: Hairspray

Question: Which play by William Shakespeare is known for its iconic balcony scene and its tragic tale of two young lovers from feuding families?

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

Question: What musical features the story of a young woman named Christine Daaé and her relationship with the mysterious Phantom, set in the Paris Opera House?

Answer: The Phantom of the Opera

Question: The Simpsons' debuted on American TV in which decade?

Answer: 1980s

Question: On the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album, what is flying above a power station?

Answer: A Pig

Question: What drama follows a professional wrestler with health problems who is decades past his prime?

Answer: The Wrestler'

Question: For whom was the part of Dorothy in 'The Wizard Of Oz' originally intended?

Answer: Shirley Temple

Question: Saved By The Bell first aired in which year?

Answer: 1989

Question: ToeJam is the sidekick of what Sega Genesis video game character?

Answer: Earl

Question: What sort of holiday did Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck take in 1953?

Answer: Roman

Question: What TV series is or was marketed with the tagline: 'Escape is just the beginning'?

Answer: Prison Break'

Question: In what movie does Michael Douglas play a divorced, unemployed defense engineer who goes on a violent rampage in Los Angeles?

Answer: Falling Down'

Question: Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley founded which band in 1973?

Answer: Kiss

Question: Good Vibrations' was a 1960s hit for which group?

Answer: The Beach Boys

Question: Where did Beyonce and Jay-Z go for their fifth wedding anniversary in 2013?

Answer: Cuba

Question: In what movie does Denzel Washington play a veteran L.A.P.D narcotics officer who uses very questionable methods?

Answer: Training Day'