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101 Sci-Fi Movie Trivia Questions for the Nerdiest of Fans

3…2…1…blast off! It might be an alien language to the uninitiated, but for true-blue fans, science fiction is a key to worlds unexplored and the greatest secrets of the universe. And most importantly: it’s a spaceship-load of fun! Humans have imagined past the limits of science since before movies existed — Frankenstein or The Time Machine, anyone? — and when they first started to venture into filmmaking, science fiction was one of the very first movie genres produced.

Now, fans of the genre have endless choices whenever they want to sit down and sink into some good sci-fi. Alien invasions? A mad doctor’s horrific experiments? Dimensional portals? Journeys into the deepest depths of the ocean or the farthest reaches of outer space? Sci-fi movies have got it all. Do you think you know it all? With these sci-fi trivia questions and answers, you and your friends can test your smarts and see who is the biggest science fiction buff. Reach for the stars!

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Who played Det. Rick Deckard in ‘Blade Runner’?

Mark Hamill

Alec Guinness

Harrison Ford

Billy Dee Williams

Who played the famous monster Frankenstein in the 1931 movie ‘Frankenstein’?

Lon Chaney Jr.

Bela Lugosi

Boris Karloff

Lon Chaney

Who enters the radioactive core to save the ship and sacrifice his own life in ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’?

Kirk

Spock

Khan

Scotty

What planet is Kirk stranded on after his failed mutiny in the 2009 remake of ‘Star Trek’?

Taresia

Chronos

Babel

Delta Vega

Who played The Terminator in the original ‘Terminator’ movie?

Jackie Chan

Steven Seagal

Dolph Lundgren

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Who learns that the world has been taken over by apes in ‘Planet of the Apes’?

Harrison Ford

Charlton Heston

William Holden

Ronald Reagan

Who played Chief John Anderton in ‘Minority Report’?

Tom Cruise

Collin Farrell

Jessica Tandy

Jason Statham

What illegal substance is Tom Cruise addicted to in ‘Minority Report’?

Clarity

Revivarin

Haven

Spatial

Who played DOJ auditor Danny Witwer in ‘Minority Report’?

Ewan McGregor

Max von Sydow

Tom Cruise

Colin Farrell

Who in ‘Aliens’ in an android?

Bishop

Ripley

Burke

Hudson

What’s the name of the ‘I’d buy that for a dollar!’ guy in the original ‘RoboCop’?

Brady Goodling

Jerry Mathers

Bixby Snyder

Tex Ritterson

The Will Smith movie ‘I, Robot’ expanded on the short story of the same name by what author?

Arthur C. Clarke

Isaac Asimov

Ray Bradbury

Robert A. Heinlein

Who kills Leon the replicant in ‘Blade Runner’?

Rachel

Roy

Zhora

Pris

What is Ripley’s first name in ‘Alien’?

Jane

Cheryl

Sigourney

Ellen

Who screams ‘Soylent Green is people!’ in the 1973 movie ‘Soylent Green’?

Chuck Norris

Jimmy Stewart

Charlton Heston

Will Smith

The 1971 movie ‘The Andromeda Strain’ is based on a book by what author?

Isaac Asimov

. Wells

Philip K. Dick

Michael Crichton

What simple item does Morpheus use to explain to Neo why humans are plugged into the Matrix in ‘The Matrix’?

A Duracell Battery

A Diehard Battery

A Blender

An Energizer Battery

What simulation is Kirk accused of cheating at in the 2009 remake of ‘Star Trek’?

Tsung Chung

Kobayashi Maru

Maharishi Nabu

Sun-Tsu Karaka

What year does the movie ‘Blade Runner’ take place?

2010

2001

2019

2015

What replicant dies in front of Deckard before he can kill him in ‘Blade Runner’?

Pris

Roy

Zhora

Leon

Who directed ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’?

Ridley Scott

James Cameron

Steven Spielberg

George Lucas

What body part does Tom Cruise change to conceal his identity in ‘Minority Report’?

Heart

Face

Brain

Eyes

Who does Ripley discover sent her original crew to the derelict spaceship in ‘Aliens’?

Burke

Hudson

Ash

Bishop

Who played a younger version of Tommy Lee Jones in ‘Men in Black III’?

Josh Brolin

James Franco

Matt Dillon

Nicolas Cage

What moon does Sam Worthington transform himself and travel to in ‘Avatar’?

Madea

Romulus

Oi

Pandora

What is another title for ‘Mad Max 2’ in the ‘Mad Max’ trilogy?

The Road Warrior

The Road General

The Road Survivor

The Road Traveller

What actor from TV’s original ‘Star Trek’ returned to their role for the 2009 remake of ‘Star Trek’?

George Takei

Nichelle Nichols

William Shatner

Leonard Nimoy

What year does Marty McFly travel to in ‘Back to the Future Part III’?

1865

1885

1875

1845

What substance causes great pain to the aliens in ‘Signs’?

Saliva

Water

Mayonnaise

Oxygen

Who says ‘The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one’ in ‘Star Trek II’?

