Film and TV quiz questions and answers

Free film and television questions with answers, from classic cinema to long-running series, with the decade spread that keeps a mixed room in the round.

Last reviewed 14 September 2026

How to use this round

Film and television is the round most likely to be swept by one table, because it is the category where being a specialist looks like being a normal person who watches things.

Balance it the way you would a music round: across decades, and across film and television rather than all one. A round of ten that is entirely films from the last fifteen years is a round for one generation.

It is also the easiest category to convert into a picture round if you have a screen: a still from the film, name the film.

Easy

Films and programmes almost everybody has at least heard of, across several decades.

1
Which film features a shark terrorising the town of Amity Island?
Answer: Jaws
2
What is the name of the wizarding school in the Harry Potter films?
Answer: Hogwarts
3
In The Wizard of Oz, what colour are Dorothy's shoes in the film?
Answer: Ruby red
4
Which animated film features a clownfish searching for his son?
Answer: Finding Nemo
5
What is the highest-grossing film franchise based on a book series about a boy wizard?
Answer: Harry Potter
6
Which sitcom was set in a Boston bar where everybody knows your name?
Answer: Cheers
7
In Star Wars, who is Luke Skywalker's father?
Answer: Darth Vader
8
Which film opens with the line 'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away'?
Answer: Star Wars
9
What is the name of the fictional African country in Black Panther?
Answer: Wakanda
10
Which British programme features a blue police box that travels in time?
Answer: Doctor Who
11
In Toy Story, what kind of toy is Woody?
Answer: A cowboy doll
12
Which film features the song My Heart Will Go On?
Answer: Titanic

Medium

The body of the round. A good mix of film and television, and of eras.

13
Who directed Pulp Fiction?
Answer: Quentin Tarantino
14
Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Picture?
Answer: Wings
15
In The Godfather, what is the family name?
Answer: Corleone
16
Which actor played Indiana Jones?
Answer: Harrison Ford
17
What is the name of the hotel in The Shining?
Answer: The Overlook Hotel
18
Which director made Vertigo, Psycho and The Birds?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
19
In Blade Runner, what are the artificial humans called?
Answer: Replicants
20
Which television series is set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana?
Answer: Stranger Things
21
Who played Vito Corleone in The Godfather?
Answer: Marlon Brando
22
Which 1976 film features the line 'You talkin' to me?'
Answer: Taxi Driver
23
What is the name of the spaceship in Alien?
Answer: The Nostromo
24
Which film features a character called Tyler Durden?
Answer: Fight Club

Hard

For a tie-break or the end of a round. Gettable by a film person, respectable to miss.

25
Which film was the first to win all five major Academy Awards?
Answer: It Happened One Night
26
Who directed Seven Samurai?
Answer: Akira Kurosawa
27
Which actor has won the most Academy Awards for acting?
Answer: Katharine Hepburn, with four
28
In Citizen Kane, what is the meaning of 'Rosebud'?
Answer: The name on his childhood sled
29
Which 1927 film is generally considered the first feature-length talkie?
Answer: The Jazz Singer
30
Who directed the 1960 film La Dolce Vita?
Answer: Federico Fellini
31
What was the first full-length animated feature film produced by Disney?
Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
32
Which film's original title was 'Everybody Comes to Rick's'?
Answer: Casablanca
33
Who composed the scores for Jaws, Star Wars and Schindler's List?
Answer: John Williams
34
In which country is the Cannes Film Festival held?
Answer: France

Turning this into a picture round

Film is the best category for a picture round because a single still is instantly recognisable or completely impossible, with very little in between, which makes it easy to pitch.

Hand it out at the start and collect it at the break. It gives people something to do during the fifteen minutes at the bar, which is exactly where a picture round belongs.

Avoid anything that dates

There is nothing on this page about box office records, streaming numbers or what is currently popular, and that is deliberate. Those change every year and a question about them is wrong within one.

If you write your own, the safe ground is the same as here: what happened in a film, who made it, and awards that have already been given out.

Run it as a picture round

Put the stills on the venue screen and the questions on the phones. The first session is free.

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