Q 01/05

Etan Cohen, who co-wrote Idiocracy with Mike Judge, also co-wrote which Ben Stiller comedy?

A) Zoolander

B) Dodgeball

C) Tropic Thunder

D) Night at the Museum

Answer · why

C) Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder. Judge had mentored Cohen since his first writing job, on Beavis and Butt-Head, and worked with him again on King of the Hill.

Q 02/05

In Idiocracy, what is Joe Bauers's army job before he is picked for the hibernation experiment?

A) Cook

B) Mechanic

C) Librarian

D) Supply clerk

Answer · why

C) Librarian

Librarian. Joe loves the post because nobody ever comes in and nothing can go wrong, which suits the most average man in the armed forces.

Q 03/05

Who plays Joe Bauers, the thoroughly average soldier at the centre of Idiocracy?

A) Owen Wilson

B) Jason Bateman

C) Luke Wilson

D) Ron Livingston

Answer · why

C) Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson. His Joe has coasted through army life by always choosing to get out of the way, until a dumbed-down future forces him to lead.

Q 04/05

In Idiocracy, Joe and Rita are meant to hibernate for one year, so how long do they actually sleep?

A) 5 years

B) 50 years

C) 500 years

D) 5,000 years

Answer · why

C) 500 years

500 years. The officer running the project is arrested in a scandal, the base is shut down, and the two sleepers are simply forgotten.

Q 05/05

Who plays Rita, the woman frozen alongside Joe, in Idiocracy?

A) Maya Rudolph

B) Amy Poehler

C) Tina Fey

D) Kristen Wiig

Answer · why

A) Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph. Her Rita ends the film as First Lady, married to President Joe and raising what the narrator calls the three smartest kids in the world.