Khan

Spock

Scotty

Bones

What society does Obersturmbannführer Karl Ruprecht Kroenen belong to in ‘Hellboy’?

Plague

Thune

Maco

Ra

The 1960 movie ‘The Time Machine’ is based on a book by which author?

Jules Verne

H. G. Wells

Michael Crichton

Phillip K. Dick

Who played the unassuming replicant Rachel in ‘Blade Runner’?

Meg Ryan

Bridget Fonda

Sean Young

Julia Roberts

The 1933 movie ‘The Invisible Man’ is based a book by what author?

Stephen King

Isaac Asimov

H. G. Wells

Jules Verne

What is the name of the psychics who can predict when crimes will happen in ‘Minority Report’?

Futurists

Precogs

Predictors

Neurons

What role did Michael J. Fox play in the ‘Back to the Future’ movies?

Einstein The Dog

Biff Tannen

Doc Brown

Marty McFly

Actor Billy Zane played which one of Biff’s henchmen in ‘Back to the Future’?

Buzz

Skinhead

Match

3-D

What planet are Kirk and Bones exploring at the start of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’?

Sarpeidon

Risa

Nibiru

Janus VI

Who played Scotty in the 2009 remake of ‘Star Trek’?

Benedict Cumberbatch

Nick Frost

Simon Pegg

Martin Freeman

Film historians and film buffs believe that ‘Forbidden Planet’ is similar to or an allegory of what Shakespearian work?

King Lear

The Tempest

As You Like It

Romeo & Juliet

What speed does the time machine have to reach in order to time jump in ‘Back to the Future’?

77 MPH

66 MPH

88 MPH

99 MPH

Who played Bones McCoy in the 2009 remake of ‘Star Trek’?

William Shatner

Karl Urban

Colin Farrell

Chris Pine

What brothers directed ‘The Matrix’ trilogy?

Farrelly

Coen

Wachowski

Spierig

What is the name of the son that Tom Cruise’s character lost in ‘Minority Report’?

Greg

Connor

Sean

Robert

What state is the strange town of Connecticut located in in ‘The Stepford Wives’?

New Hampshire

Connecticut

Maine

Rhode Island

What villain threatens to enslave humanity in ‘Marvel’s Avengers’?

Vishnu

Loki

Set

Paine

Who orders the destruction of planet Vulcan in ‘Star Trek’?

Q

Nero

General Chang

Soran

What year does Marty McFly travel to in ‘Back to the Future Part II’?

2015

2035

2045

2025

What corporation created the replicants in ‘Blade Runner’?

Tyco

Tyson

Tyrell

Tonal

What café does Marty meet the bully Griff at in ‘Back to the Future Part II’?

Eat The Past

The Me Café

Café 80’s

The Time Machine

What is the name of the movie that the kids were making in the movie ‘Super 8’?

The Help

The Virus

The Case

The Stain

What schoolteacher do Doc and Marty save in ‘Back to the Future Part III’?

Lily Amblen

Clara Clayton

Jennifer Barton

Betty Boop

The movie ‘Minority Report’ is based on a story written by what sci-fi writer?

H. G. Wells

Phillip K. Dick

Ray Bradbury

Isaac Asimov

Who does Agent Smith kidnap to get the Zion codes in ‘The Matrix’?

Neo

Trinity

Morpheus

Mouse

A spaceship crashes in the desert of what US state in the 1953 movie ‘It Came from Outer Space’?

New Mexico

Arizona

Nevada

California

What is the lifespan of the Nexus-6 replicants in ‘Blade Runner’?

Two Years

Four Years

Eight Years

Six Years

Who directed ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’?

Norman Jewison

Oliver Stone

Stanley Kubrick

Steven Spielberg

Who gets his genes crossed with a fly in the 1986 movie ‘The Fly’?

Jeff Goldblum

Bill Paxton

Tom Hanks

Ed Asner

Who played the role of Jennifer in the second and third ‘Back to the Future’ movies but not the first one?

Brooke Shields

Cindy Crawford

Claudia Wells

Elisabeth Shue

What is Thomas Anderson’s hacker name in ‘The Matrix’?

Trinity

Morpheus

Neo

Agent Smith

Who starred in ‘Alien’?

Pamela Anderson

Linda Hamilton

Julia Louis Dreyfuss

Sigourney Weaver

What city did the director actually use as the backdrop for the original ‘RoboCop’?

Philadelphia

Dallas

Detroit

New York City

Who played Snake Plissken in ‘Escape from New York’ and ‘Escape from L.A.’?

Charles Bronson

Chuck Norris

Sylvester Stallone

Kurt Russell

Who technically had two roles in the 1990 movie ‘Total Recall’?

Tom Cruise

Steven Seagal

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Tom Hanks

What is the name of the android that Haley Joel Osment plays in ‘A.I.: Artificial Intelligence’?

David

James

Henry

Gigolo Joe

Who played Agent J in ‘Men in Black’?

