Dystopian Fiction Trivia
Dystopian Fiction trivia explores the imagined societies, cautionary themes, and unforgettable books that have shaped the genre from early political satires to modern young adult bestsellers. It offers a concise way to test what you know about authoritarian regimes, social control, resistance, and the writers who turned bleak futures into enduring cultural touchstones.
Easy Dystopian Fiction Trivia
13 questions
These easy Dystopian Fiction trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
Who wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four?
Answer: George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four was written by George Orwell.
Question 2
Which author created Brave New World?
- A.Dave Eggers
- B.Aldous Huxley
- C.George Orwell
- D.Kazuo Ishiguro
Answer: Aldous Huxley
Brave New World was written by Aldous Huxley.
Question 3
Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by which writer?
Answer: Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451.
Question 4
Who is the author of The Handmaid's Tale?
Answer: Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale was written by Margaret Atwood.
Question 5
The Giver was written by whom?
- A.Suzanne Collins
- B.Veronica Roth
- C.Lois Lowry
- D.Margaret Atwood
Answer: Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry wrote The Giver.
Question 6
Which author launched readers into Panem with The Hunger Games?
Answer: Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins wrote The Hunger Games.
Question 7
Who wrote Divergent?
Answer: Veronica Roth
Divergent was written by Veronica Roth.
Question 8
The Maze Runner came from the imagination of which writer?
- A.Kazuo Ishiguro
- B.James Dashner
- C.Dave Eggers
- D.Ray Bradbury
Answer: James Dashner
James Dashner wrote The Maze Runner.
Question 9
Who wrote Never Let Me Go?
Answer: Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go was written by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Question 10
Which author wrote The Circle?
Answer: Dave Eggers
The Circle was written by Dave Eggers.
Question 11
V for Vendetta was written by which creator?
- A.Dave Eggers
- B.George Orwell
- C.Alan Moore
- D.Fritz Lang
Answer: Alan Moore
Alan Moore wrote V for Vendetta.
Question 12
Who directed The Matrix?
Answer: Lana and Lilly Wachowski
The Matrix was directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski.
Question 13
Children of Men was directed by whom?
Answer: Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón directed Children of Men.
Dystopian Fiction Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Dystopian Fiction trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
In Nineteen Eighty-Four, what is the name of the ruling figure everyone is meant to admire?
Answer: Big Brother
In Nineteen Eighty-Four, the powerful ruling figure is called Big Brother.
Question 2
What word in Nineteen Eighty-Four means having politically forbidden thoughts?
Answer: Thoughtcrime
Thoughtcrime is the term for politically forbidden thoughts in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Question 3
In Minority Report, what is the system called when people are punished for offenses predicted before they happen?
Answer: Precrime
Minority Report uses the term Precrime for punishing predicted offenses.
Question 4
Fans of A Clockwork Orange might recognize what name for its invented teen slang?
Answer: Nadsat
The teen slang used in A Clockwork Orange is called Nadsat.
Question 5
How many factions divide society in Divergent?
- A.three factions
- B.four factions
- C.six factions
- D.five factions
Answer: five factions
The future society in Divergent is split into five factions.
Question 6
At the start of The Maze Runner, the boys are trapped in what place?
Answer: the Glade
The Maze Runner begins with boys trapped in a place called the Glade.
Question 7
Who is the boy at the center of The Giver?
Answer: Jonas
The Giver centers on a boy named Jonas.
Question 8
The Handmaid's Tale takes place in what republic?
Answer: Gilead
The setting of The Handmaid's Tale is the Republic of Gilead.
Question 9
What is the name of the nation where The Hunger Games takes place?
Answer: Panem
The Hunger Games is set in the nation of Panem.
Question 10
How many tributes compete in the annual contest in The Hunger Games?
Answer: 24
The annual contest in The Hunger Games features 24 tributes.
Question 11
Which author wrote Battle Royale?
Answer: Koushun Takami
Battle Royale was written by Koushun Takami.
Question 12
Ready Player One was written by which author?
Answer: Ernest Cline
Ernest Cline is the author of Ready Player One.
Fun Dystopian Fiction Trivia
13 questions
These fun Dystopian Fiction trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
Time-travel your movie night back to the silent era: in what year was Metropolis released?
Answer: 1927
Metropolis is an early landmark of dystopian cinema, and it was released in 1927.
Question 2
Before book bans became a hot topic again, Fahrenheit 451 first hit shelves in what year?
- A.1953
- B.1949
- C.1960
- D.1956
Answer: 1953
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 was first published in 1953.
Question 3
Logan's Run made escaping your 30th birthday look dramatic. What year did the film arrive?
Answer: 1976
The film Logan's Run was released in 1976.
Question 4
Neon rain, replicants, and existential dread: Blade Runner was released in what year?
- A.1986
- B.1982
- C.1979
- D.1984
Answer: 1982
Blade Runner was released in 1982.
Question 5
The Handmaid's Tale reached television screens in what premiere year?
Answer: 2017
The television series The Handmaid's Tale premiered in 2017.
Question 6
Which director helmed the bureaucratic nightmare comedy Brazil?
Answer: Terry Gilliam
Brazil was directed by Terry Gilliam.
Question 7
Long before lightsabers ruled the galaxy, who directed THX 1138?
Answer: George Lucas
THX 1138 was directed by George Lucas.
Question 8
Who directed the film version of A Clockwork Orange?
Answer: Stanley Kubrick
The film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange was directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Question 9
Blade Runner borrowed its bones from a Philip K. Dick novel with a famously unforgettable title. What is it?
Answer: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Blade Runner is based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
Question 10
In Blade Runner, who's the weary protagonist doing the detective work?
