Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
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50 free Home Alone 2: Lost in New York trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York took the simplest idea in family comedy, a boy left to his own devices at Christmas, and moved it to Manhattan. Kevin McCallister swaps the suburbs for a luxury hotel, his dad's credit card and a city full of strangers, while Harry and Marv turn up fresh out of prison with a new target. This quiz follows the film from the airport mix-up to the final reunion. Expect questions on the plot, the hotel staff, the pigeon lady, the booby-trapped townhouse, the actors behind the famous faces, the music and the cameos, plus what happened behind the camera and at the box office. It is pitched for anyone who watches the film every December, with a run of easier questions to start and tougher ones for fans who think they know every scene. Each answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which future US president plays himself in Home Alone 2, pointing Kevin towards the Plaza lobby?
Donald Trump
Donald Trump owned the Plaza Hotel at the time. By the director's account, he let the crew film in the lobby in exchange for a cameo on top of the usual fee.
Q 02Which voice-changing recorder, built as a prop for Home Alone 2, became a sell-out toy a year later?
Talkboy
The Talkboy lets Kevin slow his voice down and book a Plaza room as an adult. Tiger Electronics built the prop, then sold a Deluxe version that sold out across America in 1993.
Q 03Which Florida city are the McCallisters flying to when Kevin boards the wrong plane in Home Alone 2?
Miami
Miami is where the rest of the family lands before noticing Kevin is gone. He had complained that Florida had no Christmas trees.
Q 04What does the pigeon lady throw over Harry and Marv to save Kevin in Central Park in Home Alone 2?
Birdseed
Birdseed brings a huge flock of pigeons down on the two burglars, who had been about to kill Kevin. The birds hold them until they are arrested.
Q 05Beside which New York landmark's Christmas tree does Kate finally find Kevin in Home Alone 2?
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is where Kate heads once she remembers how fond Kevin is of Christmas trees. Mother and son apologise to each other and make up there.
Q 06After escaping from prison, the Wet Bandits of Home Alone 2 rename themselves which kind of Bandits?
Sticky
Sticky replaces Wet as the pair's trademark once they reach New York. They soon run into Kevin outside Duncan's Toy Chest.
Q 07Which Rocky Horror Picture Show star plays the suspicious Plaza Hotel concierge in Home Alone 2?
Tim Curry
Tim Curry plays Mr. Hector, the hotel's concierge. His staff confront Kevin once the credit card he is using is reported stolen.
Q 08Which building material does Kevin lob at Harry and Marv from high up a townhouse in Home Alone 2?
Bricks
Bricks rain down from the roof as Kevin's opening attack. Earlier he threw one through the toy store window, apology note attached, to interrupt the robbery.
Q 09Mr. Duncan plans to give his toy store's Christmas takings to which cause in Home Alone 2?
A children's hospital
A children's hospital is due to receive the money, which is why Kevin decides the robbery must be stopped. He adds $20 of his own to the fund.
Q 10Which actor suffered real burns filming the scene where Harry's hat is set alight in Home Alone 2?
Joe Pesci
Joe Pesci was hurt by the flames used for the gag. He made the sequel soon after winning an Oscar for the gangster film Goodfellas.
Q 11Which future Schitt's Creek star returns as Kevin's mother Kate in Home Alone 2?
Catherine O'Hara
Catherine O'Hara plays Kate McCallister in both of the first two films. Decades later she won an Emmy as Moira Rose in the sitcom.
Q 12Which Star Wars composer returned to write the score for Home Alone 2?
John Williams
John Williams reused much of his music from the first film and added a new theme, Christmas Star.
Q 13Which director, later hired for the first two Harry Potter films, made Home Alone 2?
Chris Columbus
Chris Columbus directed the first two Home Alone films. Home Alone 2 gave him his biggest opening weekend until Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 2001.
Q 21Which early-1990s Saturday Night Live cast member plays Cedric the Plaza bellhop in Home Alone 2?
