Franchise Origins & Settings

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1. 1.Which franchise began in 1979 as a low-budget Australian road film?

   • A. DC Extended Universe
   • B. Mad Max
   • C. Die Hard
   • D. Scream
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   Mad Max

   Did you know? The original made Mel Gibson an international star.

2. 2.Which franchise began in 2001 with an undercover street racing film?

   • A. Rocky
   • B. Scream
   • C. Star Wars
   • D. Fast and Furious
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   Fast and Furious

   Did you know? The original film was inspired by a magazine article about street racing.

3. 3.Which film paired the Looney Tunes characters with a new basketball superstar decades after the first crossover?

   • A. Space Jam: A New Legacy
   • B. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
   • C. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
   • D. Captain America: Civil War
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   Space Jam: A New Legacy

   Did you know? The sequel is set inside the studio's server universe.

4. 4.Which franchise began in 1987 with a jungle commando film against an alien hunter?

   • A. Pirates of the Caribbean
   • B. Toy Story
   • C. Despicable Me
   • D. Predator
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   Predator

   Did you know? The original features Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch.

5. 5.Which place is the monster-powered city of the Monsters, Inc. films?

   • A. Monstropolis
   • B. Middle-earth
   • C. Asgard
   • D. Elm Street
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   Monstropolis

   Did you know? The city's energy comes from children's screams.

6. 6.Which film reunited the two titans against a new subterranean threat?

   • A. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
   • B. Dracula vs. Frankenstein
   • C. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
   • D. Alien vs. Predator
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   Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

   Did you know? The film explores the Hollow Earth world.

7. 7.Which franchise began in 1954 with a Japanese film about a monster awakened by nuclear tests?

   • A. The Matrix
   • B. Godzilla
   • C. Mission: Impossible
   • D. Rocky
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   Godzilla

   Did you know? The 1954 original was directed by Ishiro Honda.

8. 8.Which place is the Illinois town stalked by Michael Myers in the Halloween films?

   • A. Middle-earth
   • B. Monstropolis
   • C. Asgard
   • D. Haddonfield
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   Haddonfield

   Did you know? The town name appears on the original film's signage.

9. 9.Which film pitted the dream killer against the Camp Crystal Lake slasher?

   • A. Space Jam
   • B. Captain America: Civil War
   • C. Freddy vs. Jason
   • D. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
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   Freddy vs. Jason

   Did you know? The crossover took years of development to reach the screen.

10. 10.Which franchise began in 2008 with a Paris kidnapping rescue thriller?

    • A. Taken
    • B. Despicable Me
    • C. Shrek
    • D. The Matrix
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    Taken

    Did you know? The famous phone threat speech comes from the original.

11. 11.Which place is the city-covered capital planet of the Star Wars prequel trilogy?

    • A. Haddonfield
    • B. Camp Crystal Lake
    • C. Narnia
    • D. Coruscant
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    Coruscant

    Did you know? The entire planet surface is one continuous city.

12. 12.Which film teamed three heroines from different Marvel series?

    • A. Godzilla vs. Kong
    • B. Freddy vs. Jason
    • C. The Marvels
    • D. Avengers: Endgame
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    The Marvels

    Did you know? The film connects Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and Monica Rambeau.

13. 13.Which franchise began in 1980 at a summer camp with a storied tragedy?

    • A. Taken
    • B. Despicable Me
    • C. Friday the 13th
    • D. Scream
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    Friday the 13th

    Did you know? The series is set around the fictional Camp Crystal Lake.

14. 14.Which place is the world of The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films?

    • A. Narnia
    • B. Amity Island
    • C. Middle-earth
    • D. Oz
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    Middle-earth

    Did you know? Middle-earth was created by author J. R. R. Tolkien.

15. 15.Which film paired the Looney Tunes characters with a basketball superstar?

    • A. Godzilla vs. Kong
    • B. Space Jam
    • C. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    • D. Marvel's The Avengers
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    Space Jam

    Did you know? The film blends live action with animation.

16. 16.Which franchise began in 2004, expanded from a short film by two first-time directors?

    • A. Saw
    • B. Transformers
    • C. Marvel Cinematic Universe
    • D. Resident Evil
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    Saw

    Did you know? James Wan and Leigh Whannell created the original.

17. 17.Which place is the bioluminescent jungle moon of the Avatar films?

    • A. Wakanda
    • B. Pandora
    • C. Hogwarts
    • D. Elm Street
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    Pandora

    Did you know? Pandora is inhabited by the Na'vi people.

18. 18.Which film first brought the two giant monsters together on screen, in Japan?

    • A. King Kong vs. Godzilla
    • B. Avengers: Endgame
    • C. Dracula vs. Frankenstein
    • D. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
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    King Kong vs. Godzilla

    Did you know? The crossover was made by the Japanese studio Toho.

19. 19.Which franchise began in 2013 with a Kryptonian hero reboot?

