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100 free Winter Movie trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
10 free winter movie trivia questions with answers. Are you a winter movie enthusiast? Put your knowledge to the test with our engaging Winter Movie trivia quiz featuring questions about classic holiday films, snowy adventures, and beloved seasonal cinema. Whether you're a casual viewer or a dedicated film buff, this quiz will challenge your memory of the best winter movies ever made.
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Q 01In Bong Joon-ho's 2013 film Snowpiercer, where do the last remnants of humanity survive a frozen Earth?
A circumnavigating train
A circumnavigating train carries the survivors after a geoengineering compound called CW-7 backfires and freezes the planet, the poor crammed in the tail and the elite up front.
Q 02What kind of place shelters The Hateful Eight's strangers from the blizzard?
A stagecoach stopover
In 'The Hateful Eight,' eight strangers, including bounty hunters and outlaws, are forced to shelter together in Minnie's Haberdashery, a remote stagecoach stopover, during a harsh Wyoming blizzard.
Q 03Which mountain hosts the rescue mission in the 2000 action film Vertical Limit?
K2
K2 is the world's second-highest peak; in the film a team of climbers is trapped in a crevasse there.
Q 04In which US state is Christopher Nolan's 2002 thriller 'Insomnia' set?
Alaska
Alaska: Nightmute, the film's fictional fishing town, sits in Alaska, where the summer midnight sun keeps Al Pacino's detective from sleeping; most of it was shot in British Columbia.
Q 05The 2015 horror-comedy Krampus, drawn from Austro-Bavarian folklore, turns which holiday into a nightmare?
Christmas
Christmas spirit, or the lack of it, is the trigger: Krampus arrives to punish a dysfunctional family who have given up on the holiday.
Q 06The 1997 film "Smilla's Sense of Snow" follows a Greenlander investigating a boy's death in which city?
Copenhagen
Smilla Jaspersen, a Greenlander living in Copenhagen, uses her unique understanding of snow and ice to investigate the suspicious death of her young neighbor, Isaiah, in the Danish capital.
Q 07At which Manhattan department store is Therese working when she meets Carol in the 2015 film?
Frankenberg's
Frankenberg's is the Manhattan department store where Therese sells dolls during the 1952 holiday rush when Carol walks in; the film adapts Patricia Highsmith's 1952 novel 'The Price of Salt'.
Q 08In Last Christmas (2019), Emilia Clarke's Kate works as an elf in a year-round Christmas shop in which European capital?
London
London's shop owner calls herself Santa and is played by Michelle Yeoh; Emma Thompson co-wrote the script and plays Kate's mother.
Q 09In 'The Snowman' (2017), inspector Harry Hole works for the police of which city?
Oslo
Oslo is Harry Hole's beat: Michael Fassbender's detective hunts a serial killer through the Norwegian capital in this adaptation of Jo Nesbø's novel, which director Tomas Alfredson disowned after a rushed shoot.
Q 10In which US city is Die Hard's Nakatomi Plaza?
Los Angeles
Los Angeles's Nakatomi Plaza is really Fox Plaza, the studio's own Century City tower; almost the whole film was shot in and around it.
Q 11Frozen (2013) was loosely inspired by which Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale?
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen was published by Andersen in 1844; Disney had tried to adapt it since the 1930s.
Q 12Frozen was the highest-grossing animated film until which 2019 release overtook it?
The Lion King remake
The Lion King remake, which grossed $1.66 billion in 2019, passed Frozen's $1.28 billion; Frozen had held the animated record since 2014 and won two Oscars, including one for 'Let It Go'.
Q 13How old is Kevin McCallister in Home Alone?
Eight
Eight-year-old Kevin defends his suburban Chicago home from two robbers; the film was the highest-grossing live-action comedy for two decades.
Q 21The Revenant dramatises the 1823 ordeal of which real frontiersman?
Hugh Glass
Hugh Glass is the role that finally won DiCaprio Best Actor after five previous nominations.
