Q 01/05

Which Star Wars film did Rian Johnson write and direct just before Knives Out?

A) The Force Awakens

B) The Last Jedi

C) Rogue One

D) The Rise of Skywalker

Answer · why

B) The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi. The online abuse it brought him went straight into Knives Out: the youngest Thrombey, a teenage internet troll, was inspired by the bac...

Q 02/05

Who plays the detective Benoit Blanc?

A) Chris Evans

B) Michael Shannon

C) Daniel Craig

D) Don Johnson

Answer · why

C) Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig was on the director's wish list but tied to the next Bond film; when its shoot slipped three months he said yes at once, and Knives Out w...

Q 03/05

Rian Johnson borrowed the surname Thrombey from a 1981 whodunit in which children's book series?

A) Choose Your Own Adventure

B) The Three Investigators

C) Encyclopedia Brown

D) Two-Minute Mysteries

Answer · why

A) Choose Your Own Adventure

Choose Your Own Adventure. Johnson loved the books as a boy and lifted the name from Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey?; Blanc's first name came from a Cana...

Q 04/05

Which veteran actor plays the dead novelist at the centre of Knives Out, in one of his final film roles?

A) Donald Sutherland

B) Christopher Plummer

C) Michael Caine

D) Ian McKellen

Answer · why

B) Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer said he loved the script's 'irreverent darkness' the moment he read it; Harlan proved one of his last roles before his death in Fe...

Q 05/05

Who plays Marta Cabrera, Harlan's nurse, in Knives Out?

A) Katherine Langford

B) Ana de Armas

C) Jessica Henwick

D) Riki Lindhome

Answer · why

B) Ana de Armas

Ana de Armas, who had promised herself not to take Latin-specific roles, at first wasn't interested; reading the full script and seeing Marta's resili...