Blade Runner - Quiz
  • 1. Which painting did Ridley Scott credit as a stylistic mood source for Blade Runner?
A) Nighthawks
B) The Persistence of Memory
C) Starry Night
D) Guernica
  • 2. Which French science fiction comics magazine influenced Ridley Scott?
A) Métal Hurlant
B) Heavy Metal
C) Tintin
D) Pilote
  • 3. Which artist contributed to Métal Hurlant and was a stylistic source for Scott?
A) Jean "Moebius" Giraud
B) Paul Cézanne
C) Claude Monet
D) Henri Matisse
  • 4. What real-world location did Scott use as part of the landscape inspiration for the film?
A) London in the fog
B) Hong Kong on a very bad day
C) Tokyo during a typhoon
D) New York in the winter
  • 5. Where was Ridley Scott's one-time home located that inspired the film's industrial landscape?
A) Northeast England
B) Western Wales
C) Southwest Scotland
D) Northern Ireland
  • 6. Whose work as a futurist Italian architect influenced the visual style of Blade Runner?
A) Antonio Sant'Elia
B) Filippo Brunelleschi
C) Renzo Piano
D) Andrea Palladio
  • 7. Who was hired by Ridley Scott as his concept artist?
A) Mark Stetson
B) Douglas Trumbull
C) Syd Mead
D) Lawrence G. Paull
  • 8. Why did Moebius decline the opportunity to assist in the pre-production of Blade Runner?
A) To work on Les Maîtres du temps
B) To work on Metropolis
C) To work on Nighthawks
D) To work on The Shining
  • 9. Who directed the animated film Les Maîtres du temps?
A) René Laloux
B) Fritz Lang
C) Ridley Scott
D) Stanley Kubrick
  • 10. Who was the production designer for Blade Runner?
A) Mark Stetson
B) David Dryer
C) David Snyder
D) Lawrence G. Paull
  • 11. Who served as the art director for Blade Runner?
A) Syd Mead
B) Lawrence G. Paull
C) David Snyder
D) Richard Yuricich
  • 12. Who supervised the special effects for the film alongside Richard Yuricich?
A) David Dryer
B) Mark Stetson
C) Douglas Trumbull
D) Gene Winfield
  • 13. Who supervised the special effects for the film alongside Douglas Trumbull?
A) Mark Stetson
B) Richard Yuricich
C) David Dryer
D) Gene Winfield
  • 14. Who served as the chief model maker for Blade Runner?
A) Mark Stetson
B) David Snyder
C) Syd Mead
D) Gene Winfield
  • 15. Which classic film has numerous similarities to Blade Runner?
A) Metropolis
B) Les Maîtres du temps
C) Nighthawks
D) The Shining
  • 16. Who directed the film Metropolis?
A) Fritz Lang
B) Ridley Scott
C) René Laloux
D) Stanley Kubrick
  • 17. What is the name of the huge building that dominates the city in Metropolis?
A) Spinner Center
B) Stadtkrone Tower
C) Tyrell Building
D) Empire Tower
  • 18. What is the name of the huge building that dominates the city in Blade Runner?
A) Mead Building
B) Tyrell Building
C) Stadtkrone Tower
D) Nighthawks Tower
  • 19. Which special effects supervisor used stills from Metropolis when lining up miniature building shots?
A) David Dryer
B) Douglas Trumbull
C) Mark Stetson
D) Richard Yuricich
  • 20. Who directed the pastoral aerial shots used in the extended end scene of the original theatrical release?
A) Stanley Kubrick
B) René Laloux
C) Ridley Scott
D) Fritz Lang
  • 21. From which film did Stanley Kubrick provide surplus helicopter aerial photography?
A) The Shining
B) Metropolis
C) Les Maîtres du temps
D) Nighthawks
  • 22. What is the generic term for the fictional flying cars used in the film?
A) Aerodyne
B) Spinner
C) Hovercraft
D) VTOL
  • 23. Which group uses spinners extensively as patrol cars?
A) Police
B) Model makers
C) Wealthy people
D) Architects
  • 24. Who can acquire spinner licenses besides the police?
A) Factory workers
B) Wealthy people
C) Special effects supervisors
D) Art directors
  • 25. How did Syd Mead describe the spinner?
