Prisoners (2013 film) - Quiz
  • 1. In what year was the film Prisoners released?
A) 2012
B) 2014
C) 2011
D) 2013
  • 2. Who directed the film Prisoners?
A) Roger Deakins
B) Denis Villeneuve
C) Jake Gyllenhaal
D) Aaron Guzikowski
  • 3. Who wrote the screenplay for Prisoners?
A) Roger Deakins
B) Hugh Jackman
C) Aaron Guzikowski
D) Denis Villeneuve
  • 4. What is the worldwide box office gross of Prisoners?
A) $122 million
B) $200 million
C) $46 million
D) $100 million
  • 5. What was the production budget of Prisoners?
A) $122 million
B) $30 million
C) $46 million
D) $60 million
  • 6. At which film festival did Prisoners premiere?
A) Toronto International Film Festival
B) Cannes Film Festival
C) Telluride Film Festival
D) Sundance Film Festival
  • 7. On what date did Prisoners premiere at the Telluride Film Festival?
A) August 30, 2013
B) November 5, 2013
C) September 20, 2013
D) July 15, 2013
  • 8. On what date was Prisoners released to theaters?
A) October 10, 2013
B) August 30, 2013
C) December 1, 2013
D) September 20, 2013
  • 9. Who was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 86th Academy Awards for this film?
A) Jake Gyllenhaal
B) Denis Villeneuve
C) Aaron Guzikowski
D) Roger Deakins
  • 10. Which organization chose Prisoners as one of the top 10 films of 2013?
A) Golden Globe Awards Committee
B) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
C) American Society of Cinematographers
D) National Board of Review
  • 11. What is the name of the fictional city in Pennsylvania where the film takes place?
A) Harrisburg
B) Conyers
C) Philadelphia
D) Pittsburgh
  • 12. Which holiday are the Dover and Birch families celebrating together at the beginning of the film?
A) Thanksgiving
B) Easter
C) Christmas
D) Fourth of July
  • 13. What are the names of the two young girls who go missing?
A) Anna Dover and Joy Birch
B) Joy and Grace
C) Grace Dover and Nancy Birch
D) Holly and Anna
  • 14. What vehicle were the girls playing on right before they went missing?
A) A school bus
B) A parked RV
C) An ice cream van
D) A pickup truck
  • 15. What is the name of the police detective who leads the investigation?
A) Detective Loki
B) Detective Dunn
C) Detective Jones
D) Detective Taylor
  • 16. Who is the first suspect arrested by the police?
A) Keller Dover
B) Bob Taylor
C) Patrick Dunn
D) Alex Jones
  • 17. Who is Alex Jones's aunt?
A) Anna
B) Nancy
C) Holly
D) Grace
  • 18. Who is the father of Anna Dover?
A) Bob Taylor
B) Keller Dover
C) Franklin Birch
D) Alex Jones
  • 19. Who is the father of Joy Birch?
A) Alex Jones
B) Franklin Birch
C) Patrick Dunn
D) Keller Dover
  • 20. Who is the mother of Anna Dover?
A) Joy
B) Grace Dover
C) Nancy Birch
D) Holly
  • 21. Who is the mother of Joy Birch?
A) Grace Dover
B) Nancy Birch
C) Anna
D) Holly
  • 22. In whose house does Detective Loki find a corpse after running down leads on sex offenders?
A) Priest Patrick Dunn
B) Holly
C) Bob Taylor
D) Alex Jones
  • 23. What reason did priest Patrick Dunn give for killing the man found in his house?
A) The man confessed to murdering 16 children for his war on God
B) The man broke into the rectory
C) The man threatened the priest's life
D) The man stole money from the church
  • 24. What cryptic phrase does Alex whisper to Keller outside the police station?
A) The snakes are in the walls.
B) God has abandoned this city.
C) They didn't cry 'til I left them.
D) You will never find them in the maze.
  • 25. Where does Keller imprison and torture Alex after kidnapping him?
