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50 free Shazam! trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Shazam! trivia quiz covers both DC Extended Universe films: David F. Sandberg's Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023). The easy questions cover what everyone remembers: Billy Batson, the magic word, Freddy Freeman, the wizard, the foster family and the Seven Deadly Sins. The harder ones go into the plot details, from Sivana's 8-Ball and the Eye to Steve the sentient pen, the Golden Apple, Ladon the dragon and the dome inspired by The Simpsons Movie. Behind the scenes it covers the long road from a John August script to Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam spin-off, why the hero could not be called Captain Marvel, the iPhone audition that won Zachary Levi the role, the Toronto shoot under the working title Franklin, the Superman cameo without Henry Cavill, the Wonder Woman cameo that marketing spoiled, the mid-credits Justice Society scene that Johnson vetoed, and the box office fall from $368 million to $134 million. Every answer was checked against the two films' encyclopaedia entries before publishing. For more DC, try our DC movies and Justice League quizzes.
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Q 01Who plays the adult superhero form of Billy Batson in Shazam!?
Zachary Levi
He was chosen from around 100 actors after an audition taped on his iPhone; he had originally read for adult Freddy.
Q 02Who plays teenage Billy Batson?
Asher Angel
Finn Wolfhard of Stranger Things also auditioned for the part.
Q 03Who directed Shazam! and its sequel?
David F. Sandberg
The horror director behind Annabelle: Creation chose it over Sony's Venom because he knew the New Line crew.
Q 04Who plays the villain Dr. Thaddeus Sivana?
Mark Strong
It was his second DC film after playing Sinestro in Green Lantern.
Q 05Who plays the ancient wizard who gives Billy his powers?
Djimon Hounsou
Ron Cephas Jones was originally cast but dropped out over scheduling; Hounsou had voiced a character in Aquaman.
Q 06What is the name of the wizard's mystic temple in another dimension?
The Rock of Eternity
By the end of the first film the foster siblings claim it as their superhero headquarters.
Q 07In what year is young Thaddeus Sivana first summoned to the wizard, in the film's prologue?
1974
He is riding in a snowstorm with his abusive father and brother in Upstate New York when it happens.
Q 08Through which toy do the Seven Deadly Sins send young Sivana a message to find them?
A Magic 8-Ball
The car crash that follows leaves his father paraplegic and even more resentful.
Q 09In which city is the film primarily set?
Philadelphia
The comics' Fawcett City is folded into it; the film was actually shot mostly in Toronto.
Q 10Where did Billy lose his birth mother as a small child?
At a carnival
When he finally finds her, he learns she abandoned him deliberately.
Q 11What are the names of Billy's foster parents?
Victor and Rosa Vasquez
Both had been in the foster system themselves; they are played by Cooper Andrews and Marta Milans.
Q 12Who plays Freddy Freeman, Billy's superhero-obsessed foster brother?
Jack Dylan Grazer
Adam Brody plays his adult superhero form.
Q 13Which foster sibling is described as the 'den mother' of the group?
Mary Bromfield
Grace Fulton played her as a teen; in the sequel she took over the adult form from Michelle Borth too.
Q 21Whose likeness appears as the hologram of the wizard's previous champion, Teth-Adam?
Dwayne Johnson
Johnson executive-produced Shazam! and had been attached as Black Adam since 2014.
Q 22Which director was attached to Shazam! during its 2008-2013 development with John August's script?
Peter Segal
He said in 2013 the film would not happen because Man of Steel made the similarities to a certain Kryptonian a problem.
Q 23What was the Shazam character originally called before DC renamed him for the New 52?
Captain Marvel
Marvel owned the trademark for its own character, so DC had marketed him as Shazam! ever since buying the rights from Fawcett in 1972.
Q 14Where is Billy when he is transported to the wizard for the first time?
On a subway car
He has just defended Freddy from the Breyer brothers and is being chased.
Q 15What replaces one of Sivana's eyes and makes him the vessel of the Sins?
A magical orb
Billy beats him by goading Envy out and yanking the Eye from his head.
Q 16Which power does Billy discover by accident while fleeing Sivana?
Flight
Before that he had been busking with his powers for tips and endangering a bus.
Q 17Where does the final battle of Shazam! take place?
A winter carnival
It echoes where Billy lost his mother; the sequel moves its climax to a ballpark.
Q 18Which Sin does Billy goad into leaving Sivana, rendering him powerless?
Envy
Billy had spotted that Sivana becomes vulnerable when all seven Sins leave his body.
Q 19Which superhero does Billy bring to lunch at school in the final scene of Shazam!?
Superman
Henry Cavill was unavailable, so Levi's stunt double appears from the neck down.
Q 20Which character, a talking caterpillar, appears in the mid-credits scene of Shazam!?
Mister Mind
The director voices him; a bigger role in the sequel was cut for time.
Q 24Which 1988 Tom Hanks film did the star say Shazam! would feel like, 'but with super powers'?
Big
The Hollywood Reporter's review duly called it 'Big on steroids'.
Q 25Under what working title was Shazam! shot in Toronto?
Franklin
Most of it was made at Pinewood Toronto Studios, with University of Toronto and Hearn Generating Station among the locations.
Q 26Shazam!'s budget of roughly $90-100M made it what within the DCEU at the time?
The least expensive film
It grossed $367.8 million and Deadline estimated a $74 million net profit.
Q 27Who composed the score for Shazam!, his third collaboration with Sandberg?
Benjamin Wallfisch
He cited John Williams and 1980s Amblin scores; a Flash scheduling clash kept him off the sequel.
Q 28Roughly how much did Shazam! (2019) gross worldwide?
$368 million
It opened to $53.5 million domestically and held number one for two weekends before The Curse of La Llorona.
Q 29What CinemaScore grade did audiences give Shazam! (2019)?
A
Rotten Tomatoes' consensus praised its 'joyous wish fulfillment'; the sequel got a B+.
Q 30Which country was Shazam!'s highest-grossing international market?
China
It made $43.4 million there; the sequel took just $4.3 million in the same market.