Q 01/05

Which star accepted the role of Stacker Pentecost in Pacific Rim, then pulled out over pay?

A) Brad Pitt

B) Denzel Washington

C) Tom Cruise

D) Will Smith

Answer · why

C) Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise was Guillermo del Toro's first pick because the marshal was conceived as a Maverick-type hotshot. He had also been attached to the director...

Q 02/05

Pacific Rim Uprising's opening weekend knocked which Marvel film off the top of the US box office?

A) Black Panther

B) Thor: Ragnarok

C) Ant-Man

D) Deadpool 2

Answer · why

A) Black Panther

Black Panther had been number one for five straight weekends until Uprising opened with $28 million. The sequel then fell 67 percent in its second wee...

Q 03/05

Gipsy Danger's swaggering walk in Pacific Rim was modelled on the gait of which Western star?

A) Gary Cooper

B) John Wayne

C) Steve McQueen

D) Yul Brynner

Answer · why

B) John Wayne

John Wayne's gunslinger hips gave the American Jaeger its strut. Its silhouette came from New York's Art Deco towers, including the Chrysler Building.

Q 04/05

The Jaegers of Pacific Rim take their name from the German word for which kind of person?

A) Soldier

B) Guardian

C) Knight

D) Hunter

Answer · why

D) Hunter

Hunter is the meaning of Jäger, a fitting label for machines built to track down Kaiju. The films swap the umlaut for an extra e.

Q 05/05

Kaiju, the name for the sea monsters of Pacific Rim, literally translates from Japanese as what?

A) Strange beast

B) Great serpent

C) Sea demon

D) Giant lizard

Answer · why

A) Strange beast

Strange beast is the literal meaning of kaiju, a word that originally described monsters from ancient Japanese legends before it named a film genre.