Q 01/05

Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey?

A) Franklin J. Schaffner

B) Robert Wise

C) Stanley Kubrick

D) Ridley Scott

Answer · why

C) Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick directed and produced 2001: A Space Odyssey, his first film after the 1964 satire Dr. Strangelove.

Q 02/05

Which science fiction author co-wrote the screenplay with Kubrick?

A) Ray Bradbury

B) Arthur C. Clarke

C) Isaac Asimov

D) Robert A. Heinlein

Answer · why

B) Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke co-wrote the screenplay while drafting the novel in parallel; he was living in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, when the collaboration began in...

Q 03/05

In which year was the film released?

A) 1968

B) 1977

C) 1970

D) 1972

Answer · why

A) 1968

2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1968, premiering on 2 April before its general US opening the following day.

Q 04/05

Which 1951 Clarke short story was the primary inspiration for the film?

A) Childhood's End

B) Encounter in the Dawn

C) The Sentinel

D) The Nine Billion Names of God

Answer · why

C) The Sentinel

The Sentinel, first published in 1951 as 'Sentinel of Eternity', describes an alien artefact left on the Moon to signal humanity's arrival in space, t...

Q 05/05

What is the name of the sentient computer aboard Discovery One?

A) SAL 9000

B) VIKI

C) Mother

D) HAL 9000

Answer · why

D) HAL 9000

HAL 9000 is the Discovery's computer; its twin SAL 9000, with a blue eye instead of red, appears in the 1984 sequel voiced by Candice Bergen.