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  • 1. Who wrote the 1982 novelization of Tron?
A) Steven Lisberger
B) Brian Daley
C) William Kallay
D) Michael Bonifer
  • 2. What did the 1982 novelization of Tron include?
A) Eight pages of color photographs
B) A digital copy of the film
C) Behind the scenes interviews
D) Concept art sketches
  • 3. Who authored the book titled The Art of Tron?
A) Michael Bonifer
B) Brian Daley
C) William Kallay
D) Walt Disney
  • 4. When was The Making of Tron: How Tron Changed Visual Effects and Disney Forever published?
A) 1982
B) 2011
C) 1998
D) 2002
  • 5. When did Tron make its television debut on the Disney Channel?
A) January 15, 2002
B) December 1, 1982
C) April 18, 1983
D) May 19, 1998
  • 6. On which of the following formats was Tron NOT originally released in 1982?
A) VHS
B) LaserDisc
C) DVD
D) Betamax
  • 7. What was the aspect ratio of the original 1982 home video releases?
A) 2.20:1 widescreen
B) 16:9 widescreen
C) 2.35:1 anamorphic
D) 4:3 pan and scan
  • 8. Which release featured the first widescreen 2.20:1 format for Tron?
A) 2002 Collector's Edition
B) 1998 DVD release
C) 1982 VHS release
D) Archive Collection LaserDisc box set
  • 9. How much had Tron grossed in video rentals by 1991?
A) $10 million
B) $17 million
C) $5 million
D) $25 million
  • 10. When was the first DVD release of Tron?
A) December 1, 1982
B) May 19, 1998
C) April 5, 2011
D) January 15, 2002
  • 11. What was included in the 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD set?
A) A soundtrack CD
B) The original 1982 theatrical trailer only
C) A digital copy of the sequel
D) A 90 minute documentary
  • 12. What was the subtitle used for the 2011 re-release of Tron?
A) 20th Anniversary Edition
B) Legacy Edition
C) The Original Classic
D) Special Remastered Edition
  • 13. When was the Tron 4K Ultra HD Steelbook released?
A) September 16, 2025
B) June 27, 2011
C) January 15, 2002
D) April 5, 2011
  • 14. What was the original film negative scanned at for the 4K restoration?
A) 1080p
B) 6K
C) 4K
D) 8K
  • 15. Who supervised the 4K restoration of Tron?
A) Brian Daley
B) Lisberger
C) Michael Bonifer
D) William Kallay
  • 16. In which section of the Disneyland PeopleMover were Tron projections added?
A) SuperSpeed Tunnel
B) The Game Grid
C) Space Mountain
D) Tomorrowland Station
  • 17. What was the name of the roller coaster opened in Shanghai Disneyland in 2016?
A) Tron Lightcycle Power Run
B) TRON Lightcycle / Run
C) The Game Grid Coaster
D) Lightcycle Velocity
  • 18. In which year did Walt Disney World open TRON Lightcycle / Run?
A) 2025
B) 2016
C) 2023
D) 2011
  • 19. Where are the Tron-themed roller coasters located within the Disney parks?
A) Frontierland-themed areas
B) Tomorrowland-themed areas
C) Fantasyland-themed areas
D) Adventureland-themed areas
  • 20. What format was the 1998 DVD release of Tron?
A) Anamorphic
B) Blu-ray
C) 4K Ultra HD
D) Non-anamorphic
  • 21. Which animation studio was founded by Tron animators including Chris Wedge in 1987?
A) Pixar
B) Blue Sky Studios
C) DreamWorks
D) Industrial Light & Magic
  • 22. What award did Ken Perlin win in 1997 for his work on Tron?
A) Lifetime Achievement Award
B) Academy Award for Technical Achievement
C) Best Original Score
D) Best Visual Effects
  • 23. What did Ken Perlin invent that contributed to the film Tron?
A) Motion capture
B) 3D rendering
C) Perlin noise
D) Digital lighting
  • 24. Who stated that without Tron, there would be no Toy Story?