Q 22Emmanuel Lubezki's Oscar for The Revenant was his how-manyth consecutive win for Best Cinematography?
Third
Third: Lubezki had won for Gravity (2013) and Birdman (2014) before The Revenant (2015), making him the first cinematographer to take the award three years running.
Q 23Cool Runnings is loosely based on the debut of Jamaica's bobsleigh team at which Winter Olympics?
Calgary 1988
Calgary 1988 saw the real Jamaican debut; the film's theme, a Jimmy Cliff cover of 'I Can See Clearly Now', hit number 18 in the US.
Q 14Who wrote and produced Home Alone, the 1990 Christmas comedy that Chris Columbus directed?
John Hughes
John Hughes wrote and produced it; it grossed $476.7 million, second only to Ghost among 1990 releases.
Q 15In Elf, why is the baby found in Santa's workshop named Buddy?
After his diaper's brand label
After his diaper's brand label: the baby who crawled into Santa's sack wore 'Little Buddy Diapers', so the elves called him Buddy; he discovers he is human only at 30.
Q 16In Elf, Buddy's father Walter Hobbs publishes children's books from an office in which New York landmark?
The Empire State Building
The Empire State Building houses Walter's publishing office in Jon Favreau's 2003 comedy, which later became a Broadway musical.
Q 17Die Hard is based on which 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp?
Nothing Lasts Forever
Nothing Lasts Forever, Roderick Thorp's 1979 sequel to his novel The Detective, supplied the plot; its hero Joe Leland became John McClane and the Klaxon Oil tower became Nakatomi Plaza.
Q 18How much was Bruce Willis, then known mainly for television, paid for Die Hard?
$5 million
$5 million was Willis's fee, a sum then reserved for stars like Stallone; Fox's gamble on the Moonlighting TV actor paid off when Die Hard grossed over $140 million worldwide.
Q 19In Fargo, police chief Marge Gunderson works in which Minnesota town?
Brainerd
She is seven months pregnant when she takes on the case; McDormand won Best Actress.
Q 20Which two Oscars did Fargo win at the 69th Academy Awards?
Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay
Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay went to Frances McDormand and the Coen brothers; Fargo's other five nominations included Best Picture and William H. Macy for Supporting Actor.
Q 24In Cool Runnings, why was coach Irv Blitzer disqualified from the 1972 Winter Olympics?
Cheating
Cheating: Irv Blitzer hid weights in his sled at Sapporo 1972 and was stripped of his gold medals; John Candy's disgraced coach is working as a bookie when Derice finds him.
Q 25Groundhog Day was shot almost entirely in which Illinois town standing in for Punxsutawney?
Woodstock
Woodstock, Illinois, doubled for Punxsutawney; its town square hosted the Gobbler's Knob scenes and a plaque marks the puddle Phil steps into. Filming ran from March to June 1992.
Q 26Which song wakes Phil Connors on the clock radio every morning in Groundhog Day?
"I Got You Babe"
"I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher greets Phil at 6:00 every February 2 at the Cherry Street Inn.
Q 27It's a Wonderful Life is based on which self-published 1943 short story?
"The Greatest Gift"
'The Greatest Gift' was written by Philip Van Doren Stern, who printed about 200 copies as a 1943 Christmas card after publishers passed; RKO bought the film rights the next year.
Q 28It's a Wonderful Life became a holiday staple only after what happened in 1974?
Its US copyright lapsed
Its US copyright lapsed in 1974 when the owner failed to file a renewal, so stations could air it royalty-free; repeated broadcasts turned a 1946 box-office disappointment into a classic.
Q 29In It's a Wonderful Life, how did young George Bailey lose the hearing in his left ear?
Rescuing his brother from a frozen pond
Rescuing his brother from a frozen pond: George pulled Harry out after he fell through the ice, caught a bad cold, and lost the hearing in his left ear; Clarence watches it in flashback.
Q 30Which actor plays multiple roles in The Polar Express, including the conductor?
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks optioned the book in 1999 after reading it to his children.