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