Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Trivia
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73 free Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness handed Marvel to Sam Raimi and let him make a horror film, and this quiz covers all of it: the one-eyed Gargantos on a New York street, Wanda's apple orchard, the Kamar-Taj siege, the tumble through universes with America Chavez, the Illuminati's chamber on Earth-838, the musical duel between two Stranges and the corpse that gets up and fights. Early questions are the ones any Marvel fan knows: who plays America Chavez, what the Darkhold does, who sits on the Illuminati. Later ones dig into how the film got made and unmade: the director who left over creative differences, the three weeks Michael Waldron had to write a new script, the working title, why the monster is called Gargantos and not Shuma-Gorath, the Bond actor who declined a cameo, where the Illuminati massacre was filmed, and why the trailer got the film blocked in China. Every answer has been checked against production reporting and the film's own record, and each question links to its source. Our Marvel Cinematic Universe trivia covers the wider franchise; this page is for the multiverse.
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Q 01Who directed Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?
Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi, director of the Evil Dead films, directed the film, signing on in February 2020 after the original director's exit over creative differences; it was his first superhero movie in fifteen years.
Q 02Which director left the film in January 2020 citing creative differences?
Scott Derrickson
Scott Derrickson, who directed the 2016 original, left the sequel in January 2020 citing creative differences but stayed on as an executive producer; he went on to make The Black Phone.
Q 03Which Loki head writer was hired to write the new script?
Michael Waldron
Michael Waldron, head writer of the Loki series, was hired in February 2020 to write a new script after the original director's departure; the pandemic delay gave him time to rework it with the new director.
Q 04Who plays America Chavez?
Xochitl Gomez
Xochitl Gomez plays America Chavez, the teenager whose multiverse-hopping power makes her Wanda's target; her casting was announced in October 2020, a month before filming began.
Q 05How does America Chavez travel between universes?
By punching open star-shaped doorways
America Chavez travels between universes by punching open star-shaped doorways, a power she cannot control at first: it fires when she is frightened, which is how the opening chase drops her into New York.
Q 06Which Disney+ series sets up Wanda's turn to villainy in the film?
WandaVision
Elizabeth Olsen shot the two back-to-back and asked for script changes so the film would evolve Wanda rather than repeat the series.
Q 07Which sorceress sacrifices herself at Kamar-Taj to destroy the Darkhold and break Wanda's spell?
Sara
Sara, a Kamar-Taj master played by Sheila Atim, destroys the Darkhold with her dying act, briefly breaking the spell Wanda was using to possess her Earth-838 counterpart.
Q 08What does Wanda use the Darkhold to do, taking over her counterpart in another universe?
Dreamwalk
Dreamwalk is the Darkhold spell by which Wanda projects her consciousness into her counterpart's body in another universe; she uses it to hunt America in Earth-838 while her own body lies in a trance.
Q 09Which mountain is the source of the Darkhold's power?
Mount Wundagore
Wanda finally brings it down herself, destroying every copy of the Darkhold across the multiverse.
Q 10Which character holds the title of Sorcerer Supreme on Earth-616 in this film?
Wong
Wong became Sorcerer Supreme by default while Strange was among the blipped for five years, and he holds the title throughout the film, leading Kamar-Taj's defence against Wanda's assault.
Q 11Which Illuminati member executed Earth-838's version of Doctor Strange?
Black Bolt
Black Bolt executed Earth-838's Strange with a single whisper, as Mordo recounts to their prisoner; Wanda later seals Black Bolt's mouth so that his own voice destroys his skull.
Q 12Which actor plays Reed Richards in the Illuminati scene?
John Krasinski
John Krasinski plays Reed Richards, the Fantastic Four leader whom Wanda shreds into ribbons; Krasinski's fan-casting as Reed had circulated for years before the cameo.
Q 13Which character did Daniel Craig reportedly turn down over COVID risk to his family?
Balder the Brave
Q 21What physical change does Strange develop at the end of the film as a consequence of using the Darkhold?
A third eye
Strange opens a third eye in the film's final shot, the same mark borne by the Darkhold-corrupted variant he defeated, a sign that his own use of the Darkhold has exacted its price.
Q 22Which character does Charlize Theron introduce in the mid-credits scene?
Clea
Clea, played by Charlize Theron, appears in the mid-credits scene to summon Strange into the Dark Dimension; in the comics she is the niece of Dormammu and Strange's wife.
