Even today, science fiction movies dominate movie houses and online streaming media platforms. Not to mention that the most favorite characters from the film industry are mostly science fiction characters. Do you know some of these trivias?
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Science Fiction Trivia
- The star wars films were produced in a reversed manner because of the richness of its story. Instead of the typical storytelling, George Lucas filmed the movie franchise starting on Episode IV: A New Hope
- Arthur C. Clarke was a science fiction author, a fervent advocate for space travel, and a distinguished futurist. He is known for his greatest work, Space Odyssey.
- Michael Bay is one the best science fiction film directors. He is best known for Transformers, Armageddon and Bad Boys.
- The movie Blade Runner was considered to be one of the most successful science fiction movies that made a foundational work for future films.
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| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Which actor played the captain of the Enterprise in the television series “Star Trek the Next Generation”? | ▶ Patrick Stewart |
| What do you call the enemy space fighters in Star Wars? | ▶ TIE Fighters |
| What science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick first published in 1968? | ▶ Electric Sheep |
| Who is the director of the first Star Wars films? | ▶ George Lucas |
| Who is the director of the Matrix Trilogy? | ▶ Lana Wachowski |
| Who directed Alien in 1979? | ▶ Ridley Scott |
| Who wrote the epic sci-fi story “The War of the Worlds” that became a global phenomena? | ▶ HG Wells |
| Rod Serling created what famous science fiction television show? | ▶ The Twilight Zone |
| Orphan Black is a sci-fi television series filmed in which country? | ▶ Canada |
| What Star Trek: The Next Generation actor hosted the children’s show Reading Rainbow? | ▶ LeVar Burton |
| Jules Verne’s fictional submarine the Nautilus is captained by which character? | ▶ Captain Nemo |
| Who played the female lead role in the 1986 sci-fi movie “Aliens”? | ▶ Sigourney Weaver |
| “Torchwood” is an anagram and spin-off of what popular British sci-fi series? | ▶ Doctor Who |
| In the Star Wars universe, who is Luke Skywalker’s mother? | ▶ Padmé Amidala |
| Who played the female lead in the dystopian political thriller “V for Vendetta”? | ▶ Natalie Portman |
| Which actor played Marty McFly in the 1980s sci-fi classic “Back to the Future”? | ▶ Michael J. Fox |
| What is the name of the American animated sci-fi sitcom about the misadventures of a mad scientist and his grandson? | ▶ Rick and Morty |
| “I’d buy that for a dollar”, is a catchphrase from what 1987 action movie set in Detroit, Michigan, in the near future. | ▶ Robocop |
| According to the Star Trek science fiction franchise, Earth is what class of planet? | ▶ M Class |
| Orson Welles provided the voice for which Transformer in “The Transformers: The Movie” released in 1986? | ▶ Unicron |
| In the movie The Terminator, what is the name of the company that created Skynet? | ▶ Cyberdyne Systems |
| In the movie “Blade Runner,” what is a “replicant”? | ▶ A genetically engineered android |
| Who wrote the novel “The War of the Worlds”? | ▶ H.G. Wells |
| What is the name of the ship in the movie “Alien”? | ▶ Nostromo |
| In “Star Trek,” what is the name of the captain of the USS Enterprise? | ▶ James T. Kirk |
| Who directed the movie “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”? | ▶ Steven Spielberg |
| In the movie “The Terminator,” what is the name of the robotic assassin played by Arnold Schwarzenegger? | ▶ T-800 or Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 |
| Who wrote the novel “Dune”? | ▶ Frank Herbert |
| What is the name of the alien race in the movie “Independence Day”? | ▶ The extraterrestrial race is never given a name in the movie |
| Who played the character of Neo in “The Matrix” trilogy? | ▶ Keanu Reeves |
| What is the name of the spacecraft in the movie “Interstellar”? | ▶ Endurance |
| Who directed the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”? | ▶ Stanley Kubrick |
| In the TV series “Doctor Who,” what is the name of the Doctor’s time-traveling spaceship? | ▶ TARDIS |
| Who wrote the novel “Ender’s Game”? | ▶ Orson Scott Card |
| In the movie “The Fifth Element,” what is the name of the mysterious “fifth element” that must be found to save the world? | ▶ Leeloo |
| Who directed the movie “Avatar”? | ▶ James Cameron |
| In the TV series “Battlestar Galactica,” what is the name of the Cylon model that appears human? | ▶ Number Six |
| Who wrote the novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”? | ▶ Douglas Adams |
| In the movie “Star Wars: A New Hope,” what is the name of the desert planet that Luke Skywalker calls home? | ▶ Tatooine |
| Who played the character of Ellen Ripley in the “Alien” movie franchise? | ▶ Sigourney Weaver |
| What 1968 sci-fi movie involves a voyage to Jupiter with a sentient computer? | ▶ 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| What famous sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells features a time machine? | ▶ The Time Machine |
| In what 1997 movie did Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones play secret agents tasked with policing extraterrestrial life on Earth? | ▶ Men in Black |
| In what 1960s TV series did William Shatner play Captain James T. Kirk? | ▶ Star Trek |
| What is the name of the 1982 sci-fi movie about a group of scientists and researchers who uncover an extraterrestrial organism in Antarctica? | ▶ The Thing |
| Who directed the 1982 movie “Blade Runner”? | ▶ Ridley Scott |
| In what sci-fi novel by Douglas Adams does a supercomputer named Deep Thought determine the meaning of life to be 42? | ▶ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy |
