Ready for 30 more film-related questions? Join us for this weekās film quiz, which tours Film Stories Towers and other totally fictional buildingsā¦
We donāt know much about architecture, but we do know a thing or two about movies. So, here at Film Stories Towers – a unique, award-winning skyscraper that is as impressive as it is imaginary – weāve come up with some questions about fictional buildings and architects to go along with this weekās Oscar-nominated new release The Brutalist. On either side, this tombola of movie trivia has film quiz questions about 1990s movies, acting debuts, babies, Shakespeare, and one more building. What could be finer?
Once you’ve completed this week’s film quiz, you’ll find a link to a separate post with the correct answers at the bottom of this post. As always, this is just for fun, but please let us know how you did in the comments (scores out of 30 this week!) and give us any other lovely feedback. And remember, if you build itā¦
ROUND ONE – This Week In Movie History
This round is about UK cinema releases and general film history from this week in years past – we’ve given you the year at the start of each question to help out!
1. 2019 – Who plays the title character in Glass?
2. 1982 – What is the full title of the sequel to Airplane!?
3. 1956 – Born this week, who connects the 1990s films A League Of Their Own, Cutthroat Island, and Stuart Little?


4. 2003 – In which Tim Burton film do Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney play the same character at different ages?
5. 1979 – Complete the title of Danny Glover’s film acting debut: Escape From… where?
6. 1984 – Which comedy has a 2024 sequel subtitled Axel F?
7. 2007 – Who plays Texan sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country For Old Men?
8. 1959 – Also born this week, Linda Blair is most famous for playing Regan MacNeil in which horror franchise?
9. 1993 – Daniel Hillard is the secret identity of which comedy’s title character?
10. 2025 – In cinemas now! Presence is the first of two 2025 movies from which director?
ROUND TWO – Building Blocks
When they said “If you build it, they will come”, they weren’t talking about fictional buildings and architects in movies, but this round is.
11. In which 1974 disaster movie does San Francisco’s Glass Tower catch fire during its opening ceremony?
12. Who plays Gustave H., concierge of the Grand Budapest Hotel in The Grand Budapest Hotel?
13. Which fictional skyscraper hosts the fateful Christmas party in Die Hard?
14. Which comic-book movie is largely set in the 200-floor Peach Trees housing project?
15. What X is the name of Charles Foster Kane’s palatial Florida estate in Citizen Kane?
16. Which J. G. Ballard novel was adapted into a 2015 film directed by Ben Wheatley?
17. 221½ Baker Street is home to which character in the 1986 Disney movie of the same name?
18. Which comic-book family lives in New York’s Baxter Building?
19. In which 2024 movie does Adam Driver play visionary architect Caesar Catalina?
20. Orthanc and Barad-dûr are the titular buildings in which movie sequel?
ROUND THREE – Pot Luck
Let’s finish with a random selection of pot luck film quiz questions – these could come from any era, any genre, or any level of difficulty. Enjoy!
21. Also in cinemas now! According to its marketing, Flight Plan comes “from the acclaimed director of Braveheart, Hacksaw Ridge, and Apocalypto”: who is this mystery man???
22. What title connects a 1967 film directed by Mel Brooks and a 2005 musical directed by Susan Stroman?
23. In which 1994 comedy does Arnold Schwarzenegger play a pregnant man?
24. Other than the late, great David Lynch, who connects the films Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart, and Inland Empire?
25. Set in feudal Japan, Akira Kurosawa’s Throne Of Blood is based on which William Shakespeare play: Hamlet or Macbeth?
26. Who plays characters charged with looking after babies in both 2006’s Children Of Men and 2007’s Shoot ‘Em Up?
27. “The toys are back in town.” Which 1999 sequel used this tagline?
28. Which Oscar winner plays Madame Morrible in 2024’s Wicked?
29. 1997’s Fierce Creatures was billed as a spiritual successor to which 1980s comedy, also starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin Kline?
30. And finally, in which movie does Tom Cruise climb on the exterior of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building?
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