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Movie Initials Trivia Quiz
DDLJ Energy DDLJ, ZNMD, LOTR: famous films reduced to their initials plus one clue. Expand the letters, name the film.
205 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
About this quiz
This Movie Initials Trivia Quiz has 205 questions: 72 easy, 82 medium and 51 hard. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.
Sample questions
20 of the 205 Movie Initials questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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TGS (2017, Zac Efron and Zendaya sing on trapeze ropes)
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The Greatest Showman
Their duet is 'Rewrite the Stars', about a love the world won't accept.
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TDWP (2006, an assistant must find an unpublished Harry Potter book)
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The Devil Wears Prada
Daniel Radcliffe said the real Potter cast laughed at it, given how secret the books were.
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TPOH (2006, a dad solves a Rubik's Cube in a taxi)
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The Pursuit of Happyness
Solving it during the cab ride wins over a Dean Witter manager and gets him a shot.
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CMIYC (2002, Tom Hanks's FBI agent chases a teen forger)
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Catch Me If You Can
Frank swears he never cheated on the bar exam: he studied for two weeks and passed.
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LOP (2012, a tiger named Richard Parker)
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Life of Pi
The tiger came from the family zoo in Pondicherry, which was being shipped to Canada.
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AQP (2018, a nail sticks up on the basement stairs)
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A Quiet Place
Evelyn steps on it and drops a photo frame, and the noise brings a creature inside.
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TPATF (2009, a New Orleans waitress dreams of her own restaurant)
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The Princess and the Frog
Charlotte pays her so well for beignets that she can almost buy an old mill for it.
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CWACOM (2009, a weather girl and a spaghetti tornado)
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Flint's machine goes rogue and turns the town's weather into giant food storms.
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HTTYD (2010, a Viking boy builds a dragon a new tail fin)
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How to Train Your Dragon
After the final battle, Gobber makes new prosthetics for both the boy and his dragon.
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TNBC (1993, three kids kidnap Santa)
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack, who sent them, keeps getting the name wrong and calls him 'Sandy Claws'.
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TTOE (2014, a scientist starts speaking through a computer voice)
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The Theory of Everything
Stephen Hawking lent the film his own real electronic voice for the later scenes.
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TCCOBB (2008, a station clock built to run backwards)
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
A blind clockmaker, Mr. Gateau, built it in 1918 for families who lost sons in the war.
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ESOTSM (2004, a firm that erases your ex from your memory)
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Joel only signs up after learning his ex, Clementine, had already erased him.
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BR2049 (2017, Ryan Gosling's hologram girlfriend)
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Blade Runner 2049
Joi, played by Ana de Armas, convinces K he might be a replicant who was born, not made.
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RWRB (2023, the US president's son and a British prince start as rivals)
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Red, White & Royal Blue
Their feud blows up at a royal wedding, the wedding of Henry's older brother.
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ABY (2023, 'Unwritten' is one man's calming song)
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Anyone But You
Bea first hears it from his headphones on the plane; later they sing it together to calm him.
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TGBH (2014, a lobby boy named Zero)
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
Grown-up Zero ends up owning the hotel and tells its story to a young writer.
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ACS (2004, a lost phone instead of a glass slipper)
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A Cinderella Story
She and her online pen pal, 'Nomad', agree to meet at the school Halloween dance.
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EEAAO (2022, a universe where people have hot dog fingers)
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ke Huy Quan won an Oscar for it, the first Vietnam-born actor ever to win one.
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RBTI (2018, two friends go online to buy a steering wheel)
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Ralph Breaks the Internet
The wheel costs so much on eBay that the arcade owner unplugs their game.
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Questions about this quiz
How many questions are in the Movie Initials Trivia Quiz?
205. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.
Can I play the Movie Initials Trivia Quiz with friends online?
Yes. Start a room with this quiz, share the room code or link, and 2 to 12 players join from the Braggit app or any browser. You can also play it solo.
Is the Movie Initials Trivia Quiz free?
Yes. Play it free in your browser or in the Braggit app for iPhone.
Do I have to spell the answers exactly?
No. You type your answers, and Braggit accepts close spellings, so a small typo still scores.
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