Q 01/05

Billed as computer-generated, 1980s TV host Max Headroom was really created with which technique?

A) Stop-motion puppetry

B) Prosthetic makeup

C) Hand-drawn animation

D) Rotoscoped film footage

Answer · why

B) Prosthetic makeup

Prosthetic makeup, a moulded plastic suit and a blue screen did the work, because mid-1980s computers could not yet animate a talking human head for t...

Q 02/05

Max Headroom is named after the last thing a crashing motorcyclist sees in his origin story, which is what?

A) A billboard for breakfast cereal

B) A flashing petrol warning light

C) A car park clearance sign

D) A hospital ward number

Answer · why

C) A car park clearance sign

A car park clearance sign reading Max. Headroom 2.3 m gave the character his name, and his creators liked that the phrase already hung over garage ent...

Q 03/05

Which Canadian-American actor improvised his way into playing stuttering TV host Max Headroom?

A) Jim Carrey

B) Mike Myers

C) Rick Moranis

D) Matt Frewer

Answer · why

D) Matt Frewer

Matt Frewer won the part with a long burst of comic improvisation, after a friend who had already auditioned suggested him to the producers.

Q 04/05

Max Headroom became the stuttering face of which soft drink in a 1986 campaign aimed at young people?

A) Pepsi

B) New Coke

C) Dr Pepper

D) Sprite

Answer · why

B) New Coke

New Coke hired Max to win back young drinkers who preferred a rival cola, and he took over as spokesman from comedian Bill Cosby.

Q 05/05

A masked Max Headroom impersonator hijacked the signals of two TV stations in which American city?

A) Chicago

B) Detroit

C) Philadelphia

D) Cleveland

Answer · why

A) Chicago

Chicago viewers saw both intrusions on a single Sunday night in November 1987, about two hours apart, with the second lasting roughly 90 seconds.