Franchise Origins & Settings

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1.Which film first gathered heroes from several Marvel solo films in one team?
- A. Marvel's The Avengers
- B. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
- C. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
- D. Space Jam: A New Legacy
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Marvel's The Avengers
Did you know? The film was directed by Joss Whedon.
2.Which franchise began in 2014 with a revenge story about a retired hitman?
- A. Harry Potter
- B. Fast and Furious
- C. John Wick
- D. Toy Story
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John Wick
Did you know? The series is known for its long-take gun fu choreography.
3.Which place is the wizarding school of the Harry Potter films?
- A. Oz
- B. Monstropolis
- C. Hogwarts
- D. Asgard
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Hogwarts
Did you know? Hogwarts houses are named Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.
4.Which film gathered the Marvel heroes for a time-heist against the titan?
- A. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- B. Avengers: Endgame
- C. Marvel's The Avengers
- D. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
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Avengers: Endgame
Did you know? The film became one of the highest-grossing films ever.
5.Which franchise began in 1979 with a haunted-house story set aboard a commercial spaceship?
- A. Bourne
- B. Mad Max
- C. Jurassic Park
- D. Alien
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Alien
Did you know? The original's tagline promised that in space no one can hear you scream.
6.Which place is the pastoral homeland of the hobbits in the films?
- A. Pandora
- B. Panem
- C. The Shire
- D. Metropolis
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The Shire
Did you know? The Shire's rolling hills were filmed in New Zealand.
7.Which film brought together cartoon characters from rival studios in one film?
- A. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- B. Dracula vs. Frankenstein
- C. Alien vs. Predator
- D. Space Jam: A New Legacy
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Did you know? The film mixes live action with hand-drawn animation.
8.Which franchise began in 2002 with an amnesiac spy thriller?
- A. The Terminator
- B. Transformers
- C. Bourne
- D. Star Wars
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Bourne
Did you know? The films are based on Robert Ludlum's novels.
9.Which place is the mythical home realm of Thor in the Marvel films?
- A. Middle-earth
- B. Gotham City
- C. Monstropolis
- D. Asgard
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Asgard
Did you know? Asgard is depicted as a floating extraterrestrial city.
10.Which film first brought the two DC heroes together on screen?
- A. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- B. Captain America: Civil War
- C. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
- D. Marvel's The Avengers
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Did you know? The film set up the Justice League.
11.Which franchise began in 1981 with a quest for a golden idol?
- A. John Wick
- B. Jurassic Park
- C. Indiana Jones
- D. Halloween
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Indiana Jones
Did you know? Raiders of the Lost Ark reunited Spielberg and George Lucas.
12.Which place is the small California town of the Back to the Future trilogy?
- A. Hill Valley
- B. Pandora
- C. Amity Island
- D. Haddonfield
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Hill Valley
Did you know? The town square clock tower is central to the time travel plot.
13.Which film pitted the two famous giant monsters against each other?
- A. Alien vs. Predator
- B. Marvel's The Avengers
- C. Godzilla vs. Kong
- D. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
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Godzilla vs. Kong
Did you know? The crossover is part of the MonsterVerse series.
14.Which franchise began its film trilogy in 2001 with the Fellowship of the Ring?
- A. Rocky
- B. The Lord of the Rings
- C. Mission: Impossible
- D. Saw
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The Lord of the Rings
Did you know? The final film swept the 2004 Oscars with eleven wins.
15.Which place is the doomed summer camp of the Friday the 13th films?
- A. Asgard
- B. Camp Crystal Lake
- C. Narnia
- D. The Shire
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Camp Crystal Lake
Did you know? The camp's unfortunate history begins with a drowning.
16.Which franchise began in 2003 with a film inspired by a Disney theme park ride?
- A. Marvel Cinematic Universe
- B. Scream
- C. Pirates of the Caribbean
- D. Twilight
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Did you know? The Curse of the Black Pearl was the series' first chapter.
17.Which place is the technologically advanced African nation of the Black Panther films?
- A. Gotham City
- B. Amity Island
- C. Wakanda
- D. Asgard
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Wakanda
Did you know? Wakanda's wealth comes from the fictional metal vibranium.
18.Which franchise began in 2012 as an adaptation of Suzanne Collins's dystopian novels?
- A. The Hunger Games
- B. Fast and Furious
- C. Die Hard
- D. Despicable Me
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The Hunger Games
Did you know? The series is set in the nation of Panem.
19.Which franchise began in 2000 and helped launch the modern superhero boom?
- A. Star Wars
- B. X-Men
- C. The Hunger Games
- D. The Lord of the Rings
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X-Men
Did you know? The first film was directed by Bryan Singer.
20.Which franchise reached the screen in 2001 with an adaptation of the Sorcerer's Stone novel?
- A. The Terminator
- B. Marvel Cinematic Universe
- C. Ice Age
- D. Harry Potter
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Harry Potter
Did you know? The book series by J. K. Rowling spans seven novels.
