Movie Poster Quiz

1. In contemporary U.S. theatrical advertising, what is the common name for the standard vertical poster format measuring approximately 27 by 40 inches?

2. A studio wants five famous cast members to receive similar prominence, with no single character dominating. Which poster composition best fits that brief?

3. You notice a dense block of small type near the bottom of a theatrical poster listing cast, producers, writers, and other credits. What is this element called?

4. A movie title remains easy to read when its poster is reduced to a small streaming thumbnail because it is large, high-contrast, and placed prominently. Which concept best explains this success?

5. Which movie poster features a red, black, and yellow emblem containing a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton?

6. Which Alfred Hitchcock film has a celebrated poster built around orange spirals and two human figures appearing to fall into a vortex?

7. One famous poster presents Uma Thurman lying on a bed with a cigarette and paperback, styled like a worn pulp-fiction book cover. Which movie is it for?

8. A bicycle carrying two silhouetted figures flies across a huge moon on a dark blue poster. Which movie is most directly associated with this image?

9. A poster places a death's-head hawkmoth over a woman's mouth, with the insect becoming the central visual symbol. Which film does it advertise?

10. A distributor adapts the same central promotional artwork for a cinema poster, streaming thumbnail, and online banner. What is that core artwork commonly called?

11. A designer forms a hidden face using the unprinted background between two dark silhouettes. Which design principle is being used most directly?

12. What is the usual advertising term for a short, memorable promotional phrase such as “You'll believe a man can fly”?

13. A poster depicts a cracked egg floating above a shadowy surface in space, accompanied by the line “In space no one can hear you scream.” Which film does it promote?

14. A poster shows a lone swimmer at the ocean's surface while an enormous shark rises toward her from below. Which movie is being advertised?

15. A Saul Bass poster uses a fragmented black silhouette of a human body over blocks of orange, red, and yellow. Which courtroom film does it represent?

16. An early poster reveals only a symbolic object, the movie title, and a release date while withholding most plot and cast details. What kind of poster is this?