Q 01/05

Which Back to the Future gadget is hidden among the gauges of the Polar Express locomotive's cab?

A) A hoverboard

B) The flux capacitor

C) Mr. Fusion

D) A sports almanac

Answer · why

B) The flux capacitor

The flux capacitor sits among the cab's dials during the runaway descent, director Robert Zemeckis's wink at the time machine that made his name in 19...

Q 02/05

Tom Hanks likened acting on The Polar Express's bare motion-capture stage to which kind of live performance?

A) A live radio play

B) A one-man mime act

C) Theater in the round

D) A puppet show

Answer · why

C) Theater in the round

Theater in the round: with cameras ringing the stage and no lights or marks to hit, Hanks said the cast simply played each scene as a 10- to 15-minute...

Q 03/05

What animation technique, which records live actors' movements, was used to create the film's people?

A) Stop-motion puppetry

B) Motion capture

C) Traditional cel animation

D) Claymation

Answer · why

B) Motion capture

Motion capture recorded the actors' movements with body-mounted markers; Tom Hanks performed five characters this way, and the film was the first feat...

Q 04/05

The soundtrack sets new songs beside vintage Christmas records by Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and which sister act?

A) The Andrews Sisters

B) The McGuire Sisters

C) The Pointer Sisters

D) The Lennon Sisters

Answer · why

A) The Andrews Sisters

The Andrews Sisters' 'Winter Wonderland' is one of the old pop records that give the film its long-ago Christmas mood, so the new songs share the albu...

Q 05/05

Which bird snatches Hero Girl's lost ticket and tries to feed it to its chick?

A) An owl

B) An eagle

C) A raven

D) A snow goose

Answer · why

B) An eagle

An eagle carries the ticket up to its nest, where the eaglet spits it out; the bird was animated by hand, since no animal could be directed on a captu...