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Quiz about Computers in Movies
Quiz about Computers in Movies

Computers in Movies Trivia Quiz


As someone who knows a thing or two about computers, I am constantly entertained by Hollywood's perception of what they are capable of. This quiz makes fun of the computers in movies that can understand common English and hack into alien technology!

A multiple-choice quiz by Rach55. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Rach55
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
180,974
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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1170
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Question 1 of 10
1. In this film, a common, everyday laptop was capable of not only communicating with incompatible hardware, but with ALIEN hardware! What's more it was able to upload a virus to bring the alien technology crashing down. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In this film a computer is capable of using a laser to physically transfer a human into its memory. Once there, he must compete with other programs to survive. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. According to the film "Hackers", what are the four most used passwords? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This film used a computer to translate a script written in an ancient and forgotten language. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which one of the following movies had programmers actually writing code, as opposed to moving 3D objects around and making a pretty shape? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In this movie saga the computer obeys voice commands. Somehow it always knows when the captain is talking to it and not merely mentioning the word "computer". What is name of the first movie from the series? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. We all know Keanu Reeves starred in "The Matrix" where he had the ability to plug a computer into the back of his head. This is not the first time his brain has directly interacted with a computer. Which film had Keanu using his own brain as storage for computer data? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In "AntiTrust", Tim Robbins plays Gary Winston, owner of a large software company and all-round bad guy. What real-life person was Winston based on? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This film has Matthew Broderick hacking into a military computer and almost starting a nuclear war. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Computers in movies behave very differently to normal computers. Which of the following behaviours are NOT displayed by computers in movies? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In this film, a common, everyday laptop was capable of not only communicating with incompatible hardware, but with ALIEN hardware! What's more it was able to upload a virus to bring the alien technology crashing down.

Answer: Independence Day

"Independence Day" (1996) - Aliens invade Earth and attempt to wipe out the human race. They are using technology far superior to ours, but that doesn't stop our super-hacker from writing a virus that runs on their system. Oh yes, good old Jeff Goldblum was able to hack into an alien spaceship and bring down their shields long enough for the President to save the day! Not to mention the fact that Will Smith was capable of flying an alien spaceship.
2. In this film a computer is capable of using a laser to physically transfer a human into its memory. Once there, he must compete with other programs to survive.

Answer: Tron

"Tron" (1982) - Whilst trying to prove that his software had been stolen, Jeff Bridges is "lasered" into the computer and forced to fight for his survival. This was a great film. Sure, it was completely incorrect and impossible, but it was good fun and intentionally fictitious. You wouldn't watch this movie to learn how to use a computer.
3. According to the film "Hackers", what are the four most used passwords?

Answer: Love, sex, secret, God

"Hackers" (1995) - An innocent hacker breaks into the wrong system and uncovers a worm that has been leaching money from every transaction that takes place. He then gets framed for creating a virus. To avoid prison, the hackers must unite to bring down the bad guy. The four most used passwords are mentioned twice in the film. Once by the good hackers and once by the evil hacker. Actually the two most used passwords are "Password" and "Drowssap" (password backwards).

As for "sex" or "God", most login scripts won't allow a password that short, and a lot of them don't like it to be a complete word.

But it sounded good in the movie.
4. This film used a computer to translate a script written in an ancient and forgotten language.

Answer: Blade

"Blade" (1998) - Vampires exist and are feeding off the human race. Blade is half vampire, half human, and has made it his mission to rid the world of these bloodsuckers.
Deacon Frost, played by Stephen Dorff, translates an ancient vampire script using a single laptop. If no one can understand the language, who wrote the software?
5. Which one of the following movies had programmers actually writing code, as opposed to moving 3D objects around and making a pretty shape?

Answer: AntiTrust

"AntiTrust" (2001) - A star programming graduate lands a job at the biggest software firm around. Everything seems awesome until he realises his boss is stealing code and then killing the programmer to avoid getting caught.
Whenever the camera shows the monitor of one of the programmers there is actual code there. I'm not saying it compiles or runs, and I'm REALLY sure it doesn't do what the movie says it does. But at least they have text and curly brackets ({) unlike the other movies in the list.
6. In this movie saga the computer obeys voice commands. Somehow it always knows when the captain is talking to it and not merely mentioning the word "computer". What is name of the first movie from the series?

Answer: Star Trek: The Motion Picture

"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979) - Captain Kirk leads the crew of the Starship Enterprise in the exploration of the "final frontier". This saga began in 1966 as a TV series and is still going strong. Through most of the movies there are a number of discussions ABOUT computers but somehow the computer knows they aren't talking to it.

It must be the tone of voice they use when they actually give the computer a command. At least they don't say please or thank you. I always laugh in movies when they do that.

It's almost as if they didn't the computer would respond with "Operation Failed: Incorrect use of Manners".
7. We all know Keanu Reeves starred in "The Matrix" where he had the ability to plug a computer into the back of his head. This is not the first time his brain has directly interacted with a computer. Which film had Keanu using his own brain as storage for computer data?

Answer: Johnny Mnemonic

"Johnny Mnemonic" (1995) - This film was based on a short story by William Gibson. It involves a data courier (Reeves) carrying a data package in his head that is too big and is starting to leak into the rest of his brain. He has to get it out before it kills him. I was really disappointed with this movie. It had potential and they killed it.
8. In "AntiTrust", Tim Robbins plays Gary Winston, owner of a large software company and all-round bad guy. What real-life person was Winston based on?

Answer: Bill Gates

"AntiTrust" (2001) - There's a big software firm with a powerful owner stealing code. Sound like Gates? This is, of course, entirely hearsay. It's not like it was obvious or anything.
9. This film has Matthew Broderick hacking into a military computer and almost starting a nuclear war.

Answer: War Games

"War Games" (1983) - A student hacks into a military super-computer, thinking it's a gaming environment. He thinks he's playing a game of "Global Nuclear War", but the computer is taking it a little more seriously.
Considering when it was made, this film was actually quite close to the truth, well, closer than the others. Brodericks' character doesn't simply guess the passwords, he steals them. The computer is real and there's no fancy toy that goes "bleep" at the right moments.
10. Computers in movies behave very differently to normal computers. Which of the following behaviours are NOT displayed by computers in movies?

Answer: Searches/Scans are run discreetly in the background.

In movies, all searches/scans take place in the foreground. Often images of completely unrelated topics are flicked into the foreground as well, until finally the computer finds exactly what we're looking for. In real life, searches are run in the background and only the results are displayed on the screen.

Another thing worth noting is that searches of large databases (e.g. fingerprint databases), that in reality can take days, only takes an hour at the most.
Source: Author Rach55

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