Q 01/05

Who wrote and directed Tenet?

A) Christopher Nolan

B) Denis Villeneuve

C) Rian Johnson

D) Alex Garland

Answer · why

A) Christopher Nolan

He produced it with his wife Emma Thomas, and it was his last film released by Warner Bros. before he moved to Universal.

Q 02/05

Who plays the Protagonist?

A) Denzel Washington

B) Daniel Kaluuya

C) John David Washington

D) Lakeith Stanfield

Answer · why

C) John David Washington

Nolan cast him on the strength of BlacKkKlansman; Washington kept diaries to invent a backstory the script never gives.

Q 03/05

What is the Protagonist's name?

A) Neil Barton

B) He is never given one

C) Ives Crosby

D) John Sator

Answer · why

B) He is never given one

The credits call him 'the Protagonist', a CIA operative who turns out to be the founder of Tenet.

Q 04/05

In which city does the opening opera-house siege take place?

A) Moscow

B) Tallinn

C) Oslo

D) Kyiv

Answer · why

D) Kyiv

It was actually shot at a Brutalist concert hall in the Baltics that the production designer preferred to the Royal Swedish Opera.

Q 05/05

What does the Protagonist swallow after his capture, only to wake up alive?

A) An inverted bullet meant to kill him

B) A tracking capsule planted by Sator

C) A memory-wipe drug from the future

D) A suicide pill that turns out to be fake

Answer · why

D) A suicide pill that turns out to be fake

It was a test, and he was the only one who passed it.