A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Quiz
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  • 1. Which poet's work is quoted by Dr. Know in the film?
A) György Ligeti
B) Richard Strauss
C) Brian Aldiss
D) W. B. Yeats
  • 2. Who composed the original score for A.I. Artificial Intelligence?
A) Steven Spielberg
B) Josh Groban
C) John Williams
D) Lara Fabian
  • 3. Which band appears in the film playing the song 'What About Us?'?
A) Ministry
B) Cloudmakers
C) The Hollywood Studio Symphony
D) Atomic Pictures
  • 4. What is the name of the alternate reality game used to promote the film?
A) The Beast
B) Proof of Life
C) Cybertronics Corp
D) The Stolen Child
  • 5. In what year was the film A.I. premiered at the Venice Film Festival?
A) 2000
B) 2010
C) 2002
D) 2001
  • 6. Which company currently owns the pre-2010 live-action DreamWorks catalog?
A) La-La Land Records
B) Warner Home Video
C) Hasbro
D) Paramount Home Entertainment
  • 7. What was the worldwide box office total for A.I.?
A) $78.62 million
B) $235.93 million
C) $157 million
D) $29.35 million
  • 8. What score did audiences give the film on CinemaScore?
A) F
B) A+
C) C+
D) B-
  • 9. Which critic called the film 'wonderful and maddening'?
A) Mick LaSalle
B) John Simon
C) Roger Ebert
D) A. O. Scott
  • 10. According to the text, what company created over forty websites for the film's promotion?
A) Atomic Pictures
B) La-La Land Records
C) DreamWorks
D) Warner Sunset Records
  • 11. Who began development on an adaptation of "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" in the late 1970s?
A) Ian Watson
B) Brian Aldiss
C) Steven Spielberg
D) Stanley Kubrick
  • 12. Who was hired by Kubrick to write the initial film treatment?
A) Ian Watson
B) Brian Aldiss
C) Bob Shaw
D) Sara Maitland
  • 13. In what year did Kubrick ask Steven Spielberg to direct the film?
A) 1995
B) 1990
C) 1979
D) 1985
  • 14. Which studio agreed to co-finance A.I. and handle distribution?
A) Universal Pictures
B) Paramount Pictures
C) Industrial Light & Magic
D) Warner Bros.
  • 15. Why was Brian Aldiss fired by Kubrick in 1989?
A) Budgetary constraints
B) Failure to deliver a script
C) A conflict with Spielberg
D) Creative differences
  • 16. Who replaced Bob Shaw as the writer in March 1990?
A) Christopher Baker
B) Ian Watson
C) Sara Maitland
D) Brian Aldiss
  • 17. What book did Kubrick give Ian Watson for inspiration?
A) Wartime Lies
B) The Adventures of Pinocchio
C) Super-Toys Last All Summer Long
D) The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
  • 18. How did Kubrick describe the film A.I. to Ian Watson?
A) A sequel to Jurassic Park
B) A picaresque robot version of Pinocchio
C) A futuristic adaptation of Wartime Lies
D) A dark fairy tale about humanity
  • 19. What was the original concept for the character Gigolo Joe?
A) A robotic butler
B) A futuristic teacher
C) A G.I. mecha
D) A construction droid
  • 20. Which film did Kubrick drop A.I. to work on, citing insufficient computer animation technology?
A) Eyes Wide Shut
B) Wartime Lies
C) The Adventures of Pinocchio
D) Minority Report
  • 21. Which film release led to the announcement that A.I. production would begin in 1994?
A) Jurassic Park
B) Minority Report
C) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
D) Eyes Wide Shut
  • 22. Who was brought in to give the film "mythic resonance"?
A) Christopher Baker
B) Bob Shaw
C) Sara Maitland
D) Ian Watson
  • 23. According to Sara Maitland, what did Kubrick always call the film instead of 'A.I.'?
A) David
B) Pinocchio
C) Super-Toys
D) The Robot Story
  • 24. Who served as the concept artist during the 1994 pre-production?
A) Dennis Muren
B) Christopher "Fangorn" Baker
C) Chris Cunningham
D) Hans Moravec
  • 25. Who did Kubrick and Harlan ask to do a screen test for the lead role of David?
A) Joseph Mazzello
B) Steven Spielberg
C) Chris Cunningham
D) Ian Watson
  • 26. Who served as a technical consultant for the film?
A) Ned Gorman
B) Dennis Muren
C) Christopher Baker
D) Hans Moravec
  • 27. Why was the film put on hold in the late 1990s?
A) Kubrick's commitment to Eyes Wide Shut
B) Failure of the rubber face test
C) Spielberg was unavailable
D) Budget issues with ILM
  • 28. Who took over as director after Kubrick's death in 1999?
A) Steven Spielberg
B) Ian Watson
C) Jan Harlan
D) Christiane Kubrick
  • 29. Which film did Spielberg write as a solo screenplay credit before A.I.?
A) Jurassic Park
B) Minority Report
C) Eyes Wide Shut
D) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • 30. Which project did Spielberg consider directing before deciding to fast-track A.I.?
A) The Adventures of Pinocchio
B) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
C) Wartime Lies
D) Super-Toys Last All Summer Long
  • 31. Who was Steven Spielberg's first and only choice to play the character David?
A) Robin Williams
B) Haley Joel Osment
C) Jude Law
D) Chris Rock
  • 32. Who played the character of Professor Allen Hobby?
