Ultimate Fan Quiz: Blade Runner
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1) Adapting the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, screenwriter Hampton Fancher got the term “Blade Runner” from a book by William S Burroughs. What writer did Burroughs borrow it from?
2) What character quotes Rene Descartes?
3) What characters speak German?
4) What was writer Roland Kibbee’s contribution to Blade Runner?
5) Despite Ridley Scott’s occasional mischievous pronouncements on the subject, the movie is ambiguous on the subject of whether or not Deckard is a replicant. Was Philip K. Dick's novel?
6) Rachel’s implanted memory of a spider giving birth to hundred of babies which then devour their mother was inspired by a dream of what actress? (Hint: she isn’t in the film).
7) According to Eldon Tyrell, what is the goal of the Tyrell Corporation?
8) What is the significance of the number 9732?
9) What happens in the Fourth Sector?
10) Where in the film do we see a pink flamingo?
11) The atmosphere of Blade Runner is incessantly rainy. When do we see snow?
12) According to Leon, how is it to live in fear?
13) Who does Roy Batty quote when he and Leon meet Hannibal Chew?
14) The elaborate set was given a nickname by the cast and crew. What did they call it?
15) The kicking cowgirl neon sign seen in the early scenes of 2019 AD Los Angeles was borrowed from the set of what Francis Ford Coppola movie?
16) What it is the significance to the movie of Valentine’s Day?
17) How is Sebastian linked to the Book of Genesis in the Bible?
18) Who wrote Batty’s beautifully poetic dying line, “All those moments will be lost, in time. Like tears in rain. Time to die.”
1.Alan E. Nourse
2.Pris
3.Gaff and Deckard
4.He wrote the voiceovers.
5.Yes
6.Tyrell's neice
7.Commerce is our goal. More human than
human is our motto.
8.Deckard's apartment number
9.Taffy Lewis' bar, Fourth Sector, Chinatown. Deckard asks Rachael to come
and have a drink.
10.not sure, will guess in Zhora's death scene in the window display
11.Zhora's death scene, snow was falling in the window display
12.painful
13.William Blake's America-but it is misquoted
14.I don't remember I will have to look it up in my Bladerunner book at home and get back to you.
15.American Grafitti
16.Pris'incept date
17.Methuselah Syndrome
18.Rutger Hauer-duh!
The correct answers:
Adapting the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, screenwriter Hampton Fancher got the term “Blade Runner” from a book by William S Burroughs. What writer did Burroughs borrow it from? (Alan E. Nourse)
What character quotes Rene Descartes? (Pris, “I think, therefore I am.”)
What characters speak German? (The midgets who rob Deckard’s car)
What was Roland Kibbee’s contribution to Blade Runner> (He wrote the much-hated narration.)
Despite Ridley Scott’s occasional mischievous pronouncements on the subject, the movie is ambiguous on the subject of whether or not Deckard is a replicant. Was the book? (No—it makes clear that he is not.)
Rachel’s implanted memory of a spider giving birth to hundred of babies which then devour their mother was inspired by a dream of what actress? (Hint: she isn’t in the film). (Barbara Hershey)
According to Eldon Tyrell, what is the goal of the Tyrell Corporation? (“Commerce.”)
What is the significance of the number 9732? (It is Deckard’s apartment number)
What happens in the Fourth Sector? (Deckard calls Rachael from a bar there)
Where in the film do we see a pink flamingo? (In Zhora’s dressing room)
The atmosphere of Blade Runner is incessantly rainy. When do we see snow? (The fake snow in the department store window where Zhora dies)
According to Leon, how is it to live in fear? (“Painful.”)
Who does Roy Batty quote when he and Leon meet Hannibal Chew? (William Blake)
The elaborate set was given a nickname by the cast and crew. What did they call it? (Ridleyville)
The kicking cowgirl neon sign seen in the early scenes of 2019 AD Los Angeles was borrowed from the set of what Francis Ford Coppola movie? (One From the Heart).
What it is the significance of Valentine’s Day? (It is Pris’ inception date).
How is Sebastian linked to the Book of Genesis in the Bible? (He suffers from a disease called Methuselah syndrome)
Who wrote Batty’s beautifully poetic dying line, “All those moments will be lost, in time. Like tears in rain. Time to die.” (Rutger Hauer)