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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)
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Providence
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
Smell the Glove
Sex Farm
Big Twelve Inch Record
Flesh Torpedo
3. State in which the town of Blaine, the setting of WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, is located
Missouri
North Dakota
Nebraska
Kentucky
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)
Peter "James" Bond
Mick Shrimpton
Nick Bloodsauce
Viv Savage
6. City where the band gets lost backstage (SPINAL TAP)
Cleveland
Boston
Akron
Philadelphia
7. Movie that Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest)'s collectible lunch box commemorates (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN)
Liza With a "Z"
The Remains of the Day
Howards End
My Dinner with Andre
8. Jay Berman (Christopher Guest)'s film about a Southern Jewish family in the 1940s (FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION)
Home for Purim
Magnolias and Matzo
Take This Job and Shavuot
Rushing for Hashanah
9. What that film was later retitled by the studio (FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION)
Purim and Prejudice
Everybody Loves Christmas
Home for Thanksgiving
Happy New Year, Mr. Brownstein
10. Notable two-word review of the album "Shark Sandwich" (SPINAL TAP)
"So stupid"
"Shark vomit"
"Shit sandwich"
"Pure torture"
11. Major character from another Guest film that has a cameo in MASCOTS
Nigel Tufnel
Corky St. Clair
Sir Dennis Eton-Hogg
Dr. Allan Pearl
12. Unusual surgery that Ron Albertson (Fred Willard) claims to have had (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN)
Removal of third buttock
Penis reduction surgery
Chest hair transplant
Testicular sculpting
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)
Busy Bee
Squeaky Chicken
Furry Fox
Tippy Turtle
14. Folk duo Mitch & Mickey (Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara)'s biggest hit from the old days (A MIGHTY WIND)
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow"
"The Whippoorwill Sings For You"
"Make Love, Not Nukes"
"(Listen to the) Flower People"
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
Eugene Levy
Michael McKean
Bob Balaban
16. What kind of dog was Scott (John Michael Higgins) and Stefan (Michael McKean)'s Miss Agnes? (BEST IN SHOW)
Bichon Frisé
Yorkshire Terrier
Shih Tzu
Standard Poodle
17. Harlan Pepper (Christopher Guest)'s artistic passion (BEST IN SHOW)
Spaghetti macramé
Finger paint
Ventriloquism
The ukelele
18. Improvised hotel room shared by Gerry and Cookie Fleck (Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara) (BEST IN SHOW)
Kitchen
Utility closet
Laundry Room
Roof
19. Mr. Guffman's first name
Dick
Bob
Mort
Art
20. According to local lore, what landed in Blaine in 1946? (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN)
A Soviet weather balloon
An asteroid
Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose"
A UFO
21. What unusual physical condition does Gerry Fleck (Eugene Levy) have? (BEST IN SHOW)
A green thumb
Twelve toes
Two left feet
Six nipples
22. What were the Main Street Singers renamed? (A MIGHTY WIND)
The New Main Street Singers
The Folksmen
The Troubadours
Spinal Tap
23. Two main things that the retired Nigel Tufnel's boutique shop sells (SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES)
Guitars and sardines
Guitars and kazoos
Guitars and cheese
Guitars and rubber ducks
24. According to veteran actress Mary Taft Hooligan (Catherine O'Hara), "Dying is easy. _____ is hard." (FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION)
Dieting
Playing a lesbian
Not dying
Memorizing lines
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