50 free Moon Knight trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Moon Knight is the 2022 Disney+ miniseries in which Oscar Isaac plays Marc Spector and Steven Grant, two alters of one man with dissociative identity disorder who is the avatar of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Ethan Hawke is the cult leader trying to free the goddess Ammit, May Calamawy is Layla, and Egyptian director Mohamed Diab set out to show Egypt without the usual Hollywood clichés. This quiz covers the show and the character's history: the accents Isaac invented, the book he called his bible, the brother who doubled for him, the working title, the Budapest streets that played London, the week in Wadi Rum, the 803-piece suit, the Egyptian folk instruments in the score, the villains that were considered and rejected, the Eternals who were cut, the viewing figures and the 1975 comic where it all began. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone or print it for a quiz night.
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Q 01Who stars as Marc Spector and Steven Grant in Moon Knight?
Oscar Isaac
He gave each alter a different accent and used his own brother as a body double for scenes where they meet.
Q 02What condition do Marc Spector and Steven Grant share as alters of one man?
Dissociative identity disorder
Psychiatrist Dr. Paul Puri of UCLA consulted, and each episode's credits point viewers to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Q 03Khonshu, the god who makes Marc Spector his avatar, rules over what?
The moon
Writer Jeremy Slater called the moon god 'imperious and sort of snotty and vengeful', prone to temper tantrums.
Q 04Who provides the voice of Khonshu?
F. Murray Abraham
Karim El Hakim performed the god on set; Abraham recorded several vocal options before settling on one.
Q 05Who plays the cult leader Arthur Harrow?
Ethan Hawke
Isaac approached him personally, and director Mohamed Diab asked him to sign on without reading the scripts.
Q 06Which goddess does Harrow want to free to judge humanity for future crimes?
Ammit
Sofia Danu performed her on set and Saba Mubarak voiced her; both villains were obscure picks from the comics.
Q 07Before Spector, whose avatar was Arthur Harrow?
The same moon god
The writers invented him as an original villain tied to the hero's past, and picked the name because 'it sounded cool'.
Q 08Who plays Layla El-Faouly, Marc's wife?
May Calamawy
Producer Sarah Goher approached her on social media to persuade her to audition.
Q 09Which superhero identity does Layla take on in the finale?
Scarlet Scarab
The name, revealed by Marvel.com, comes from the first Egyptian hero in Marvel's comics.
Q 10Which hippopotamus-headed goddess guides souls through the Duat?
Taweret
Antonia Salib voiced and motion-captured her, wearing platform shoes to mimic hippo feet.
Q 11What is Steven Grant's job?
Gift shop employee
He works at London's fictional National Art Gallery and longs for connection.
Q 12Which language does the third alter, Jake Lockley, speak?
Spanish
Isaac enjoyed bringing a piece of his own life to the role; Lockley surfaces in the finale's mid-credits scene.
Q 13Isaac modelled Grant's accent partly on the Jewish community of which London borough?
Enfield
He also channelled Karl Pilkington of An Idiot Abroad and Peter Sellers, and admitted the accent was deliberately 'bizarre'.
Q 21Which Jordanian desert hosted a week of filming?
Wadi Rum
The crew also shot in Slovenia before finishing in Atlanta by mid-October 2021.
Q 22What was the series' working title?
Good Faith
Filming was first set for November 2020 but slipped to April 2021 because of the pandemic.
Q 23Which London districts did the Hungarian locations mainly double for?
Brixton and Soho
Costume designer Meghan Kasperlik dressed Grant to evoke Brixton 'coolness' with something slightly off.
Who composed the score, in his first major English-language project?
Q 14Which city does Isaac lean into for Marc Spector's 'pushing people away' persona?
Chicago
He used his own American accent and called Spector a jerk.
Q 15What book did Isaac call his 'bible' while preparing for the role?
A Fractured Mind
Robert B. Oxnam's memoir describes living with dissociative identity disorder.
Q 16Who served as Isaac's body double for scenes where Marc and Steven meet?
His brother
Michael Benjamin Hernandez let Isaac act opposite someone rather than empty air.
Q 17Who created the series and served as head writer?
Jeremy Slater
He wanted the tone of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Ghostbusters with a dash of horror.
Q 18Which Egyptian filmmaker led the directing team, handling four episodes?
Mohamed Diab
He and his wife Sarah Goher pitched a 200-page document on depicting Egypt without Orientalist clichés.
Q 19Which directing duo made the second and fourth episodes?
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
The indie horror pair behind The Endless joined in January 2021.
Q 20In which city was most of the series filmed?
Budapest
Its Museum of Fine Arts stood in for London's National Art Gallery; Hollywood has long been unable to shoot in Egypt.
Hesham Nazih
He recorded 62 musicians and 36 singers in Vienna and Egyptian folk soloists in Cairo.
Q 25Which of these is NOT one of the Egyptian folk instruments featured in the score?
Oud
The soloists were recorded in Cairo to sit alongside the classical orchestra.
Q 26Which comics creators' run was the primary inspiration for the series?
Jeff Lemire and Greg Smallwood
Sienkiewicz's visuals and Ellis's Mr. Knight persona were also drawn on.
Q 27Which villain did Slater consider 'the most logical' choice before rejecting him?
Bushman
He feared the character would be just 'a guy with a gun' and too close to Black Panther's Killmonger.
Q 28Which character, later used in Hawkeye, was considered as Spector's love interest?
Maya Lopez
Marlene Alraune from the comics was also dropped as too much of a damsel in distress.
Q 29What was Layla's name in early development?
Zayna Faoul
Slater wanted a Marion Ravenwood type who could go toe to toe with the boys.
Q 30Which two Eternals were planned for a cut flashback about the fall of Ammit?
Kingo and Makkari
References to Gorr the God Butcher and Dane Whitman were also dropped to keep the show self-contained.