Few horror movies have changed the genre like Saw. What begins as two strangers chained inside a grimy bathroom quickly unfolds into one of the most memorable psychological thrillers ever made. Twists, clues, and hidden details are scattered throughout the film, rewarding viewers who pay close attention.
This free online Saw I trivia challenges you to remember not only the shocking moments, but also the subtle details that made the original film such a classic.
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This isn’t just a collection of obvious questions. The challenge combines general knowledge Saw questions and answers, memorable dialogue, character facts, locations, traps, and lesser-known movie details.
As you advance, the difficulty increases naturally. You’ll begin with easy questions, move into medium-level challenges, and finish with hard trivia questions designed for dedicated Saw fans.
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The complete Saw I quiz contains 60 questions, organized into 6 trivia blocks of 10 questions each. Each block is part of the overall Easy, Medium, and Hard progression.
After completing a trivia block, click the Show Answers button at the bottom of that section to reveal every correct answer before moving to the next set of questions.
Easy Questions
1. Who is the doctor chained in the bathroom?
Dr. Lawrence Gordon is an oncologist who finds himself chained to a pipe in a dilapidated bathroom at the start of the movie.
2. What is the name of the young man who wakes up in the bathtub at the start of the film?
Adam Stanheight is a photographer who awakens submerged in a dirty bathtub at the very beginning of the film.
3. What is the nickname the police and newspapers give to the killer?
The media and police dub the antagonist the Jigsaw Killer because he cuts a puzzle piece shape out of his victims' skin.
4. What instruction is written on the labels of the micro cassette tapes?
The audio tapes left behind for the test subjects feature the handwritten words "Play me" on their labels.
5. What part of the body does Dr. Lawrence Gordon specialize in treating?
Dr. Gordon is an oncologist, meaning he specializes in diagnosing and treating patients with various forms of cancer.
6. What item do the characters find inside the toilet tank to help them?
Inside the toilet tank, they discover a plastic bag containing two hacksaws that are meant to be used in their game.
7. What is the name of Lawrence Gordon's daughter?
Diana is Lawrence and Alison Gordon's young daughter who is taken hostage along with her mother.
8. What letter is painted in glow-in-the-dark paint on the bathroom wall?
Lawrence realizes a clue is hidden on the wall and turns off the lights to reveal a glowing "X" painted near the mirror.
9. What object does Adam use to pull the tape recorder toward him?
Adam takes off his shirt and throws it to hook and drag the tape recorder across the bathroom floor.
10. What is the name of Lawrence's wife?
Alison Gordon is Lawrence's wife who is held captive in her own home while her husband is trapped in the bathroom.
1. What is the first name of the character who survived the reverse bear trap?
Amanda Young is the only known survivor of a Jigsaw trap at the start of the investigation, having escaped the reverse bear trap.
2. What does Jigsaw say at the very end of the movie before closing the door?
John Kramer stands up from the bathroom floor, looks at Adam, and says his iconic final line, "Game over," before shutting the door.
3. What tool is used to try and cut through the metal chains?
Adam and Lawrence try to use the provided hacksaws to cut through their heavy ankle chains, but the blades break.
4. How many people are physically present in the bathroom at the start of the movie (including the body)?
At the start, Adam and Lawrence are chained in opposite corners, and a seemingly dead body lies in the middle of the room, making 3 people.
5. What is the name of the orderly who holds Lawrence's family hostage?
Zep Hindle is a hospital orderly who is forced to hold Lawrence's family hostage as part of his own game to get an antidote.
6. What item belonging to Dr. Gordon was found at a Jigsaw crime scene?
Detective Tapp finds Dr. Gordon's engraved medical penlight at the scene of a Jigsaw victim's trap, making him a prime suspect.
7. What does Adam find inside his back left pocket?
When checking his pockets for clues, Adam finds his personalized micro cassette tape in his back left pocket.