Will Smith

Martin Lawrence

Tom Cruise

Orlando Bloom

What is the name of the fake town where Truman is trapped in ‘The Truman Show’?

Ocean View

Seahaven

Ocean Bound

Seaward

Who played Mad Max in the original ‘Mad Max’ trilogy?

Mel Gibson

Tom Cruise

Kurt Russell

Yul Brynner

Who is The Terminator looking for in ‘The Terminator’?

Tara Connor

John Conner

Sarah Connor

Kyla Connor

What alien opera star is carrying the stones for Dallas to retrieve them in ‘The Fifth Element’?

Diva Chenonomila

Diva Havanagila

Diva Krononoglia

Diva Plavalaguna

Who played the President of the United States in ‘Independence Day’?

Bill Paxton

Tom Hanks

Bill Pullman

Tom Cruise

What alias does Marty McFly use in the old west in ‘Back to the Future Part III’?

Yul Brynner

Clint Eastwood

Walter Brennan

John Wayne

What are in the mysterious torpedoes on board the Enterprise in ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’?

Superhumans

Smaller Torpedoes

Klingons

Nuclear Warheads

Who directed the movie ‘Metropolis’?

Terry Jones

Terry Gilliam

D. W. Griffith

Fritz Lang

What Saturn Award winning role did Bill Paxton play in ‘Aliens’?

Bishop

Burke

Hudson

Ash

Who played Morpheus in ‘The Matrix’?

Viggo Mortensen

Laurence Fishburne

Orlando Bloom

Keanu Reeves

What is the name of Scotty’s alien companion in the 2009 remake of ‘Star Trek’?

Kryton

Kensy

Kanton

Keenser

What landmark is Richard Dreyfuss implored to travel to after seeing a UFO in ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’?

Devil’s Tower

The Washington Monument

The Grand Canyon

Mount Rushmore

What fictional disease is Johnny carrying in his head in the movie ‘Johnny Mnemonic’?

NAS

AMS

CTS

DDS

What Chuck Berry song does Marty McFly play at his parents’ high school dance in ‘Back to the Future’?

Roll Over Beethoven

My Ding-A-Ling

Nadine

Johnny B. Goode

What year does Marty McFly travel to in ‘Back to the Future’?

1975

1965

1955

1945

What mysterious name is Kevin Costner’s character in ‘Waterworld’?

The Destined

The Sailor

The Traveller

The Mariner

The movie ‘Contact’ is based on a book by what noted writer?

Stephen Hawking

Frank Herbert

Arthur C. Clarke

Carl Sagan

What substance helps scientists bring dinosaurs back to life in ‘Jurassic Park’?

Pixie Dust

DNA

Mutagen

Meteorite Dust

What job does Doc Brown take when he travels back to the old west in ‘Back to the Future Part III’?

Chemist

Blacksmith

Sheriff

Bartender

What is the name of the computer system voiced by Kevin Spacey in ‘Moon’?

BETTY

LANGLY

GERTY

HARDY

What movie is about a crew of doctors who are shrunk down in a human being’s body?

Fantastic Voyage

Contact

Forbidden Planet

Altered States

What ‘Star Trek’ villain goes head to head with Captain Kirk in ‘Star Trek II’?

Q

Khan

Darth Vader

Harry Mudd

In what sci-fi movie does Denzel Washington play a time traveling ATF agent?

Source Code

Looper

Déjà Vu

Six Seconds

How many gigawatts does Doc say the time machine needs to power the time machine in ‘Back to the Future’?

1.21

4

2.24

3.18

Who played a malfunctioning theme park robot in ‘Westworld’?

Rod Taylor

Yul Brynner

Charlton Heston

Ronald Reagan

What evil role did Dennis Hopper play in ‘Waterworld’?

The Holy

The Deacon

The Priest

The Minister

Who is ordered to kill their future self in the movie ‘Looper’?

Joe

Seth

Abe

Blue

What does Dr. Eldon give to the replicant Rachel that makes her believe she’s human in ‘Blade Runner’?

Opinions

Feelings

Memories

A Social Security Number

Who directed the 1985 movie ‘Cocoon’?

Jerry Zucker

Steven Spielberg

George Lucas

Ron Howard

What crime riddled city serves as the setting for the 1987 movie ‘RoboCop’?

Detroit

New York City

San Francisco

New Orleans

What is the five note sequence of the tune scientists use to communicate with the UFO in ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’?

DABDC

CAGGC

GAFFC

AFGAC

What star of TV’s ‘Firefly’ did the voice and motion capture for the robot Sonny in ‘I, Robot’?

Alan Tudyk

Nathan Fillion

Sean Maher

Adam Baldwin

Who played Dr. Ellie Arroway in ‘Contact’?

Carrie-Anne Moss

Meryl Streep

Teri Hatcher

Jodie Foster

In what movie does Bruce Willis play a convict sent back in time to stop a man-made virus that wipes almost all of humanity?

12 Monkeys

Hot Tub Time Machine

Primer

Looper

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