Comedy Movies Trivia: 10 Questions With Answers
Home Alone was the highest-grossing live-action comedy for many years after its 1990 release, and comedy movies trivia celebrates the films that made audiences laugh. Revisit Groundhog Day's time loop, Airplane's rapid jokes, Monty Python and the Holy Grail's coconuts, Ghostbusters, Mrs. Doubtfire and Bridesmaids.
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Groundhog
Which actor relives the same day in Groundhog Day?
Airplane
What kind of films did Airplane parody?
Python
What do the knights use instead of horses in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
Home Alone
Where do Kevin's family fly in Home Alone?
Ghostbusters
Which city do the Ghostbusters protect?
Doubtfire
Who played Mrs. Doubtfire?
Bridesmaids
Who co-wrote and starred in Bridesmaids?
Ace
Which comedian starred in Ace Ventura and The Mask?
Mike Myers
Which character did Mike Myers voice in a hit animated comedy?
Spinal Tap
Which mockumentary turned the amplifier dial to eleven?
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Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
- Q1: Which actor relives the same day in Groundhog Day?
Answer: Bill Murray
It is set in Punxsutawney.
- Q2: What kind of films did Airplane parody?
Answer: Disaster movies
It was released in 1980.
- Q3: What do the knights use instead of horses in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
Answer: Coconut shells
It was a budget joke.
- Q4: Where do Kevin's family fly in Home Alone?
Answer: Paris
Macaulay Culkin starred.
- Q5: Which city do the Ghostbusters protect?
Answer: New York
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man attacks.
- Q6: Who played Mrs. Doubtfire?
Answer: Robin Williams
It was released in 1993.
- Q7: Who co-wrote and starred in Bridesmaids?
Answer: Kristen Wiig
It earned Oscar nominations.
- Q8: Which comedian starred in Ace Ventura and The Mask?
Answer: Jim Carrey
Both came out in 1994.
- Q9: Which character did Mike Myers voice in a hit animated comedy?
Answer: Shrek
He also played Austin Powers.
- Q10: Which mockumentary turned the amplifier dial to eleven?
Answer: This Is Spinal Tap
Rob Reiner directed it.
Comedy Movies Trivia β Laughs on the Big Screen
Comedy movies range from slapstick and spoofs to romantic comedies and satire. They often reflect the humor of their time and give comedians a chance to become movie stars.
Classics include Airplane, which spoofed disaster movies with rapid-fire jokes, Monty Python and the Holy Grail with its coconut horses and This Is Spinal Tap, which turned the amplifier dial to eleven. Ghostbusters mixed comedy with special effects in New York.
Groundhog Day trapped Bill Murray in a time loop, Home Alone became a holiday favorite and Robin Williams starred as Mrs. Doubtfire. Jim Carrey's rubber-faced comedies and Kristen Wiig's Bridesmaids showed how comedy keeps evolving.
What This Quiz Teaches
Movie fans and comedy lovers will enjoy these questions.
- Who lived Groundhog Day
- What Airplane parodied
- Why Python used coconuts
- Where Kevin's family went
- Who starred in Bridesmaids
Did You Know?
- The Big Lebowski became a cult classic.
- Zoolander satirized fashion.
- Mean Girls is quoted widely.
- Hot Fuzz is set in an English village.
- Superbad was co-written by Seth Rogen.
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