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This Guardians of the Galaxy trivia quiz has 70 free questions with answers and covers the whole MCU run: the 2014 original, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 and the Holiday Special. Expect questions on the cast (who voices Rocket, who plays Yondu, who was cast over Zoom), the plots (Morag, the Kyln, the Sovereign, Orgocorp, Counter-Earth) and the numbers, from opening-weekend records to the Oscar nominations. Music gets its own share, because no Marvel franchise leans on a mixtape like this one: which song actually opens the first film, which Awesome Mix track appears only in the trailer, the chart record the soundtrack set, and the Radiohead and Florence songs that bookend Vol. 3. There is also a comics round on the 1969 team, the Abnett and Lanning reboot, the Beatles song behind Rocket's name and the tree monster Groot started out as. Easy questions are fine for anyone who has seen the films once; the hard ones are for people who stay through every credits scene. Every answer has been checked against an encyclopaedic source and each question shows its citation once you have answered.
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Q 01Who plays Peter Quill, alias Star-Lord, in the Guardians of the Galaxy films?
Chris Pratt
He was hired in February 2013, before most of the supporting cast was confirmed.
Q 02Which actor provides the voice of Rocket?
Bradley Cooper
He was cast very late in development; on set, Sean Gunn stood in for the raccoon so the other actors had someone to talk to.
Q 03Who voices Groot in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Vin Diesel
James Gunn himself did the motion capture for Baby Groot, and Krystian Godlewski performed the original adult version.
Q 04Which former professional wrestler plays Drax the Destroyer?
Dave Bautista
He was signed in mid-March 2013, and later said he was unsure about returning for Vol. 3 after Disney fired James Gunn.
Q 05Which actress plays Gamora, the green-skinned adopted daughter of Thanos?
Zoe Saldaña
In Endgame and Vol. 3 she plays a different version of the character from an alternate timeline.
Q 06Which former Doctor Who actress plays Nebula, the blue-skinned sister of Gamora?
Karen Gillan
She was originally announced simply as the film's 'lead female villain' before the name was revealed at Comic-Con.
Q 07Who plays the blue-skinned Ravager captain who raised Peter Quill?
Michael Rooker
Gunn was reluctant to kill the character off in Vol. 2 because of their friendship, but decided the story needed it.
Q 08Who plays Mantis, the empathic Guardian introduced in Vol. 2?
Pom Klementieff
In the Holiday Special she finally admits to Quill that she is his half-sister.
Q 09Kurt Russell plays Ego, who is revealed in Vol. 2 to be what to Peter Quill?
His father
Ego is a Celestial who says he impregnated countless women across the galaxy hunting for an heir with his power.
Q 10Which Hollywood action star plays Ravager leader Stakar Ogord in Vol. 2 and Vol. 3?
Sylvester Stallone
His old team of Ravager captains is based on the original 1969 comic-book Guardians of the Galaxy.
Q 11Who plays the High Evolutionary, the villain of Vol. 3?
Chukwudi Iwuji
He had just worked with Gunn on the DC series Peacemaker; Gunn's early idea for the villain had been Annihilus.
Q 12Which actor plays the golden Adam Warlock in Vol. 3?
Will Poulter
He auditioned over Zoom and was fed the character's name and comic history only in pieces.
Q 13Which studio distributes the Guardians of the Galaxy films, as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Walt Disney Studios
Vol. 3 was the 32nd film in the MCU and premiered at Disneyland Paris.
Q 21What is the name of Peter Quill's ship in the first two films?
The Milano
The Guardians' later ships were named the Benatar and, in Vol. 3, the Bowie, whose interior was a four-storey set.
Q 22The Nova Corps capture the future Guardians and lock them in which prison?
The Kyln
Nathan Fillion voices an unseen inmate there, and Lloyd Kaufman of Troma appears as another.
Q 23Xandar, the planet Ronan wants to destroy, is the capital city-world of which people?
The Nova
Glenn Close plays its leader, Nova Prime Irani Rael.
Who plays Ronan the Accuser, the villain of the first film?
Q 14In July 2018 Disney fired James Gunn from Vol. 3 after what resurfaced?
Old tweets
Fans gathered more than 300,000 petition signatures, and he was publicly rehired in March 2019.
Q 15While fired from Marvel, James Gunn made which DC film before returning to finish Vol. 3?
The Suicide Squad
He also made the first season of its spin-off Peacemaker before restarting work on the Guardians.
Q 16The first Guardians of the Galaxy film was released in US cinemas in which month of 2014?
August
Its $94.3 million opening weekend set a new August record, beating The Bourne Ultimatum.
Q 17The first film grossed roughly how much worldwide?
$773 million
That made it the third-highest-grossing film of 2014, remarkable for a property Marvel itself called obscure.
Q 18How many Academy Award nominations did the first Guardians of the Galaxy receive?
Two
They were for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Visual Effects; both sequels were nominated for Visual Effects too.
Q 19Peter Quill is abducted from Earth by the Ravagers in which year, right after his mother's death?
1988
The rest of the first film jumps 26 years ahead to 2014.
Q 20On which abandoned planet does Quill steal the Orb at the start of the first film?
Morag
Screenwriter Nicole Perlman based the desolate opening on a memory of seeing Disneyland's Submarine Voyage drained.
Lee Pace
Nicole Perlman's early drafts had Thanos as the main villain, until Joss Whedon asked Gunn to scale him back.
Q 25What is the name of Ronan's flagship in the first film?
The Dark Aster
It crash-lands on Xandar, and Groot sacrifices himself to shield the team from the impact.
Q 26Which surprise Marvel character joins the Collector and a cosmonaut dog in the first film's post-credits scene?
Howard the Duck
He was not in the scene as filmed; Gunn and editor Fred Raskin added him in post-production, voiced by Seth Green.
Q 27Stan Lee's cameo in the first Guardians film credits him as what?
A Xandarian Ladies' Man
In Vol. 2 he pops up again as an informant chatting to the Watchers about his previous cameos.
Q 28Which song plays over the opening dance on Morag in the first film?
Come and Get Your Love
Gunn designed the scene around 'Hooked on a Feeling' until he found the Redbone track and thought it a better fit.
Q 29Whose version of 'Hooked on a Feeling' was used in the trailer, sending its sales up 700% in a day?
Blue Swede
The Swedish band's 'ooga-chaka' intro is the version that opens Awesome Mix Vol. 1.
Q 30Awesome Mix Vol. 1 was the first Billboard 200 number one soundtrack of what kind?
Consisting entirely of previously released songs
It later got a limited cassette release, Disney Music Group's first tape since 2003, and is certified triple platinum.