Fantasy Movie Trivia
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50 free Fantasy Movie trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This fantasy movie trivia quiz sweeps across the whole genre, from Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in the 1960s to modern Oscar winners. It covers the record-setting Lord of the Rings trilogy shot in New Zealand, The Princess Bride and André the Giant, Jim Henson's Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water, Miyazaki's Spirited Away and the eight-film Harry Potter series. Expect questions on directors and stars, on famous creatures and props, on the books these films came from and the records they set. There are easy ones any movie fan will get and hard ones about box office, awards and behind-the-scenes trivia. Questions run from easy to expert, and every answer has been checked against a reliable source. No spoilers beyond what the posters already gave away.
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Q 01How many Academy Awards did The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King win in 2004?
11
It went 11 for 11, the first fantasy film to win Best Picture, and matched the 11-Oscar hauls of Ben-Hur and Titanic.
Q 02In which country were the three Lord of the Rings films shot back-to-back?
New Zealand
Peter Jackson shot all three films in his native New Zealand from October 1999 to December 2000, using locations such as Matamata for Hobbiton and Mount Ruapehu for Mordor.
Q 03Which director made the 1987 film The Princess Bride?
Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner directed it from William Goldman's own script, preserving the novel's frame story of a grandfather, played by Peter Falk, reading to his sick grandson.
Q 04Which wrestler played the gentle strongman Fezzik in The Princess Bride?
André the Giant
André the Giant, an active WWF wrestler at the time, was the author's first choice for Fezzik; on screen he carries Wallace Shawn, Mandy Patinkin and Robin Wright up the Cliffs of Insanity.
Q 05Which musician played Jareth the Goblin King in the 1986 film Labyrinth?
David Bowie
David Bowie played Jareth and wrote and sang the film's songs, including 'Magic Dance' and 'As the World Falls Down'; Jennifer Connelly starred as the teenager Sarah.
Q 06What is the name of the luckdragon in The NeverEnding Story?
Falkor
Falkor, the friendly luckdragon, carries Atreyu across Fantasia; Wolfgang Petersen directed the 1984 film, whose theme song was sung by former Kajagoogoo singer Limahl.
Q 07Which actor played the title dwarf farmer in the 1988 fantasy film Willow?
Warwick Davis
Warwick Davis, then 17, played the Nelwyn farmer Willow Ufgood; Ron Howard directed from a George Lucas story, with Val Kilmer as the swordsman Madmartigan.
Q 08Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth is set during the aftermath of a civil war in which country?
Spain
The dark fantasy is set in Spain in 1944, under Francisco Franco, as guerrillas fight on after the civil war; it won three Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography, plus a Hugo Award.
Q 09In the 1939 Wizard of Oz film, what colour are Dorothy's slippers, which were silver in the book?
Ruby
The Ruby slippers were made red to show off the new three-strip Technicolor; several pairs were made, and one stolen from a Minnesota museum in 2005 was recovered in 2018.
Q 10Which visual-effects pioneer created the famous seven-skeleton battle in Jason and the Argonauts (1963)?
Ray Harryhausen
Ray Harryhausen animated the skeleton fight frame by frame over several months, and his stop-motion also brought Medusa and the Kraken to life in the 1981 Clash of the Titans.
Q 11Who played the barbarian hero in the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Conan made him a star; John Milius directed and co-wrote it with Oliver Stone, and James Earl Jones played the snake-cult leader Thulsa Doom.
Q 12Which actor played the devil-like Darkness in Ridley Scott's 1985 film Legend?
Tim Curry
Tim Curry spent about five hours a day in Rob Bottin's horned red makeup as Darkness; Tom Cruise played the hero Jack and Mia Sara the princess Lili.
Q 13The 1982 film The Dark Crystal is populated entirely by what?
Puppets
Puppets fill every frame and no human actor appears on screen as the Gelflings Jen and Kira set out to restore the crystal and overthrow the vulture-like Skeksis; Frank Oz co-directed.
Q 21In the 1985 film Ladyhawke, the two cursed lovers are transformed by day and night into what animals?
