Q 01/05

Who directed Interstellar?

A) Christopher Nolan

B) Ridley Scott

C) Denis Villeneuve

D) Alfonso Cuarón

Answer · why

A) Christopher Nolan

He co-wrote the script with his brother Jonathan, who had originally developed it for Steven Spielberg.

Q 02/05

Which actor plays Cooper, the widowed pilot-turned-farmer who leads the Endurance mission?

A) Jake Gyllenhaal

B) Matthew McConaughey

C) Bradley Cooper

D) Christian Bale

Answer · why

B) Matthew McConaughey

He was fresh off his Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club when the film opened in November 2014.

Q 03/05

Interstellar was released in which year?

A) 2013

B) 2012

C) 2010

D) 2014

Answer · why

D) 2014

It premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on October 26 before opening in early November.

Q 04/05

The wormhole the Endurance crew travels through was placed near which planet?

A) Neptune

B) Mars

C) Saturn

D) Jupiter

Answer · why

C) Saturn

The crew deduces it was created by mysterious beings they call "they," who turn out to be future humans.

Q 05/05

What is the name of the supermassive black hole the three candidate planets orbit?

A) Behemoth

B) Pantagruel

C) Leviathan

D) Gargantua

Answer · why

D) Gargantua

Rendering it accurately gave the film's physicist adviser new insights that led to three published scientific papers.