Steven Spielberg
Jaws became a landmark summer blockbuster. This topic is part of Film People within Movies & Television. This page currently draws on 24 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Steven Spielberg trivia questions
Steven Spielberg directed which movie about a great white shark?
Answer: Jaws
Bonus fact: Jaws became a landmark summer blockbuster.
Which Spielberg film features an extraterrestrial who befriends a boy named Elliott?
Answer: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Bonus fact: E.T. was released in 1982.
Spielberg co-founded which film studio with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen?
Answer: DreamWorks SKG
Bonus fact: DreamWorks was founded in 1994.
Which 1998 Steven Spielberg film opens with the Normandy landings?
Answer: Saving Private Ryan
Bonus fact: Its Omaha Beach sequence became famous for its intensity.
DreamWorks SKG was founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and whom?
Answer: David Geffen
Bonus fact: The initials SKG came from their surnames.
Which 1975 blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg was released by Universal?
Answer: Jaws
Bonus fact: Jaws became a model for the modern summer blockbuster.
Which Steven Spielberg film famously used animatronic dinosaurs alongside CGI?
Answer: Jurassic Park
Bonus fact: Stan Winston's full-size dinosaur effects complemented digital shots.
Kushner co-wrote the screenplay for which Steven Spielberg film about Abraham Lincoln?
Answer: Lincoln
Bonus fact: Kushner received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay.
Which director made Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park?
Answer: Steven Spielberg
Bonus fact: Steven Spielberg directed all three landmark films.
George Lucas also co-created which archaeologist-adventurer character?
Answer: Indiana Jones
Bonus fact: Lucas developed Indiana Jones with Steven Spielberg and Philip Kaufman.
Michael Crichton wrote which novel about a dinosaur theme park?
Answer: Jurassic Park
Bonus fact: The novel was adapted into Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film.
What kind of animal terrorizes the beach town in Jaws?
Answer: A shark
Bonus fact: Jaws was directed by Steven Spielberg.