50 free True Lies trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This True Lies trivia quiz covers James Cameron's 1994 action comedy from every angle: the plot (Omega Sector, Crimson Jihad, the four warheads and the Seven Mile Bridge), the cast (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Art Malik, a 12-year-old Eliza Dushku and an eyepatched Charlton Heston), and the production stories: the record budget, the Newport mansions that played Switzerland, the horse that nearly went over a 90-foot drop, and why the sequel never happened. It also covers the French film it was remade from, the plagiarism ruling in Paris, the video game and the short-lived 2023 CBS series. About a third of the questions are easy for anyone who has seen the film, a third are medium, and the rest dig into box office, awards and behind-the-scenes detail. Use it solo, for a 90s movie night, or as a round in an action-movie pub quiz. Every answer was checked against a primary or encyclopaedic source, and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01Who wrote and directed True Lies?
James Cameron
It was the first film released under his multimillion-dollar Lightstorm Entertainment deal with 20th Century Fox.
Q 02True Lies is a remake of a 1991 comedy from which country?
France
The original, La Totale!, starred Thierry Lhermitte as a spy nicknamed 'The Sword' whose family thinks he works in telecommunications.
Q 03Harry Tasker's family believes he sells what for a living?
Computer hardware
In the French original the hero's cover job was as a telecommunications employee.
Q 04What is the name of the top-secret counterterrorism agency Harry really works for?
Omega Sector
Its director, Spencer Trilby, is played by a Hollywood veteran wearing an eyepatch.
Q 05The terrorist group Harry is chasing goes by what name?
Crimson Jihad
Its leader Salim Abu Aziz meets his end strapped to a missile that Harry fires from a jet.
Q 06Who plays Harry's wisecracking partner Albert 'Gib' Gibson?
Tom Arnold
He was nominated for Best Comedic Performance at the MTV Movie Awards, and returned as a retired Omega operative in the 2023 TV series.
Q 07Which actor plays Simon, the used-car salesman who pretends to be a spy to seduce women?
Bill Paxton
Critic Kenneth Turan objected to how much pleasure the film takes in humiliating him; the character returns as a waiter in the final scene.
Q 08Who plays Juno Skinner, the art dealer secretly working for the terrorists?
Tia Carrere
Her tango with Harry earned an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Dance Sequence.
Q 09Which British actor plays terrorist leader Salim Abu Aziz?
Art Malik
He said he was drawn by the script's 'pantomime quality', and later linked the sequel's cancellation to how differently terrorism was seen after 9/11.
Q 10Which future Buffy and Dollhouse star plays the Taskers' teenage daughter Dana?
Eliza Dushku
She was twelve during filming and in 2018 alleged she had been molested on set by the stunt coordinator, which he denies.
Q 11Which Hollywood legend plays the agency's eyepatched director, Spencer Trilby?
Charlton Heston
In the 2023 series the director became Susan Trilby, played by Beverly D'Angelo.
Q 12Harry's colleague Faisil is played by which actor, later an Oscar-winning producer of Argo?
Grant Heslov
In the finale Faisil talks his way into the skyscraper by posing as a news cameraman.
Q 13The opening party Harry infiltrates in a tuxedo is set in which country?
Switzerland
The 'Swiss' chalet exterior is really Ochre Court, and the ballroom is a nearby Gilded Age mansion; neither is anywhere near the Alps.
Q 21The demonstration warhead's timer is set for how many minutes?
90
It goes off on the island without killing anyone while Harry is dangling from a helicopter over the bridge.
Q 22Marine jump jets blow up part of which real Overseas Highway span to stop the terrorists' convoy?
The Seven Mile Bridge
The old span had already been replaced by a new bridge in 1982, which is why the film could destroy a piece of it.
Q 23Which vertical-takeoff jet does Harry commandeer for the finale?
A Harrier
The MTV Movie Awards nominated the bridge explosion and limo rescue for Best Action Sequence.
Q 14The Gilded Age mansion whose ballroom hosts the opening tango is in which US city?
Newport, Rhode Island
Rosecliff's ballroom has also stood in for the 1974 Great Gatsby, High Society and Amistad.
Q 15The tango Harry dances at the party, 'Por una Cabeza', was composed by which Argentine legend?
Carlos Gardel
The same 1935 tango turns up in Scent of a Woman and the opening of Schindler's List; it entered the public domain in 2006.
Q 16What family occasion does Harry miss because he is chasing Aziz through the city?
His own birthday party
The French original opens the same way, with the spy hero missing the surprise party for his 40th birthday.
Q 17Harry suspects Helen of an affair after overhearing her arrange to meet a man with what first name?
Simon
The man turns out to sell used cars and to have used the fake-spy routine on other bored wives.
Q 18During the staged 'mission', Helen is sent to a hotel room to seduce a stranger and do what?
Plant a bug
The stranger is Harry in silhouette; the real terrorists then burst in and capture them both.
Q 19The terrorists fly Harry and Helen to an island in which chain off the southern tip of the state?
The Florida Keys
The smugglers' base was built from custom Alaska Structures fabric buildings leased to the production.
Q 20How many nuclear warheads has Juno smuggled into the country inside fake antique statues?
4
One is detonated on an uninhabited island as a demonstration, and the last is aimed at Miami.
Q 24In the finale, Aziz chases Dana onto what structure on the roof of a Miami skyscraper?
A tower crane
Dana had stolen the missile-control key and fled to the roof before Harry arrived in the jet.
Q 25The final scene, set a year later, ends with Harry and Helen doing what?
Dancing the tango
By then Helen is a full Omega agent, and Gib is begging them to take the job seriously.
Q 26True Lies was the first film ever to have a production budget above what figure?
$100 million
Estimates run from $100 million to $120 million, and it was shot over a seven-month schedule.
Q 27True Lies was the first major project for which visual effects company co-founded by Cameron?
Digital Domain
Cameron founded it in 1993 with Stan Winston and Scott Ross; it went on to Titanic and Apollo 13.
Q 28Schwarzenegger said a camera boom spooked his horse right beside a drop of roughly what height?
90 feet
He slid off and a stuntman caught him, which is 'why I will always love stunt people'.
Q 29Which future Titanic and Avatar producer did Cameron meet as the Fox 'suit' on True Lies?
Jon Landau
He left Fox soon after to join Cameron's company Lightstorm.
Q 30Who composed the score, as he had for The Terminator and Terminator 2?
Brad Fiedel
It was also the first film to open with the 1994 Fox fanfare arranged and conducted by Bruce Broughton.