Q 01/05

What ruined landmark does astronaut Taylor find on a beach in the final scene of 1968's Planet of the Apes?

A) The Washington Monument

B) The Statue of Liberty

C) The Empire State Building

D) Mount Rushmore

Answer · why

B) The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty, half buried in sand, tells Taylor the alien planet is Earth. The shot blends a matte painting with real cliffs at Point Dume in...

Q 02/05

Which actor performed Caesar through motion capture in Rise, Dawn and War for the Planet of the Apes?

A) Toby Kebbell

B) Terry Notary

C) Andy Serkis

D) Doug Jones

Answer · why

C) Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis had already played Gollum and King Kong the same way. Fox pushed for an Oscar nomination for his Caesar after the 2011 film, but Academy v...

Q 03/05

Which makeup artist behind 1968's Planet of the Apes later helped the CIA with the rescue dramatised in Argo?

A) Rick Baker

B) William Tuttle

C) Dick Smith

D) John Chambers

Answer · why

D) John Chambers

John Chambers, played by John Goodman in Argo, won an honorary Oscar for the ape makeup years before a makeup category existed. He also made Spock's p...

Q 04/05

In Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the drug that makes Caesar intelligent was designed to cure which disease?

A) Alzheimer's

B) Parkinson's

C) Huntington's

D) Epilepsy

Answer · why

A) Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's is personal for chemist Will Rodman, whose father has it. The drug restores his father's mind for a while, until his immune system fights ...

Q 05/05

Which animated series turned Planet of the Apes into a stage musical starring a washed-up actor as Taylor?

A) Family Guy

B) King of the Hill

C) South Park

D) The Simpsons

Answer · why

D) The Simpsons

The Simpsons staged it in the episode A Fish Called Selma, with Troy McClure in the lead. Its composer, Alf Clausen, had worked as a copyist on the 19...