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Christopher Guest Movie Trivia
Christopher Guest's famous "mockumentaries" include THIS IS SPINAL TAP, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, BEST IN SHOW, A MIGHTY WIND, MASCOTS, and SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES. They're known for showcasing highly quirky subcultures, for using the same ensemble of actors in many films, and for their devoted cult following. How well do you know them?
At the end of each question, the name of the movie is in caps and parentheses, unless it's cited in the question
When specific characters are named, the actors who played them are provided in parentheses
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Last updated: June 5, 2026
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1. The Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show is in what city? (BEST IN SHOW)
Cleveland
Providence
Philadelphia
New York
2. Title of Spinal Tap's controversial new album, which was released with a solid black cover because the original cover was deemed too obscene
Big Twelve Inch Record
Flesh Torpedo
Smell the Glove
Sex Farm
3. State in which the town of Blaine, the setting of WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, is located
Kentucky
Nebraska
Missouri
North Dakota
4. What product temporarily put the Blaine on the map? (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN)
Hula hoops
Spatulas
Ceramic squirrels
Stools
5. Drummer who survives through most of the film (SPINAL TAP)
Nick Bloodsauce
Peter "James" Bond
Mick Shrimpton
Viv Savage
6. City where the band gets lost backstage (SPINAL TAP)
Philadelphia
Akron
Boston
Cleveland
7. Movie that Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest)'s collectible lunch box commemorates (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN)
Howards End
My Dinner with Andre
Liza With a "Z"
The Remains of the Day
8. Jay Berman (Christopher Guest)'s film about a Southern Jewish family in the 1940s (FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION)
Take This Job and Shavuot
Home for Purim
Rushing for Hashanah
Magnolias and Matzo
9. What that film was later retitled by the studio (FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION)
Purim and Prejudice
Home for Thanksgiving
Everybody Loves Christmas
Happy New Year, Mr. Brownstein
10. Notable two-word review of the album "Shark Sandwich" (SPINAL TAP)
"Shit sandwich"
"Shark vomit"
"Pure torture"
"So stupid"
11. Major character from another Guest film that has a cameo in MASCOTS
Dr. Allan Pearl
Sir Dennis Eton-Hogg
Nigel Tufnel
Corky St. Clair
12. Unusual surgery that Ron Albertson (Fred Willard) claims to have had (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN)
Testicular sculpting
Removal of third buttock
Penis reduction surgery
Chest hair transplant
13. According to her owners, Meg and Hamilton Swan (Parker Posey and Michael Hitchcock), what toy could Beatrice the weimaraner not go without? (BEST IN SHOW)
Squeaky Chicken
Furry Fox
Tippy Turtle
Busy Bee
14. Folk duo Mitch & Mickey (Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara)'s biggest hit from the old days (A MIGHTY WIND)
"(Listen to the) Flower People"
"Make Love, Not Nukes"
"The Whippoorwill Sings For You"
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow"
15. He played music director Lloyd Miller, screenwriter Philip Koontz in FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, and Mayflower Kennel Club President Theodore Millbank III in BEST IN SHOW
Fred Willard
Michael McKean
Bob Balaban
Eugene Levy
16. What kind of dog was Scott (John Michael Higgins) and Stefan (Michael McKean)'s Miss Agnes? (BEST IN SHOW)
Shih Tzu
Yorkshire Terrier
Bichon Frisé
Standard Poodle
17. Harlan Pepper (Christopher Guest)'s artistic passion (BEST IN SHOW)
Spaghetti macramé
The ukelele
Ventriloquism
Finger paint
18. Improvised hotel room shared by Gerry and Cookie Fleck (Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara) (BEST IN SHOW)
Laundry Room
Roof
Kitchen
Utility closet
19. Mr. Guffman's first name
Dick
Art
Mort
Bob
20. According to local lore, what landed in Blaine in 1946? (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN)
A Soviet weather balloon
An asteroid
A UFO
Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose"
21. What unusual physical condition does Gerry Fleck (Eugene Levy) have? (BEST IN SHOW)
Six nipples
A green thumb
Twelve toes
Two left feet
22. What were the Main Street Singers renamed? (A MIGHTY WIND)
The Troubadours
Spinal Tap
The Folksmen
The New Main Street Singers
23. Two main things that the retired Nigel Tufnel's boutique shop sells (SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES)
Guitars and rubber ducks
Guitars and kazoos
Guitars and sardines
Guitars and cheese
24. According to veteran actress Mary Taft Hooligan (Catherine O'Hara), "Dying is easy. _____ is hard." (FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION)
Memorizing lines
Playing a lesbian
Dieting
Not dying
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