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