Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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50 free Terminator 2: Judgment Day trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day took the relentless machine from James Cameron's 1984 thriller and turned it into a guardian, then set it against a villain unlike anything audiences had seen. More than three decades on, it is still the film that fans measure every action sequel against. This quiz covers the story from the first chase to the last goodbye, the actors and the parts they nearly lost, the long shoot around Southern California, the music, the box office and the awards. It also follows the film's afterlife in sequels, theme parks and other people's movies. The early questions suit viewers who have seen the film once, while later ones dig into audition stories and production details for fans who know every scene. Each answer comes with a short explanation, so you will leave with a few stories worth retelling.
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Q 01What did the studio behind Terminator 2 hand Arnold Schwarzenegger to cover most of his salary?
A private jet
A private jet, a Gulfstream III, made up most of his fee because paying that way eased the studio's immediate cash burden.
Q 02Who doubled for Terminator 2's Sarah Connor actress when two Sarahs appear on screen at once?
Her twin sister
Her twin sister Leslie played the real Sarah in scenes where the star was portraying the T-1000 impersonating her.
Q 03Which gesture does the T-800 give John Connor as it is lowered into the vat in Terminator 2?
A thumbs-up
A thumbs-up was added during filming, although the actress playing Sarah Connor thought it too sentimental.
Q 04In Last Action Hero, which actor replaces Arnold Schwarzenegger on a poster for Terminator 2?
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone appears as the T-800 on the poster, and the 1993 film also slips in a cameo by the T-1000 itself.
Q 05Which rock band recorded "You Could Be Mine", the tie-in single for Terminator 2?
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses were Arnold Schwarzenegger's own pick, and he appears in the music video as the T-800 pursuing the band.
Q 06What is the shape-shifting T-1000 made of in Terminator 2, letting it copy people it touches?
Liquid metal
Liquid metal, which the film calls mimetic polyalloy, lets it imitate any person it touches but not complex machines with moving parts.
Q 07Which disguise does the T-1000 wear for most of Terminator 2 so it can move around unquestioned?
A police officer
A police officer could operate with less suspicion, and the writers saw the uniform as a symbol of people who should have empathy becoming machine-like.
Q 08Which singer was considered for Terminator 2's T-1000 before a motorcycle crash badly injured his leg?
Billy Idol
Billy Idol was ruled out by the crash, and James Cameron later admitted he probably would not have cast him in hindsight.
Q 09Which actor plays Terminator 2's T-1000, having trained to sprint without visibly breathing hard?
Robert Patrick
Robert Patrick studied hunting animals such as cats and sharks for the part, and learned to reload a pistol without looking or even blinking.
Q 10Which actress returned as Sarah Connor in Terminator 2 after months of judo and military training?
Linda Hamilton
Linda Hamilton worked with a trainer three hours a day, six days a week, and later described the gruelling preparation as sheer hell.
Q 11Which newcomer plays the young John Connor in Terminator 2, having never acted before?
Edward Furlong
Edward Furlong beat hundreds of other hopefuls at his last audition, then had to take acting lessons and learn to ride a motorcycle.
Q 12Which artificial intelligence sends the T-1000 back in time to hunt John Connor in Terminator 2?
Skynet
Skynet becomes self-aware in the story's timeline and triggers a nuclear holocaust when its creators try to switch it off.
Q 13Where does the final showdown between the T-800 and the T-1000 take place in Terminator 2?
A steel mill
A steel mill hosts the finale, filmed in a closed Kaiser plant in Fontana that was frigid and dangerous despite appearing to be smelting.
Q 21Terminator 2 ended its run as the third-highest-grossing film ever, behind Star Wars and which film?
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial led the list with about $619 million, while Terminator 2 became the first film to gross over $300 million outside the US and Canada.
Q 22James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger reunited soon after Terminator 2 for which action film?
True Lies
True Lies followed in 1994, by which time the two were close friends who had formed what they called a midlife crisis motorcycle club.
Q 23Which later sequel is a direct follow-up to Terminator 2, with James Cameron back as producer?
Dark Fate
Q 14Which order from John Connor does the T-800 obey for the rest of Terminator 2?
Never kill anyone
Never kill anyone is John's rule once he learns the machine is programmed to obey him, so it takes to wounding its opponents instead.
Q 15Which machine does young John Connor hack early in Terminator 2, in a scene filmed in Van Nuys?
An ATM
An ATM is his target, in a scene filmed at a bank; the house of his foster parents, in Canoga Park, was picked for its generic look.
Q 16Which company employs Miles Dyson, whose chip research threatens the future in Terminator 2?
Cyberdyne Systems
Cyberdyne Systems has Dyson as its director of special projects, and he ends up helping to blow up his own lab there.
Q 17Which rock song plays as the T-800 puts on a biker's clothes early in Terminator 2?
Bad to the Bone
Bad to the Bone, by George Thorogood & the Destroyers, was the co-writer's suggestion, which James Cameron used despite disliking the idea at first.
Q 18Which Hollywood record did Terminator 2 set before a single ticket had been sold?
Most expensive film
Most expensive film ever made at the time, it cost an estimated $94–102 million with marketing, and news reports predicted it would bankrupt its studio.
Q 19Which of these Academy Awards did Terminator 2 win at the 64th Oscars ceremony?
Best Visual Effects
Best Visual Effects was one of four Oscars for the film, which also won for makeup, sound and sound effects editing but lost for cinematography and film editing.
Q 20Terminator 2 was the top-grossing film of 1991 in North America; which film finished second?
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves had been tipped as the year's biggest hit, but it finished about $40 million behind the sequel.
Dark Fate picks up from the 1991 film's events, and it put the actress who played Sarah Connor back on screen in the role.
Q 24Which theme park brand opened T2-3D: Battle Across Time, an attraction based on Terminator 2?
Universal Studios
Universal Studios Florida opened the show in 1996; its 12-minute 3D film reunited the four lead actors and cost $24 million, a record per minute at the time.
Q 25Miles Dyson's research in Terminator 2 draws on a chip and which other relic of the 1984 machine?
Its arm
Its arm and the chip are retrieved in the break-in at the lab, and John later throws both into the molten vat.
Q 26Which company created the groundbreaking computer-generated T-1000 imagery seen in Terminator 2?
Industrial Light & Magic
Industrial Light & Magic needed a team of up to 35 people for about five minutes of footage, and rendering 15 seconds of it could take ten days.
Q 27Which future Breaking Bad star plays the SWAT team leader in Terminator 2?
Dean Norris
Dean Norris, later famous as DEA agent Hank Schrader, has played more than 40 law enforcement roles across his career.
Q 28Which 1989 underwater film had computer-generated water imagery similar to Terminator 2's T-1000?
The Abyss
The Abyss was James Cameron's previous film, and the same company that animated its water tentacle went on to build the shape-shifting villain.
Q 29Which star declined to play Miles Dyson in Terminator 2 because the part mostly meant acting scared?
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington was the preferred choice for the engineer, and the role of Dyson was scaled back after he turned it down.
Q 30Which actor plays Miles Dyson, the engineer shot while destroying his own lab in Terminator 2?
Joe Morton
Joe Morton avoided mixing with the rest of the cast during filming so that their on-screen relationships would seem believably distant.