Estranged sisters, a runaway pet and a high-stakes trivia stage collide in Quiz Lady, a 2023 comedy that turns a family debt problem into a cross-country scramble.
What is Quiz Lady about?
Two sisters who have drifted apart are pulled back together when their mother's gambling debts need paying off fast. One of them has spent years quietly stockpiling trivia knowledge, and that obsession suddenly becomes useful when a televised quiz competition offers a way to raise the money. The plan gets complicated almost immediately: a dog goes missing along the way, forcing the sisters onto the road together, bickering and reconciling in equal measure while the clock runs down on both the game show and their patched-together relationship. The film leans on the mismatch between the two sisters' personalities for much of its comedy, using the road-trip structure to force conversations they had clearly been avoiding for years.
About the cast
Awkwafina and Sandra Oh lead as the sisters, with Will Ferrell, Holland Taylor, Jason Schwartzman, Tawny Newsome, Paul Reubens and Jonathan Park in supporting roles. Director Jessica Yu assembles a broad comedic ensemble around the two leads, giving the film a deep bench of familiar faces to draw laughs from in smaller scenes.
Context & significance
Quiz Lady sits in a well-worn American comedy tradition of pairing an odd-couple sibling dynamic with a ticking-clock competition, using the trivia-show format as a structural engine rather than just a backdrop. At 99 minutes, it keeps the road-trip detours brisk enough that the film never strays far from its central deadline.
Watching Quiz Lady on Ktime
Quiz Lady is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, letting viewers choose a fully Farsi soundtrack or the original English dialogue with Farsi text on screen. Browsing the film's page costs nothing; watching it requires a K-Time account, and the site's interface is built with Farsi-speaking viewers in mind throughout.