| What 1999 sci-fi movie stars Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne as rebels fighting a totalitarian computer-generated reality? | ▶ The Matrix |
| Who wrote the classic 1898 novel “The War of the Worlds”, which tells the story of a Martian invasion of Earth? | ▶ H.G. Wells |
| In what 1985 movie does Michael J. Fox travel back in time to the 1950s in a DeLorean time machine? | ▶ Back to the Future |
| What 1977 movie involves a group of rebels fighting an evil empire and features characters such as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia? | ▶ Star Wars |
| What is the name of the 2014 movie in which a team of astronauts travels through a wormhole in search of a new habitable planet for humanity? | ▶ Interstellar |
| What is the name of the 1962 novel by Madeleine L’Engle about a young girl who travels through space and time to find her missing father? | ▶ A Wrinkle in Time |
| In what 1984 movie does Arnold Schwarzenegger play a cyborg assassin sent back in time to kill a future resistance leader? | ▶ The Terminator |
| Who wrote the 1951 novel “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, which tells the story of an alien who comes to Earth with a message of peace? | ▶ Harry Bates |
| What is the name of the 2010 movie in which Leonardo DiCaprio plays a thief who enters people’s dreams to steal their secrets? | ▶ Inception |
| In what 1980 movie does Jeff Bridges play a computer programmer who is transported inside the software of a mainframe computer and forced to compete in gladiatorial games? | ▶ Tron |
| In the book Ender’s Game, what is the name of the alien race that humanity is fighting against? | ▶ The Formics/Buggers |
| What is the name of the computer system in 2001: A Space Odyssey? | ▶ HAL 9000 |
| In the movie Blade Runner, what is the term used to refer to the androids that the main character is tasked with hunting down? | ▶ Replicants |
| What is the name of the spaceship in the TV show Firefly? | ▶ Serenity |
| What is the name of the sentient computer in the book/movie The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? | ▶ Deep Thought |
| In the movie The Matrix, what is the name of the virtual reality world that humans are trapped in? | ▶ The Matrix |
| What is the name of the space station in the TV show Babylon 5? | ▶ Babylon 5 |
| In the book Frankenstein, what is the name of the scientist who creates the monster? | ▶ Victor Frankenstein |
| What is the name of the main character in the book and movie Ready Player One? | ▶ Wade Watts/Parzival |
| In the movie The Terminator, what is the name of the character who is sent back in time to protect Sarah Connor? | ▶ Kyle Reese |
| What is the name of the planet that the Na’vi live on in the movie Avatar? | ▶ Pandora |
| In the book Dune, what is the name of the planet that the story takes place on? | ▶ Arrakis/Dune |
| What is the name of the main character in the book and movie The Hunger Games? | ▶ Katniss Everdeen |
| In the movie Inception, what is the term used to refer to the act of entering someone’s dreams? | ▶ Extraction/Inception |
| What is the name of the spaceship in the TV show Battlestar Galactica? | ▶ Galactica |
| In the book Fahrenheit 451, what is the job of the main character? | ▶ Fireman |
| What is the name of the organization that trains Jedi in the Star Wars universe? | ▶ The Jedi Order |
| In the movie Back to the Future, what is the name of the time machine that Doc Brown builds? | ▶ DeLorean |
| What is the name of the main character in the book and movie The War of the Worlds? | ▶ Unnamed/The Narrator |
| What is the name of the ship in the movie “Alien”? | ▶ Nostromo |
| In the movie “The Matrix”, what color pill does Neo take? | ▶ Red |
| Who is the author of the novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”? | ▶ Douglas Adams |
| In the movie “Blade Runner”, what is the term for the artificial humans that are created in the film? | ▶ Replicants |
| What is the name of the alien race in the “Star Trek” universe that values logic and reason above all else? | ▶ Vulcans |
| Who is the main character in the book “The War of the Worlds”? | ▶ Unnamed protagonist |
| In the movie “Minority Report”, what is the name of the psychic technology that predicts crimes? | ▶ Precrime |
| Who is the creator of the “Dune” series of novels? | ▶ Frank Herbert |
| In the movie “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”, what is the name of the young boy who befriends the alien? | ▶ Elliot |
| What is the name of the computer system that controls the spaceship in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”? | ▶ HAL 9000 |
| Who is the author of the science fiction novel “Ender’s Game”? | ▶ Orson Scott Card |
| In the movie “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope”, what is the name of the planet that is destroyed by the Death Star? | ▶ Alderaan |
| Who is the main character in the book “Brave New World”? | ▶ Bernard Marx |
| In the movie “The Terminator”, what is the name of the cyborg assassin sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor? | ▶ T-800 |
| Who is the author of the science fiction novel “Fahrenheit 451”? | ▶ Ray Bradbury |
| In the movie “Back to the Future”, what is the name of the time machine? | ▶ DeLorean |
| Who is the author of the novel “The Time Machine”? | ▶ H.G. Wells |
| In the movie “Jurassic Park”, what is the name of the island where the dinosaurs are cloned? | ▶ Isla Nublar |
| Who is the author of the novel “Neuromancer”? | ▶ William Gibson |
About the Author
Tim majored in Humanities with a bachelor in English and Theatre at New York State University. He lectured on entertainment business studies for three years at Plymouth College.
Tim has been a trivia host in his current hometown of Pittsburgh for the past two years. He enjoys hanging out with people who love trivia just as much as he does.
His friends call him the Question Master.
