50 free A Minecraft Movie trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
A Minecraft Movie spent eleven years in development, burning through Shawn Levy, Rob McElhenney and Peter Sollett before Jared Hess turned it into a live-action comedy in 2025 with Jack Black as Steve and Jason Momoa as a washed-up 80s arcade champion. It opened to $162.8 million, the biggest video game debut ever, and spawned the chicken jockey screenings that had teenagers throwing popcorn and, in one Utah cinema, hoisting a live chicken. These 50 questions cover the Chuglass story, the Nether and Malgosha, the cast from Emma Myers and Danielle Brooks to Jennifer Coolidge's vice principal, the New Zealand shoot, Mark Mothersbaugh's score and the record-breaking Steve's Lava Chicken, plus the abandoned versions, the Technoblade tribute and the 2027 sequel. Easy questions stick to Steve and the plot; the hard end asks about cameos, filming towns and the Atari Cosmos. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a movie-night round.
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Q 01Who directed A Minecraft Movie?
Jared Hess
The Napoleon Dynamite director was the fourth filmmaker attached after Levy, McElhenney and Sollett all left.
Q 02Who plays Steve in A Minecraft Movie?
Jack Black
He joined in January 2024 after the strikes forced the original Steve to drop out.
Q 03What is the name of Jason Momoa's character?
Garrett "The Garbage Man" Garrison
He is a washed-up 1980s video game champion who runs a failing game store.
Q 04In which fictional Idaho town does the film begin?
Chuglass
Most of the Chuglass scenes were actually filmed in Huntly, New Zealand.
Q 05What was Steve's job before he discovered the Overworld?
Doorknob salesman
He goes to work in a mine to fulfil a childhood dream and finds the Orb of Dominance there.
Q 06Who is Malgosha?
The piglin ruler of the Nether
Rachel House voices her and she is obsessed with gold and hates creativity.
Q 07What is the name of Steve's dog?
Dennis
Dennis hides the Orb and Crystal under Steve's bed back in the real world.
Q 08Which two magical objects combine to open the portal to the Overworld?
The Orb of Dominance and the Earth Crystal
The Crystal is destroyed in a night battle, forcing a quest to the Woodland Mansion for a replacement.
Q 09Who plays Natalie, Henry's older sister?
Emma Myers
Myers became her brother's legal guardian in the story after their mother's death.
Q 10Who plays Dawn, the real estate agent with a mobile petting zoo?
Danielle Brooks
It was her biggest opening weekend, beating The Angry Birds Movie.
Q 11Who plays Vice Principal Marlene?
Jennifer Coolidge
Marlene has a history of driving her 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee into people.
Q 12Which actor voices Nitwit, the villager who ends up dating Marlene?
Matt Berry
Bret McKenzie performed the motion capture while Berry supplied the voice.
Q 13Who plays the auctioneer Daryl and voices the piglin Bruce?
Jemaine Clement
The Flight of the Conchords star is one of several New Zealanders in the cast.
Q 14Who voices the piglin General Chungus?
Q 21A crowned pig appears in the film as a tribute to which YouTuber?
Technoblade
He died in 2022; critics singled out the tribute as well-judged fan service.
Q 22Which Minecraft lead designer cameos as a waiter?
Jens Bergensten
He serves Marlene and Nitwit on their date.
Q 23Who was originally cast as Steve before the 2023 strikes intervened?
Matt Berry
Jack Black had been slated only for a cameo as a talking pig.
Q 24In which year did Markus Persson first reveal talks with Warner Bros. about a film?
Jared Hess
The director gave himself the role.
Q 15Which rare console is Garrett hoping to find at the storage auction?
Atari Cosmos
He finds only the empty case, along with Steve's old belongings.
Q 16What is the name of the potato-chip mascot damaged by Henry's jetpack?
Chuggy
Henry pays Garrett to pose as his uncle to avoid expulsion.
Q 17Which game item lets Henry teleport to retrieve the Orb in the finale?
An Ender Pearl
He grabbed it at the Woodland Mansion along with the replacement Crystal.
Q 18What happens to Malgosha's army when sunlight returns?
They zombify
Henry used the Ender Pearl to grab the Orb and restore the sun.
Q 19What video game do the heroes develop after returning home?
Block City Battle Buddies
Garrett revitalises his store with Steve in the epilogue.
Q 20Who appears as Alex in the post-credits scene?
Kate McKinnon
Her vocal cameo was uncredited; Alice May Connolly played Alex physically.
2014
The project then cycled through Shawn Levy, Rob McElhenney and Peter Sollett.
Q 25Which It's Always Sunny star was hired to direct the film in 2015?
Rob McElhenney
His version had a $150 million preliminary budget and a 2019 date before it died on the vine.
Q 26Which actor was attached to voice a character in the abandoned 2016 version?
Steve Carell
Jason Fuchs was writing the script at the time.
Q 27Peter Sollett's abandoned version would have centred on a quest to defeat what?
The Ender Dragon
It followed a teenage girl and an unlikely group of adventurers.
Q 28Which company co-produced the film with Warner Bros. from 2022?
Legendary Entertainment
Executive Mary Parent shepherded it; the opening was Legendary's second-biggest after Jurassic World.
Q 29Why is the film titled A Minecraft Movie rather than The Minecraft Movie?
To signal it is one story among many
Black's Steve is likewise described as one of many Steves.
Q 30In which country was the film shot?
New Zealand
Filming ran from January to April 2024 around Auckland.