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