Q 01/05

Which actor both starred as Detective Del Spooner and served as an executive producer on the 2004 film I, Robot?

A) Will Smith

B) Vin Diesel

C) Wesley Snipes

D) Jamie Foxx

Answer · why

A) Will Smith

Will Smith pursued the part when another star's schedule kept delaying the film. It opened at number one in North America with $52.2 million.

Q 02/05

Under the Three Laws in Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, what does the Third Law tell a robot to protect?

A) Its owner's property

B) Other robots

C) Its own existence

D) Its maker's secrets

Answer · why

C) Its own existence

Its own existence comes last in the ranking: a robot may save itself only when that breaks neither of the higher Laws. Human safety outvotes obedience...

Q 03/05

Which famous Hollywood director paid Isaac Asimov just $250 for film rights to the I, Robot story Evidence?

A) Alfred Hitchcock

B) Stanley Kubrick

C) Walt Disney

D) Orson Welles

Answer · why

D) Orson Welles

Orson Welles never made the film, and Asimov's hope that it would make him famous came to nothing. He had written the story while serving in the US Ar...

Q 04/05

In the 2004 film I, Robot, set in 2035, which real brand of sneakers does Detective Spooner wear?

A) New Balance

B) Converse

C) Adidas

D) Reebok

Answer · why

B) Converse

Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars are the film's best-known product placement, worn by a hero who distrusts new machines. FedEx and JVC logos also survi...

Q 05/05

In Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, what accidental ability does the robot Herbie gain through a manufacturing fault?

A) Seeing the future

B) Feeling pain

C) Telepathy

D) Hypnotism

Answer · why

C) Telepathy

Telepathy makes Herbie a liar: bound not to hurt anyone, it tells each person what they secretly hope to hear. The same story contains the first recor...