A) Ken Perlin
B) George Lucas
C) John Lasseter
D) Chris Wedge
  • 25. What group scored the Tron sequel and had a cameo in it?
A) Regurgitator
B) Daft Punk
C) Gorillaz
D) Infernal
  • 26. Which fictional drummer wears an Encom hat in a music video?
A) Murdoc
B) Noodle
C) Russel
D) 2-D
  • 27. In which Gorillaz music video does the drummer wear an Encom hat?
A) Clint Eastwood
B) Dirty Harry
C) Dare
D) Feel Good Inc.
  • 28. What rank was Tron given in The Boston Globe's 2010 list of top 20 cult films?
A) 10th
B) 20th
C) 13th
D) 1st
  • 29. Which Danish group's 2006 music video was heavily inspired by Tron?
A) Gorillaz
B) Infernal
C) Daft Punk
D) Regurgitator
  • 30. The music video for which Regurgitator song recreates scenes from Tron?
A) Toy Story
B) From Paris to Berlin
C) Everyday Formula
D) Feel Good Inc.
  • 31. In what year was Tron nominated by the American Film Institute for its Top 10 Science Fiction Films list?
A) 1997
B) 2006
C) 2010
D) 2008
  • 32. Which company did Ken Perlin work for when he won his Academy Award?
A) Blue Sky Studios
B) Mathematical Applications Group, Inc.
C) Disney
D) Pixar
  • 33. What was Chris Wedge's role during the production of Tron?
A) Composer
B) Director
C) Lead animator
D) Producer
  • 34. According to the text, what is Tron considered to be in addition to a cult film?
A) A sequel
B) A box office failure
C) An animated film
D) Groundbreaking
  • 35. Who composed the soundtrack for the film Tron?
A) John Williams
B) Hans Zimmer
C) Danny Elfman
D) Wendy Carlos
  • 36. Which band provided the song 'Only Solutions' for the Tron soundtrack?
A) Supertramp
B) Queen
C) The Beatles
D) Journey
  • 37. Why was the London Philharmonic Orchestra hired for the Tron score?
A) Wendy Carlos refused to work alone
B) Disney feared Carlos might not finish on time
C) To replace the synthesizers
D) The director insisted on an orchestral sound
  • 38. Which band originally planned to contribute to the Tron soundtrack but pulled out?
A) Led Zeppelin
B) Journey
C) Pink Floyd
D) Supertramp
  • 39. Which critic described Tron as a 'dazzling movie from Disney'?
A) Janet Maslin
B) Jay Scott
C) Gary Arnold
D) Roger Ebert
  • 40. Which magazine review stated that the film loses excitement on the small screen?
A) Chicago Sun-Times
B) Variety
C) Imagine
D) The New York Times
  • 41. What was the Rotten Tomatoes score for Tron?
A) 61%
B) 100%
C) 58%
D) 40%
  • 42. What grade did audiences polled by CinemaScore give to Tron?
A) B+
B) C-
C) F
D) A+
  • 43. Why did Steven Lisberger believe Tron failed to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects?
A) The director declined the nomination
B) The visual effects were deemed too simple
C) Voters thought the production cheated by using computers
D) The film was not eligible for the category
  • 44. Which of these was a category in which Tron received an Oscar nomination?
A) Best Screenplay
B) Best Picture
C) Best Director
D) Best Costume Design
  • 45. Which digital synthesizer was used in the Tron soundtrack?
A) Roland Juno
B) Yamaha DX7
C) Moog
D) Crumar's GDS
  • 46. Which critic called Tron 'a trip, and a terrifically entertaining one at that'?
A) Gene Siskel
B) Janet Maslin
C) Deborah Wise
D) Roger Ebert
  • 47. What specific game did InfoWorld's Deborah Wise mention the characters playing?
A) Poker
B) Jai alai
C) Chess
D) Basketball
  • 48. What label released the Tron soundtrack album in 1982?
