The Ultimate 'Avatar' Quiz

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The Ultimate 'Avatar' Quiz
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This sci-fi epic might be based on another planet, but it took Earth by storm. How much do you know about "Avatar?"
From start to release, how long did it take to create "Avatar?"
8 years
4 years
2.5 years
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

It was a monumental project.

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How long is the theater version of "Avatar?"
2 hours and 11 minutes
2 hours and 22 minutes
2 hours and 42 minutes
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

It is epic in scope and in length.

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What percentage of the movie is computer-generated, as opposed to live action?
60%
40%
25%
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The CGI was so well-executed that the movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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Most creatures on Pandora have how many limbs?
4
6
8
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The Na'vi are unusual in that they only have four limbs.

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About how many words did a linguist create just for the movie?
400
700
1000
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The words were constructed in a way that they wouldn't sound like English.

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What are banshee bones made from?
Carbon fiber
Titanium
Unobtanium
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Banshees can be vicious but they also serve the Na'vi.

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In Hebrew, the word "na'vi" means what?
Adventurer
Prophet
Magician
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

In the movie it refers to a community of creatures that live on Pandora.

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What is the primary source of food for the Na'vi?
Bird-like creatures
Fish
Grubs
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

They are skilled hunters but spare most forest creatures.

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Where did James Cameron take the actors to prepare them for their roles in a primal jungle setting?
Hawaii
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The ploy helped prepare both the crew and cast mentally for their tasks.

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Originally, what color were the trees on Pandora supposed to be?
Violet
Green
Blue
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Producers decided that blue was just too weird and ruined the suspension of disbelief.

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How long did it take computers to render each individual frame of CGI in this film?
several minutes
several hours
several days
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Each frame was only 1/24 of a second.

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What kind of tree was the Tree of Souls originally going to look like?
Pine
Willow tree
Cypress
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Cameron decided that he wanted the trees to have tendrils.

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"Avatar" is set in the middle of which century?
25th century
24th century
22nd century
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The technologies on display are much more advanced than ours.

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What was the film James Cameron directed before "Avatar?"
"Titanic"
"Ghosts of the Abyss"
"Terminator Genisys"
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The long hiatus between films did nothing to hurt his reputation.

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On its first day of sales, the "Avatar" Blu-ray disc beat the old record set by what film?
"The Dark Knight"
"Titanic"
"Top Gun"
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

At 1.5 million discs, it more than doubled the Batman record

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In which country was much of the movie filmed?
Canada
Costa Rica
New Zealand
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The wild landscape was fitting for the movie's premise.

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In U.S. dollars, how much did "Avatar" gross worldwide?
$5.2 billion
$2.7 billion
$990 million
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

It is the highest grossing movie of all-time.

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What promise did James Cameron make to the studio in the event that "Avatar" failed at the box office?
He would give up his salary.
He would never direct again.
He would stick to small-budget indie films.
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Not that he really needed the money, anyway.

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Which Academy Award did "Avatar" fail to win?
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Director
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Kathryn Bigelow won Best Director for "The Hurt Locker."

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James Cameron said he got the idea for "Avatar" after watching which movie?
"Toy Story"
"Pocahontas"
"Waterworld"
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Wrong Answer

It was, perhaps, an unusual source of inspiration for a sci-fi flick.

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In feet, about how tall are the Na'vi?
6 feet
8 feet
10 feet
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

They tower over their human counterparts.

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How long did it take the film to gross $500 million?
32 days
73 days
141 days
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

No movie has ever made so much money so quickly.

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What's the approximate top speed of the human-built spacecraft in "Avatar?"
490 million MPH
670 million MPH
Light speed
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

In the movie we still haven't managed to achieve light speed.

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In total, how many Avatar movies will there be?
3
4
5
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The immense success of the first film led to three sequels.

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Which tech company created the cloud computing system necessary for the movie?
Oracle
Apple
Microsoft
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The system was named Gaia and made specifically for the movie.

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In the movie, how much is unobtanium worth, per kilogram?
$20 million
$9 million
$5 million
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Its superconducting properties make it extremely valuable.

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Which actor turned down a role in "Avatar?"
Jake Gyllenhaal
Matt Damon
Both
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Neither actor wanted the role, and Cameron didn't try to convince them otherwise.

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What sort of celestial body is Pandora?
Asteroid
Planet
Moon
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

It is a lush, tropical moon.

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When did James Cameron finish the script for "Avatar?"
1995
1997
1999
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

But technological limitations hindered his ability to actually bring his concept to the big screen.

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How many servers (computers) were needed to render "Avatar's" data-heavy recordings?
40
400
4,000
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

That also included about 104 terabyes of RAM.

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