8. In what room of the house does Zep hide before grabbing Diana?
Zep hides inside the bedroom closet and emerges to tie up Diana and Alison after Alison discovers the intrusion.
9. What is the name of the patient Dr. Gordon discusses with medical students?
Dr. Gordon walks his medical students through the case of John Kramer, a patient with terminal brain cancer.
10. What specific illness is diagnosed in patient John during Dr. Gordon's lecture?
John Kramer suffers from an inoperable frontal lobe tumor and terminal colon cancer, which drives his philosophy on life.
Intermediate Questions
1. What does Jigsaw tell Mark is in his veins during his game?
Mark's tape informs him that a slow-acting poison is flowing through his veins and the antidote is hidden inside a safe.
2. What is the name of the detective who becomes obsessed with the Jigsaw case?
Detective David Tapp becomes deeply obsessed with catching Jigsaw, continuing his investigation even after being dismissed from the force.
3. What was the name of the hotel where Dr. Gordon went to meet a student?
Dr. Gordon goes to the Barclay Hotel for an anonymous rendezvous, which Jigsaw uses to frame and monitor his infidelity.
4. What is the name of the detective who is killed by a shotgun trap?
Detective Steven Sing triggers a tripwire connected to multiple shotguns while trying to apprehend Jigsaw in his lair.
5. What does Lawrence realize the hacksaws are actually intended for?
Lawrence realizes the saws were never meant to cut the hardened steel chains, but rather their own feet to escape the shackles.
6. What is the name of the female detective working on the Jigsaw case?
Detective Allison Kerry is the forensic expert and lead investigator helping Tapp and Sing analyze the Jigsaw crime scenes.
7. What color is the robe worn by the figure that kidnaps the victims?
The mysterious figure who abducts the test subjects wears a dark black robe with a pig mask to conceal their identity.
8. What is the clue "Follow your heart" written on in the bathroom?
The phrase "Follow your heart" is painted directly onto the bathroom wall near the toilet as a cryptic hint.
9. What happens to Adam when he tries to touch his ankle manacle after his "fake death"?
When Adam touches his shackle after pretending to die, John Kramer triggers a remote electric shock through the chain.
10. What is the name of the medical student infatuated with Dr. Gordon?
Carla Song is the medical student who has an affair with Dr. Gordon and is later confronted about it.
1. What specific substance is smeared all over Mark’s body in his trap?
Mark is covered in a highly flammable substance, making his search for the combination with a candle extremely hazardous.
2. What is the name of the street where Jigsaw’s mannequin factory is located?
Detective Tapp traces Jigsaw's location to an abandoned mannequin factory warehouse located on Stygian Street.
3. How many months have passed since Lawrence was first questioned by police?
Dr. Gordon explicitly mentions to Adam that it has been five months since the police interrogation regarding his penlight.
4. What was the name of the victim found in the razor wire cage?
Paul Leahy is the depressed man placed in the razor wire maze who had to crawl through it to survive.
5. What was the name of the character trapped in the chair with two power drills?
Jeff Ridenhour is the victim rescued by Tapp and Sing just before the drill apparatus can pierce his neck.
6. What is written on the small folded note found in the box with the cell phone?
The note hidden in the box specifically warns Dr. Gordon to only receive calls on the cell phone and not answer.
7. What does Zep use to listen to Diana’s heartbeat?
Zep holds a medical stethoscope against Diana's chest to listen to her elevated heartbeat while holding her hostage.
8. Which character realizes the bathroom mirror is two-way?
Adam uses his knowledge of photography and observation to realize that the bathroom mirror is actually a two-way glass.
9. What is the name of the person Adam was paid by to follow Gordon?
Detective Tapp hired Adam as a private photographer to follow and document Dr. Gordon's secret personal life.
10. What was in the bathtub right before the water went down the drain?
The small key to Adam’s leg chain was in the bathtub with the water. When Adam woke up, thrashed around, and pulled the drain plug, the loose key was sucked down the drain.
