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50 free Mad Max: Fury Road trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Mad Max: Fury Road took George Miller 28 years to get from idea to screen, lost its original star along the way, moved continents when wildflowers bloomed in the Australian desert, and arrived in 2015 as a two-hour chase that critics ranked among the best films of its decade. It won six Academy Awards, more than any other film that night, and made Imperator Furiosa one of the great action heroes. These 50 questions cover the film and the story of making it: the 3,500 storyboard panels drawn before a script existed, the Mel Gibson years and Sigourney Weaver idea, the finalists for Max, the 150 working vehicles of which only 88 survived, the Tatra-and-Beetle War Rig, John Seale coming out of retirement to shoot digital, the Namibian desert controversy, Eve Ensler on set, Margaret Sixel's 480 hours of footage, the whale calls in the sound design, the PG-13 contract and the R-rated cut that tested better, the Black & Chrome Edition, Junkie XL's score, and the prequel Furiosa. Easy questions stick to the cast and the Citadel; the hard tier asks about frame rates, effects houses and comic issues. Every answer is cited to a page we checked and comes with a one-line explanation. Play it solo or print it for an action night alongside our Mad Max franchise quiz.
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Q 01Who directed Mad Max: Fury Road?
George Miller
He first had the idea in 1987 and finally shot it in 2012.
Q 02Who plays Max Rockatansky in Fury Road?
Tom Hardy
He announced his casting on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in June 2010.
Q 03Who plays Imperator Furiosa?
Charlize Theron
She shaved her head for the role; Furiosa has a prosthetic left arm.
Q 04Who plays the warlord Immortan Joe?
Hugh Keays-Byrne
He had played Toecutter in the original Mad Max; this was his final film role.
Q 05Which actor plays the sickly War Boy Nux?
Nicholas Hoult
Max is strapped to Nux's car as a living blood bag during the first chase.
Q 06What is the name of Immortan Joe's cliffside fortress?
The Citadel
Its opening and closing scenes were not shot until pick-ups in Sydney in late 2013.
Q 07What is the armoured truck Furiosa drives called?
The War Rig
It was built from a Tatra 815 and a Chevrolet Fleetmaster with a VW Beetle fused to the hull.
Q 08How many of Joe's 'wives' flee in the War Rig?
Five
Angharad, Toast, Capable, the Dag and Cheedo.
Q 09Which two allies does Joe call on in the pursuit?
The Bullet Farmer and the People Eater
They rule the Bullet Farm and Gas Town respectively.
Q 10What is the name of the matriarchal clan Furiosa was taken from as a child?
The Vuvalini
Only seven of them are left when the Rig reaches their watchtower.
Q 11What had the Green Place become by the time Furiosa returns?
An uninhabitable swamp
The group had driven through it in the dark the previous night.
Q 12Who plays The Splendid Angharad?
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Her character is the de facto leader of the five wives.
Q 13Which wife does Zoë Kravitz play?
Toast the Knowing
Toast is the most practical of the five and knows her way around guns.
Q 14Which actress plays Capable, who bonds with Nux?
Q 21Which actress was once contemplated for the female lead opposite Mel Gibson?
Sigourney Weaver
Gibson suggested her after The Year of Living Dangerously, and Miller agreed.
Q 22Which animated film did Miller make while Fury Road was stalled?
Happy Feet
He had the digital facility booked and could not wait for the Mad Max shoot.
Q 23Which two actors were finalists for Max alongside Tom Hardy?
Armie Hammer and Jeremy Renner
Eminem was considered but did not want to leave the United States.
Riley Keough
Her hair was dyed red for the role.
Q 15What is special about the Doof Warrior's guitar?
It doubles as a flamethrower
The musician iOTA played him, and none of his scenes used CGI, even the fire.
Q 16Who plays Rictus Erectus, Joe's muscular son?
Nathan Jones
Quentin Kenihan plays his brother Corpus Colossus.
Q 17Which former supermodel plays The Valkyrie, Furiosa's childhood friend?
Megan Gale
The Valkyrie is Furiosa's childhood friend.
Q 18In which year did the director first conceive Fury Road?
1987
He wanted a film that was almost one continuous chase.
Q 19Roughly how many storyboard panels did Miller commission before writing the script?
3,500
That is about the same as the number of shots in the finished film.
Q 20Which comic creator co-wrote the screenplay and designed many vehicles?
Brendan McCarthy
Lathouris was the other co-writer, on this film and on Furiosa.
Q 24Which rapper was considered for Max but would not leave the United States?
Eminem
The shoot ended up in Namibia and South Africa.
Q 25Why was filming moved away from Broken Hill, New South Wales?
Rain made wildflowers bloom
The desert turned green, so production went back to Namibia in November 2011.
Q 26In which country did principal photography begin in July 2012?
Namibia
Most filming was based in the Dorob National Park, with some scenes in Cape Town.
Q 27How many vehicles were built for the film?
150
Only 88 survived to the end of filming; the rest were built to be destroyed.
Q 28Which two vehicles form the basis of the War Rig?
A Tatra 815 and a Chevrolet Fleetmaster
A Volkswagen Beetle was also fused to the hull.
Q 29Who was the production designer responsible for the vehicles?
Colin Gibson
Some of the cars were built as early as 2003, and all were fully functional.
Q 30Which cinematographer came out of retirement to shoot the film?
John Seale
It was his first project on digital cameras; Semler had shot the previous two Mad Max films.