A) A helicopter
B) An internal combustion jet
C) A ground-based vehicle
D) An aerodyne
  • 26. According to press kits, what propelled the spinner?
A) Water, wind, and magnetic fields
B) Electricity, solar power, and steam
C) Propellers, wings, and rotors
D) Conventional internal combustion, jet, and anti-gravity
  • 27. Where is a spinner on permanent exhibit?
A) Film History Museum in London
B) Museum of Modern Art in New York
C) Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington
D) Disney World in Orlando, Florida
  • 28. Who transformed Syd Mead's conceptual spinner drawings into 25 actual vehicles?
A) David Snyder
B) Mark Stetson
C) Gene Winfield
D) Lawrence G. Paull
  • 29. How many vehicles did Gene Winfield create from Mead's conceptual drawings?
A) 25
B) 3
C) 2
D) 10
  • 30. How many of Gene Winfield's spinners were working ground vehicles?
A) Exactly ten
B) At least two
C) All 25
D) None
  • 31. What happened to the two spinners that ended up at Disney World in Orlando, Florida?
A) They were sold to private collectors
B) They were used in another Stanley Kubrick film
C) They were later destroyed
D) They are still on permanent exhibit
  • 32. Which actor did screenwriter Hampton Fancher envision for the lead role of Deckard?
A) Dustin Hoffman
B) Jack Nicholson
C) Robert Mitchum
D) Harrison Ford
  • 33. Which director strongly praised Harrison Ford's work, influencing his casting in Blade Runner?
A) Ridley Scott
B) George Lucas
C) Paul Verhoeven
D) Steven Spielberg
  • 34. Who was cast as Roy Batty, the leader of the replicants?
A) William Sanderson
B) Brion James
C) Edward James Olmos
D) Rutger Hauer
  • 35. How did author Philip K. Dick regard Rutger Hauer's portrayal of Batty?
A) A complete disappointment
B) The perfect Batty
C) Too emotional and flawed
D) An adequate performance
  • 36. Out of the many films Rutger Hauer made, which one was his favorite?
A) Turkish Delight
B) Soldier of Orange
C) Blade Runner
D) Katie Tippel
  • 37. Which actress portrays Rachael, an experimental replicant?
A) Daryl Hannah
B) Debbie Harry
C) Sean Young
D) Joanna Cassidy
  • 38. Who was the role of Rachael originally written for?
A) Barbara Hershey
B) Nina Axelrod
C) Debbie Harry
D) Stacey Nelkin
  • 39. Which actress turned down the role of Pris?
A) Sean Young
B) Joanna Cassidy
C) Debbie Harry
D) Barbara Hershey
  • 40. Who portrays Pris, a 'basic pleasure model' replicant?
A) Nina Axelrod
B) Daryl Hannah
C) Sean Young
D) Joanna Cassidy
  • 41. Which character was Morgan Paull cast as based on his performances in screen tests?
A) Leon Kowalski
B) Hannibal Chew
C) Gaff
D) Holden
  • 42. Who portrays Leon Kowalski, a combat and laborer replicant?
A) Joe Turkel
B) William Sanderson
C) Brion James
D) James Hong
  • 43. Who portrays Zhora, an assassin replicant?
A) Joanna Cassidy
B) Barbara Hershey
C) Sean Young
D) Daryl Hannah
  • 44. Which actor portrays Gaff and helped create the 'Cityspeak' language?
A) William Sanderson
B) Joe Turkel
C) M. Emmet Walsh
D) Edward James Olmos
  • 45. What language is partly used in Gaff's initial address to Deckard at the noodle bar?
A) Spanish
B) Hungarian
C) German
D) French
  • 46. Who portrays Dr. Eldon Tyrell, the corporate mogul?
A) William Sanderson
B) Edward James Olmos
C) Joe Turkel
D) Joe Pantoliano
  • 47. Who was earlier considered for the role of J. F. Sebastian before William Sanderson was cast?
A) Joe Pantoliano
B) Joe Turkel
C) James Hong
D) Morgan Paull
  • 48. Who portrayed the sleazy bar owner Taffey Lewis in a single take?
A) Brion James
B) Joe Turkel
C) Hy Pyke
D) James Hong
  • 49. Who directed the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner?