A) Columbia Records
B) Warner Bros. Records
C) Disney Music Group
D) Disneyland Records
  • 49. In what year did Disney decide to film Tron predominantly in the Super Panavision format?
A) 1981
B) 1979
C) 1980
D) 1982
  • 50. What was the aspect ratio of the 70mm prints of Tron?
A) 1.85:1
B) 2.20:1
C) 16:9
D) 2.40:1
  • 51. Who was the main set and costume designer for the film?
A) Jean Giraud
B) Richard Taylor
C) Syd Mead
D) Peter Lloyd
  • 52. Which industrial designer created the light cycles and solar sailer?
A) Syd Mead
B) Peter Lloyd
C) Jean Giraud
D) Bill Kovacs
  • 53. What computer was used by Information International, Inc. for the film?
A) IBM System/360
B) Cray-1
C) Super Foonly F-1
D) Apple II
  • 54. Approximately how many minutes of computer animation were used in the final film?
A) 15 to 20 minutes
B) 30 to 40 minutes
C) Over an hour
D) 5 to 10 minutes
  • 55. What was the motto used by Computer Effects Supervisor Richard Taylor?
A) When in doubt, black it out!
B) More color, more power!
C) Keep it bright, keep it light!
D) Digital is the way!
  • 56. What process was used to fade things out at a distance in the computer backgrounds?
A) Color keying
B) Frame blending
C) Depth cueing
D) Motion blurring
  • 57. What was the unique animation process used for live-action scenes inside the computer world?
A) Stop-motion
B) Backlit animation
C) Claymation
D) Rotoscoping
  • 58. How many passes did a typical backlit animation shot require?
A) 12
B) 100
C) 50
D) 5
  • 59. Who was responsible for the film's sound design?
A) Steven Lisberger
B) Frank Serafine
C) Peter Lloyd
D) Richard Taylor
  • 60. What device was used to create the voice for the character 'Bit'?
A) A vocoder with live keyboard input
B) Votrax speech synthesizer
C) A custom programmed AI
D) A human actor's voice
  • 61. Where were 85 of the 200 inkers and hand-painters for the film located?
A) South Korea
B) United Kingdom
C) Taiwan
D) Japan
  • 62. Which laboratory served as a filming location for ENCOM laser bay scenes?
A) Los Alamos National Laboratory
B) Oak Ridge National Laboratory
C) Sandia National Laboratories
D) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • 63. What was the original color scheme for 'good' programs?
A) Green
B) Red
C) Blue
D) Yellow
  • 64. Which arcade game character appears as an Easter egg behind Sark?
A) Space Invaders
B) Donkey Kong
C) Asteroids
D) Pac-Man
  • 65. What is the name of the process used to add colors to matte paintings using gelatin filters?
A) Direct dye application
B) Similar to the Kodalith procedure
C) Hand painting cels
D) Digital color grading
  • 66. In what year did the genesis for Tron originate?
A) 1977
B) 1980
C) 1978
D) 1976
  • 67. Which game did Steven Lisberger encounter that helped inspire Tron?
A) Space Invaders
B) Pac-Man
C) Asteroids
D) Pong
  • 68. The prototype Tron character was compared to characters from which TV series?
A) Doctor Who
B) Battlestar Galactica
C) Star Trek
D) Buck Rogers
  • 69. How long was the original cel animation featuring the Tron character?
A) Thirty seconds
B) Five minutes
C) One minute
D) Ten seconds
  • 70. Who was the producer that moved to the West Coast with Lisberger to develop Tron?
A) Donald Kushner
B) Tom Wilhite
C) Alan Kay
D) Richard Taylor
  • 71. The developers borrowed against the anticipated profits of which animated television special?
A) Fantasia
B) The Lion King
C) Animalympics
D) Tron Origins
  • 72. Which computer scientist convinced Lisberger to use computer-generated imagery?
A) Alan Kay
B) Steven Lisberger
C) Richard Taylor
D) Tom Wilhite
  • 73. Approximately how much money did Lisberger invest in the film's development?
