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50 free Zombieland trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Zombieland started life in 2005 as a TV pilot script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, became Ruben Fleischer's first feature in 2009, and turned a $24.7 million opening weekend into a cult comedy built on a notebook of survival rules and one man's search for a Twinkie. Its four leads go by place names, its celebrity cameo was written for a different actor, and its amusement-park finale was filmed in a small Georgia theme park. These 50 questions cover both films: the 2009 original and 2019's Double Tap, plus the cancelled Amazon pilot and the tie-in mobile game. Easy questions stick to the cast, the cars and the rules everyone remembers; harder ones ask about the Metallica opening, the Sitges and Critics' Choice nods, the evolved zombie strains and who directed the pilot. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you pick something up even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a movie-night round.
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Q 01Who directed Zombieland, making his feature directorial debut?
Ruben Fleischer
Fleischer had mostly directed commercials and TV before the film; he returned for the 2019 sequel.
Q 02Which pair wrote Zombieland and later wrote Deadpool?
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
Reese and Wernick first drafted the story as a TV pilot in 2005 before it became a feature.
Q 03Who plays Columbus, the rule-following narrator?
Jesse Eisenberg
Eisenberg's Columbus is a former college student who lived alone in a run-down apartment before the outbreak.
Q 04Which actor plays Tallahassee?
Woody Harrelson
Harrelson took the role on four conditions, one of which required the director to give up dairy for a week.
Q 05Which actress plays Wichita?
Emma Stone
Stone's Wichita is the older of two con-artist sisters and Columbus's love interest.
Q 06Who plays Little Rock, the 12-year-old sister?
Abigail Breslin
Breslin turned 13 during the Georgia shoot and marked it by adopting a shelter puppy.
Q 07Which snack is Tallahassee hunting for throughout the film?
Twinkies
His quest is the film's running gag; a Hostess truck turns out to be full of Sno Balls instead.
Q 08The four main characters name themselves after what?
Place names
Columbus is heading to Columbus, Ohio; the others picked the cities they relate to, and no real names are used.
Q 09What real name does Wichita reveal to Columbus at the end?
Krista
It is the only real name given in the film; even Columbus's neighbor is just "406".
Q 10Where is the narrator heading from Austin, Texas to look for his parents?
Columbus, Ohio
He learns on the road that his hometown has been destroyed and his parents are likely dead.
Q 11What kind of vehicle does Tallahassee drive when he first picks up Columbus?
An armored Escalade
The sisters steal the truck and weapons after Little Rock fakes a zombie bite.
Q 12Which amusement park are the sisters trying to reach?
Pacific Playland
The Los Angeles park is rumored to be zombie-free; switching on its lights draws every zombie nearby.
Q 13Whose Hollywood mansion does the group hole up in?
Bill Murray's
The actor plays himself, alive and disguised as a zombie so he can wander Los Angeles safely.
Q 21Which Metallica song plays over the opening credits?
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The slow-motion credits sequence became one of the film's most imitated moments.
Q 22Amber Heard plays Columbus's neighbor, known only by what?
Her apartment number, 406
She becomes the first zombie Columbus ever kills.
Q 23In early drafts, what were the two male leads called instead of Columbus and Tallahassee?
Flagstaff and Albuquerque
Those names were recycled in Double Tap for the duo who mirror Columbus and Tallahassee.
Q 14The celebrity cameo was originally written for which actor?
Patrick Swayze
The draft had him as a dancing zombie, complete with a recreation of the pottery-wheel scene from Ghost.
Q 15The cameo actor was recruited after a replacement dropped out; who made the calls to land him?
Woody Harrelson
The previously cast actor left a week before filming; most of the resulting scene was improvised.
Q 16During which board game does Columbus realize who "Buck" really was?
Monopoly
Tallahassee had described missing his "puppy named Buck"; Buck was actually his young son.
Q 17What is Columbus's rule #1?
Cardio
The on-screen rules pop up as they become relevant; by the end his notebook holds 33 of them.
Q 18How many rules does Columbus's list contain by the end of the film?
33
Only a handful are spoken aloud; rule 32, "Enjoy the little things", is added on screen after Tallahassee inspires it.
Q 19Which rule does Columbus flip to its opposite at the amusement park?
Don't be a hero
He changes it to "Be a hero" after facing his greatest fear, a clown zombie, to save the sisters.
Q 20What is the sisters' own survival rule?
Trust no one
They live up to it by conning Columbus and Tallahassee twice before the truce.
Q 24In what year did Reese and Wernick first write the story as a TV pilot?
2005
Fleischer later reshaped the teleplay into a feature by giving the road story a destination: the amusement park.
Q 25At which festival did Zombieland premiere in September 2009?
Fantastic Fest
The Austin genre festival screened it a week before its October 2 theatrical release.
Q 26Roughly how much did Zombieland gross worldwide?
$102 million
That made it the top-grossing U.S. zombie film until World War Z arrived in 2013.
Q 27Zombieland's opening weekend roughly matched what figure?
Its production budget
It opened at number one with about $24.7 million from 3,036 theaters.
Q 28Which 2013 film displaced Zombieland as the U.S.'s top-grossing zombie movie?
World War Z
The Brad Pitt blockbuster was based on Max Brooks's novel.
Q 29The amusement-park finale was mostly shot at a theme park in which state?
Georgia
Wild Adventures in Valdosta stood in for the Los Angeles park; most of the film was shot around Atlanta.
Q 30What grade did opening-weekend audiences give Zombieland on CinemaScore?
A−
Double Tap slipped to a B+ a decade later.