A) An empty building Keller owns
B) An old storage unit
C) An abandoned church
D) Keller's basement
  • 26. Who convinces Franklin not to release Alex from captivity?
A) His wife Nancy
B) Detective Loki
C) Grace Dover
D) Holly
  • 27. What does Detective Loki find covering the walls of Bob Taylor's house?
A) Religious scriptures
B) Newspaper clippings
C) Maps of Pennsylvania
D) Maze drawings
  • 28. What dangerous creatures does Detective Loki find in crates inside Bob Taylor's house?
A) Scorpions
B) Spiders
C) Rats
D) Snakes
  • 29. How does Bob Taylor die?
A) He is shot by Detective Loki in a shootout
B) He grabs an officer's gun and kills himself
C) He is killed by Keller Dover
D) He dies of a heart attack during interrogation
  • 30. What substance is later found to have been used to soak most of the bloody children's clothes at Taylor's house?
A) Red paint
B) Pig blood
C) Animal fur
D) Tomato sauce
  • 31. What item belonging to Anna does Detective Loki find below a window outside the Dover house?
A) A whistle
B) A sock
C) A bracelet
D) A necklace
  • 32. Which of the two captive girls manages to successfully escape?
A) Anna
B) Both
C) Neither
D) Joy
  • 33. What are the drugged girls attempting to do when they escape?
A) Steal a car
B) Escape
C) Call the police
D) Find food
  • 34. What are the final words spoken by Joy to Keller before he rushes out?
A) You were there.
B) They are in the maze.
C) It was Holly.
D) Save Anna.
  • 35. What is the cause of death of Holly and her husband's son?
A) A drowning
B) A car accident
C) A snake bite
D) Cancer
  • 36. Why did Holly and her husband adopt Alex?
A) Because he was a relative
B) To help him with his diminished IQ
C) As a way to cope with the loss of their son
D) To assist them in kidnapping children
  • 37. What caused Alex's stuttering according to Holly?
A) A severe fever when he was an infant
B) Trauma from being kidnapped
C) A head injury during a car crash
D) A childhood accident involving snakes her husband kept
  • 38. What object does Detective Loki match between Bob Taylor's drawings and the corpse in Dunn's house?
A) A wooden cross
B) A silver ring
C) A necklace depicting a maze
D) A gold watch
  • 39. Where does Holly imprison the wounded Keller?
A) In her basement
B) In the trunk of her car
C) In a hidden pit in her yard
D) In the abandoned building
  • 40. What item does Keller find while imprisoned in the pit in Holly's yard?
A) His daughter's whistle
B) A photograph of Alex
C) A maze necklace
D) A bloody shirt
  • 41. What is Holly doing to Anna when Detective Loki enters her house?
A) Torturing her with snakes
B) Giving her an injection
C) Packing her clothes
D) Putting her in the pit
  • 42. How does Holly die?
A) Dies in the car crash
B) Killed by Keller Dover
C) Commits suicide with a gun
D) Shot by Detective Loki in a shootout
  • 43. Where is Detective Loki grazed during the confrontation with Holly?
A) In the shoulder
B) In the head
C) In the leg
D) In the arm
  • 44. Who visits Detective Loki in his hospital room the morning after the rescue?
A) Alex Jones
B) Keller and Grace Dover
C) Franklin and Nancy Birch
D) A recuperating Anna and Joy
  • 45. What sound does Detective Loki faintly hear while wandering the crime scene at Holly's house at the end of the film?
A) A police siren
B) A whistle blowing
C) Someone screaming for help
D) Footsteps in the house
  • 46. Which actor plays Detective Loki?
A) Hugh Jackman
B) Paul Dano
C) Terrence Howard
D) Jake Gyllenhaal
  • 47. Which actor plays Keller Dover?
A) Paul Dano
B) Jake Gyllenhaal
C) Terrence Howard
D) Hugh Jackman
  • 48. Which actor plays Alex Jones?
A) Jake Gyllenhaal
B) Paul Dano
C) Hugh Jackman
D) Terrence Howard
  • 49. Which actor plays Franklin Birch?
