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50 free A Quiet Place trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
A Quiet Place turned a $17 million creature feature with almost no dialogue into one of the defining horror series of its decade. John Krasinski directed his wife Emily Blunt as the Abbott parents, cast a deaf actress as their daughter, bought twenty tons of corn from local farmers and asked audiences to stop eating their popcorn. These 50 questions cover the whole franchise. The first film: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods's college concept, the Cloverfield crossover that almost happened, the Millbrook farm, the red lights, the upright nail, the hearing-aid feedback that becomes a weapon and the SXSW premiere. Part II: Cillian Murphy's Emmett, the Norwalk Islands, the Beyond the Sea broadcast, the Western New York locations and the fourteen months of pandemic postponements. Day One: Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, the cat Frodo played by two cats, Patsy's pizza and a New York rebuilt on a backlot outside London. Early questions stick to the main cast and premise; the hardest ask about cinematographers, bridges, sound editors and release dates. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo, or print it for a horror movie night.
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Q 01Who directed A Quiet Place (2018)?
John Krasinski
It was his third film as director but his first for a major studio.
Q 02Who plays Evelyn Abbott, the mother?
Emily Blunt
She read the script on a flight and said the story captured her deepest fear of being unable to protect her children.
Q 03What sense do the film's alien creatures lack?
Sight
Their acute hearing is the whole premise; the family lays sand paths to muffle every step.
Q 04How do the Abbotts mainly communicate without making noise?
American Sign Language
Krasinski said Simmonds's signing looked more cinematic than speaking the words would have.
Q 05Which two screenwriters conceived the story while in college?
Scott Beck and Bryan Woods
They began the screenplay in January 2016 and always wanted Emily Blunt for the mother.
Q 06Which franchise did a Paramount executive suggest the film could cross over with?
Cloverfield
Paramount ultimately embraced the final script as a stand-alone story.
Q 07Who plays Regan, the Abbotts' deaf daughter?
Millicent Simmonds
Krasinski insisted on casting a deaf actress rather than a hearing one pretending.
Q 08Who plays Marcus Abbott?
Noah Jupe
Krasinski spotted him in The Night Manager and checked an early cut of Suburbicon before casting.
Q 09In which New York town is the Abbott farm set?
Millbrook
The real shoot spread over Dutchess and Ulster counties in the Hudson Valley.
Q 10Which toy leads to Beau's death early in the film?
A Space Shuttle
Lee removes the batteries, but Beau quietly takes them back.
Q 11What does Evelyn step on while heading to the basement in labour?
A nail
She also drops a photo frame, and the noise brings a creature into the house.
Q 12What colour do the house lights turn when Evelyn flips the warning switch?
Red
Lee sees the lights from outside and sends Marcus to set off fireworks as a distraction.
Q 13What does Evelyn set off to distract the alien in the basement?
An egg timer
She then escapes upstairs and ends up hiding behind falling water in the barn.
Q 14Marcus falls into what structure while signalling with his sister?
Q 21At which festival did A Quiet Place premiere in March 2018?
South by Southwest
It opened the festival, chosen from 2,458 submissions.
Q 22How many tons of corn did the production buy from local farmers?
20
Filming took just 36 days across two upstate New York counties.
Q 23Which composer scored the first film?
Marco Beltrami
The score earned a Golden Globe nomination; Krasinski wanted it so the film did not feel like a silence experiment.
Q 24Which animal behaviour inspired the creatures' clicking sounds?
A corn silo
A piece of roof falls in after him and becomes the raft that keeps him above the grain.
Q 15What ultimately hurts the creatures and exposes their vulnerable flesh?
A high-pitched sound
Regan's malfunctioning hearing aid makes the noise; placed on a microphone, it amplifies the effect.
Q 16What does Lee sign to Regan just before he sacrifices himself?
I have always loved you
Simmonds suggested adding 'always' so the line made up for their earlier argument.
Q 17What weapon does Evelyn use to kill the creature in the final scene?
A pump shotgun
The last shot is her racking it as a pack of aliens approaches the house.
Q 18Who performed motion capture for the creatures?
John Krasinski
He also directed, co-wrote and starred, earning the 'triple-threat' label from critics.
Q 19Which effects house built the creatures?
Industrial Light & Magic
Early designs had rhinoceros-like horns, dropped for not being scary enough.
Q 20What was the first film's production budget?
$17 million
It grossed about $341 million worldwide, with an estimated net profit of $93 million.
Bat echolocation
Supervising sound editors Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn wove feedback into the story as well.
Q 25Which Bong Joon-ho film did the writers cite as a significant influence?
The Host
Krasinski himself cited Jaws and the social-commentary horror of Don't Breathe and Get Out.
Q 26Which deaf mentor was hired to teach sign language to the cast?
Douglas Ridloff
Simmonds, who grew up signing, also coached her co-stars so the family looked fluent.
Q 27Roughly how much did A Quiet Place gross in its US opening weekend?
$50 million
It was Paramount's biggest opening since Star Trek Beyond in 2016.
Q 28Which prize did the actress playing Evelyn win for the first film?
A Screen Actors Guild Award
The film itself was Oscar-nominated for Best Sound Editing.
Q 29Which crossing on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail appears in the film?
Springtown Truss Bridge
The sequel returned to the same New Paltz trail to shoot on the bridge again.
Q 30Who plays Emmett in A Quiet Place Part II?
Cillian Murphy
Brian Tyree Henry was cast first but left over scheduling and was replaced by Djimon Hounsou in another role.