Tom Cruise Quiz: Top Gun, Mission: Impossible and More

This Tom Cruise quiz follows one of Hollywood's biggest stars, from Risky Business and Top Gun to Rain Man, Jerry Maguire, Collateral, Minority Report, the Mission: Impossible series and the honorary Oscar he received in 2025. Ten questions, 90 seconds.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 90 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 90s

Mission: Impossible
In which year was the first Mission: Impossible film released?
Classics
In which 1986 film did Cruise play a Navy fighter pilot nicknamed Maverick?
Classics
Which 1983 film features Cruise's famous dance in socks and a shirt?
Awards
What did Tom Cruise receive from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in November 2025?
Classics
In which 1996 film did Cruise play a struggling sports agent?
Classics
Which actor won an Oscar for playing Cruise's brother in Rain Man (1988)?
Mission: Impossible
What is the title of the 2025 Mission: Impossible film?
Thrillers
In which 2004 Michael Mann thriller did Cruise play a gray-haired hitman?
Biography
What is Tom Cruise's full birth name?
Sci-Fi
Which 2002 Steven Spielberg science-fiction film starred Cruise as a police officer who arrests people before they commit crimes?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: In which year was the first Mission: Impossible film released?
Answer: 1996
The first film, directed by Brian De Palma, was based on a 1960s TV series. Cruise also produced it, the start of his long run as Ethan Hunt.
Q2: In which 1986 film did Cruise play a Navy fighter pilot nicknamed Maverick?
Answer: Top Gun
Top Gun made Cruise a global star. Its sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, arrived 36 years later in 2022 and became his biggest box-office hit.
Q3: Which 1983 film features Cruise's famous dance in socks and a shirt?
Answer: Risky Business
Risky Business was Cruise's breakthrough. The scene of him sliding across the floor to Old Time Rock and Roll has been copied countless times.
Q4: What did Tom Cruise receive from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in November 2025?
Answer: An honorary Oscar
Cruise received an honorary Oscar at the 2025 Governors Awards for his contributions to film. He had earlier been nominated for three acting Oscars.
Q5: In which 1996 film did Cruise play a struggling sports agent?
Answer: Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire earned Cruise an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Co-star Cuba Gooding Jr. won Best Supporting Actor.
Q6: Which actor won an Oscar for playing Cruise's brother in Rain Man (1988)?
Answer: Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman won Best Actor for Rain Man, which also won Best Picture. Cruise played his younger brother, Charlie Babbitt.
Q7: What is the title of the 2025 Mission: Impossible film?
Answer: The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning was released in May 2025. It followed Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and included a stunt on a flying biplane.
Q8: In which 2004 Michael Mann thriller did Cruise play a gray-haired hitman?
Answer: Collateral
In Collateral, Cruise played Vincent, a contract killer who forces a Los Angeles taxi driver, played by Jamie Foxx, to drive him around for one night.
Q9: What is Tom Cruise's full birth name?
Answer: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Cruise was born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, New York. He has spoken about struggling with dyslexia as a child.
Q10: Which 2002 Steven Spielberg science-fiction film starred Cruise as a police officer who arrests people before they commit crimes?
Answer: Minority Report
Minority Report was based on a story by Philip K. Dick. Cruise and Spielberg teamed up again for War of the Worlds in 2005.

Tom Cruise Quiz – Four Decades of Stardom

Tom Cruise has been one of the biggest movie stars in the world since the 1980s. Few actors have stayed at the top for so long, and fewer still are as closely linked to the idea of the cinema experience. His films have earned billions of dollars, and his commitment to doing his own stunts has become legendary.

Cruise's breakthrough came with Risky Business in 1983, followed by Top Gun in 1986, which made him a global star. He then showed his range in dramas such as Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July, A Few Good Men and Jerry Maguire, earning three Oscar nominations along the way.

Since 1996, he has played Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible series, which he also produces. The films are famous for real, dangerous stunts: climbing the Burj Khalifa, hanging from a plane during takeoff, riding a motorbike off a cliff and clinging to a biplane in flight.

He has also worked with leading directors, from Steven Spielberg on Minority Report and War of the Worlds to Michael Mann on Collateral and Stanley Kubrick on Eyes Wide Shut. In 2022, Top Gun: Maverick became his highest-grossing film, and in November 2025 the Academy gave him an honorary Oscar for his career.

This quiz covers Tom Cruise's best-known films, roles and milestones.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is perfect for movie fans and anyone who has watched a Mission: Impossible film on the edge of their seat.

How Risky Business and Top Gun made Cruise a star
Which dramas earned him Oscar nominations
How the Mission: Impossible series began and how it ended
Which directors he worked with
What honor he received in 2025
His real name and early life

Quick Facts About Tom Cruise

Cruise learned to hold his breath for more than six minutes for an underwater scene in Rogue Nation.
He is a licensed pilot and flew planes himself for Top Gun: Maverick.
He trained for more than a year to perform the motorbike cliff jump in Dead Reckoning.
Cruise has starred in more than 40 feature films since his debut in 1981.
Edge of Tomorrow (2014) paired him with Emily Blunt.
He has been called one of the last true movie stars by critics.