Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Trivia
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48 free Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 closed James Gunn's trilogy on May 5, 2023, as the 32nd film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It tells Rocket's story at last: his creation by the High Evolutionary, his friends Lylla, Teefs and Floor, and the kill switch that sends the rest of the team racing to Orgocorp and Counter-Earth to save him. Along the way Will Poulter arrives as Adam Warlock, Chukwudi Iwuji plays what Gunn called the cruelest MCU villain yet, and the team says goodbye to the Florence and the Machine track Gunn had been saving since Vol. 2. This quiz covers the plot, the cast and cameos, the behind-the-scenes drama of Gunn's 2018 firing and 2019 rehiring, the working title, the four-story ship set, the actors who nearly played Warlock, Awesome Mix Vol. 3, the Zune launched to the International Space Station, and the numbers from a box-office run that passed $845 million. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play in sets of ten or print it for a Marvel movie night.
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Q 01Which film opened Phase Five before Guardians Vol. 3?
Quantumania
Quantumania, the third Ant-Man film, opened Phase Five in February 2023 to set up Kang as the saga's villain, a plan Marvel abandoned after it fired actor Jonathan Majors that December.
Q 02Who plays the High Evolutionary in Guardians Vol. 3?
Chukwudi Iwuji
Chukwudi Iwuji had just worked with Gunn on Peacemaker, and that show's crew shot his screen test for the High Evolutionary.
Q 03Who plays Adam Warlock in Guardians Vol. 3?
Will Poulter
Will Poulter won the part through Zoom auditions and an in-person screen test; Gunn said he wanted someone youthful with both dramatic and comedic chops.
Q 04Which character appears in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as an alternate version who has joined the Ravagers?
Gamora
Gamora in Vol. 3 is the 2014 version who arrived by time travel in Avengers: Endgame, so she never fell for Quill, who is still grieving the one he lost.
Q 05Which of Rocket's Batch 89 friends is a rabbit?
Floor
Floor the rabbit picks her name when the caged friends decide to name themselves, reasoning that she is lying on the floor at the time.
Q 06What kind of animal is Lylla in Guardians Vol. 3?
An otter
An otter fitted with artificial limbs, Lylla is shot dead by the High Evolutionary as Rocket tries to free his friends, a loss that haunts him for years.
Q 07In Guardians Vol. 3, Rocket's friend Teefs is what animal?
A walrus
A walrus who gets around on wheels, Teefs picks his own name because, he says, his teeth are the most prominent of the group.
Q 08Who voices Lylla in Guardians Vol. 3?
Linda Cardellini
Linda Cardellini voiced Lylla and performed her in a motion-capture suit, reuniting with Gunn two decades after starring in the Scooby-Doo films he wrote.
Q 09What is the name of the High Evolutionary's planned ideal society?
Counter-Earth
Its inhabitants, the Humanimals, include an octopus drug dealer credited as 'Unsavory Octopus'.
Q 10In Guardians Vol. 3, what is the High Evolutionary's laboratory complex called?
Arête
Arête looks like a fixed headquarters but is really a spaceship, and it lifts off with Quill and Groot still inside.
Q 11Which weapon does Kraglin finally master in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3?
Yondu's Yaka arrow
Yondu's Yaka arrow, steered by whistling, finally obeys Kraglin when a vision of his old captain tells him to use his heart.
Q 12Whom does Peter Quill reunite with on Earth at the end of Guardians Vol. 3?
His grandfather Jason
His grandfather Jason has not seen Peter since the night in 1988 when the boy's mother died and aliens abducted him from outside the hospital.
Q 13Which Guardian stays on Knowhere with Drax to raise the rescued children?
Nebula
Nebula stays to look after Knowhere's swelling population, telling Drax that he was never meant to be a destroyer but a dad.
Q 21Which pop star voiced Mainframe in Guardians Vol. 2 before Tara Strong took over?
