Q 01/05

In Alita: Battle Angel, Ido names the rebuilt cyborg Alita after which person he has lost?

A) His late wife

B) His late daughter

C) His younger sister

D) His first patient

Answer · why

B) His late daughter

His late daughter gives the cyborg both her name and the body Ido had built for her. In the original manga, the name comes from Ido's dead cat instead...

Q 02/05

In Alita: Battle Angel, winning the title in which brutal sport is the only way into the sky city?

A) Motorball

B) Rollerball

C) Blitzball

D) Podracing

Answer · why

A) Motorball

Motorball is a gladiator race played by cyborgs, and Alita enters a tryout hoping to win prize money for Hugo.

Q 03/05

Which feature of the cyborg in Alita: Battle Angel was kept manga-sized to honour the original art?

A) Her hands

B) Her ears

C) Her eyes

D) Her hair

Answer · why

C) Her eyes

Her eyes were kept large on purpose, and the first trailer drew a mixed response centred on how the heroine looked.

Q 04/05

Which Spy Kids director won the Alita: Battle Angel job by condensing James Cameron's script?

A) Quentin Tarantino

B) Zack Snyder

C) Neill Blomkamp

D) Robert Rodriguez

Answer · why

D) Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez cut Cameron's 186-page screenplay and some 600 pages of notes down to a shooting script, and Cameron then offered him the director's ...

Q 05/05

Which actor, chosen over Zendaya and Maika Monroe, plays the title cyborg in Alita: Battle Angel?

A) Bella Thorne

B) Rosa Salazar

C) Eiza González

D) Hailee Steinfeld

Answer · why

B) Rosa Salazar

Rosa Salazar spent five months in martial arts training for the part, learning Eagle Claw kung fu, Muay Thai and staff work.

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