A) Terrence Howard
B) Jake Gyllenhaal
C) Paul Dano
D) Hugh Jackman
  • 50. Which actress plays Grace Dover?
A) Maria Bello
B) Melissa Leo
C) None of the above
D) Viola Davis
  • 51. Which actress plays Nancy Birch?
A) Maria Bello
B) None of the above
C) Melissa Leo
D) Viola Davis
  • 52. Which actress plays Holly?
A) Maria Bello
B) Viola Davis
C) None of the above
D) Melissa Leo
  • 53. What genre is Prisoners classified as?
A) Romantic comedy
B) Science fiction
C) Historical drama
D) Crime thriller
  • 54. What was Alex Jones's status regarding his mental capacity during interrogation?
A) He had a diminished IQ
B) He had a genius-level intellect
C) He was a criminal mastermind
D) He was an expert planner
  • 55. What was missing from Alex's RV during the initial police search?
A) Forensic evidence
B) The tires
C) A map of Conyers
D) The steering wheel
  • 56. What was the purpose of Holly and her husband's war on God?
A) To prove that science is superior to religion
B) To collect ransom money from wealthy families
C) To build a network of secret organizations
D) To avenge their son's death and create demons out of traumatized parents
  • 57. Who was Holly and her husband's first abduction?
A) Anna
B) Joy
C) Bob Taylor
D) Alex
  • 58. Who was Holly and her husband's second abduction?
A) Taylor
B) Alex
C) Joy
D) Anna
  • 59. Who fled when Detective Loki approached a suspicious man at the girls' vigil?
A) Keller Dover
B) Alex Jones
C) Patrick Dunn
D) Bob Taylor
  • 60. What did Detective Loki release to the community after the vigil incident?
A) A photo of the RV
B) A map of the maze
C) A sketch of the suspicious man
D) A warrant for Keller's arrest
  • 61. Who heard the suspect sneaking into the Birch and Dover houses?
A) Nancy Birch
B) Franklin Birch
C) Grace, Keller's wife
D) Detective Loki
  • 62. What excuse did Keller give Detective Loki when Loki tailed him to the empty building?
A) He is renovating the property
B) He goes there to drink
C) He uses it as a private office
D) He stores his carpentry tools there
  • 63. Which year's Annual Black List featured the script for Prisoners?
A) 2007
B) 2011
C) 2009
D) 2013
  • 64. Which author's work partially inspired Aaron Guzikowski's original short story?
A) Agatha Christie
B) Stephen King
C) Edgar Allan Poe
D) Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 65. Which Edgar Allan Poe story inspired the short story behind Prisoners?
A) The Raven
B) The Tell-Tale Heart
C) The Fall of the House of Usher
D) The Murders in the Rue Morgue
  • 66. Which actor was briefly attached to the project before Denis Villeneuve directed?
A) Paul Atreides
B) Jake Gyllenhaal
C) Christian Bale
D) Hugh Jackman
  • 67. Which director was attached to the project prior to Denis Villeneuve?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) David Fincher
C) Antoine Fuqua
D) Christopher Nolan
  • 68. Which actor unsuccessfully auditioned for a role in Prisoners?
A) Christian Bale
B) Timothée Chalamet
C) Leonardo DiCaprio
D) Hugh Jackman
  • 69. Which producer did Aaron Guzikowski credit for getting the project on its feet?
A) Denis Villeneuve
B) Aaron Guzikowski
C) Christopher Orr
D) Mark Wahlberg
  • 70. In which US state did principal photography for Prisoners begin?
A) Georgia
B) California
C) New York
D) Connecticut
  • 71. Why was the production moved from Connecticut to Georgia?
A) Budgetary reasons
B) Weather conditions
C) Actor availability
D) Director preference
  • 72. What was the original MPAA rating given to Prisoners?
A) NC-21
B) NC-17
C) PG-13
D) R
  • 73. What was the final MPAA rating of Prisoners after being edited?
