Q 01/05

Die Hard (1988) is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp. What is it called?

A) Nothing Lasts Forever

B) The Detective

C) Glass Tower

D) 58 Minutes

Answer · why

A) Nothing Lasts Forever

The Detective was Thorp's earlier book, filmed with Frank Sinatra; 58 Minutes became Die Hard 2. Alan Rickman made his screen debut as Hans Gruber in ...

Q 02/05

Which actor made his screen debut, in his early forties, as Die Hard's villain Hans Gruber?

A) Jeremy Irons

B) Charles Dance

C) Gary Oldman

D) Alan Rickman

Answer · why

D) Alan Rickman

He was a stage actor known for Les Liaisons Dangereuses; the building, Nakatomi Plaza, is really Fox Plaza in Century City.

Q 03/05

In Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), who plays the shape-shifting, liquid-metal T-1000?

A) Robert Patrick

B) Michael Biehn

C) Lance Henriksen

D) Bill Paxton

Answer · why

A) Robert Patrick

At $94-102 million it was the most expensive film ever made at the time and won four Oscars, including visual effects and makeup.

Q 04/05

Which martial-arts star was originally cast as the creature in Predator (1987)?

A) Steven Seagal

B) Jean-Claude Van Damme

C) Dolph Lundgren

D) Chuck Norris

Answer · why

B) Jean-Claude Van Damme

The plan was an agile, ninja-like hunter; the suit was unworkable, and Hall, fresh from playing the sasquatch in Harry and the Hendersons, took over.

Q 05/05

How many people does John Rambo kill in First Blood (1982)?

A) Nobody at all

B) Dozens of soldiers

C) Seven deputies

D) One, by accident

Answer · why

D) One, by accident

The film reworked David Morrell's far bloodier novel so that Deputy Galt's death, a fall from a helicopter, is the only fatality; the sequels made up ...