Q 01/05

Who directed Top Gun: Maverick, the long-delayed 2022 sequel starring Tom Cruise?

A) Joseph Kosinski

B) Christopher McQuarrie

C) Doug Liman

D) Tony Scott

Answer · why

A) Joseph Kosinski

Kosinski had already directed Cruise in Oblivion. The sequel was originally scheduled for July 2019 before pandemic delays pushed it to May 2022.

Q 02/05

Top Gun: Maverick grossed about $1.5 billion worldwide. Where did that rank among Tom Cruise's films?

A) His highest-grossing film ever

B) Second behind Mission: Impossible – Fallout

C) Roughly level with War of the Worlds

D) Third behind two Mission: Impossible films

Answer · why

A) His highest-grossing film ever

It was the second-highest-grossing film of 2022 overall, and the first Cruise film to pass a billion dollars.

Q 03/05

Which artist recorded 'Hold My Hand', the Oscar-nominated song from Top Gun: Maverick?

A) Miley Cyrus

B) Billie Eilish

C) Adele

D) Lady Gaga

Answer · why

D) Lady Gaga

OneRepublic's 'I Ain't Worried' was the film's other single. Gaga's song was nominated for Best Original Song but lost to 'Naatu Naatu'.

Q 04/05

After its first run, where did Avatar: The Way of Water rank on the all-time worldwide box-office list?

A) Third

B) Fifth

C) Eighth

D) First

Answer · why

A) Third

Its $2.32 billion put it behind only the original Avatar and Avengers: Endgame, giving James Cameron two of the top three.

Q 05/05

In the 2022 Avatar sequel, Sigourney Weaver returned to play which character?

A) Mo’at, Neytiri’s mother

B) Kiri, the Sullys’ adopted daughter

C) Ronal, the Metkayina clan’s tsahìk

D) A clone of Dr. Grace Augustine

Answer · why

B) Kiri, the Sullys’ adopted daughter

Weaver was in her seventies while playing a Na'vi teenager through performance capture. Kiri was born from Grace's inert avatar body.