50 free Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 arrived in May 2017 as the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with James Gunn again writing and directing and Kurt Russell joining as Ego, the Celestial who turns out to be Peter Quill's father. It premiered in Tokyo, grossed more than $860 million worldwide, picked up an Oscar nomination for its visual effects, and gave Baby Groot a dance number over the opening credits. This quiz digs into the story (the Anulax batteries, the Ravager mutiny, the cavern of skeletons, Yondu's sacrifice), the cast and cameos (who plays Ayesha, who voices Mainframe, which Farscape star turns up as an admiral), and the production: the 8K camera, the working title, the alien race Marvel's lawyers nearly vetoed, the perfect test-screening score and the trillion-polygon planet at the centre of it all. There are box-office and home-media numbers for the stat-minded too. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play through in sets of ten or print it out for a Marvel movie night.
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Q 01Who wrote and directed the film?
James Gunn
Gunn returned from the first film and went on to write and direct Vol. 3 and the Holiday Special as well.
Q 02Vol. 2 is which numbered film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
15th
It sits between Doctor Strange and Spider-Man: Homecoming in the Phase Three release order.
Q 03Who plays Ego, the Celestial revealed to be Quill's father?
Kurt Russell
Russell was confirmed in the role in July 2016 after Pratt suggested him for it.
Q 04In which city did the film hold its world premiere?
Tokyo
The Hollywood premiere followed nine days later at the Dolby Theatre.
Q 05On what date was the film released in the United States?
May 5, 2017
That was also the date Vol. 3 opened six years later, to the day.
Q 06The film earned a nomination at the 90th Academy Awards in which category?
Best Visual Effects
Gunn called Ego's planet, with over a trillion polygons, the biggest visual effect of all time.
Q 07High Priestess Ayesha leads which genetically engineered golden race?
Sovereign
The Sovereign drones are piloted remotely, in arcade-style pods, so none of the gold-skinned people are risked in battle.
Q 08What do the Guardians protect from the Abilisk in the opening job?
Anulax batteries
Rocket steals some for himself, which is what brings the Sovereign fleet down on the team.
Q 09On which planet do the Guardians crash-land after the drone attack?
Berhert
It is where Ego first introduces himself and Mantis, his empath servant.
Q 10Which lieutenant leads the mutiny against Yondu?
Taserface
Gunn had once called the comic character the dumbest of all time and swore never to use him.
Q 11Which Ravager leader had exiled Yondu's crew for child trafficking?
Stakar Ogord
Stakar finally accepts Yondu back into the fold by sending ships to his funeral.
Q 12Ego belongs to which ancient race of god-like beings?
Celestials
He manipulated matter around his own consciousness to build the planet he lives on.
Q 13What does Ego admit he gave Meredith Quill?
A brain tumor
The confession is what snaps Quill out of Ego's brainwashing.
Q 14Who dies saving Quill by letting himself perish in the vacuum of space?
Q 21Who served as Rocket's on-set stand-in during filming?
Sean Gunn
Cooper's voice performance was also referenced, but the physical acting came from the director's brother.
Q 22Gunn asked the actor playing Stakar to channel a line from which film?
Babe
The line was "That'll do, pig", for the moment Stakar accepts Yondu back as a Ravager.
Q 23Which studio returned Ego's film rights to Marvel in a character-swap deal?
20th Century Fox
In exchange, Marvel let Fox change Negasonic Teenage Warhead's powers for Deadpool.
Yondu
Gunn described the story as being about a father's love for his son and called Yondu Quill's true father.
Q 15Who takes up Yondu's telekinetic arrow and control-fin in the credits scenes?
Kraglin
Sean Gunn, the director's brother, plays the character, who has an expanded role from the first film.
Q 16What happens to Groot in the final post-credits scene?
He grows into a teenager
Sean Gunn provided the on-set reference for the sulky adolescent Groot.
Q 17Who plays Mantis?
Pom Klementieff
Klementieff was cast by the end of October 2015, the first new-character casting announced.
Q 18Which actress plays Ayesha?
Elizabeth Debicki
Casting director Sarah Finn suggested her and Gunn said he knew right away she was the one.
Q 19How long did Dave Bautista's Drax makeup take to apply for the sequel?
90 minutes
That was down from four hours on the first film, though he still had to sit in a sauna to get it off.
Q 20Vin Diesel recorded Groot's lines for how many foreign-language releases?
Sixteen
That was up from six languages on the first film.
Q 24In the comics, who is Peter Quill's father, replaced by Ego in the film?
J'son
Gunn said early on that the father would not be J'son, the Spartax emperor of the comics.
Q 25The 1980 opening sequence with young Ego is set in which US state?
Missouri
Additional filming took place in St. Charles, Missouri, for the Earth scenes.
Q 26In his cameo, Stan Lee tells the Watchers about his time as what?
A FedEx delivery man
It winks at his Captain America: Civil War cameo, which Gunn later admitted was a continuity error since Vol. 2 is set earlier.
Q 27Ego shape-shifts into the likeness of which celebrity?
David Hasselhoff
Weta had to build a partial digital double of Hasselhoff for just two shots.
Q 28Footage of which actor dancing on the Thor: Ragnarok set appears in the end credits?
Jeff Goldblum
He is the Grandmaster, whose comic counterpart is the brother of the Collector from the first Guardians film.
Q 29Miley Cyrus voices which CG member of Stakar's old team?
Mainframe
Gunn cast her after admiring the tone of her voice while watching her coach on The Voice.
Q 30Who plays Aleta Ogord?
Michelle Yeoh
Gunn cast her out of his love of 1990s Hong Kong cinema.