The Intouchables
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40 free The Intouchables trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Intouchables, released in English as The Intouchables, is the French comedy-drama that became a global hit: a wealthy Parisian who cannot move below the neck hires a young man from the housing projects to look after him, and neither household is the same afterwards. It is funny, blunt and drawn from the lives of two real men, which is a large part of why it travelled so far. This quiz follows the film from its opening car chase to its seaside ending, with questions on Driss, Philippe and the people around them, the actors and directors, the music, the true story that inspired the script, and the awards, records and foreign remakes that followed. It suits fans who have seen the film more than once, film-club nights, and French classes that have just watched it and want to check what stuck. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which treasure does Driss pocket from Philippe's collection at his job interview in The Intouchables?
A Fabergé egg
A Fabergé egg leaves the mansion in his jacket, and his aunt takes it for a Kinder chocolate. He sets it back in front of Philippe in the final scene.
Q 02Which Italian make of car does Driss race through Paris with police in pursuit in The Intouchables?
Maserati
Maserati built the Quattroporte that opens the film at full speed. The story then loops back to the same chase near its end.
Q 03Which sport paralysed Philippe in The Intouchables, and later gives a nervous Driss a mountain thrill?
Paragliding
Paragliding also injured the real Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, in 1993. The film shot its flying scene at Col des Saisies, the Alpine resort where he crashed.
Q 04Which American band's hit does Driss play to liven up Philippe's birthday concert in The Intouchables?
Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire's Boogie Wonderland gets the guests dancing after the private classical recital. The band's September also features on the soundtrack.
Q 05What does Philippe fake so that police escort Driss's speeding car to a hospital in The Intouchables?
A seizure
A seizure, faked on cue, turns an arrest into a police escort. The two men drive off again the moment the officers leave them at the hospital.
Q 06Which American remake of The Intouchables was shelved when its original distributor collapsed in scandal?
The Upside
The Upside premiered at Toronto in 2017 but waited until January 2019 for its release, after the Weinstein Company's downfall forced a sale to new distributors.
Q 07Which Netflix retelling of classic French crime novels stars Omar Sy, Driss in The Intouchables?
Lupin
Lupin cast him as Assane Diop, a thief inspired by Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin stories. It reached 76 million households in its first month.
Q 08In The Intouchables, which world leader does Magalie say Driss resembles when he dresses up in a suit?
Barack Obama
Barack Obama is the comparison, and it drew criticism: Variety's reviewer singled the line out while accusing the film of racial stereotyping.
Q 09Which actor plays the ex-convict carer, renamed Dell, in the American remake of The Intouchables?
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart signed on in 2014, after Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx and Idris Elba had all been eyed for the role.
Q 10Which Breaking Bad star plays the quadriplegic billionaire in the American remake of The Intouchables?
Bryan Cranston
Bryan Cranston joined in 2016, taking over a part that another actor had been attached to for years while the remake cycled through directors.
Q 11In which French luxury trade did the real Philippe behind The Intouchables work as a company director?
Champagne
Champagne was Philippe Pozzo di Borgo's business: he ran the Pommery house in Reims after a spell as a manager at Moët & Chandon.
Q 12The real carer behind The Intouchables, Abdel Sellou, has roots in which country, swapped for Senegal on screen?
Algeria
Algeria is Abdel Sellou's country of origin. The film made Driss Senegalese instead, the nationality of Omar Sy's own father.
Q 13Which northern French port is home to Éléonore, Philippe's unseen pen pal in The Intouchables?
Dunkirk
Dunkirk is where his letters and poems go, to a woman he has never seen. Driss pushes him into phoning her.
Q 21What does Philippe value in Driss when a friend warns him off hiring an ex-convict in The Intouchables?
His lack of pity
His lack of pity is the point: Driss alone treats Philippe as a man and not a patient, so the criminal record leaves his employer unmoved.
Q 22In The Intouchables, what is the spoilt teenager Elisa to Philippe, whose late wife never had children?
His adopted daughter
His adopted daughter orders the staff about until Driss urges Philippe to rein her in. The real Pozzo di Borgo and his first wife adopted two children.
Q 23Which directing duo, later behind Samba and The Specials, wrote and directed The Intouchables?
Nakache and Toledano
Q 14What does Philippe secretly have swapped for an older one before it is posted to Éléonore in The Intouchables?
A photograph
A photograph showing his wheelchair is the one Driss picks out. Philippe loses his nerve and has an aide send a picture taken before the accident.
Q 15In which Normandy seaside resort does Driss leave Philippe to meet Éléonore at the end of The Intouchables?
Cabourg
Cabourg hosts the finale, set in its Grand Hôtel. The resort was Marcel Proust's favourite holiday spot and the model for Balbec in his great novel.
Q 16Which work by Driss does Philippe sell for 11,000 euros in The Intouchables, crediting an unknown talent?
An abstract painting
An abstract painting improvised by Driss fetches the money, which Philippe hands over in an envelope aboard his private jet.
Q 17Which cartoon does Driss name on recognising a classical piece at Philippe's concert in The Intouchables?
Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry is one of his reference points. He places other pieces as advertising music and as the hold tune of the unemployment office.
Q 18What must Bastien bring Elisa every morning in The Intouchables, after Driss frightens him for dumping her?
Croissants
Croissants every morning are the penalty Driss sets after scaring the boy, who had dropped Elisa so harshly that she took pills.
Q 19In The Intouchables, Driss has just spent six months in prison for holding up what kind of business?
A jewelry store
A jewelry store robbery put him away, a record one of Philippe's circle digs up as a warning. Philippe keeps him on regardless.
Q 20Which member of Philippe's household calls Driss back when the replacement carers fail in The Intouchables?
Yvonne
Yvonne, the aide who told Driss he had the job on trial, makes the call once Philippe stops looking after himself and grows a beard.
Nakache and Toledano had already directed Omar Sy in Those Happy Days and Tellement proches before handing him the part of Driss.
Q 24Which Italian pianist, grandson of a president of Italy, composed the music for The Intouchables?
Ludovico Einaudi
Ludovico Einaudi contributed Fly, Writing Poems and Una Mattina among others. He trained as a classical composer at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan.
Q 25Which actress, the lawyer Joséphine Karlsson in Spiral, plays the assistant Magalie in The Intouchables?
Audrey Fleurot
Audrey Fleurot also filmed a part in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris that year, and was disappointed when most of it was cut in the edit.
Q 26Which French star turned down Philippe in The Intouchables to make his directing debut instead?
Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil said no in order to shoot his first film as a director, a romantic drama in which he also starred. François Cluzet stepped in.
Q 27François Cluzet of The Intouchables won his César for which thriller about a doctor suspected of murder?
Tell No One
Tell No One, adapted from a Harlan Coben novel and directed by Guillaume Canet, brought him the Best Actor prize in 2007.
Q 28Which film, that night's Best Film winner, lost the Best Actor César to Omar Sy of The Intouchables?
The Artist
The Artist won six Césars, but its star Jean Dujardin lost to Sy, who became the first Black actor to take the award.
Q 29Which comedy about a postal manager sent north kept The Intouchables second among France's homegrown hits?
Welcome to the Sticks
Welcome to the Sticks, Dany Boon's 2008 comedy, stayed ahead, though the newcomer still sold more than 19 million tickets in France.
Q 30Which Hollywood blockbuster cast Omar Sy of The Intouchables as Barry, a colleague of Chris Pratt's character?
Jurassic World
Jurassic World made him Barry Sembène, who helps care for the park's raptors. He had moved his family to Los Angeles in 2012.