Famous Chrises
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50 free Famous Chrises trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Hollywood has so many leading men called Chris that fans rank them for fun, and the name does not stop at the cinema. It belongs to stadium-filling singers, Olympic and NBA champions, a governor, a prime minister and an astronaut with a guitar. This quiz gives each famous Chris a question of his or her own. You get the person and a clue, then pick the film, the band, the team or the country that goes with them. A few fictional Chrises from the big screen, television and video games are in the mix too. Use it for a name-themed quiz night, to tease the Chris in your family, or just to see how well you know your pop culture. Each answer comes with a short explanation that adds a detail worth repeating.
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Q 01Chris Rock voices Marty, who slips out of the Central Park Zoo, as which animal in Madagascar?
A zebra
A zebra called Marty has grown tired of zoo life and wants to roam free. When he gets out on his tenth birthday, Alex the lion, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo go after him.
Q 02Chris Pratt played lovable slacker Andy Dwyer on which sitcom before leading Guardians of the Galaxy?
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation meant Andy to be a temporary character, but Pratt impressed the producers so much that they made him a series regular.
Q 03Before playing Thor, Chris Hemsworth spent three years as Kim Hyde on which Australian soap opera?
Home and Away
Home and Away cast him as Kim Hyde after he auditioned for a different part, Robbie Hunter, and missed out. He also competed on Australia's Dancing with the Stars.
Q 04Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield filmed a music video in orbit in 2013, covering which David Bowie song?
Space Oddity
Space Oddity was his farewell to the International Space Station, released just after he handed over command. Hadfield was also the first Canadian to walk in space.
Q 05Chris Martin formed which band with three fellow students at University College London in the late 1990s?
Coldplay
Coldplay played their first gig under the name Starfish, chosen in a panic a few days before the show. Martin is the singer and pianist as well as a co-founder.
Q 06Before Captain America, Chris Evans played which Marvel character in two Fantastic Four films?
Human Torch
Human Torch Johnny Storm was his first comic-book role, in 2005 and again in 2007. Evans at first turned down Captain America, until Robert Downey Jr. encouraged him to take it.
Q 07Home Alone director Chris Columbus wrote which 1984 film about creatures never to be fed after midnight?
Gremlins
Gremlins began as a script he dreamed up in a loft apartment, and Steven Spielberg phoned to buy it. Columbus then moved to Los Angeles and wrote The Goonies for Spielberg's company.
Q 08Chris Pine took over which Starfleet captain, first played by William Shatner, in the 2009 Star Trek reboot?
James T. Kirk
James T. Kirk was a part Pine turned down another film to accept. He later sat down with Shatner himself for The Captains, a documentary that Shatner wrote and directed.
Q 09Seth Green voices Chris Griffin, a teenager tormented by the monkey in his closet, in which animated sitcom?
Family Guy
Family Guy later reveals that the monkey is no villain after all. Green based the voice on how Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs might sound over a McDonald's PA system.
Q 10Chris Sanders co-directed which 2002 Disney film and also provides the voice of its blue alien star?
Lilo & Stitch
Lilo & Stitch grew from a character Sanders had created back in 1985, and he has voiced Stitch in most appearances since. He went on to co-direct How to Train Your Dragon.
Q 11Chris Farley and David Spade starred in which 1995 comedy about an heir saving an Ohio auto parts firm?
Tommy Boy
Tommy Boy was the first of his two films with Spade, a close friend from Saturday Night Live. Farley disliked the follow-up, Black Sheep, the studio's attempt to recapture the chemistry.
Q 12Chris Tucker played LAPD detective James Carter opposite Jackie Chan in which action-comedy film series?
Rush Hour
Rush Hour nearly went to Martin Lawrence, who was first considered for the part of Carter. Its success let Tucker command $25 million for the third film.
Q 13Bradley Cooper played Navy SEAL Chris Kyle in which 2014 Clint Eastwood film, named after Kyle's own memoir?
American Sniper
Q 21Chris Hipkins became prime minister of which country in January 2023 after Jacinda Ardern resigned?
New Zealand
New Zealand's Labour Party elected him leader unopposed, so he took the top job without a contest. Hipkins is nicknamed Chippy, a play on his initials.
