Q 01/05

Who plays night guard Larry Daley?

A) Owen Wilson

B) Ben Stiller

C) Steve Carell

D) Adam Sandler

Answer · why

B) Ben Stiller

In the third film he also plays Laaa, a Neanderthal model made to look like him.

Q 02/05

Who directed the three live-action Night at the Museum films?

A) Jon Favreau

B) Adam Shankman

C) Shawn Levy

D) Brad Silberling

Answer · why

C) Shawn Levy

The first two were written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon of Reno 911! fame.

Q 03/05

The first film is based on a 1993 children's book by which author?

A) Chris Van Allsburg

B) David Wiesner

C) Jon Scieszka

D) Milan Trenc

Answer · why

D) Milan Trenc

The book is a slim picture book; the films added almost everything else.

Q 04/05

Which real New York institution is the setting of the first film?

A) The Metropolitan Museum of Art

B) The American Museum of Natural History

C) The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

D) The New York Public Library

Answer · why

B) The American Museum of Natural History

Exteriors were shot in New York, but the interior was a soundstage build in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Q 05/05

What causes the exhibits to come to life each night?

A) A curse on the T. rex skeleton

B) Moonlight through the planetarium dome

C) The Golden Tablet of Ahkmenrah

D) A spell cast by Attila the Hun

Answer · why

C) The Golden Tablet of Ahkmenrah

Teddy Roosevelt explains it arrived in 1952 and anything still outside at sunrise turns to dust.