50 free Crocodile Dundee trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Crocodile Dundee was made for under $10 million as a deliberate attempt to sell an outback hero to America, and it ended up the highest-grossing Australian film ever. This quiz covers the whole trilogy: Sue's trip to Walkabout Creek, the 'love bite' scar, the subway finale, the Colombian cartel of the sequel, and the art-smuggling plot of the Los Angeles film. It also takes in Paul Hogan's road from Harbour Bridge rigger to Golden Globe winner, and the real saltwater crocodile who lived to 90. It suits an 80s movie night, an Australia-themed quiz, or anyone who has ever said 'that's not a knife' in a bad accent. The opening questions are gentle; the closing ones dig into filming locations, box-office records and the 2018 Super Bowl hoax sequel. Every answer was checked against the Wikipedia articles on the three films, the character and Paul Hogan, and each question links to the sentence that supports it.
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Q 01Who plays Mick "Crocodile" Dundee?
Paul Hogan
Hogan also co-wrote the story and had the idea while visiting New York, wondering what a Northern Territory bushman would make of the place.
Q 02Which actress plays reporter Sue Charlton?
Linda Kozlowski
Actors' Equity Australia objected to importing an American for the part before relenting; she and Hogan later married.
Q 03In what year was the original Crocodile Dundee released?
1986
It opened in Australia on 30 April and in the United States on 26 September.
Q 04Who directed the first film?
Peter Faiman
Faiman was one of Hogan's regular TV collaborators; Cornell directed the sequel and Wincer the third film.
Q 05Whose real-life survival exploits inspired the character?
Rod Ansell
Ansell survived 56 days stranded in the Northern Territory in 1977; he died in a police shootout in 1999.
Q 06What is the name of the fictional Northern Territory township Sue travels to?
Walkabout Creek
The pub scenes were shot in the real town of McKinlay, Queensland, whose hotel has original warped hardwood floors.
Q 07Sue writes for which newspaper, owned by her father?
Newsday
Her editor and boyfriend Richard Mason works there too.
Q 08Legend says Mick lost half a leg to a crocodile. What does he call the scar he actually shows Sue?
A love bite
The story of crawling a hundred miles to safety turns out to be a well-polished exaggeration.
Q 09Who is Mick's business partner back in the Territory?
Wally Reilly
Wally scoffs at the idea of a New York trip until he hears the newspaper will pay.
Q 10Mick says a previous girlfriend left him after he went on walkabout for how long?
Eighteen months
It is one of the first hints that Mick belongs to the bush more than to any town.
Q 11How does Mick scare off the drunken roo hunters?
Makes them think a kangaroo is shooting back
Earlier in the same stretch he subdues a water buffalo and kills a snake with his bare hands.
Q 12Which Aboriginal people's ceremony does Mick take part in during the Outback trip?
Pitjantjatjara
David Gulpilil plays Neville Bell, Mick's friend heading to the corroboree.
Q 13Where is Sue attacked by a crocodile before Mick rescues her?
At a billabong while filling her canteen
Q 21Which film did Crocodile Dundee overtake to become the highest-grossing film ever in Australia?
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
It took just 11 weeks and finished on A$47.7 million.
Q 22Which UK channel drew 21.8 million viewers with the film's Christmas Day debut in 1989?
BBC One
It remains the single most-viewed Christmas Day film or programme in British TV history.
Q 23Why do two versions of the first film exist?
Australian slang was swapped for plainer terms abroad
The scene was shot at Girraween Lagoon outside Darwin, with a real croc named Burt.
Q 14What was the name of the real saltwater crocodile who appeared in the attack scene?
Burt
Named after Burt Reynolds, he lived at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin and died in December 2024 aged at least 90.
Q 15Which national park was the main Outback filming location?
Kakadu
They shot at the end of the dry season, when crocodiles were less active, and Gunlom Falls appears in the film.
Q 16The crew spent six weeks working out of Jaja, an abandoned camp of what kind?
Uranium mine
Filming ran from 13 July to 11 October 1985, with a further six weeks in New York City.
Q 17In New York, Mick tells Irving the doorman he is going to do what?
Go on walkabout across America
Sue chases him barefoot to the subway, where the crowd relays her message that she loves him.
Q 18How does Mick reach Sue across the packed subway platform in the final scene?
Walks over the crowd's heads and raised hands
The crowd applauds as the two embrace, ending the film.
Q 19Roughly how much did the first film gross worldwide?
$328M
It was made for under $10 million and beat Mad Max 2 as the biggest Australian film ever at the global box office.
Q 20Which studio paid US$6 million for the North American rights after Fox and Warner passed?
Paramount
It became the studio's second-highest grosser of 1986 and stayed at number one for nine weeks.
The international cut is also slightly shorter.
Q 24Which Golden Globe did the film's star win for the role in 1987?
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
The screenplay was also nominated for an Oscar, and Hogan co-hosted the Academy Awards that year with Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn.
Q 25For which Academy Award was the film nominated?
Best Original Screenplay
Hogan shared the writing credit with Ken Shadie and John Cornell.
Q 26Which two stars co-hosted the 59th Academy Awards with Hogan in 1987?
Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn
The same year he collected his Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for the screenplay.
Q 27Before acting, Hogan worked as a rigger on which structure?
Sydney Harbour Bridge
He talked his way onto TV in 1971 by claiming to be a 'tap-dancing knife-thrower'.
Q 28Which cigarette brand's ads made Hogan famous in Australia in the 1970s?
Winfield
Each ad ended with 'Anyhow, have a Winfield'; his 1984 tourism spot gave the world 'shrimp on the barbie'.
Q 29Which town did Hogan falsely claim as his birthplace early in his career, to sound more interesting?
Lightning Ridge
He was actually born in Parramatta in Sydney's west.
Q 30In what year did Hogan marry his leading lady from the film?
1990
They had a son, Chance; she filed for divorce in 2013.