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50 free Captain America: the First Avenger trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Captain America: The First Avenger was the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the last piece of the puzzle before The Avengers. Joe Johnston, the man who designed ships for the original Star Wars trilogy, set it squarely in World War II: skinny Steve Rogers, Dr. Erskine's serum, Howard Stark's vibranium shield, and Hugo Weaving's Red Skull chasing the Tesseract across Europe. This quiz covers the plot and the production in equal measure. You will be asked about the Norwegian town where Schmidt steals the Tesseract, the British locations that doubled for 1940s Manhattan, the company that digitally shrank Chris Evans, the Mercedes models behind the Red Skull's car, Alan Menken's USO song and the working title FrostBite. The easy questions cover cast and story beats; the hard ones go after budgets, trailer spend, the Joe Simon lawsuit and which three countries dropped "Captain America" from the title. Fifty questions, every answer checked.
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Q 01Who directed Captain America: The First Avenger?
Joe Johnston
Feige cited Johnston's work on October Sky, The Rocketeer and his effects work on the original Star Wars trilogy.
Q 02Who plays Steve Rogers?
Chris Evans
Evans said he declined the part three times before signing a six-picture deal.
Q 03Which number MCU film is The First Avenger?
Fifth
It followed Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2 and Thor in Phase One.
Q 04Which studio distributed the film?
Paramount Pictures
Marvel had planned to finance and release the film through Paramount after a 2005 Merrill Lynch loan.
Q 05Who plays Johann Schmidt, the Red Skull?
Hugo Weaving
Weaving patterned the accent on Werner Herzog and Klaus Maria Brandauer.
Q 06What relic does Schmidt steal at the start of the film?
The Tesseract
Markus and McFeely chose the Cosmic Cube as MacGuffin because it had already been set up in Thor.
Q 07Schmidt steals the relic from a town in which occupied country?
Norway
The town is Tønsberg, and David Bradley plays the church keeper guarding it.
Q 08Who plays Dr. Abraham Erskine?
Stanley Tucci
Tucci said the chance to do a German accent drew him to the role.
Q 09What does Rogers do that convinces Colonel Phillips he is the right candidate?
Jumps on a grenade
The grenade is a test; Tommy Lee Jones called Phillips "the gruff, skeptical officer" seen in a thousand movies.
Q 10Who plays Howard Stark?
Dominic Cooper
Cooper described him as "a very slick Howard Hughes type that's into aviation and women".
Q 11How does the assassin Heinz Kruger avoid interrogation?
Takes a cyanide capsule
Richard Armitage plays Kruger, and the last vial of serum is destroyed in the chase.
Q 12What does Senator Brandt have Rogers do after the serum is lost?
Tour selling war bonds
Jeff Goldblum had originally been approached to play the senator.
Q 13Rogers' shield is made of which rare metal?
Vibranium
Stark outfits him with the shield and an upgraded uniform after the rescue mission.
Q 21For roughly how long has Rogers been asleep when he wakes?
70 years
The Times Square scene was shot on April 23, 2011, during reshoots.
Q 22Who played the Human Torch in Fantastic Four before becoming Cap?
Chris Evans
Johnston slipped the original 1940s android Human Torch into a display case at the Stark Expo as a nod.
Q 23How many refusals did Evans say he gave before accepting the role?
Three
He said his decision-making had been fear-based and he was "almost too chicken" to play the part.
Q 24Which company handled the digital shrinking of Evans into skinny Steve?
Q 14What is the squad Rogers forms from freed prisoners called in the script?
The Howling Commandos
Markus said the name is in the script "but no one says that out loud"; "the Invaders" was only a discussed name.
Q 15Who plays Bucky Barnes?
Sebastian Stan
Stan originally auditioned for the title role; Feige thought he would make a "great" Winter Soldier later.
Q 16Which war series did Stan call "very helpful" in preparing for the role?
Band of Brothers
He admitted he knew nothing about the comics and watched many WWII documentaries instead.
Q 17Who plays Peggy Carter?
Hayley Atwell
Knightley, Eve and Blunt were all considered for the role.
Q 18Atwell likened Carter to a famous quote about which dancer?
Ginger Rogers
She said Carter can do everything Captain America can, "but backwards and in high heels".
Q 19How does Bucky apparently die in 1945?
Falls from a train
The team had just captured Arnim Zola aboard that train.
Q 20What tips Rogers off that his 1940s hospital room is fake?
A radio replay of a 1941 ballgame
He escapes into present-day Times Square, where Nick Fury tells him he has slept almost 70 years.
Lola
Each skinny Steve scene was shot at least four times, including with body double Leander Deeny.
Q 25Which two writers were hired in late 2008 to rewrite the script?
Markus and McFeely
Joss Whedon later did a polish as part of his deal to make The Avengers.
Q 26What was the working title during principal photography?
FrostBite
Shooting began June 28, 2010.
Q 27War scenes were shot at a former propellant factory in which Welsh village?
Caerwent
The former Royal Navy Propellant Factory was used in September 2010.
Q 28Manchester and Liverpool doubled for which part of 1940s New York?
The Lower East Side
Manchester's Northern Quarter and Liverpool's Stanley Dock were used.
Q 29The Red Skull's car was based on 1930s models from which carmaker?
Mercedes-Benz
Lead vehicle designer Daniel Simon, of Tron: Legacy, drew on the 1930s 540K and G4.
Q 30Who composed the film's score?
Alan Silvestri
It was recorded at Air Studios in London and released July 19, 2011.