Robert Zemeckis Quiz Questions and Answers
1. In which year was Robert Zemeckis born?
a) 1948
b) 1952
c) 1956
d) 1960
Answer: b) 1952
2. What is Robert Zemeckis’ primary profession?
a) Actor
b) Film Director
c) Cinematographer
d) Screenwriter
Answer: b) Film Director
3. Which university did Robert Zemeckis attend for film studies?
a) UCLA
b) NYU
c) USC
d) AFI
Answer: c) USC
4. Which film marked Robert Zemeckis’ directorial debut?
a) Used Cars
b) I Wanna Hold Your Hand
c) Romancing the Stone
d) Back to the Future
Answer: b) I Wanna Hold Your Hand
5. Which 1985 film directed by Zemeckis became a cultural phenomenon?
a) Back to the Future
b) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
c) Forrest Gump
d) Contact
Answer: a) Back to the Future
6. How many films are in the Back to the Future directed by Zemeckis?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
Answer: b) Three
7. Which Zemeckis film won the Academy Award for Best Picture?
a) Cast Away
b) The Polar Express
c) Forrest Gump
d) Flight
Answer: c) Forrest Gump
8. In which year was Forrest Gump released?
a) 1992
b) 1994
c) 1996
d) 1998
Answer: b) 1994
9. Who starred as the lead in Zemeckis’ film Cast Away?
a) Tom Hanks
b) Michael J. Fox
c) Robin Williams
d) Jim Carrey
Answer: a) Tom Hanks
10. Which Zemeckis film combines live-action and animation in a 1940s setting?
a) The Polar Express
b) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
c) Beowulf
d) A Christmas Carol
Answer: b) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
11. What technology was prominently used in The Polar Express?
a) Stop-motion
b) Motion capture
c) CGI
d) Hand-drawn animation
Answer: b) Motion capture
12. Which Zemeckis film is based on a Carl Sagan novel?
a) Contact
b) What Lies Beneath
c) Flight
d) Allied
Answer: a) Contact
13. Who played the lead female role in Zemeckis’ Romancing the Stone?
a) Meryl Streep
b) Kathleen Turner
c) Michelle Pfeiffer
d) Sigourney Weaver
Answer: b) Kathleen Turner
14. Which Zemeckis film features a pilot dealing with a plane crash?
a) Cast Away
b) Allied
c) Flight
d) The Walk
Answer: C) Flight
15. What is the setting of Zemeckis’ film Allied?
a) World War I
b) World War II
c) Vietnam War
d) Cold War
Answer: b) World War II
16. Which actor voiced Scrooge in Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol?
a) Gary Oldman
b) Colin Firth
c) Jim Carrey
d) Tom Hanks
Answer: c) Jim Carrey
17. Which Zemeckis film is about a tightrope walker crossing the World Trade Center towers?
a) The Walk
b) Flight
c) Beowulf
d) Contact
Answer: a) The Walk
18. In which year was Who Framed Roger Rabbit released?
a) 1986
b) 1988
c) 1990
d) 1992
Answer: b) 1988
19. Which company did Zemeckis co-found with Bob Gale?
a) Amblin Entertainment
b) ImageMovers
c) DreamWorks
d) Lucasfilm
Answer: b) ImageMovers
20. What genre is Zemeckis’ film Death Becomes Her?
a) Romantic Comedy
b) Science Fiction
c) Dark Comedy
d) Historical Drama
Answer: c) Dark Comedy
21. Who composed the score for the Back to the Future trilogy?
a) John Williams
b) Alan Silvestri
c) Hans Zimmer
d) Danny Elfman
Answer: b) Alan Silvestri
22. Which Zemeckis film features a character named Jenny Curran?
a) Contact
b) Forrest Gump
c) What Lies Beneath
d) Romancing the Stone
Answer: b) Forrest Gump
23. In which film did Zemeckis collaborate with Steven Spielberg as a producer?
a) Back to the Future
b) The Goonies
c) Gremlins
d) E.T.
Answer: a) Back to the Future
24. What is the name of the main character in Back to the Future?
a) George McFly
b) Marty McFly
c) Biff Tannen
d) Doc Brown
Answer: b) Marty McFly
25. Which Zemeckis film is an adaptation of a Scandinavian epic poem?
a) Beowulf
b) The Polar Express
c) A Christmas Carol
d) The Walk
Answer: a) Beowulf