21.Which franchise began in 1995 as the first feature film made entirely with computer animation?
- A. Toy Story
- B. DC Extended Universe
- C. The Conjuring
- D. Predator
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Toy Story
Did you know? The first film was directed by John Lasseter.
22.Which franchise began in 1977 with a space opera later subtitled A New Hope?
- A. Star Wars
- B. Madagascar
- C. Godzilla
- D. Bourne
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Star Wars
Did you know? The 1977 film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
23.Which franchise began in 2002 with an animated adventure about a stranded human baby?
- A. Scream
- B. Ice Age
- C. Die Hard
- D. Godzilla
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Ice Age
Did you know? The original trio includes a mammoth, a sloth and a saber-toothed tiger.
24.Which franchise began in 1984 with a time-traveling assassin film?
- A. King Kong
- B. Predator
- C. Shrek
- D. The Terminator
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The Terminator
Did you know? The original was written and directed by James Cameron.
25.Which franchise began in 1978 with John Carpenter's low-budget slasher?
- A. Halloween
- B. Alien
- C. The Lord of the Rings
- D. Harry Potter
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Halloween
Did you know? The original's score was composed by Carpenter himself.
26.Which franchise began in 1996 as an adaptation of a 1960s television series?
- A. Mission: Impossible
- B. Transformers
- C. Taken
- D. Pirates of the Caribbean
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Mission: Impossible
Did you know? The television original ran from 1966 to 1973.
27.Which franchise began in 2008 as an adaptation of the vampire romance novels?
- A. Taken
- B. King Kong
- C. Twilight
- D. Transformers
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Twilight
Did you know? The novels are by Stephenie Meyer.
28.Which franchise began in 1999 with a science fiction film about a simulated reality?
- A. Harry Potter
- B. The Matrix
- C. Mad Max
- D. Shrek
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The Matrix
Did you know? The original won four Academy Awards.
29.Which franchise reached the big screen in 1979 after a decade on television?
- A. Star Trek
- B. Scream
- C. Jurassic Park
- D. Ice Age
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Star Trek
Did you know? The first film was Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
30.Which franchise began in 2007 as a live-action adaptation of the Hasbro toy line?
- A. Transformers
- B. Die Hard
- C. Bourne
- D. King Kong
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Transformers
Did you know? Michael Bay directed the first five films.
31.Which franchise began in 2008 with an armored inventor's origin film?
- A. The Dark Knight Trilogy
- B. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- C. The Chronicles of Narnia
- D. Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Marvel Cinematic Universe
Did you know? Iron Man was the first film of the interconnected series.
32.Which franchise began in 2013 with a film about paranormal investigators?
- A. The Conjuring
- B. Toy Story
- C. Mad Max
- D. Friday the 13th
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The Conjuring
Did you know? The series is built around cases of Ed and Lorraine Warren.
33.Which franchise began in 2002 as an adaptation of the Capcom video game series?
- A. The Conjuring
- B. Friday the 13th
- C. Resident Evil
- D. Star Trek
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Resident Evil
Did you know? Milla Jovovich leads the film series.
34.Which franchise began in 1933 with a pioneering stop-motion adventure?
- A. Saw
- B. Star Trek
- C. King Kong
- D. Ice Age
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King Kong
Did you know? The 1933 film's effects were created by Willis O'Brien.
35.Which franchise began its film trilogy in 2012, sixty years before the Rings story?
- A. Saw
- B. The Hunger Games
- C. The Hobbit
- D. The Lord of the Rings
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The Hobbit
Did you know? The trilogy was also directed by Peter Jackson.
36.Which franchise began in 1996 with a self-aware whodunit slasher?
- A. Star Wars
- B. Scream
- C. Harry Potter
- D. Fast and Furious
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Scream
Did you know? The original revived the slasher genre in the 1990s.
37.Which franchise began in 1988 with a tower siege on Christmas Eve?
- A. Madagascar
- B. The Hobbit
- C. Die Hard
- D. King Kong
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Die Hard
Did you know? The original was based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever.
38.Which franchise began in 1976 with an underdog boxer drama that won Best Picture?
- A. Mission: Impossible
- B. Rocky
- C. Halloween
- D. Scream
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Rocky
Did you know? The original was shot in just over three weeks.
39.Which franchise began in 2001 with a fairy tale satire that won the first Best Animated Feature Oscar?
- A. The Hunger Games
- B. Star Wars
- C. Shrek
- D. Transformers
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Shrek
Did you know? The original is based on a 1990 picture book.
40.Which franchise began with Steven Spielberg's 1993 dinosaur theme park film?
- A. Jurassic Park
- B. Pirates of the Caribbean
- C. Harry Potter
- D. Scream
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Jurassic Park
Did you know? The 1993 film was adapted from Michael Crichton's novel.

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