leonardo dicaprio as jack standing behind kate winslet as rose, holding onto her waist in a still from titanic; white, yellow and purple circles with question marks surround them

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Quiz: ‘Titanic’ Movie Trivia

See how well you remember Rose and Jack’s voyage

Jayme Deerwester,

AARP

Published February 10, 2023

10 Questions

It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since moviegoers first watched the epic love story of Rose (Kate Winslet) and Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) aboard a doomed ocean liner. Titanic is being rereleased in theaters to mark the milestone occasion, but before you buy your ticket, take our quiz to see how much you remember about the boat’s fateful seafaring journey.

Quiz: ‘Titanic’ Movie Trivia

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 "question" : "How did Jack wind up on the “Titanic”?\n",
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 "answer" : "He won a ticket in a card game.",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "He pickpocketed someone and stole a ticket.",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "He bought the cheapest ticket he could find.",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "He got a job as a crew member.",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "Jack won two steerage-class tickets playing poker against some would-be Swedish immigrants at a pub near the dock in Southampton, England. He and his Italian friend Fabrizio cut it kind of close though, winning the tickets just five minutes before the ship was set to depart. They made it onto the ship with seconds to spare.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "According to Rose, how much time had passed between the ship sinking and her visit to the research vessel floating above the wreckage?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "50 years",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "65 years",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "84 years",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "95 years",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "“It’s been 84 years,” she pointed out as she began to tell her story to Brock and her granddaughter, “and I can still smell the fresh paint. The china had never been used. The sheets had never been slept in. ‘Titanic’ was called the ship of dreams. And it was — it really was.” Well, maybe to everyone but Rose, who dreaded the future that awaited her back home. At 17, she was expected to marry the son of a Pittsburgh steel tycoon (Billy Zane) to keep her family financially afloat. She dreaded her future so much she tried to throw herself off the stern of the ship until Jack talked her down.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "Who sang the award-winning hit song from the movie, “My Heart Will Go On”?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "Kate Winslet",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Celine Dion",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "Diana Ross",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Cher",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "The song won multiple awards, including an Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Original Song and four Grammys, but Dion has stated in interviews that she was against recording it. After writer-composer James Horner played the song for Dion and her late husband, René Angélil, Angélil convinced her to make a demo. “I wanted to choke my husband. Because I didn't want to do it!” she told “Billboard” magazine.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "Which real-life first-class passenger takes pity on Jack and gives him lessons on dealing with wealthy people?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "Madeleine Talmage Astor",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Molly Brown",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "Ida Straus",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Emma Eliza Bucknell",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "Margaret Brown (Kathy Bates), aka the Unsinkable Molly Brown, was snubbed by other female passengers for being “new money,” and thus knew how Jack felt around the upper crust. She outfitted him in white-tie formalwear and told him which fork to use for which course during his “thank-you” dinner with Rose’s mom, fiancé and their friends. Later, she provided leadership in the lifeboat.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "True or false: Director James Cameron personally shot the footage of the “Titanic” wreck site.\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "True",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "False",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "Cameron estimated he did a dozen dives to the wreck site to get the underwater footage he needed for the beginning of the film. Ultimately, he may have spent more time exploring the ship than any passengers, who were only aboard for about five days. By the way, he made it so that the parts of the movie that took place in 1912 lasted exactly two hours, 40 minutes – the same period of time that elapsed from the ship’s collision with the iceberg to the sinking. Those are also Cameron’s hands you see during the closeup shots of Jack drawing Rose.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "What was Rose’s instruction to Jack when she paid him to draw her wearing nothing but the Heart of the Ocean?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "“Don’t make me look fat.”",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Draw me like one of your French girls.”",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "“When you’re done, I want you to hand it to Cal personally.”",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "“Don’t show this to anyone else.”",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "Rose, who was sick of looking like a porcelain doll in portraits, told Jack she wanted him to draw her “like one of your French girls,” referencing the nude portraits she’d seen in his portfolio. Memes wouldn’t really become a thing for another decade or so after “Titanic” came out, but this line was one of the most popular memes to emerge from the film. Later, when she sees the drawing again onboard the research ship, she quips, “Wasn’t I a dish?”\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "Speaking of the Heart of the Ocean, true or false: In the movie, Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton) explains that the ginormous blue diamond was once owned by King Louis XVI.\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "True",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "False",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "At the beginning of the film, Lovett says of the diamond he’s searching for: “Louis XVI wore a fabulous stone known as the blue diamond of the crown. It disappeared in 1792, around the same time Louis lost everything from the neck up.” However, Brock’s dates were a little off: Louis, France’s last king, didn’t go to the guillotine until 1793, toward the end of the French revolution.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "On what date did the “Titanic” hit the iceberg?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "April 14, 1912",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "June 15, 1913",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "April 12, 1914",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "April 13, 1915",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "The ship hit the iceberg around 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, and sank by 2:20 a.m. the morning of the 15th.\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "The older couple who opted to die together in their bed owned what department store?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "R.H. Macy’s",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "Nordstrom",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Neiman Marcus",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Saks Fifth Avenue",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "Isidor Straus, the owner and manager of R.H. Macy’s, died with wife, Ida, onboard the “Titanic.”\n",
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}, {
 "question" : "Who won an Oscar for their work on the movie?\n",
 "answers" : [ {
 "answer" : "Kate Winslet",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "Leonardo DiCaprio",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 }, {
 "answer" : "James Cameron",
 "correctAnswer" : true
 }, {
 "answer" : "Gloria Stuart",
 "correctAnswer" : false
 } ],
 "multiSelect" : false,
 "explanation" : "Cameron was the only one of the bunch to hoist a trophy on Oscar night. While accepting his best director award, he echoed Jack’s catchphrase, proclaiming, “I’m the king of the world!” Winslet and Stuart were both nominated, but “Titanic” was DiCaprio’s first major snub as a lead actor (he had previously received a supporting nod for 1993’s “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”). Both Winslet and DiCaprio would go on to win Oscars for “The Reader” and “The Revenant,” respectively. In fact, the camera caught Winslet getting weepy during DiCaprio’s acceptance speech in 2016.\n",
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Jayme Deerwester is an editor and writer with two decades of experience at USA TODAY, where she covered entertainment, travel, personal finance and technology. When not in front of a computer, she can be found rowing, kayaking or playing with her dog.

Quiz: ‘Titanic’ Movie Trivia

Quiz: ‘Titanic’ Movie Trivia

Quiz: ‘Titanic’ Movie Trivia

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