The Mountain Between Us
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40 free The Mountain Between Us trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Two strangers, one small charter plane and a snowbound peak with nobody looking for them: The Mountain Between Us turns a cancelled trip into a fight to stay alive. Idris Elba and Kate Winslet carry almost every scene alone, with a loyal dog for company, and the story asks what happens to two people once the ordeal is over. This quiz follows the film from take-off to its closing moments. It covers the plot and its turning points, the people the pair left behind, the actors and film-makers involved, the stars who nearly took the roles, and how the production coped with real snow and real cold. A few questions look at the book the film is based on and what changed on the way to the screen. It suits anyone who has just watched the film, fans of survival stories and movie-night quizzers. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which star of The Revenant warned his friend Kate Winslet about the cold before she made The Mountain Between Us?
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio told her she was crazy to sign up for a freezing shoot. She answered with photos of herself lying in the snow, and he sent back worried emojis.
Q 02Which wild animal attacks Alex and the dog in The Mountain Between Us while Ben is away?
A cougar
A cougar mauls the dog before Alex kills it, and the hungry pair then eat the animal for dinner.
Q 03What does Alex use to kill the predator that mauls the dog in The Mountain Between Us?
A flare gun
A flare gun does the job: Alex fires at the animal and kills it. Ben comes back to treat the dog's wounds.
Q 04What is the specialty of Ben Bass, the doctor racing to an operation in The Mountain Between Us?
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery is Ben's field, and he is based in Baltimore. His medical training keeps both survivors alive on the mountain.
Q 05In The Mountain Between Us, what is the profession of Alex, the bride-to-be played by Kate Winslet?
Photojournalist
Photojournalist Alex was reinvented for the screen: in the novel she writes for magazines, and it is the doctor who charters the plane.
Q 06In The Mountain Between Us, what breed is the pilot's dog that survives the crash with Ben and Alex?
Labrador Retriever
A Labrador Retriever, played on screen by two dogs named Raleigh and Austin, comes through the crash and stays with the survivors to the end.
Q 07What medical emergency kills the pilot Walter at the controls in The Mountain Between Us?
A stroke
A stroke fells Walter in mid-air, and his small plane comes down on a mountaintop with its tail torn away.
Q 08What did the pilot in The Mountain Between Us neglect to do, so nobody knows where to search?
File a flight plan
File a flight plan: Walter skips it, so no one on the ground knows the route, and the wreck's emergency beacon turns out to be smashed.
Q 09Which science-fiction sequel beat The Mountain Between Us to first place on its opening weekend?
Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049 opened the same weekend and took first place, leaving the survival romance second with about $10 million.
Q 10Which Palestinian director, Oscar-nominated for Paradise Now and Omar, made The Mountain Between Us?
Hany Abu-Assad
Hany Abu-Assad worked as an aircraft engineer before turning to film, and this plane-crash story was his Hollywood debut.
Q 11Which composer of the Game of Thrones theme wrote the score for The Mountain Between Us?
Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi, who also scored Iron Man and Westworld, composed and conducted the music himself.
Q 12The Mountain Between Us is adapted from a novel by which American author of When Crickets Cry?
Charles Martin
Charles Martin told the story from the doctor's point of view, while the film tilts towards the woman stranded beside him.
Q 13Which My Best Friend's Wedding actor plays Mark, Alex's fiancé, in The Mountain Between Us?
Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney had been stranded by a plane crash on screen before, as one of the oil workers stalked by wolves in The Grey.
Q 21What shelter do Ben and Alex stay in for several days while she recovers in The Mountain Between Us?
An empty cabin
An empty cabin, which Alex first glimpses from far off, gives the pair a roof for several days and is where they become lovers.
Q 22What does Ben improvise to revive Alex after she falls into freezing water in The Mountain Between Us?
An IV drip
An IV drip that Ben fashions himself rehydrates Alex, who lies unconscious after going through thin ice.
Q 23What catches Ben's leg just as he and Alex near rescue in The Mountain Between Us?
A bear trap
A bear trap snaps shut on Ben's leg, and Alex cannot free him, so she has to go on alone for help.
Q 14Which actor, elder brother of a Big Lebowski star, plays the pilot Walter in The Mountain Between Us?
Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges is the older brother of Jeff, and the two starred together in The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Q 15At which major film festival did The Mountain Between Us have its world premiere in September 2017?
Toronto
Toronto screened it as a gala presentation, about a month before the film opened in US cinemas.
Q 16Although its story is set in the American Rockies, The Mountain Between Us was filmed in which country?
Canada
Canada supplied the snow: filming took place on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, in cold so fierce the director said it was hard to speak.
Q 17How did the cast and crew of The Mountain Between Us reach their mountaintop set each day?
By helicopter
By helicopter, and only when the weather allowed: each day's call sheet carried five different scenarios.
Q 18Why can Ben no longer work as a surgeon by the end of The Mountain Between Us?
Frostbite to his hands
Frostbite to his hands ends Ben's operating career, so he reinvents himself as a consultant instead.
Q 19At the end of The Mountain Between Us, in which city is Ben working as a medical consultant?
London
London is Ben's new base when he and Alex finally meet again, at a restaurant in New York.
Q 20In The Mountain Between Us, what does Ben reveal killed his wife two years before the crash?
A brain tumor
A brain tumor took her, and Ben carries a recording of her voice, which Alex plays while he is away.
Q 24What kind of workplace does Alex stagger into to raise the alarm in The Mountain Between Us?
A timber yard
A timber yard is where the trek ends: the dog senses it first, and Alex collapses in front of an oncoming truck.
Q 25What job has Alex taken up when she and Ben meet again at the end of The Mountain Between Us?
A teacher
A teacher, and only part-time: Alex also tells Ben she could not go through with her wedding.
Q 26Which star of Prometheus and Shame was announced as the doctor in The Mountain Between Us back in 2012?
Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender had dropped out by September 2014, the first of several lead changes before the film was finally shot.
Q 27Which Sons of Anarchy star took over the male lead of The Mountain Between Us in 2014, then dropped out?
Charlie Hunnam
Charlie Hunnam stayed attached for more than a year before leaving in December 2015, and Idris Elba signed on two months later.
Q 28Which Australian actress was attached as the female lead of The Mountain Between Us but left the project in 2014?
Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie had left by November 2014, two years before the cameras rolled, and Kate Winslet was the third actress lined up for the part.
Q 29Which Gone Girl star was in talks for the female lead of The Mountain Between Us but never made the film?
Rosamund Pike
Rosamund Pike entered negotiations in late 2014 and left the project a year later, before Kate Winslet took the part.
Q 30The trailer for The Mountain Between Us used Dusk Till Dawn, a duet by Sia and which One Direction alumnus?
Zayn Malik
Zayn Malik released the single in the same week as the film's festival premiere, and it reached the UK top five.