A) $50,000
B) $4 million
C) $1 million
D) $300,000
  • 74. In what year did Walt Disney Productions acquire the project?
A) 1980
B) 1976
C) 1977
D) 1982
  • 75. Who was the Disney vice president for creative development who supported the project?
A) Ron Miller
B) Alan Kay
C) Tom Wilhite
D) Donald Kushner
  • 76. Who wrote the first drafts of the Tron script?
A) Donald Kushner
B) Bonnie MacBird
C) Steven Lisberger
D) Alan Kay
  • 77. Which actor did Bonnie MacBird suggest for the role of Kevin Flynn?
A) Harrison Ford
B) Mark Hamill
C) Robin Williams
D) Jeff Bridges
  • 78. Which actor portrays Kevin Flynn?
A) David Warner
B) Jeff Bridges
C) Bruce Boxleitner
D) Barnard Hughes
  • 79. What kind of program is Clu?
A) A security program
B) A hacking program
C) A compound interest program
D) An actuarial program
  • 80. Who created the original chess program that became the MCP?
A) Alan Bradley
B) Ed Dillinger
C) Dr. Walter Gibbs
D) Kevin Flynn
  • 81. Which character is an actuarial program?
A) Tron
B) Ram
C) Crom
D) Dumont
  • 82. Who portrays Dr. Lora Baines?
A) Bruce Boxleitner
B) Cindy Morgan
C) Barnard Hughes
D) Jeff Bridges
  • 83. Which executive vice president stole Kevin Flynn's work?
A) Walter Gibbs
B) Peter
C) Alan Bradley
D) Ed Dillinger
  • 84. What program did Lora Baines develop?
A) Sark
B) Tron
C) Yori
D) Clu
  • 85. What program is matched against Flynn on the Game Grid?
A) Sark
B) Clu
C) Ram
D) Crom
  • 86. Who is the User of the program Ram?
A) Ed Dillinger
B) Kevin Flynn
C) Alan Bradley
D) Roy Kleinberg
  • 87. Which character serves as the MCP's second-in-command?
A) Tron
B) Sark
C) Dumont
D) Clu
  • 88. What device was created by Dr. Walter Gibbs and Lora Baines?
A) Game Grid terminal
B) SHV 20905 digitizing laser
C) Mainframe monitor
D) Encryption key
  • 89. Who provides the voice of the Master Control Program?
A) Barnard Hughes
B) Jeff Bridges
C) Bruce Boxleitner
D) David Warner
  • 90. What was the original purpose of the MCP?
A) A chess program
B) A digitizing program
C) A hacking program
D) A security program
  • 91. In which year was the original Tron film released?
A) 2010
B) 1976
C) 1982
D) 2025
  • 92. What is the name of the software corporation in the film?
A) Master Control Program
B) ENCOM
C) Grid Systems
D) Ares
  • 93. What program does Kevin Flynn use to hack into ENCOM?
A) Tron
B) MCP
C) CLU
D) Ares
  • 94. Which actor portrays the character Tron?
A) David Warner
B) Joseph Kosinski
C) Bruce Boxleitner
D) Jeff Bridges
  • 95. What does 'derezzing' mean in the context of the film?
A) Being upgraded
B) Being erased
C) Being digitized
D) Being promoted
  • 96. What is the title of the video game that Flynn is the original author of?
A) Recognizer
B) Light Cycle
C) Space Paranoids
D) Tron
  • 97. Who directs the sequel Tron: Legacy?
A) Steven Lisberger
B) Jeff Bridges
C) Donald Kushner
D) Joseph Kosinski
  • 98. At the end of the movie, what position does Flynn take at ENCOM?
A) Lead Programmer
B) Security Advisor
C) CEO
D) Board Member
  • 99. What was the occupation of Kevin Flynn before he owned an arcade?
A) Software engineer
B) Animation director
C) Film critic
D) Security guard
  • 100. What is the primary way programs in the grid view the human creators?
A) As Programs
B) As Users
C) As Bosses
D) As Enemies
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