The Voight-Kampff Quiz: How Much Do You Know About 'Blade Runner'?

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The Voight-Kampff Quiz: How Much Do You Know About 'Blade Runner'?
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Step out onto the neon-lit streets of future Los Angeles, and pull your trench coat collar up against the incessant rain. How much do you know about "Blade Runner"? Take this quiz to find out.
The Voight-Kampff test can spot a replicant by asking emotionally charged questions in order to provoke what?
a system shutdown command
a violent outburst
dilated pupils, blushing and increased heart rate
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A trained Blade Runner can use the Voight-Kampff to differentiate humans from replicants by detecting physiological reactions like blushing or dilated pupils. It's not intended to provoke a violent outburst, though that happens from time to time.

What is the name of the cop who finds Deckard at the noodle stand and takes him to see the chief?
Gaff
Leon
Stein
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His name is Eduardo Gaff, played by Edward James Olmos.

What is the slur chief Bryant uses to describe replicants?
pangs
fakeouts
skinjobs
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"I got four skinjobs walkin' the streets," Bryant tells Deckard.

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What happens to Holden?
He discovers that he is a replicant himself and commits suicide.
He falls in love with a replicant and leaves for the Off-world Colonies.
He's shot by Leon while conducting a Voight-Kampff test, though he survives.
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Leon puts a bullet in Holden when he realizes Holden has found out Leon is one of the escaped replicants.

How many replicants escape from the Off-world Colonies and make their way to Earth?
six
eight
15
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Bryant tells Deckard there are six renegade replicants, one of which already got killed. Who the remaining five are is open to a lot of fun conjecture (and is partly due to inconsistent script changes and an error in dubbing dialog which is fixed in some versions).

Which replicant is the "leader" of the renegades?
Leon Kowalski
Roy Batty
Zhora Salome
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Batty, played by Rutger Hauer, seems to be more intelligent and thoughtful than the other replicants, though no less brutal.

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Why are the replicants trying to get into the Tyrell Corp. instead of just escaping and blending in with humans?
They know Eldon Tyrell has a stash of money and valuable computer chips stored in his office.
They want revenge on Tyrell for the massacre of hundreds of replicants.
They have built-in limited life spans and are going to die soon. They want more life.
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The replicants are rebelling against their limited lifespans.

What is unique about the replicant Rachael?
She is the first replicant able to manufacture other replicants.
Her memory has been reprogrammed, and she has no awareness that she is not human.
She's the only replicant who is able to kill humans.
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Rachael doesn’t know she's a replicant (until Deckard tells her she is).

Why does Leon return to his apartment, almost running into Deckard and Gaff?
Zhora sends him to get her snake.
He needs to retrieve his gun.
He wants his collection of photographs.
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Leon's photos are important to him.

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Who composed the music for "Blade Runner"?
Vangelis
Brian Eno
John Williams
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Greek composer Vangelis created the heavily synthesized soundtrack for "Blade Runner."

What does Deckard find in Leon's bathtub?
blood, suggesting Leon was previously injured
Zhora's synthetic snake scale
one of Gaff's origami unicorns
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Zhora's snake scale allows Deckard to track her down.

What is the name of the nightclub where Deckard finds Zhora?
the Nostromo
Zhang Wu's
Taffey's Snake Pit
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Taffey is the sleazy owner of the Snake Pit.

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What novel is "Blade Runner" based on?
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
"I, Robot"
"Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said"
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Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is the novel that "Blade Runner" is based on.

What part of replicants does Hannibal Chew make?
eyes
hearts
spinal cords
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Chew genetically engineers replicant eyes.

How does Deckard prove to Rachael that she's a replicant?
He describes her own childhood memories to her, memories she'd never shared with anyone.
He shows her the printout from the Voight-Kampff test.
He uses a programmed series of light flashes designed to make replicants lose consciousness.
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He tells her the memories are really from Tyrell's niece.

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Two major elements were added to the original theatrical release of "Blade Runner": a "happy ending" that shows Deckard and Rachael leaving L.A., and what else?
a song by Oingo Boingo during the nightclub scene
narration by Harrison Ford
an animated opening credit sequence
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Neither Ford nor director Ridley Scott wanted the narration added, but the studio felt the plot was too hard to follow without it.

What kind of replicant is Pris?
a protocol and translation replicant
a deep space mining replicant
a basic pleasure model
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Bryant describes Pris as "a basic pleasure model."

Why does Pris wait for J.F. Sebastian in a pile of garbage?
She has a cache of weapons hidden in the garbage.
She's lost, and he finds her there coincidentally.
She wants him to think she's homeless, feel bad for her and take her into his home.
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Pris preys on Sebastian's good nature by tricking him into taking her in.

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What disease does Sebastian suffer from?
Methuselah syndrome
Nipah virus
splenomegaly
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He suffers from Methuselah Syndrome, which causes him to age at an accelerated rate.

After Deckard kills Zhora, what does Bryant order him to do?
turn in his gun and Blade Runner license
get out of L.A. for a couple of weeks
kill Rachael
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Bryant adds Rachael to the list of replicants Deckard has to kill.

How long do Nexus-6 replicants live?
four years
eight years
20 years
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Replicants are given uncircumventable four-year life spans, because beyond that time they might begin to develop emotions and become indistinguishable from humans.

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What does Leon tell Deckard it's time for?
time to die
time to live
time for coffee
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"Wake up. Time to die."

Who kills Leon?
Rachael
Deckard
Gaff
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Rachael shoots Leon in the head just as he's about to put his fingers through Deckard's eye sockets.

What game does J.F. Sebastian play with Eldon Tyrell?
poker
checkers
chess
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They have an ongoing game of chess. Sebastian has only ever beaten Tyrell once.

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Why can't Tyrell extend the replicants' lives?
He doesn’t know how — his designers do all the genetic programming.
It's against the law.
Everything they try causes the replicant to die.
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All attempts to alter the lifetime-limiting genetic code causes a mutation or virus that kills the replicant.

How does Pris hide from Deckard?
She pretends to be one of Sebastian's dolls.
She sprays black paint on herself and waits in the darkness.
She climbs up and hangs from the ceiling.
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She sits very still, and Deckard passes her by, thinking she's one of Sebastian's dolls/automatons.

What kind of animal does Batty hold on to at the end of the movie?
a cat
a dove
an owl
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He holds a dove in his arms, though it isn’t clear where he got it from.

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What did Batty watch glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate?
planets
Orion
C-beams
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No one's quite sure what a C-beam is, but it's an evocative image all the same.

To what does Batty compare the loss of his memories when he dies?
the fog of eternity
interstellar dust
tears in rain
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"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."

What does Gaff leave outside Deckard's door?
an origami unicorn
a single bullet
a letter from Bryant
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The unicorn signifies both that Gaff found Rachael and let her live and that Gaff knows Deckard is a replicant (based on Deckard's unicorn dream, seen only in some cuts of the film).

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Bonus question: The happy ending tacked onto the theatrical versions of "Blade Runner" includes aerial footage of the wilderness Deckard and Rachael are driving into. This footage was not shot for "Blade Runner." What movie does it come from?
"Beyond the Poseidon Adventure"
"The Shining"
"For Your Eyes Only"
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The footage came from Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining."

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