A) Sam Robards
B) William Hurt
C) Brendan Gleeson
D) Ben Kingsley
  • 33. Which character provided the voice for the Blue Fairy?
A) Jack Angel
B) Frances O'Connor
C) Meryl Streep
D) Robin Williams
  • 34. Who played the Flesh Fair impresario Lord Johnson-Johnson?
A) William Hurt
B) Brendan Gleeson
C) Ken Leung
D) Chris Rock
  • 35. Which character provided the voice for Teddy?
A) Robin Williams
B) Jack Angel
C) Chris Rock
D) Ben Kingsley
  • 36. Who played Monica Swinton?
A) Sabrina Grdevich
B) Ashley Scott
C) Kathryn Morris
D) Frances O'Connor
  • 37. Who played Henry Swinton?
A) Adrian Grenier
B) Jake Thomas
C) Ken Leung
D) Sam Robards
  • 38. Who provided the voice for the Comedian Robot?
A) Chris Rock
B) Jack Angel
C) Ben Kingsley
D) Robin Williams
  • 39. What physical trait did Haley Joel Osment adopt to play David besides avoiding blinking?
A) Good posture
B) Frequent twitching
C) Slouched shoulders
D) A limp
  • 40. Who provided the voice for the Specialist?
A) Jack Angel
B) Chris Rock
C) Robin Williams
D) Ben Kingsley
  • 41. Who played Martin Swinton?
A) Jake Thomas
B) Haley Joel Osment
C) Adrian Grenier
D) Ken Leung
  • 42. What short story is A.I. Artificial Intelligence based on?
A) Mechanic Dreams
B) Supertoys Last All Summer Long
C) The Blue Fairy
D) The Adventures of Pinocchio
  • 43. What is the name of the protagonist android in the film?
A) Joe
B) David
C) Martin
D) Teddy
  • 44. What is the primary reason the film's development was delayed for years under Kubrick?
A) Disagreements over the script
B) Difficulty casting the lead role
C) Lack of funding
D) Computer-generated imagery was not advanced enough
  • 45. What are the humanoid robots in the film called?
A) Prototypes
B) Synthetics
C) Mechas
D) Androids
  • 46. What is the name of the robotic teddy bear?
A) Pinocchio
B) Teddy
C) Joe
D) Mechanic
  • 47. Why is David initially given to Monica and Henry?
A) Their son Martin is in suspended animation
B) They could not have children
C) They wanted a robotic servant
D) They were part of an experiment
  • 48. What causes the global climate change in the film?
A) A meteor impact
B) A technological collapse
C) Rising sea levels from global warming
D) A nuclear war
  • 49. What is the name of the prostitute mecha who escapes with David?
A) Dr. Know
B) Professor Hobby
C) Gigolo Joe
D) Henry
  • 50. What is 'Dr. Know' in the film?
A) A human professor
B) A robotic teacher
C) A search engine
D) A holographic answer engine
  • 51. How does David try to end his life after discovering other copies of himself?
A) Power source deactivation
B) Falling from a skyscraper
C) Self-destruction command
D) Walking into the ocean
  • 52. What is the 'Blue Fairy' David finds at Coney Island actually?
A) A human ghost
B) A statue
C) A hologram
D) A robot
  • 53. How much time passes before the Specialists find David again?
A) Ten thousand years
B) Two thousand years
C) Five hundred years
D) One hundred years
  • 54. How long can the recreated Monica live?
A) One hour
B) One day
C) One week
D) One month
  • 55. What was the original scheduled start date for filming A.I.?
A) August 10, 2000
B) July 10, 2001
C) August 10, 2001
D) July 10, 2000
  • 56. Which character was Jack Angel directed to sound like?
A) Eeyore
B) Pinocchio
C) The Comedian Robot
D) Winnie the Pooh
  • 57. Who was hired to build an animatronic of David?
A) Bob Ringwood
B) Cynthia Breazeal
C) Stan Winston
D) Steven Spielberg
  • 58. Who served as the technical consultant for social robotics?
A) Jack Angel
B) Cynthia Breazeal
C) Stanley Kubrick
D) Bob Ringwood
  • 59. What was the primary inspiration for Bob Ringwood's costumes for the Rouge City extras?
A) The Spruce Goose Dome
B) Pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip
C) Classic science fiction films
D) European fashion trends
  • 60. Which company provided the in-house visual effects?
A) Industrial Light & Magic
B) PDI/DreamWorks
C) Warner Bros.
D) Spruce Goose Effects
  • 61. What visual effect was performed on Haley Joel Osment by PDI/DreamWorks?
A) Removing his breath
B) Removing his movement
C) Replacing his voice
D) Digital aging
  • 62. Besides the sound stages at Warner Bros., where else was A.I. filmed?
A) Oxbow Regional Park
B) The Spruce Goose Dome
C) New York City
D) The Las Vegas Strip
  • 63. According to Watson, what did American critics mistakenly identify the beings in the final 20 minutes as?
A) Humans
B) Aliens
C) Cyborgs
D) Ghosts
  • 64. Who described A.I. as a 'very great and deeply misunderstood film' in 2009?
A) Mark Kermode
B) Joe Leydon
C) Jonathan Rosenbaum
D) Roger Ebert
  • 65. How many awards did A.I. win at the Saturn Awards?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Ten
D) Five
  • 66. What was the final ranking of A.I. on the Rolling Stone list mentioned in the text?
A) 25
B) 50
C) 100
D) 61
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