Q 01/05

Which landmark's fiery destruction in Independence Day became the centerpiece of the film's marketing campaign?

A) The Pentagon

B) The US Capitol

C) The White House

D) The Lincoln Memorial

Answer · why

C) The White House

The White House later hosted a private screening for President Bill Clinton and his family. The exploding version was a model about 10 feet wide, wire...

Q 02/05

Which actor plays Captain Steven Hiller, the Marine pilot who captures a downed alien in Independence Day?

A) Wesley Snipes

B) Will Smith

C) Denzel Washington

D) Cuba Gooding Jr.

Answer · why

B) Will Smith

Will Smith won the part after the filmmakers saw him in Six Degrees of Separation. His character also dreams of becoming an astronaut.

Q 03/05

In Independence Day, the alien ship hidden at Area 51 crashed in 1947 near which New Mexico town?

A) Alamogordo

B) Los Alamos

C) Santa Fe

D) Roswell

Answer · why

D) Roswell

Roswell gives the film its backstory: a government faction has kept the recovered ship and three alien corpses at the base ever since.

Q 04/05

In Independence Day, what does David Levinson upload to the alien mothership to bring down the invaders' shields?

A) A computer virus

B) A self-destruct code

C) A false retreat order

D) A jamming signal

Answer · why

A) A computer virus

A computer virus written with Area 51 researchers knocks out the shields, an idea Levinson gets from a remark by his father, Julius. A nuclear missile...

Q 05/05

Which actor plays President Whitmore, whose Independence Day speech Empire readers voted the cheesiest movie moment?

A) Bill Paxton

B) Bill Pullman

C) Kevin Kline

D) Michael Douglas

Answer · why

B) Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman prepared to play a president by reading Bob Woodward's The Commanders and watching the campaign documentary The War Room.