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