A) Ridley Scott
B) Philip K. Dick
C) Vangelis
D) Hampton Fancher
  • 50. In what year is the film Blade Runner set?
A) 2019
B) 1982
C) 1993
D) 2049
  • 51. Who plays the former cop Rick Deckard?
A) Harrison Ford
B) Edward James Olmos
C) Sean Young
D) Rutger Hauer
  • 52. Who composed the soundtrack for Blade Runner?
A) John Williams
B) Vangelis
C) Ennio Morricone
D) Hans Zimmer
  • 53. In what year was Blade Runner selected for preservation in the National Film Registry?
A) 2007
B) 1993
C) 1982
D) 1992
E) 2017
  • 54. What is the title of the 25th-anniversary digitally remastered version released by Warner Bros. in 2007?
A) Theatrical Cut
B) Director's Cut
C) Ultimate Edition
D) The Final Cut
  • 55. What kind of figures does Officer Gaff like to make?
A) Origami figures
B) Clay sculptures
C) Wooden carvings
D) Glass animals
  • 56. What test is designed to distinguish replicants from humans based on emotional responses?
A) Replicant scan
B) Turing test
C) Voight-Kampff test
D) Baseline test
  • 57. What model series are Roy Batty, Zhora, Pris, and Leon?
A) Nexus-4
B) Nexus-9
C) Nexus-6
D) Nexus-8
  • 58. Whose memories are implanted into Rachael to provide an emotional cushion?
A) Tyrell's niece
B) Gaff's mother
C) Tyrell's daughter
D) Deckard's sister
  • 59. Who is the gifted genetic designer who works closely with Tyrell?
A) David Peoples
B) Hampton Fancher
C) Holden
D) J. F. Sebastian
  • 60. Which replicant works at a strip club before being killed by Deckard?
A) Rachael
B) Leon
C) Zhora
D) Pris
  • 61. Who saves Deckard's life by using his gun to kill Leon?
A) Zhora
B) Pris
C) Rachael
D) Gaff
  • 62. What disorder does J. F. Sebastian have that will cut his life short?
A) A respiratory failure syndrome
B) A heart condition
C) A genetic premature aging disorder
D) A neurological brain tumor
  • 63. How long is the lifespan built into the Nexus-6 replicants?
A) Ten years
B) Two years
C) Twenty years
D) Four years
  • 64. Which replicant ambushes Deckard at Sebastian's apartment before Deckard kills her?
A) Leon
B) Zhora
C) Pris
D) Rachael
  • 65. What object does Deckard find on the floor when returning to his apartment with Rachael at the end of the film?
A) A small origami unicorn
B) A broken gun
C) A synthetic snake scale
D) A family photograph
  • 66. Who wrote the screenplay for Blade Runner alongside David Peoples?
A) Hampton Fancher
B) Philip K. Dick
C) Vangelis
D) Ridley Scott
  • 67. What subgenre of science fiction is Blade Runner frequently regarded as a foundational work of?
A) Biopunk
B) Cyberpunk
C) Steampunk
D) Space opera
  • 68. What cinematic style is Blade Runner considered a leading example of?
A) Expressionism
B) French New Wave
C) Neo-noir
D) Italian Neorealism
  • 69. How many different versions of Blade Runner exist?
A) Seven
B) Five
C) Ten
D) Three
  • 70. In what year was the director's cut of Blade Runner released?
A) 2007
B) 1992
C) 1982
D) 1993
  • 71. Who is Deckard's former supervisor who forces him to take the assignment?
A) Holden
B) Gaff
C) Bryant
D) Tyrell
  • 72. What do Roy and Leon investigate to learn about J. F. Sebastian?
A) The Tyrell Corporation main archive
B) A hotel room in Los Angeles
C) A replicant eye-manufacturing laboratory
D) A strip club downtown
  • 73. In what year was the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? published?
A) 1980
B) 1970
C) 1968
D) 1977
  • 74. Which director was initially interested in filming the novel shortly after its publication?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Hampton Fancher
C) Ridley Scott
D) David Peoples
  • 75. Who was the producer that optioned the novel in the early 1970s?
A) Sir Run Run Shaw
B) Michael Deeley
C) Robert Jaffe
D) Herb Jaffe
  • 76. In what year was Hampton Fancher's screenplay optioned?
