John Wick Trivia
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This John Wick trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers the whole franchise: the 2014 original that began with a stolen Mustang and a murdered puppy, Chapter 2's blood-oath marker, Parabellum's excommunicado bounty, Chapter 4's duel on the steps of Sacré-Cœur, the spin-offs Ballerina and The Continental, and the people behind it all, from Keanu Reeves's training to stunt-doubles-turned-directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. It is written for action-movie nights and film-buff pub quizzes: easy questions on the plot and cast, harder ones on production history, box office and the rules of the High Table. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing.
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Q 01Which stuntman-turned-director made his feature debut with John Wick in 2014?
Chad Stahelski
He had been Keanu Reeves's stunt double on The Matrix; co-director David Leitch went uncredited because of DGA rules.
Q 02Who wrote the screenplay for the first John Wick?
Derek Kolstad
His original script was titled Scorn.
Q 03What was the working title of the first John Wick script?
Scorn
Reeves reportedly kept saying 'John Wick' so often that the studio renamed it after the character.
Q 04What breed is Daisy, the puppy John's late wife arranges for him to receive?
Beagle
The pit bull John rescues at the end of the first film becomes his companion in the sequels.
Q 05Which car does Iosef Tarasov steal from John Wick, triggering the whole saga?
A 1969 Ford Mustang
The Boss 429 Mustang was taken and the dog killed on the same night; Alfie Allen played Iosef.
Q 06What nickname does the criminal underworld give John Wick?
Baba Yaga
In Slavic folklore Baba Yaga is a witch; the films use it to mean 'the boogeyman'.
Q 07Which actor plays Viggo Tarasov, the Russian crime boss in the first film?
Michael Nyqvist
Willem Dafoe plays Marcus, John's former mentor and a sniper; John Leguizamo runs the chop shop.
Q 08What is the cardinal rule of the Continental Hotel?
No business may be conducted on its grounds
Breaking it in Chapter 2 gets John declared excommunicado; Ian McShane's Winston runs the New York branch with Lance Reddick's concierge Charon.
Q 09What currency does the underworld of John Wick run on?
Gold coins
Later films add 'markers', blood-oath medallions that bind the holder to a favour.
Q 10Roughly how much did the first John Wick gross worldwide?
$86 million
On a $20-30 million budget it was a modest hit; each sequel then roughly doubled the take.
Q 11For roughly how long did Keanu Reeves train before shooting the first film?
Four months
The training covered judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and tactical gun handling, producing the 'gun fu' style.
Q 12In Chapter 2, which Italian crime lord invokes a marker to force John to kill his sister Gianna?
Santino D'Antonio
John kills him inside the Continental, breaking its rule and earning a $14 million bounty.
Q 13Which of Reeves's co-stars from his 1999 sci-fi hit plays the Bowery King?
Laurence Fishburne
The pigeon-keeping ruler of New York's homeless network first appears in Chapter 2.
Q 21Who shoots John off the roof of the Continental at the end of Parabellum?
Winston
The apparent betrayal is later explained as a ruse; the Bowery King nurses John back to health.
Q 22Which actor plays the Marquis Vincent de Gramont, the villain of Chapter 4?
Bill Skarsgård
The Pennywise actor's Marquis is granted unlimited power by the High Table to hunt John.
Q 23Which Hong Kong star plays Caine, the blind assassin and old friend, in Chapter 4?
Donnie Yen
Yen is now directing and starring in his own spin-off, From the World of John Wick: Caine.
Q 14Which rapper plays Cassian, Gianna's bodyguard, in Chapter 2?
Common
Ruby Rose plays Ares, Santino's mute enforcer, in the same film.
Q 15Chapter 2's assassination sequence takes place in which European city?
Rome
The catacombs shootout was filmed there; the film grossed over $174 million on a $40 million budget.
Q 16The subtitle Parabellum comes from a Latin phrase meaning what?
If you want peace, prepare for war
Si vis pacem, para bellum; Reeves himself explained the choice.
Q 17Halle Berry's character Sofia fights alongside which animals in Parabellum?
Belgian Malinois dogs
Sofia runs the Casablanca Continental and owes John a marker.
Q 18Which martial-arts actor plays the sushi-chef assassin Zero in Parabellum?
Mark Dacascos
Zero and his Shinobi students are unleashed by the Adjudicator; Anjelica Huston plays the Ruska Roma's Director.
Q 19What does John sacrifice to the Elder in the desert in Parabellum?
His ring finger
He offers up his wedding ring with the finger to prove his fealty, then goes back on the deal.
Q 20Which blockbuster did Parabellum knock off the top of the US box office in May 2019?
Avengers: Endgame
The film grossed $328 million worldwide on a $75 million budget.
Q 24Chapter 4's climactic duel takes place at dawn in front of which Paris landmark?
Sacré-Cœur
John has to fight his way up 222 steps to get there after a brawl around the Arc de Triomphe.
Q 25How many steps does John battle up on his way to the duel in Chapter 4?
222
The sequence became the film's signature set-piece.
Q 26Which pop singer made her feature-film debut as Akira in Chapter 4?
Rina Sawayama
Hiroyuki Sanada plays her father Shimazu, manager of the Osaka Continental.
Q 27Which actor, who played the concierge Charon, died shortly before Chapter 4's release in March 2023?
Lance Reddick
His posthumous appearance in Ballerina was his last on-screen role.
Q 28How long is John Wick: Chapter 4, the longest film in the series?
169 minutes
It was shot in France, Germany, Japan and New York on a $100 million budget.
Q 29Which entry is the highest-grossing in the series?
The fourth chapter
It earned about $447 million worldwide, taking the franchise past $1 billion in total.
Q 30Which actor plays the Harbinger, the High Table's emissary, in Chapter 4?
Clancy Brown
Brown is best known as the Kurgan in Highlander, a franchise Stahelski is now remaking.