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50 free Hereditary trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Hereditary arrived at Sundance in January 2018 as a first feature from a director known only for provocative shorts, and left as the most talked-about horror film of the year. Ari Aster pitched it as a family tragedy, built its interiors on a soundstage so the camera could pull back like a child peering into a dollhouse, and handed Toni Collette the role of her career. These 50 questions cover the film from the Graham house to the treehouse: Annie's miniatures, Steve the psychiatrist, Peter and Charlie, Ellen's funeral, the nut allergy, Joan and her grandson Louie, the séance, Queen Leigh and the demon king Paimon, the Lesser Key of Solomon, Carrie as an influence, the Macbeth superstition on set, Colin Stetson's score, Judy Collins over the credits, the Peter Rabbit trailer mishap in Australia, the $10 million budget, the A24 records and the D+ CinemaScore. Easy questions stick to the cast and the premise; the hard tier asks about shooting locations, producers and festival dates. Every answer is cited to a page we checked and comes with a short explanation that adds one more fact. Play it solo or print it for a horror movie night.
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Q 01Who wrote and directed Hereditary?
Ari Aster
It was his feature directorial debut.
Q 02Who plays Annie Graham?
Toni Collette
Critics singled out her performance; Rolling Stone called it the performance of her career.
Q 03What is Annie's profession?
Miniature artist
Her dioramas echo the film's dollhouse aesthetic.
Q 04Which company distributed Hereditary in the United Kingdom?
Entertainment Film Distributors
It opened in the UK on June 15, 2018, a week after the US.
Q 05Who plays Annie's husband Steve?
Gabriel Byrne
Steve is a psychiatrist.
Q 06Who plays the son, Peter?
Alex Wolff
He had previously worked with Gabriel Byrne on HBO's In Treatment.
Q 07Who plays the daughter, Charlie?
Milly Shapiro
The 14-year-old Broadway actress was making her cinema debut.
Q 08Who plays Joan, the support-group member who befriends Annie?
Ann Dowd
She also played Aunt Lydia in The Handmaid's Tale.
Q 09How old is Peter in the film?
16
Charlie is 13.
Q 10In which US state does the Graham family live?
Utah
Exteriors were shot in Summit County, Utah.
Q 11What is the name of Annie's recently deceased mother?
Ellen
Annie is surprised by how many mourners attend her funeral.
Q 12What does Charlie have a severe allergy to?
Nuts
A piece of cake at a party triggers anaphylactic shock.
Q 13What does Charlie pocket after cutting it from a dead bird at school?
Its head
She uses a pair of scissors.
Q 14What animal in the road causes Peter to swerve while driving Charlie to hospital?
Q 21Which grimoire describes the film's demon as a king of Hell commanding 200 legions?
The Lesser Key of Solomon
Paimon is said to manifest with a crown and a host of trumpeting spirits.
Q 22Which production company greenlit Hereditary after noticing Aster's short films?
A24
His short The Strange Thing About the Johnsons had gone viral after leaking online.
Q 23How did Aster originally pitch Hereditary to avoid scaring off funders?
As a family tragedy
He worried calling it a horror film outright might sink the funding.
A deer
The crash is the film's pivotal tragedy.
Q 15What does Joan encourage Annie to hold to contact Charlie?
A séance
Joan claims to have reached her own grandson, Louie.
Q 16What is the name of Joan's deceased grandson?
Louie
Joan demonstrates speaking with him to win Annie over.
Q 17What is the name of the demon king at the heart of the film?
Paimon
He prefers to inhabit a male host and brings wealth and knowledge when summoned.
Q 18Under what name did Ellen lead her coven?
Queen Leigh
Annie finds the photo album among her mother's belongings.
Q 19How does Steve react when Annie begs him to burn Charlie's sketchbook?
He refuses
He believes Annie has gone insane.
Q 20Where does the film's final scene take place?
Charlie's treehouse
Joan crowns Peter there and hails him as King Paimon.
Q 24Which 1976 horror film did Aster name as an influence?
Carrie
He also cited The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.
Q 25Where did principal photography begin in February 2017?
Salt Lake City
Most interiors were built from scratch on a soundstage.
Q 26Where in Utah were the Graham house exteriors shot?
Summit County
The cemetery scene was filmed at Larkin Sunset Gardens in Sandy.
Q 27Why were the interiors built on a soundstage rather than in a real house?
So walls could be removed
Shooting from a distance created the film's dollhouse look.
Q 28Which play's name did Aster smugly say aloud on set before a light burst?
Macbeth
Alex Wolff had warned him about the theatre superstition.
Q 29On which HBO series had the actors playing Steve and Peter worked together?
In Treatment
Byrne played the therapist Paul Weston in that series.
Q 30Who produced the film's soundtrack?
Colin Stetson
Trumpets in the climax nod to Paimon's heralds.