A) 1977
B) 1981
C) 1970
D) 1968
  • 77. Which producer convinced Ridley Scott to film Fancher's draft?
A) Sir Run Run Shaw
B) Herb Jaffe
C) Robert Jaffe
D) Michael Deeley
  • 78. What slow production did Ridley Scott leave before joining Blade Runner?
A) Dune
B) Tandem
C) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
D) The Bladerunner
  • 79. On what date did Ridley Scott join the project?
A) February, 1981
B) December 21, 1980
C) Shortly after 1968
D) February 21, 1980
  • 80. To what amount did Scott manage to push up the Filmways financing?
A) $21.5 million
B) $15 million
C) $2.5 million
D) $13 million
  • 81. What did Fancher's script focus more on compared to the novel?
A) Romantic relationships
B) Issues of humanity and religion
C) Premature aging
D) Environmental issues
  • 82. Whose cinema treatment did Fancher find for Alan E. Nourse's novel?
A) David Peoples
B) Robert Jaffe
C) William S. Burroughs
D) Philip K. Dick
  • 83. What was the title of Alan E. Nourse's 1974 novel mentioned in the text?
A) Dune
B) The Bladerunner
C) Blade Runner
D) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
  • 84. How did Dick publicly describe Fancher's early screenplay in the LA press?
A) Corny, extremely maladroit throughout
B) A beautiful, symmetrical reinforcement
C) First-class piece of work
D) A masterpiece of science fiction
  • 85. When did Fancher leave the job over the script rewriting issue?
A) December 21, 1980
B) February 1981
C) February 21, 1980
D) Shortly after 1968
  • 86. Which character's suicide was dropped in the 1981 rewrite?
A) Fancher's
B) Deckard's
C) Rachael's
D) Batty's
  • 87. In how many days did Deeley secure $21.5 million in new financing after Filmways withdrew?
A) Six months
B) Ten days
C) Twenty days
D) Three days
  • 88. Who was the Hong Kong-based producer involved in the new financing deal?
A) Robert Jaffe
B) Sir Run Run Shaw
C) Herb Jaffe
D) Michael Deeley
  • 89. When did principal photography of Blade Runner begin?
A) March 9, 1982
B) March 9, 1980
C) March 9, 1981
D) March 9, 1979
  • 90. Where were the 2019 Los Angeles street sets housed?
A) The Ennis-Brown House
B) The Bradbury Building
C) A Warner Bros. backlot
D) The 2nd Street Tunnel
  • 91. Which residential structure was used as a filming location for the movie?
A) The KNBC studio
B) The Ennis-Brown House
C) The Bradbury Building
D) The Warner Bros. backlot
  • 92. What tunnel was used as a filming location?
A) 2nd Street Tunnel
B) Los Angeles Tunnel
C) 3rd Street Tunnel
D) 1st Street Tunnel
  • 93. What phrase was printed on the crew's T-shirts that mocked Ridley Scott?
A) Yes Guv'nor, My Ass
B) Xenophobia Sucks
C) Blade Runner Rules
D) The T-shirt War
  • 94. What phrase was printed on Ridley Scott's response T-shirt?
A) Director's Cut
B) Yes Guv'nor, My Ass
C) Los Angeles 2019
D) Xenophobia Sucks
  • 95. What was the T-shirt incident known as?
A) The British rebellion
B) The director's battle
C) The T-shirt war
D) The Hollywood feud
  • 96. Who wrote the narration monologs used in the film?
A) Darryl Ponicsan
B) Hampton Fancher
C) David Peoples
D) Roland Kibbee
  • 97. In what year did Ridley Scott call Harrison Ford the biggest pain in the arse?
A) 2006
B) 2000
C) 1981
D) 1992
  • 98. In what year did Harrison Ford say he had a bad patch with Scott and was over it?
A) 2000
B) 2006
C) 1992
D) 1981
  • 99. What did Ford remember more than the 50 nights of shooting in the rain?
A) The special effects
B) The T-shirt war
C) The Bradbury Building
D) The voiceover
  • 100. In which publication did Ridley Scott confirm Ford's contribution to the Special Edition DVD?
A) Variety
B) Total Film
C) KNBC news
D) Los Angeles Times
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