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus made an uncredited voice cameo as the robot Ravager in Vol. 2's credits; she was unavailable for Vol. 3, so Loki's Tara Strong stepped in.
Q 22Why did Disney fire James Gunn from Guardians Vol. 3 in July 2018?
Old tweets
Old tweets, offensive jokes circulated by conservative commentators, got Gunn fired; Disney quietly reversed course within months and announced his return in March 2019.
Q 23Which Guardians star threatened to quit Vol. 3 after Disney fired James Gunn?
Dave Bautista
Dave Bautista said he would walk unless Marvel kept Gunn's script and told a chat show he wasn't sure he wanted to work for Disney; a fan petition passed 300,000 signatures.
Q 14In the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 mid-credits scene, which song does Rocket pick as his favourite?
Come and Get Your Love
Come and Get Your Love by Redbone is Rocket's pick, a callback to the first film's opening, and it plays as the new Guardians race into battle.
Q 15Who voices Cosmo the Spacedog in Guardians Vol. 3?
Maria Bakalova
Maria Bakalova, the Borat Subsequent Moviefilm star, voiced Cosmo and performed her motion capture, with a real dog named Slate as the on-set reference.
Q 16Gunn made Cosmo female as a tribute to which real space dog?
Laika
In the comics the character is male.
Q 17Which comedian cameos in Guardians Vol. 3 as the guard Phlektik?
Pete Davidson
Pete Davidson travelled to the set to play the guard; a separate cameo Gunn wrote for his friend Kumail Nanjiani was scrapped once Nanjiani was cast in Marvel's Eternals.
Q 18James Gunn voices Lambshank in Guardians Vol. 3, a role he first wrote for whom?
Stan Lee
Stan Lee was getting too old to travel to the shoot, so Gunn wrote an animated creature with a Lee-like face that he could voice without the trip; Lee died before filming.
Q 19Which action star returns in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as the high-ranking Ravager Stakar Ogord?
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone gave away his own return by posting a behind-the-scenes clip from the set as filming began, having first played Stakar in Vol. 2.
Q 20Whose kill switch stops Rocket being healed in Guardians Vol. 3?
Orgocorp
Orgocorp is the High Evolutionary's company, so the Guardians break into its headquarters for the override code; Nathan Fillion plays one of its guards, Master Karja.
Q 24Which Disney studio chairman fired James Gunn from Guardians Vol. 3, then privately told him he could return?
Alan F. Horn
Alan F. Horn rang Gunn the day after he agreed to make The Suicide Squad for DC, persuaded by Gunn's apology and the way he had handled the firing.
Q 25Which Ant-Man co-writer said he discussed directing Guardians Vol. 3 with Kevin Feige?
Adam McKay
Adam McKay said he and Feige had talked a little about it, though the Marvel film he really wanted was Silver Surfer; Marvel never formally considered anyone but Gunn.
Q 26The story of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was first planned by James Gunn as which spin-off?
A Rocket and Groot film
A Rocket and Groot film was Gunn's first plan for the origin story; he says he was talked into making a third Guardians film instead and built it around Rocket anyway.
Q 27Which Fantastic Four villain did James Gunn first consider as Rocket's creator?
Annihilus
Annihilus, the bug-like warlord of the Negative Zone, was a villain Gunn had wished he could use while Fox still owned him; he weighed him up, then chose the High Evolutionary.
Q 28James Gunn described the High Evolutionary as a space version of which fictional mad scientist?
Doctor Moreau
Doctor Moreau, H. G. Wells's scientist who cuts animals into the shape of people, was the model because Gunn loves the 1932 film version, Island of Lost Souls.
Q 29Which Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 star delivers the first uncensored F-word in an MCU film?
Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt snaps it at a teammate who is struggling with a car door; the line wasn't in the script, and Gunn had him improvise it on set.
Q 30Where was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 shot?
Trilith Studios, Atlanta
Trilith Studios, Atlanta, is the former Pinewood Atlanta under a new name, so Vol. 3 was shot on the same lot as Vol. 2.