Q 01/05

Who directed the 1982 film The Thing?

A) David Cronenberg

B) John Carpenter

C) Ridley Scott

D) Tobe Hooper

Answer · why

B) John Carpenter

He was reluctant to take the job, thinking Howard Hawks's 1951 version would be hard to surpass.

Q 02/05

The Thing is based on which 1938 novella?

A) 'At the Mountains of Madness'

B) 'Who Goes There?'

C) 'The Colour Out of Space'

D) 'Frozen Hell'

Answer · why

B) 'Who Goes There?'

John W. Campbell Jr. wrote it under the pen name Don A. Stuart; a longer version titled Frozen Hell surfaced in 2018.

Q 03/05

Who wrote the screenplay for the 1982 film?

A) Bill Lancaster

B) Dan O'Bannon

C) Nigel Kneale

D) John Carpenter

Answer · why

A) Bill Lancaster

The son of actor Burt Lancaster, he had also written The Bad News Bears.

Q 04/05

Kurt Russell's R. J. MacReady has what job at the station?

A) Station commander

B) Helicopter pilot

C) Radio operator

D) Physician

Answer · why

B) Helicopter pilot

The only female presence in the film is the voice of his chess computer.

Q 05/05

Wilford Brimley plays Blair, who holds what role at the outpost?

A) Camp cook

B) Dog handler

C) Senior biologist

D) Field geologist

Answer · why

C) Senior biologist

His computer simulation of the alien's spread drives him to sabotage the whole camp.