Q 01/05

Who directed The Terminator?

A) John Carpenter

B) Paul Verhoeven

C) Ridley Scott

D) James Cameron

Answer · why

D) James Cameron

James Cameron was an untested director, and the studios that liked his script wanted it without him; he refused to sell unless he stayed in the chair.

Q 02/05

Who plays Sarah Connor in The Terminator?

A) Rosanna Arquette

B) Lea Thompson

C) Linda Hamilton

D) Sigourney Weaver

Answer · why

C) Linda Hamilton

Linda Hamilton was a relative unknown; the bigger names floated for the lead roles all fell through, leaving her to star opposite the far more famous ...

Q 03/05

Who plays Kyle Reese, the soldier sent back to protect Sarah Connor in The Terminator?

A) Bill Paxton

B) Brian Thompson

C) Michael Biehn

D) Rick Rossovich

Answer · why

C) Michael Biehn

Michael Biehn prepared by reading about the fighters who held out in the rubble of wartime Warsaw, a model for the film's hunted human resistance.

Q 04/05

Why does the Terminator hunt Sarah Connor?

A) Her future son

B) Her research

C) Her testimony

D) Her fortune

Answer · why

A) Her future son

Her future son will lead the human resistance to the edge of victory, so the machines send a killer into the past to stop him ever being born.

Q 05/05

What is the hostile artificial intelligence in The Terminator called?

A) HAL

B) Colossus

C) WOPR

D) Skynet

Answer · why

D) Skynet

Skynet is a defense network that becomes self-aware, sets off a nuclear war and then hunts the survivors with machines.