A) PG-13
B) PG
C) R
D) NC-17
  • 74. How many theaters did Prisoners open in across North America?
A) 4,100
B) 3,260
C) 1,850
D) 2,500
  • 75. What rank did Prisoners achieve at the box office in its opening weekend?
A) #10
B) #1
C) #5
D) #3
  • 76. How many days did Prisoners spend in theaters to accumulate its domestic gross?
A) 120 days
B) 30 days
C) 90 days
D) 77 days
  • 77. What was the domestic box office gross of Prisoners?
A) $20,817,053
B) $122,126,687
C) $61,002,302
D) $61,124,385
  • 78. What was the international box office gross of Prisoners?
A) $46,000,000
B) $61,124,385
C) $122,126,687
D) $61,002,302
  • 79. Which company released Prisoners on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States?
A) Universal Pictures
B) Warner Home Video
C) Warner Bros
D) Paramount Home Entertainment
  • 80. When was Prisoners released on home media in the United Kingdom?
A) May 20, 2013
B) February 3, 2014
C) December 17, 2013
D) September 20, 2013
  • 81. What approval rating did Prisoners receive on Rotten Tomatoes?
A) 60%
B) 81%
C) 95%
D) 70%
  • 82. How many reviews was the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating based on?
A) 53
B) 100
C) 249
D) 3,260
  • 83. What weighted average score did Prisoners receive on Metacritic out of 100?
A) 50
B) 70
C) 81
D) 90
  • 84. How many critics contributed to the Metacritic score of Prisoners?
A) 122
B) 249
C) 53
D) 10
  • 85. Which publication did critic Christopher Orr write for?
A) The New Republic
B) The Sun Herald
C) The Atlantic
D) Rolling Stone
  • 86. Which publication did critic Ed Gibbs write for?
A) Rolling Stone
B) RogerEbert.com
C) The Sun Herald
D) The Atlantic
  • 87. Which publication did critic Peter Travers write for?
A) Rolling Stone
B) The Sun Herald
C) The New Republic
D) The Atlantic
  • 88. Which film did Ed Gibbs compare Hugh Jackman's emotional exposure to?
A) Philomena
B) Dune
C) 12 Years a Slave
D) Erskineville Kings
  • 89. In what year was Erskineville Kings released?
A) 2009
B) 1999
C) 2021
D) 2013
  • 90. At the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, Prisoners was a second runner-up for which award?
A) BlackBerry People's Choice Award
B) Audience Choice Award
C) Best Feature Film
D) Critics Choice Award
  • 91. Which film won the BlackBerry People's Choice Award ahead of Prisoners at TIFF 2013?
A) Erskineville Kings
B) The Tell-Tale Heart
C) Dune
D) Philomena
  • 92. Which other film finished ahead of Prisoners alongside Philomena at TIFF 2013?
A) Christian Bale
B) The Atlantic
C) 12 Years a Slave
D) Erskineville Kings
  • 93. What position did Prisoners finish at in the 2025 'Readers' Choice' edition of The New York Times' list of 'The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century'?
A) 100
B) 12
C) 121
D) 70
  • 94. Which critic called Prisoners 'weary after ten minutes' in The New Republic?
A) David Thomson
B) Peter Travers
C) Sheila O'Malley
D) Ed Gibbs
  • 95. What rating did Sheila O'Malley give Prisoners on RogerEbert.com out of 4 stars?
A) 4.0
B) 2.5
C) 3.0
D) 1.5
  • 96. What initial grade did audiences polled by CinemaScore give the film?
A) C
B) A−
C) B+
D) A+
  • 97. Which studio asked for a recount by CinemaScore regarding the audience grade?
A) Paramount
B) Warner Home Video
C) Warner Bros
D) Universal Pictures
  • 98. What was the recalculated CinemaScore grade reported later by Warner Bros?
A) A−
B) A+
C) B-
D) B+
  • 99. Who composed the soundtrack for Prisoners?
A) Jóhann Jóhannsson
B) Hans Zimmer
C) Aaron Guzikowski
D) John Williams
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