Answer: Rick Deckard
The protagonist of Blade Runner is Rick Deckard.
Question 11
The Matrix traps humanity inside what simulated reality?
Answer: the Matrix
In The Matrix, humans are kept in a simulated reality called the Matrix.
Question 12
Brave New World keeps its motto crisp and slogan-ready. Which three words complete it?
- A.Unity, Progress, Obedience
- B.Security, Prosperity, Harmony
- C.Community, Identity, Stability
- D.Order, Duty, Peace
Answer: Community, Identity, Stability
The slogan in Brave New World includes the words Community, Identity, Stability.
Question 13
In Fahrenheit 451, which profession does the burning instead of the saving?
Answer: firemen
In Fahrenheit 451, the destructive work is carried out by firemen.
Funny Dystopian Fiction Trivia
13 questions
These funny Dystopian Fiction trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
In Idiocracy, what is the deeply unqualified everyman hero's name?
Answer: Joe Bauers
Idiocracy centers on Joe Bauers, an average man who becomes the accidental hero of its future society.
Question 2
In Idiocracy, what sports drink somehow gets treated like a replacement for water?
- A.Brawndo
- B.Gatorade
- C.Soylent
- D.Slurm
Answer: Brawndo
The joke in Idiocracy is that Brawndo is absurdly used in place of water.
Question 3
"Welcome to Costco, I love you" comes from which dystopian comedy?
- A.Demolition Man
- B.Sleeper
- C.Idiocracy
- D.Brazil
Answer: Idiocracy
That memorably weirdly cheerful line is from Idiocracy.
Question 4
True or false: In Demolition Man, the future replaces physical intimacy with virtual sex helmets.?
Answer: True
Demolition Man presents virtual sex helmets is the future's substitute for physical contact.
Question 5
According to Demolition Man, what restaurant chain wins the franchise wars so thoroughly that all restaurants become it?
Answer: Taco Bell
In Demolition Man, the joke is that Taco Bell ends up is every restaurant in the future.
Question 6
In Demolition Man, what happens every time someone swears in polite future society?
Answer: Automatic fines are issued.
The film's censors make profanity trigger automatic fines.
Question 7
Who directed the futuristic satire Sleeper?
Answer: Woody Allen
Sleeper was directed by Woody Allen.
Question 8
When Miles Monroe nods off in Sleeper, how many years later does he wake up?
Answer: 200 years
In Sleeper, Miles Monroe wakes up 200 years in the future.
Question 9
In WALL-E, what is the name of the starliner where humans lounge around while Earth waits downstairs?
Answer: Axiom
WALL-E places humanity aboard the starliner Axiom.
Question 10
What is the name of the talking computer in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Answer: Eddie
The talking computer in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is named Eddie.
Question 11
In RoboCop, what is the name of the fake board game with a wonderfully subtle title?
Answer: Nukem
RoboCop includes a satirical fake board game called Nukem.
Question 12
Which absurdly cheerful company runs the eerie workplace in Severance?
Answer: Lumon
The company at the center of Severance is Lumon.
Question 13
In Severance, what is the name of the memory-splitting procedure that separates work and non-work selves?
Answer: severance
The workers' memories are split by a procedure called severance.
Hard Dystopian Fiction Trivia
14 questions
These hard Dystopian Fiction trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
In the first English publication history of Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, what year marks its English debut?
Answer: 1924
We was first published in English in 1924.
Question 2
Oceania’s main action in Nineteen Eighty-Four unfolds in which specific province?
Answer: Airstrip One
Nineteen Eighty-Four is set chiefly in Airstrip One.
Question 3
Which Party slogan in Nineteen Eighty-Four turns open contradiction into doctrine?
- A.Freedom is Slavery
- B.Ignorance is Strength
- C.Peace through Victory
- D.War is Peace
Answer: War is Peace
The slogan 'War is Peace' belongs to the Party in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Question 4
In Brave New World, what facility handles the industrial-scale production of babies in London?
Answer: Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Babies are mass-produced at the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre.
Question 5
What is the name of the mood-stabilizing drug that keeps citizens content in Brave New World?
Answer: soma
The drug used to maintain happiness in Brave New World is soma.
Question 6
The central figure of We is known not by a conventional name but by what alphanumeric designation?
Answer: D-503
The protagonist of We is identified is D-503.
Question 7
Who narrates A Clockwork Orange, delivering the story in his own distinctive voice?
Answer: Alex
The narrator of A Clockwork Orange is Alex.
Question 8
What is the formal name of the aversion-based behavioral treatment imposed in A Clockwork Orange?
Answer: the Ludovico Technique
The behavioral treatment in A Clockwork Orange is called the Ludovico Technique.
Question 9
In Fahrenheit 451, which home entertainment system doubles as a constant surveillance-like presence around citizens?
Answer: parlour walls
The television system that constantly watches citizens in Fahrenheit 451 includes parlour walls.
Question 10
What machine in Fahrenheit 451 is specifically deployed to hunt down and track suspects?
Answer: the Mechanical Hound
The mechanical hound in Fahrenheit 451 is used to track suspects.
Question 11
Ursula K. Le Guin’s anarchist dystopian counterpart novel carries what title?
Answer: The Dispossessed
The title of Ursula K. Le Guin's anarchist dystopian counterpart novel is The Dispossessed.
Question 12
In Anthem, which single word is forbidden by the state because it represents individual selfhood?
Answer: 'I'
The state in Anthem forbids the word 'I'.
Question 13
Who wrote Anthem?
Answer: Ayn Rand
Anthem was written by Ayn Rand.
Question 14
In Brave New World, who is revered in a near-founder role by the society?
Answer: Henry Ford
The founder-like figure worshipped in Brave New World is Henry Ford.
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