Q 22Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova's greatest rival, won seven singles titles at which Grand Slam tournament?
French Open
French Open victories made up seven of her 18 major singles titles, with six more coming at the US Open. Evert also finished seven different years as the world number one.
Q 23Chris Paul's alley-oop passes to Blake Griffin earned which NBA team the nickname Lob City?
Los Angeles Clippers
American Sniper reached cinemas after its subject's death. Kyle was murdered at a shooting range in Texas in 2013, the year before the film came out.
Q 14Will Smith played Chris Gardner, a salesman left homeless with his young son, in which 2006 film?
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness takes its misspelt title from the word as it appears outside the daycare that Gardner's son attends. The real Gardner makes a cameo in the final scene.
Q 15Chris McCandless, who starved in an abandoned bus in Alaska, is the subject of which Jon Krakauer book?
Into the Wild
Into the Wild became a 2007 film directed by Sean Penn, with Emile Hirsch in the lead. In 2020 the Alaska Army National Guard airlifted the bus away by Chinook helicopter.
Q 16Chris Cornell sang for which Seattle band behind Black Hole Sun before fronting Audioslave?
Soundgarden
Soundgarden won Grammys for two singles from the album Superunknown. Cornell also co-wrote and sang the theme song for the James Bond film Casino Royale.
Q 17Chris Christie's second term as governor of which state was dogged by the Bridgegate lane-closure scandal?
New Jersey
New Jersey appointees closed toll lanes at the George Washington Bridge to create traffic jams in the town of Fort Lee. Christie served as governor from 2010 to 2018.
Q 18Chris Bosh won two NBA titles as part of the Big Three with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade at which team?
Miami Heat
Miami Heat teams with Bosh reached four straight NBA Finals before a blood clotting condition cut his career short. He had spent his first seven seasons with the Toronto Raptors.
Q 19Chris Froome, who won the Tour de France four times riding for Britain, was born in which African country?
Kenya
Kenya was the country he first raced for, before he switched to a British licence. Froome's parents were of British origin, and he grew up partly in South Africa.
Q 20Daniel Kaluuya played Chris Washington, who visits his girlfriend's parents, in which Jordan Peele film?
Get Out
Get Out won Jordan Peele the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, a first for an African-American writer. Kaluuya was nominated for Best Actor for the role.
Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin coined the name when news of Paul's trade reached the team. An earlier deal sending Paul to the Lakers had been voided by the NBA.
Q 24Chris Harrison hosted which ABC reality dating show for its first 25 seasons, from 2002 until 2021?
The Bachelor
The Bachelor also handed Harrison its spin-offs to host, among them The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise. He stepped down for good in June 2021.
Q 25Chris Hughes co-founded which social network at Harvard before volunteering for Barack Obama's 2008 campaign?
Facebook recruited him through Mark Zuckerberg, whom he met at Harvard, and he was its spokesman until 2007. In 2012 Hughes bought a majority stake in The New Republic magazine.
Q 26Chris Carter created which 1990s Fox series about the FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully?
The X-Files
The X-Files was rejected when Carter first pitched it to Fox. He had come to television after thirteen years at Surfing Magazine, where he became editor at the age of 28.
Q 27Chris Van Allsburg wrote which picture book about a magical Christmas Eve train, later a Tom Hanks film?
The Polar Express
The Polar Express won him a second Caldecott Medal, after Jumanji. The story grew from his mental image of a child in foggy woods wondering where a train was headed.
Q 28Ellen Burstyn played Chris MacNeil, whose daughter Regan becomes possessed, in which 1973 horror film?
The Exorcist
The Exorcist cast relative unknowns such as Burstyn and Linda Blair instead of major stars, a choice that drew opposition from executives at Warner Bros.
Q 29River Phoenix played Chris Chambers in which 1986 film based on Stephen King's novella The Body?
Stand by Me
Stand by Me follows four friends who set out to find a missing boy's body, believing it will make them local heroes. It is set in 1959 in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Oregon.
Q 30Chris Redfield, who explores a zombie-filled mansion with Jill Valentine, debuted in which video game series?
Resident Evil
Resident Evil later had him punch a boulder into lava, a scene from the fifth game that became an internet meme. He began in 1996 as one of the original game's two playable characters.