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Quotes, Trivia & Production Quiz

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Movies are remembered not only for their stories and performances but also for their unforgettable quotes, fascinating trivia, and the incredible work that happens behind the scene...

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All 20 questions in this Quotes, Trivia & Production quiz
  1. What does the famous line Go ahead make my day come from and in which film is it said?

    • A. Magnum Force 1973
    • B. Dirty Harry 1971
    • C. Sudden Impact 1983
    • D. The Dead Pool 1988
  2. What is the production significance of the car chase scene in Bullitt (1968)?

    • A. It was entirely filmed on a closed studio track
    • B. It pioneered the use of CGI in action sequences
    • C. It was the first car chase in cinema history
    • D. It set the template for all cinematic car chases using real cars driven at real speed through San Francisco streets with minimal cuts
  3. What was the original budget of the first Star Wars film in 1977 and how much did it earn?

    • A. Budget $13 million gross $307 million
    • B. Budget $20 million gross $530 million
    • C. Budget $8 million gross $775 million
    • D. Budget $11 million gross $461 million
  4. What famous production decision did Alfred Hitchcock make about Psycho that was unprecedented at the time?

    • A. He refused to allow audiences to enter the cinema after the film had started
    • B. He gave away the ending in trailers
    • C. He cast only unknown actors
    • D. He filmed it in colour for the first time
  5. What production fact about the Titanic (1997) is frequently cited about its running time?

    • A. At 3 hours and 14 minutes it is almost exactly as long as it took the real Titanic to sink which was about 2 hours and 40 minutes
    • B. It was longer than the actual sinking of the Titanic
    • C. James Cameron refused to cut the film below three hours
    • D. The film was originally six hours long
  6. What famous quote from Field of Dreams (1989) is often misremembered?

    • A. If you build it fans will arrive
    • B. Build it and they shall come
    • C. If you build it they will come - the actual line is If you build it he will come
    • D. If you build it the crowds will follow
  7. What production trivia is associated with the famous opening of Saving Private Ryan (1998)?

    • A. Spielberg gave the cast no script for the opening sequence to capture genuine fear and confusion - some actors were genuinely traumatised
    • B. The D-Day sequence took 6 months to film
    • C. Spielberg used slow-motion photography throughout
    • D. Spielberg used real veterans for the battle scenes
  8. What is the production trivia behind the famous car transformation in Transformers (2007)?

    • A. The Bumblebee car was a real Camaro donated by General Motors
    • B. All vehicles were entirely CGI throughout
    • C. The cars were 1970s models found in junkyards
    • D. Paramount partnered with General Motors to feature real vehicles with custom CGI transformations - the Camaro was a newly designed concept car created for the film
  9. What is the famous line from Jerry Maguire (1996) and who delivers it?

    • A. You had me at hello - Rene Zellweger
    • B. You complete me - Tom Cruise
    • C. All three became famous from this film
    • D. Show me the money - Cuba Gooding Jr
  10. In The Silence of the Lambs what does Hannibal Lecter say he ate with his victim's liver?

    • A. Fava beans a nice Chianti and some liver
    • B. Red wine and asparagus
    • C. Chianti and pasta
    • D. Fava beans and a nice Chianti
  11. What is the famous final line of Chinatown (1974) and what makes it so powerful?

    • A. She was my sister and my daughter
    • B. Forget it Jake its Chinatown - expressing the futility of fighting corrupt systems
    • C. The water belongs to everybody
    • D. You can't win in Los Angeles
  12. What production technique was pioneered in Gravity (2013) to create the zero-gravity environment?

    • A. A revolutionary LED lighting cube combined with wire rigs and CGI to create believable weightlessness
    • B. Entirely CGI with actors on static sets
    • C. Underwater filming to simulate weightlessness
    • D. Real zero-gravity filming on a parabolic flight
  13. What does the famous line Here's looking at you kid from Casablanca (1942) mean in context?

    • A. Rick is saying a fond farewell to Ilsa
    • B. Rick is threatening Victor Laszlo
    • C. Rick is toasting the German officers
    • D. Rick is insulting Ilsa
  14. What is the production trivia behind the casting of Rocky (1976)?

    • A. Stallone wrote the script in three days and insisted on playing the lead despite studios wanting a major star - threatening to sell only if he was cast
    • B. United Artists agreed immediately to cast Sylvester Stallone
    • C. Rocky was originally conceived as a musical
    • D. The film was shot over two years
  15. What is the production significance of Birdman (2014) in terms of its visual style?

    • A. It was the first film shot entirely on a smartphone
    • B. It was shot entirely in black and white
    • C. It used handheld cameras exclusively throughout
    • D. It was edited to appear as a single continuous take shot in real time
  16. What does E.T. famously say in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)?

    • A. Phone home now
    • B. E.T. call home
    • C. E.T. phone home
    • D. Call Earth
  17. What production technique did Stanley Kubrick use to film the Overlook Hotel interiors in The Shining (1980)?

    • A. He built enormously detailed sets at Elstree Studios in England
    • B. He filmed on location in a real hotel
    • C. He used early CGI for the interiors
    • D. He repurposed an abandoned hotel in Colorado
  18. What famous production fact is associated with Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)?

    • A. He performed all his own physical stunts
    • B. He stayed in character for the entire 6-month shoot refusing to break character off camera
    • C. He learned to play the violin for one scene
    • D. He refused to speak to anyone on set who was not in character
  19. What is the significance of the shower scene in Psycho (1960) in terms of production?

    • A. It used real blood
    • B. It was filmed in one continuous take
    • C. Janet Leigh performed all her own stunts
    • D. It was shot in 3 days using 70 camera setups and took 7 days to edit
  20. What famous film quote is associated with Dirty Dancing (1987) that became a cultural shorthand for romantic rescue?

    • A. I've had the time of my life
    • B. Nobody puts Baby in a corner
    • C. She's mine and I protect what's mine
    • D. You belong with me not them