Hard Questions
1. According to Kerry, how many weeks had the razor wire victim been dead?
Kerry notes during the crime scene investigation that Paul's body had been decaying in the cage for three weeks.
2. What is the specific combination hint for the safe in Mark's trap?
The clue tells Mark that the combination to the safe containing the antidote is written directly on the surrounding walls.
3. What does Jigsaw say is the only thing left to do when there is "that much poison" in your blood?
The tape recording informs the victim that with that quantity of slow-acting poison, the only remaining outcome is death.
4. What did Adam use to break the two-way mirror in the bathroom?
Adam detaches the ceramic toilet tank lid and smashes it against the mirror to reveal the hidden camera behind it.
5. What item does Zep tuck under his arm while in Diana's bedroom?
Zep picks up and creepily tucks Diana's favorite plush teddy bear under his arm while monitoring the captive family.
6. What did the message on the back of the photograph of Gordon's family say?
The back of the hidden photograph contains the vital clue "Turn off the lights" which helps them find the glow-in-the-dark X.
7. What did Detective Sing use to eventually stop the power drills?
After failing to find the correct key in time, Detective Sing fires his shotgun directly into the drill machine's power box to stop it.
8. What is the name of the character who was injected with an opiate overdose?
Amanda Young was a drug addict targeted by Jigsaw who survived her trap after being injected with a heavy opiate.
9. How many times did Adam slam the toilet lid onto Zep's head?
During their brutal final struggle on the bathroom floor, Adam overpowers Zep and strikes him with the heavy ceramic lid three times.
10. What did Lawrence use to dip the end of his cigarette in?
Lawrence dips the tip of the unlit cigarette into the pool of toxic, poisoned blood surrounding the body in the middle of the room.
1. What was the name of Adam's best friend who stabbed him with a nail?
In the script, Adam says: "Well, um, let's see. On my sixth birthday, my best friend at that time, Scott Tibbs, stabbed me with a rusty nail. I didn't tell you about that. I didn't tell you that my last girlfriend, who was a feminist vegan punk, broke up with me because she thought I was too angry. Uh, I haven't told you that one of my toenails is slightly..."
2. What did Adam say he wouldn't tell Lawrence about his toenail?
Adam uses dark humor during their confinement, jokingly telling Lawrence that he refuses to admit his toenail is actually painted blue.
3. What is the specific price Adam was paid per night to follow Gordon?
Adam reveals that Detective Tapp compensated him at a rate of two hundred dollars per night to spy on and photograph Dr. Gordon.
4. What was the name of the character Jigsaw addressed as "Mandy"?
Jigsaw uses the affectionate nickname "Mandy" when talking to Amanda Young on the tape recorder during her test.
5. What is the first thing Zep says to Lawrence on the hotel room phone?
When Zep connects the call to Dr. Gordon's cell phone from the house, his opening chilling words are "Your time is up."
6. What does the script say Lawrence bites on to brace himself while sawing?
To endure the immense pain of cutting through his own ankle, Lawrence bites down hard on a bundled heavy rag to muffle his screams.
7. What are the "bits of debris" Adam throws at Lawrence to wake him up?
Upon waking up chained in the dark, Adam breaks off small pieces of old ceramic floor tile and tosses them across the room at Lawrence.
8. What is the name of the character Jigsaw calls "Mr. Hindle"?
Jigsaw addresses the hospital orderly formally as Mr. Hindle on the tape that explains Zep's specific rules for survival.
9. What does Zep take from the desk before leaving the Gordon house?
Zep snatches Dr. Gordon's hospital medical pager off the desk to ensure he can monitor incoming transmissions before rushing out.
10. What is the last thing Jigsaw says to Amanda in person after she survives?
After Amanda survives her reverse bear trap in the first Saw film, Jigsaw (John Kramer) speaks to her through a success recording, that says: "Congratulations. You are still alive. Most people are so ungrateful to be alive. But not you. Not anymore."
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