A hawk and a wolf
'A hawk and a wolf' is the bishop's curse: Isabeau (Michelle Pfeiffer) becomes a hawk by day and Navarre (Rutger Hauer) a wolf by night, so they can never be human together.
Q 22Who plays the White Witch in 2005's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton's Jadis, the White Witch, keeps Narnia in endless winter; Liam Neeson voiced the lion Aslan, and the four Pevensie children are evacuees from the Blitz.
Q 23Which band recorded the soundtrack songs, including 'A Kind of Magic,' for the 1986 film Highlander?
Queen
Q 14The 2007 film Stardust is based on a novel by which author?
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman's 1999 novel, illustrated by Charles Vess, was adapted by Matthew Vaughn, with Robert De Niro as a cross-dressing sky pirate and Michelle Pfeiffer as the witch Lamia.
Q 15Which actor plays the title character in the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands?
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp's near-silent turn as Edward, in black leather with scissor hands, was his first lead for the director; Vincent Price plays the inventor who dies before finishing Edward's hands.
Q 16Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water was inspired by which classic monster film?
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Del Toro conceived it as a romance in which the Gill-man of Creature from the Black Lagoon gets the girl; set in 1962 Baltimore, it follows a mute cleaner who falls for a captured amphibian man and won Best Picture.
Q 17Which Studio Ghibli film was the first hand-drawn, non-English Best Animated Feature winner?
Spirited Away
Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 film about a girl named Chihiro trapped in a spirit world, took the Oscar in 2003 and had already shared the Golden Bear at Berlin in 2002.
Q 18John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur retells the legend of which British monarch?
King Arthur
King Arthur's rise and fall, from the sword in the stone to his final battle with Mordred, follows Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur loosely; the battles are famously scored with Wagner and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
Q 19Which Monty Python member directed the 1981 fantasy Time Bandits?
Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam directed and co-wrote it with Michael Palin; Sean Connery, John Cleese and Ian Holm all appear, and it became the first of his 'Trilogy of Imagination', followed by Brazil and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
Q 20In the 1981 film Clash of the Titans, what does Perseus ride to save Andromeda?
The winged horse Pegasus
'The winged horse Pegasus' carries Harry Hamlin's Perseus to the rescue as Andromeda is chained for the Kraken; the film also features the mechanical owl Bubo and was its effects master's final feature.
Queen wrote the songs for Highlander, with 'A Kind of Magic' and 'Who Wants to Live Forever' becoming hits; the tagline 'There can be only one' entered pop culture, and Christopher Lambert played the immortal Connor MacLeod.
Q 24How many films make up the main Harry Potter series?
Eight
Eight films were made between 2001 and 2011 because the seventh and final book was split into two parts, the last of them released in July 2011.
Q 25What was the U.S. title of the first Harry Potter film, changed from its British name?
Sorcerer's Stone
Sorcerer's Stone replaced Philosopher's Stone for American audiences, with the young cast reshooting lines to say both titles; Steve Kloves wrote the 2001 film's script.
Q 26Which three actors played the leading trio throughout the Harry Potter film series?
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson played Harry, Ron and Hermione from the 2001 first film to the 2011 finale, growing up on screen; David Heyman produced the whole series.
Q 27How many films make up Peter Jackson's Hobbit series?
Three
Three films, An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), stretched the single novel; Martin Freeman played Bilbo and Benedict Cumberbatch voiced the dragon Smaug.
Q 28Which actor plays Sir Gawain in David Lowery's 2021 film The Green Knight?
Dev Patel
Dev Patel plays the young knight in David Lowery's adaptation of the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, following his journey to keep a deadly bargain; Alicia Vikander co-stars.
Q 29Which director made the 2003 film Big Fish?
Tim Burton
Tim Burton adapted Daniel Wallace's novel, with Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney playing the younger and older versions of a father whose life was a series of tall tales.
Q 30Which actress plays the fairytale princess Giselle in Disney's 2007 film Enchanted?
Amy Adams
Amy Adams's Giselle is banished from the animated kingdom of Andalasia into live-action New York City, where she meets Patrick Dempsey's divorce lawyer; Julie Andrews narrates.