Q 01/05

Which star of a rival summer blockbuster posted photos of his tickets to both Barbie and Oppenheimer in June 2023?

A) Harrison Ford

B) Tom Cruise

C) Vin Diesel

D) Chris Pratt

Answer · why

B) Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise tweeted the photos with his Mission: Impossible director, and Barbie's director and star replied by posing with tickets to his film.

Q 02/05

Who directed Barbie, from a script co-written with her husband Noah Baumbach?

A) Olivia Wilde

B) Sofia Coppola

C) Emerald Fennell

D) Greta Gerwig

Answer · why

D) Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig came aboard only after versions built around Amy Schumer and then Anne Hathaway had fallen apart at another studio, whose option on the d...

Q 03/05

Who played Ken opposite Margot Robbie in Barbie?

A) Channing Tatum

B) Ryan Gosling

C) Chris Evans

D) Ryan Reynolds

Answer · why

B) Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling first passed on the part, but he was the film-makers' only choice and they refused to take no for an answer until a gap opened in his sch...

Q 04/05

Barbie overtook the last film of which series as the highest-grossing release from the studio behind both?

A) The Lord of the Rings

B) The Dark Knight trilogy

C) Harry Potter

D) The Hobbit

Answer · why

C) Harry Potter

Harry Potter. Deathly Hallows Part 2 had been the studio's top earner since 2011, and Barbie only landed there because Sony let its option on the doll...

Q 05/05

Which song from Barbie won the Academy Award for Best Original Song?

A) I'm Just Ken

B) What Was I Made For?

C) Dance the Night

D) Choose Your Fighter

Answer · why

B) What Was I Made For?

What Was I Made For? ended a long dry spell for Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas, who began writing it the day after the director showed them a r...