110 free Edward Scissorhands trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Edward Scissorhands trivia quiz is devoted to Tim Burton's 1990 Gothic fairy tale (for questions across Burton's whole career, from Beetlejuice to Wednesday, take our Tim Burton quiz). It covers the story of the unfinished man with scissor blades for hands, the Avon lady who brings him down from the mansion, the pastel cul-de-sac, the topiary and the hairdressing, Jim's break-in, the ice angel and the snow that never fell on the town before. The easy questions are ones any fan knows: who plays Edward and Kim, who the Inventor is, what Peg sells and how the film ends. From there it works through the making of it: the teenage drawing that started it, Caroline Thompson's 'love poem' screenplay, why Warner Bros. let it go to Fox, Tom Cruise's request for a happier ending, the other actors considered, Stan Winston's scissor hands and Bo Welch's four house colours, the Florida town of Lutz, Danny Elfman's 79-piece orchestra and the three Tom Jones songs. There are questions on its awards, its box office, its critics, the Matthew Bourne dance version, the IDW comics sequel, the Super Bowl ad with Timothee Chalamet and the Cambrian fossil named after Depp's claws. Every answer was checked against the encyclopaedia entries for the film, its cast and its crew before publishing, and the supporting sentence is stored with each question. Fans may also like our Beetlejuice and Nightmare Before Christmas quizzes.
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Q 01Who plays Edward?
Johnny Depp
It was his first collaboration with Burton.
Q 02Who plays Kim Boggs, the teenage daughter Edward falls for?
Winona Ryder
She had worked with Burton on Beetlejuice.
Q 03Who wrote the screenplay, from a story by her and Burton?
Caroline Thompson
She later wrote The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride.
Q 04What is Peg Boggs's job when she discovers Edward?
Door-to-door Avon saleswoman
She drives up to the mansion on her rounds.
Q 05Who plays Peg Boggs?
Dianne Wiest
She was the first actress to sign on.
Q 06Who plays the Inventor, in his last film released in his lifetime?
Vincent Price
He had narrated Burton's 1982 short Vincent.
Q 07Why was Edward left with scissors instead of hands?
The Inventor died before finishing him
He is an ageless, unfinished humanoid.
Q 08Who plays Kim's jealous boyfriend Jim?
Anthony Michael Hall
A change of pace from his John Hughes geek roles.
Q 09Who plays Bill Boggs, Kim's father?
Alan Arkin
He said nothing made sense until he saw the sets.
Q 10Who plays Joyce, the neighbour who tries to seduce Edward?
Kathy Baker
She saw the part as a chance to break into comedy.
Q 11What is the name of the religious fanatic neighbour who distrusts Edward?
Esmeralda
Played by O-Lan Jones.
Q 12How does Edward first repay the neighbourhood's kindness?
By trimming hedges into topiaries
He moves on to grooming dogs and styling hair.
Q 13What business does Joyce offer to help Edward open?
A hair salon
The bank refuses him a loan.
Q 14What lie does Joyce tell the neighbourhood women about Edward?
Q 21How does Jim die?
Edward stabs him and pushes him from a window
Only after Jim strikes Kim.
Q 22What does Kim tell the gathering neighbours after Jim's death?
That Jim and Edward killed each other
So Edward is left alone.
Q 23Who is the elderly woman telling the story to her granddaughter?
Kim
She never saw Edward again.
Why does the elderly Kim believe Edward is still alive?
That he raped her
It reduces their trust in him.
Q 15Why does Jim get Edward to pick the lock on his parents' house?
To steal his father's electronics to buy a van
A burglar alarm traps Edward inside.
Q 16Why do the police decide Edward cannot be criminally charged for the break-in?
Isolation left him without any morality
He still takes responsibility, saying Kim asked him.
Q 17What does Edward carve at Christmas, causing 'snow' in the town?
An ice sculpture modelled on Kim
The shavings fall like snow and Kim dances in them.
Q 18How does Kim get injured during the ice-carving scene?
Jim startles Edward, who cuts her hand
Kim then breaks up with Jim.
Q 19What does Kim ask Edward to do when he returns to the house?
Hold her
She arranges his scissor hands so they can embrace.
Q 20Whom does Edward save from a drunk driver, inadvertently cutting him?
Kevin
Witnesses accuse Edward of attacking the boy.
Because it would not be snowing without him
'Sometimes you can still catch me dancing in it.'
Q 25What inspired the character, according to Burton?
A drawing he made as a teenager in Burbank
It reflected his isolation and inability to communicate.
Q 26During pre-production of which Burton film was the screenwriter hired to write Scissorhands?
Beetlejuice
She was then a young novelist.
Q 27Which Thompson novel, 'about an abortion that came back to life', impressed Burton?
First Born
He felt it had the same psychological elements.
Q 28Thompson described her screenplay as what to Burton?
A 'love poem'
'Every detail was so important to Tim because it was so personal.'
Q 29Which studio sold the film rights to 20th Century Fox within months?
Warner Bros.
Fox gave Burton complete creative control.
Q 30What was the film's budget originally projected to be?
$8–9 million
The final budget was $20 million.