50 free Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had to carry on without Chadwick Boseman, and this quiz covers how it did: T'Challa's off-screen death, the vibranium hunt in the Atlantic, Namor rising out of the water to threaten Ramonda, Riri Williams at MIT, the flooding of Wakanda, Shuri's visit to the Ancestral Plane and the beach duel that ends with an alliance instead of a conquest. The early questions suit anyone who has seen it: who plays Namor, what his kingdom is called, who becomes the new Black Panther, who sings the closing song. Later ones dig into the making of it: the working title, the story Ryan Coogler had written before Boseman died, why Namor lives in Talokan and not Atlantis, what his ankle wings sound like, the four-and-a-half-hour first cut, Letitia Wright's injury, the French defence minister's complaint and the Oscar the film won. Every answer has been checked against production reporting and the film's own record, and each question links to its source. Our Black Panther trivia covers the comics and the 2018 film; this page is devoted to the sequel.
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Q 01Who directed Black Panther: Wakanda Forever?
Ryan Coogler
He co-wrote it with Joe Robert Cole and called working on it without Chadwick Boseman the hardest thing of his career.
Q 02Who becomes the new Black Panther in the film?
Shuri
Nakia and M'Baku were both considered for the mantle before the filmmakers settled on T'Challa's sister.
Q 03How does T'Challa die at the start of the film?
From a terminal illness
Shuri races to synthesise the heart-shaped herb, burned by Killmonger in the first film, but fails in time.
Q 04Marvel chose not to recast T'Challa after which actor's death from colon cancer in August 2020?
Chadwick Boseman
Coogler and Kevin Feige were both unaware of his illness; he had planned to regain weight for a March 2021 shoot.
Q 05Who plays Namor?
Tenoch Huerta Mejía
He learned Yucatec Maya and how to swim for the role, and worked out obsessively fearing what the comics' green 'shame shorts' would look like.
Q 06What is the name of Namor's underwater kingdom in the film?
Talokan
Coogler changed it from the comics' Atlantis to avoid comparisons with Aquaman; the name comes from an Aztec paradise ruled by Tlāloc.
Q 07By what divine name do the Talokanil refer to Namor?
K'uk'ulkan
It means the feathered serpent god; his birth name in the script, never spoken on screen, is Ch'ah Toh Almehen.
Q 08The film changes the meaning of Namor's name from the comics' 'Avenging Son' to what?
'Child without love' in Spanish
'Niño sin amor' is meant to reflect his hatred of the surface world.
Q 09Who is Riri Williams?
An MIT student who built the vibranium detector
Dominique Thorne had originally auditioned to play Shuri in the first film; she went on to lead the Ironheart series.
Q 10How does Queen Ramonda die?
She drowns saving Riri Williams during Namor's attack
Angela Bassett was initially unhappy about the death; Coogler reminded her that death is rarely permanent in the MCU.
Q 11Which character does Shuri meet in the Ancestral Plane after taking the herb?
Killmonger
Michael B. Jordan's return asks whether she will seek revenge or be as honourable as her brother.
Q 12Who takes over as general of the Dora Milaje after Okoye is stripped of the title?
Ayo
Okoye is given the Midnight Angel armour instead and recruits Aneka to fight beside her.
Q 13Which I May Destroy You creator plays Aneka?
Michaela Coel
She was drawn to the character being queer as in the comics; Aneka's relationship with Ayo was cut for the film's release in Kuwait.
Q 21Which US city's tunnel hosted the film's car chase in August 2021?
Worcester, Massachusetts
The Ernest A. Johnson Tunnel was used on August 23 and 24; other Massachusetts filming took place at MIT.
Q 22Where did filming officially wrap in March 2022?
Puerto Rico
Additional photography began there on March 18 and wrapped six days later.
Q 23Which real 19th-century book linking a lost continent to Mesoamerica helped shape Namor's kingdom?
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
The creatives also worked with Mayan historians, and production designer Hannah Beachler cited Jaws and Close Encounters as visual inspirations.
Q 14Where has Nakia been living since the Blip when Ramonda seeks her out?
Haiti
It is where Shuri finally burns her funeral robe and where the mid-credits secret is revealed.
Q 15What is revealed in the film's only credits scene?
Nakia and T'Challa had a son, Toussaint
The boy's Wakandan name is T'Challa; producer Nate Moore said the ending was too poetic to follow with a second stinger.
Q 16What was Coogler's original story, written before Boseman's death, built around?
A 'Ritual of Eight' with T'Challa's son
Father and son would spend eight days in the bush, with Namor attacking mid-ritual and T'Challa refusing to break it.
Q 17Who arrests Everett Ross for passing intelligence to Wakanda?
His ex-wife, the new CIA director
Julia Louis-Dreyfus's character had a much bigger role in the pre-Boseman-death script.
Q 18What was the film's working title during production?
Summer Break
Kingdom of the Deep was among hundreds of real subtitles considered; Wakanda Forever had been earmarked for a third film.
Q 19Which subtitle referencing Namor's realm was among those considered before Wakanda Forever was chosen?
Kingdom of the Deep
Nate Moore said Wakanda Forever was originally intended for a potential third Black Panther film.
Q 20Why was filming halted from November 2021 to January 2022?
Letitia Wright was recovering from a stunt injury
She suffered a fractured shoulder and concussion in Boston; the hiatus did not move the release date.
Q 24The actors based the Talokanil greeting gesture, like a sea creature's jaws, on which document?
The Codex Zouche-Nuttall
Mejía, Mabel Cadena and Alex Livinalli came up with it; it was not in the script.
Q 25What sound did the editors use for Namor's ankle wings?
Rattlesnakes
Coogler suggested it about two weeks before sound editing finished; the fight coordinator confirmed the wings can grow back.
Q 26Which costume designer created more than 2,000 outfits for the film?
Ruth E. Carter
She had won the Oscar for the first Black Panther and would win again for this one, the first Black woman to win two.
Q 27Which Academy Award did Wakanda Forever win?
Best Costume Design
It had five nominations; Angela Bassett's supporting-actress nod was the first ever for acting in a Marvel film.
Q 28Angela Bassett's Oscar nomination for playing Ramonda marked what Marvel milestone?
First MCU film nominated in an acting category
She also became the first actress to win a major acting award, a Golden Globe, for a Marvel role.
Q 29Which singer's 'Lift Me Up' was the film's lead single and her first solo release since 2016?
Rihanna
She co-wrote it with Tems, Ludwig Göransson and Coogler as a tribute to Boseman.
Q 30Which Bob Marley song, covered by Tems, played over the teaser trailer?
No Woman, No Cry
The teaser transitioned into Kendrick Lamar's 'Alright' and drew 172 million views in 24 hours.