Q 23Sam Raimi's frequent collaborator Bruce Campbell cameos as the vendor of what?
A Pizza Poppa food stall
Balder the Brave, Thor's Asgardian ally in the comics, was the role Daniel Craig reportedly turned down during the pandemic; the Illuminati seat went to a different character instead.
Q 14Which actor's Charles Xavier appears, combining his Fox X-Men films with the 1990s animated series?
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart returns as Charles Xavier, appearing in the yellow hoverchair of the 1990s X-Men cartoon; Wanda kills him by snapping his neck during a psychic intrusion.
Q 15Which Illuminati member had Hayley Atwell previously voiced in What If...?
Captain Carter
Captain Carter is the super-soldier Peggy Carter of What If...?, voiced by Hayley Atwell in the animated series before she played the live-action Earth-838 version, whom Wanda bisects with her own shield.
Q 16Lashana Lynch's Illuminati member is an alternate version of which character?
Maria Rambeau as Captain Marvel
Maria Rambeau as Captain Marvel is the Earth-838 twist on the pilot Lashana Lynch played in Captain Marvel, where her friend Carol Danvers got the powers instead; here Wanda crushes her under a falling statue.
Q 17Anson Mount reprises Black Bolt from which short-lived Marvel TV series?
Inhumans
Inhumans, the eight-episode ABC series of 2017, first cast Anson Mount as Black Bolt, the Inhuman king whose whisper can level cities; Mount reprises the role on Earth-838.
Q 18Which film did Waldron watch as inspiration for introducing the Illuminati only to have Wanda kill them?
Aliens
Aliens was Waldron's model: James Cameron's 1986 film builds up its swaggering Colonial Marines only to have the xenomorphs tear through them, which is how he wanted Wanda's slaughter of the Illuminati to land.
Q 19Which comics Illuminati member did Waldron omit because Coogler had reserved him for Wakanda Forever?
Namor
Namor was left off the film's Illuminati because Ryan Coogler had reserved the character for Wakanda Forever, where Tenoch Huerta played him in November 2022.
Q 20The one-eyed tentacled monster resembling Shuma-Gorath is called what, for rights reasons?
Gargantos
Gargantos is the name used because Shuma-Gorath, the comics creature it resembles, was first named in a Robert E. Howard story and the rights belong to Howard's estate rather than Marvel.
Bruce Campbell runs a Pizza Poppa food stall on Earth-838, and his own hand attacks him after Strange bewitches it; he returns in the post-credits scene, slapping himself until the spell finally ends.
Q 24Which surgeon and former Strange colleague does Michael Stuhlbarg reprise?
Nicodemus West
Nicodemus West, the rival surgeon from the 2016 film, is reprised by Michael Stuhlbarg; at the wedding he tells Strange he lost his brother in the Blip and asks whether there was another way.
Q 25What was the film's working title?
Stellar Vortex
Stellar Vortex was the production's working title; filming under that name began in England in November 2020, about six months later than the original May 2020 start date.
Q 26Where were several New York City blocks and the Sanctum Sanctorum sets built?
Longcross Studios in Surrey
Longcross Studios in Surrey hosted most of the shoot, where production designer Charles Wood built several New York City blocks and the Sanctum Sanctorum; filming wrapped in Somerset in April 2021.
Q 27Which composer, a longtime Raimi collaborator, replaced Michael Giacchino when Raimi took over?
Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman, the director's longtime composer, replaced Michael Giacchino and wove Giacchino's 2016 Strange theme into his own score, as he had used Alan Silvestri's Avengers theme on Age of Ultron.
Q 28Which book do Strange and America seek as the benevolent counterpart to the Darkhold?
The Book of Vishanti
The Book of Vishanti gives a sorcerer whatever spell they need; Strange and America reach it in the Gap Junction between universes, only for Wanda to destroy it before they can use it.
Q 29The Illuminati execute their universe's Strange after he caused what by misusing the Darkhold?
An incursion
Earth-838's Strange caused an incursion, a collision of two universes, while using the Darkhold to find a way to beat Thanos; in the mid-credits scene a sorceress tells the main universe's Strange that he has now caused one too.
Q 30Approximately how much did the film gross worldwide?
$956M
$956M is the film's approximate worldwide gross ($955.8 million), the fourth-highest of any 2022 release and far above the 2016 original's $677 million.