Q 01/05

Who directed the original 1994 Stargate film?

A) Paul Verhoeven

B) Roland Emmerich

C) Wolfgang Petersen

D) Renny Harlin

Answer · why

B) Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich. He and co-writer Dean Devlin planned a trilogy, but MGM made the TV series without them, saying it wanted people who had done televis...

Q 02/05

Which real-life Air National Guard veteran played Colonel Jack O'Neil in the 1994 Stargate film?

A) Michael Biehn

B) Mel Gibson

C) Kurt Russell

D) Dennis Quaid

Answer · why

C) Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell. The film's producer recalls that he turned the part down several times before signing; it then emerged that he had been sent an early dr...

Q 03/05

Which actor, fresh from an Oscar nomination for The Crying Game, played the alien Ra in Stargate?

A) Stephen Rea

B) Jaye Davidson

C) Alexis Cruz

D) Erick Avari

Answer · why

B) Jaye Davidson

Jaye Davidson. Reluctant to keep acting, he asked for $1 million and was surprised when the producers agreed; Stargate turned out to be his last major...

Q 04/05

Who played the archaeologist Dr. Daniel Jackson in the 1994 Stargate film?

A) Kyle MacLachlan

B) Bill Pullman

C) James Spader

D) Ralph Fiennes

Answer · why

C) James Spader

James Spader. He said the script intrigued him because he found it "awful", and he signed on after a meeting with the director convinced him the shoot...

Q 05/05

Which Bond composer wrote the music for the 1994 Stargate film?

A) Hans Zimmer

B) David Arnold

C) John Barry

D) Michael Kamen

Answer · why

B) David Arnold

David Arnold. The director heard his score for the small British film The Young Americans, was blown away and wrote asking him to do Stargate, his fir...