Sci-Fi Quiz
Space travel, time machines, aliens and artificial humans from classic and modern science fiction, plus the money behind the biggest hits.
About this quiz
Space travel, time machines, alien contact and artificial humans: questions on science-fiction films from the 1960s to today, covering both classics and modern hits, the futures where time or wealth decide who lives well, and the deals, budgets and box-office records behind famous films.
Good to know: A Trip to the Moon (1902) by Georges Méliès, with its famous image of a bullet-shaped capsule, fired from a giant cannon, landing in the eye of the Moon, is sometimes called the first science-fiction film.
How to play
- 10 questions, each with four answers
- +100 points for every right answer
- After each question you see the right answer and why
- Every round picks its questions at random, so playing again brings new ones
- No time limit: take as long as you like
Sample questions
- Which film follows astronaut Mark Watney stranded on Mars?
- Which fictional substance is central to Dune?
- What is the name of the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Each round picks 10 of this quiz’s 20 questions, so these may come up.
