Q 01/05

Which ruined landmark on a deserted shore reveals the twist ending of 1968's Planet of the Apes?

A) The Golden Gate Bridge

B) The Washington Monument

C) The Statue of Liberty

D) The Empire State Building

Answer · why

C) The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty tells astronaut Taylor that the ape planet is Earth, long after a nuclear war. The wreck was filmed in a secluded cove at Malibu...

Q 02/05

In Soylent Green, set in an overcrowded 2022, what is the secret main ingredient of the title wafer?

A) Human bodies

B) Ocean plankton

C) Processed insects

D) Recycled sewage

Answer · why

A) Human bodies

Human bodies are the truth behind a wafer the Soylent company says is made from plankton. The film's oceans are dying and can no longer grow any.

Q 03/05

In Armageddon, NASA recruits workers from which trade, led by Bruce Willis, to blow up an asteroid?

A) Oil drillers

B) Coal miners

C) Demolition experts

D) Bomb disposal officers

Answer · why

A) Oil drillers

Oil drillers under Harry Stamper are sent to bore into an asteroid the size of Texas. Stamper agrees to go only if he can bring his own crew.

Q 04/05

Which instrument that doubles as a flamethrower does the Doof Warrior play in Mad Max: Fury Road?

A) Drums

B) Bagpipes

C) Trumpet

D) Guitar

Answer · why

D) Guitar

The guitar really did shoot fire: the prop was fully functional and none of the Doof Warrior's scenes used CGI. The role went to the musician iOTA.

Q 05/05

The film 2012 took its doomsday date from the Long Count calendar of which ancient civilization?

A) The Aztecs

B) The Maya

C) The Inca

D) The Toltecs

Answer · why

B) The Maya

The Maya never forecast doom for 2012, scholars said: the date only closed a 5,126-year cycle of the calendar. The idea that it ends there misrepresen...