Rob Schneider
Rob Schneider was midway through his 1990–94 run on the sketch show when he played the bellhop, credited simply as Bellman.
Q 22Which actor, also the adult narrator of The Wonder Years, plays the burglar Marv in Home Alone 2?
Daniel Stern
Daniel Stern voiced the grown-up Kevin Arnold from 1988 to 1993, so the narration overlapped with both of his turns as Marv.
Q 23Which future Succession star plays Fuller, Kevin's youngest cousin, in Home Alone 2?
Kieran Culkin
Kieran Culkin is the real-life younger brother of the film's star. He made his feature film debut as Fuller in the first film, aged seven.
Q 14Which Ferris Bueller's Day Off filmmaker wrote and produced Home Alone 2 for 20th Century Fox?
John Hughes
John Hughes finished the script by February 1991 under a six-picture deal with the studio. He had also written and produced the first film.
Q 15Which pair of ornaments does Mr. Duncan give Kevin as a symbol of friendship in Home Alone 2?
Turtle doves
Turtle doves come as a pair so that Kevin can keep one and give the other to someone special. The pigeon lady receives the second on Christmas morning.
Q 16In which New York concert venue does the pigeon lady show Kevin her hideaway in Home Alone 2?
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall's rafters are where the two listen to a Christmas concert. There she admits she has been afraid to trust people ever since her heart was broken.
Q 17What is Kevin fetching from his dad's bag when he loses the family at the airport in Home Alone 2?
Batteries
Batteries for his tape recorder are what Kevin is after. He then follows a man he mistakes for his father onto a flight to New York.
Q 18In which European capital is Kevin's uncle while his New York house is renovated in Home Alone 2?
Paris
Paris has the uncle's family for the holidays, leaving the half-renovated house empty for Kevin. The McCallisters themselves flew to the same city in the first film.
Q 19Which Oscar winner for My Left Foot plays the pigeon lady of Central Park in Home Alone 2?
Brenda Fricker
Brenda Fricker took the part soon after becoming the first Irish actress to win an Academy Award.
Q 20Among 1992 releases, only The Bodyguard and which Disney film outgrossed Home Alone 2 worldwide?
Aladdin
Aladdin and The Bodyguard both finished ahead worldwide. In the US and Canada, though, Home Alone 2 beat The Bodyguard to rank second for the year.
Q 24Which fake gangster movie in Home Alone 2 is the sequel to the one Kevin watched in the first film?
Angels with Even Filthier Souls
Angels with Even Filthier Souls follows the first film's Angels with Filthy Souls. Ralph Foody returns as its gangster, Johnny, credited simply as Gangster.
Q 25Which small round objects does Kevin use to trip up his pursuers in Home Alone 2?
Pearls
Pearls from a necklace send his pursuers sliding. The Home Alone 2 video game turned the gag into an item that makes enemies slip off the screen.
Q 26What does Kevin do to the rope as Harry and Marv climb down it from the townhouse in Home Alone 2?
Sets it on fire
Kevin sets it on fire, having soaked the rope in fuel beforehand. The burglars' fall then triggers a catapult that covers them in varnish.
Q 27Harry and Marv see Kevin's paint-can trick coming in Home Alone 2, only to be hit by what instead?
A metal bar
A metal bar sends both burglars flying just after they pretend the paint cans have hit them. They remembered the swinging cans from the first film.
Q 28Duncan's Toy Chest in Home Alone 2 was really the Rookery Building, a landmark in which city?
Chicago
Chicago's Rookery Building supplied the exterior and a lower level of the New York toy store. Much of the film was shot in Illinois.
Q 29Which singer recorded All Alone on Christmas with E Street Band members for Home Alone 2?
Darlene Love
Darlene Love's single was written and produced by Steve Van Zandt, and it returned her name to the Billboard Hot 100.
Q 30In the Disney+ sequel Home Sweet Home Alone, Buzz McCallister of Home Alone 2 returns in which job?
Police officer
Police officer Buzz McCallister is played once more by Devin Ratray, almost thirty years after he bullied Kevin on screen.