    • A. Fast and Furious
    • B. DC Extended Universe
    • C. Star Wars
    • D. Saw
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    DC Extended Universe

    Did you know? Man of Steel launched the shared universe.

20. 20.Which place is the dystopian nation where the Hunger Games take place?

    • A. Middle-earth
    • B. Gotham City
    • C. Panem
    • D. Elm Street
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    Panem

    Did you know? Panem is divided into twelve districts and a Capitol.

21. 21.Which franchise began in 1984 with Wes Craven's dream-stalking killer film?

    • A. DC Extended Universe
    • B. A Nightmare on Elm Street
    • C. The Conjuring
    • D. Despicable Me
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    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    Did you know? Craven said the idea came from a news story about deaths during sleep.

22. 22.Which place is the Central American island site of the dinosaur park?

    • A. Haddonfield
    • B. Isla Nublar
    • C. Krypton
    • D. Monstropolis
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    Isla Nublar

    Did you know? The island sits off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

23. 23.Which franchise began in 2010 with a comedy about a supervillain adopting three girls?

    • A. Despicable Me
    • B. Harry Potter
    • C. Mad Max
    • D. The Matrix
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    Despicable Me

    Did you know? The series introduced the globally popular Minions.

24. 24.Which place is the crime-ridden home city of the Batman films?

    • A. Coruscant
    • B. Gotham City
    • C. Elm Street
    • D. Isla Nublar
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    Gotham City

    Did you know? Gotham City first appeared in the 1940 comics.

25. 25.Which film pitted the two classic monsters against each other in a low-budget entry?

    • A. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    • B. Space Jam: A New Legacy
    • C. Dracula vs. Frankenstein
    • D. Marvel's The Avengers
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    Dracula vs. Frankenstein

    Did you know? The entry is a 1970s independent horror film.

26. 26.Which franchise began in 2005 with a comedy about zoo animals shipwrecked on the island?

    • A. X-Men
    • B. DC Extended Universe
    • C. Saw
    • D. Madagascar
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    Madagascar

    Did you know? The penguins of the series earned their own spin-off.

27. 27.Which place is the beach resort town terrorized in the Jaws films?

    • A. Monstropolis
    • B. Amity Island
    • C. Oz
    • D. Middle-earth
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    Amity Island

    Did you know? The fictional resort is set on Long Island.

28. 28.Which film brought together two generations of the DC speedster on screen?

    • A. Space Jam: A New Legacy
    • B. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
    • C. House of Frankenstein
    • D. The Flash
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    The Flash

    Did you know? The film uses the multiverse to unite the eras.

29. 29.Which place is the magical land reached from Kansas in the classic fantasy films?

    • A. Oz
    • B. Haddonfield
    • C. Coruscant
    • D. Gotham City
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    Oz

    Did you know? Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum.

30. 30.Which film first brought the two monster species of their series together on screen (2004)?

    • A. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
    • B. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
    • C. Alien vs. Predator
    • D. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
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    Alien vs. Predator

    Did you know? The film is set above an ancient pyramid beneath Antarctic ice.

31. 31.Which place is the suburban street where the dream killer hunts his victims?

    • A. Elm Street
    • B. Haddonfield
    • C. Isla Nublar
    • D. Asgard
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    Elm Street

    Did you know? The street gives its name to the 1984 original.

32. 32.Which film continued the two-species monster clash in a small American town?

    • A. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    • B. Space Jam: A New Legacy
    • C. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
    • D. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
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    Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

    Did you know? The sequel brought the conflict to a Colorado town.

33. 33.Which place is the shining home city of the Superman films?

    • A. Gotham City
    • B. Elm Street
    • C. Coruscant
    • D. Metropolis
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    Metropolis

    Did you know? Metropolis is traditionally portrayed as a New York stand-in.

34. 34.Which film split the Marvel heroes into two opposing teams?

    • A. Space Jam
    • B. House of Frankenstein
    • C. Captain America: Civil War
    • D. Godzilla vs. Kong
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    Captain America: Civil War

    Did you know? The film introduced the new Spider-Man.

35. 35.Which place is the doomed home planet of the Kryptonian hero?

    • A. Krypton
    • B. Metropolis
    • C. The Shire
    • D. Oz
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    Krypton

    Did you know? Krypton's destruction sends the baby hero to Earth.

36. 36.Which film gathered several classic monsters in one story?

    • A. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
    • B. House of Frankenstein
    • C. The Flash
    • D. Marvel's The Avengers
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    House of Frankenstein

    Did you know? The film features Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Monster.

37. 37.Which place is the magical land reached through the wardrobe in the Chronicles films?

    • A. Narnia
    • B. Panem
    • C. Metropolis
    • D. Haddonfield
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    Narnia

    Did you know? Narnia was created by author C. S. Lewis.

38. 38.Which film brought the two classic monsters together in one film?

    • A. King Kong vs. Godzilla
    • B. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
    • C. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
    • D. Godzilla vs. Kong
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    Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

    Did you know? The crossover pits the two creatures against each other.

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