Shawshank Redemption Quiz: Prison Scenes and the Great Escape

This Shawshank Redemption quiz walks the cell blocks with Andy and Red in Frank Darabont's 1994 classic. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on Stephen King's novella, the Ohio reformatory set, the rock hammer and posters, Mozart over the speakers, the library, Brooks, the sewer pipe escape and Zihuatanejo.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Year
When was The Shawshank Redemption released?
Director
Who directed the film?
Source
Which author wrote the novella it is based on?
Andy
Who plays Andy Dufresne?
Red
Who plays Ellis Red Redding?
Tool
What tool does Andy use to dig his tunnel?
Poster
What hides the hole in Andy's wall?
Music
Which composer's music does Andy play over the prison speakers?
Escape
How does Andy finally escape?
Place
Where do Andy and Red reunite?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: When was The Shawshank Redemption released?
Answer: 1994
It became a classic on video.
Q2: Who directed the film?
Answer: Frank Darabont
He also made The Green Mile.
Q3: Which author wrote the novella it is based on?
Answer: Stephen King
It was called Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.
Q4: Who plays Andy Dufresne?
Answer: Tim Robbins
Andy is a banker wrongly convicted.
Q5: Who plays Ellis Red Redding?
Answer: Morgan Freeman
He narrates the story.
Q6: What tool does Andy use to dig his tunnel?
Answer: A small rock hammer
Red got it for him.
Q7: What hides the hole in Andy's wall?
Answer: A poster of a film star
Rita Hayworth was the first.
Q8: Which composer's music does Andy play over the prison speakers?
Answer: Mozart
It is from The Marriage of Figaro.
Q9: How does Andy finally escape?
Answer: Through a sewer pipe
He crawls a long way in filth.
Q10: Where do Andy and Red reunite?
Answer: Zihuatanejo, Mexico
It is on the Pacific coast.

Shawshank Redemption Quiz – Prison Scenes and the Great Escape

The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont in 1994, is based on Stephen King's novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Tim Robbins plays Andy Dufresne, a banker wrongly convicted of murder, and Morgan Freeman plays Red.

Much of it was filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. Andy builds a library, plays Mozart over the prison speakers and secretly digs through his cell wall with a rock hammer, hiding the hole behind posters.

He escapes through a sewer pipe during a storm and exposes the corrupt warden. Red is later paroled and finds Andy in Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

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Who made the film
Who stars in it
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Where the story ends

Did You Know?

The film was not a box office hit at first.
It earned seven Oscar nominations.
It often tops fan polls of the best films.
Brooks Hatlen's story shows life after prison.
The reformatory now offers tours.