// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var Ent_transformerquiz_070702 = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702.ID = "Ent_transformerquiz_070702"; Ent_transformerquiz_070702.ID_WB = 19562826; Ent_transformerquiz_070702.navsectionID = "" Ent_transformerquiz_070702.sPubDate = "7/5/2007 9:07:57 PM GMT"; Ent_transformerquiz_070702.quiztype = 1; Ent_transformerquiz_070702.appFmt = 0; Ent_transformerquiz_070702.bDispQNums = 1; Ent_transformerquiz_070702.appWidth = 460; Ent_transformerquiz_070702.appDeck = new Array("There’s just something ineffably cool about a giant robot that can turn into a car. So it’s no surprise that the Transformers have achieved a lasting popularity beginning in the 1980s with their cult-favorite animated cartoon and onward into the new movie version. Whether or not they can change into Camaros and semi-trucks, of course, robots have been a major force in science fiction for decades. How much do you know about the android invasion of popular culture, in “Transformers” and beyond? Take our quiz and find out.",""); Ent_transformerquiz_070702.headHeight = 40; Ent_transformerquiz_070702.copyMargin = 9; Ent_transformerquiz_070702.copyBorder = 0; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[1] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[1][0] = new Array("The word “robot” is originally from the Czech language and was invented by Karel Capek in “R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots).” What kind of story was “R.U.R.”?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[1].answer = "The correct answer is C, a play.
“R.U.R.” was originally produced in 1921 in Prague."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[1][1] = new Array("a. A novel",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[1][2] = new Array("b. A poem",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[1][3] = new Array("c. A play",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[1][4] = new Array("d. A film",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[2] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[2][0] = new Array("In novels and stories like “I, Robot,” science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov popularized rules for how robots should behave toward humans known as the Three Laws of Robotics. Which one of the following is not one of them?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[2].answer = "The correct answer is D.
There does not need to be a Law stating that robots make awesome pals; this is self-evident. Asimov later expanded the rules to include what he called the Zeroth Law, which states: “A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.”"; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[2][1] = new Array("a. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[2][2] = new Array("b. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[2][3] = new Array("c. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[2][4] = new Array("d. A robot must be an awesome pal who’s lots of fun to hang out with.",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[3] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[3][0] = new Array("Optimus Prime is the best-known leader of the Autobots, but there have been others. Which of the following is not one of the leaders of the “good guys” of Cybertron?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[3].answer = "The correct answer is D, Septimius Severus.
This was actually one of the Roman Emperors, very few of whom were able to transform between robot and vehicle shapes. Rodimus Prime and Ultra Magnus both led the Autobots after the death of Optimus Prime in “The Transformers: The Movie.” Optimus Primal, who transformed into a gorilla, led the Maximals in the Transformers’ “Beast Wars” series"; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[3][1] = new Array("a. Rodimus Prime",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[3][2] = new Array("b. Optimus Primal",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[3][3] = new Array("c. Ultra Magnus",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[3][4] = new Array("d. Septimius Severus",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[4] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[4][0] = new Array("In the movie “The Day The Earth Stood Still,” the tremendously powerful robot Gort can be told to shut down with a particular spoken code phrase. What is it?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[4].answer = "The correct answer is B, Klaatu borada nikto.
Director Sam Raimi later paid homage to the phrase in a comedy sequence in his movie “Army Of Darkness.”"; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[4][1] = new Array("a. That’ll do, pig, that’ll do",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[4][2] = new Array("b. Klaatu borada nikto",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[4][3] = new Array("c. Jane, stop this crazy thing!",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[4][4] = new Array("d. Open the pod bay doors",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[5] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[5][0] = new Array("What song does HAL 9000 sing when he is being turned off in “2001: A Space Odyssey”?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[5].answer = "The correct answer is D, “Daisy Bell.”
“Also Sparach Zarathustra” and “The Blue Danube Waltz” were classical pieces famous used by Stanley Kubrick in “2001.” HAL’s silly if endearing Victorian-era pop song is actually an homage to a real-life breakthrough in computer speech synthesis — scientists at Bell Labs recreated the same song with one of the first computer vocoders."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[5][1] = new Array("a. “Rock You Like A Hurricane”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[5][2] = new Array("b. “Also Sparach Zarathustra”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[5][3] = new Array("c. “The Blue Danube Waltz”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[5][4] = new Array("d. “Daisy Bell”",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[6] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[6][0] = new Array("The 1986 “Transformers” animated movie featured what song prominently on its soundtrack?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[6].answer = "The correct answer is A, Weird Al Yankovic’s “Dare To Be Stupid.”
It is apparently a motto all robots should live by."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[6][1] = new Array("a. Weird Al Yankovic, “Dare To Be Stupid”",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[6][2] = new Array("b. Pink Floyd, “Welcome To The Machine”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[6][3] = new Array("c. Meat Puppets, “I Am A Machine”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[6][4] = new Array("d. Hawkwind, “Silver Machine”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[7] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[7][0] = new Array("Another song from that movie, “The Touch,” was later sung in a much different 1997 movie in a scene featuring a character with no talent who wanted to break into the music business. What movie?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[7].answer = "The correct answer is C, “Boogie Nights.”
Mark Wahlberg’s character, porn star Dirk Diggler, records a demo of “The Touch” during his ill-fated attempt to go legit."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[7][1] = new Array("a. “The Fifth Element”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[7][2] = new Array("b. “Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[7][3] = new Array("c. “Boogie Nights”",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[7][4] = new Array("d. “I Know What You Did Last Summer”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[8] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[8][0] = new Array("The 1956 movie “Forbidden Planet” introduced one of the movies’ more lastingly famous robots, Robby. Robert Kinoshita, who built Robby, later used the basic design again for another robot on which sci-fi TV series?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[8].answer = "The correct answer is A, “Lost In Space.”"; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[8][1] = new Array("a. “Lost In Space”",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[8][2] = new Array("b. “Far Out Space Nuts”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[8][3] = new Array("c. “Forbidden Planet: The Game Show”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[8][4] = new Array("d. “Battlestar Galactica”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[9] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[9][0] = new Array("Filmmaker Woody Allen now has a clause in all of his movie contracts stating that nobody can change the title of his films even in international editions. He did this after being infuriated when which 1973 film was retitled “Woody And The Robots” in France?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[9].answer = "The correct answer is D, “Sleeper.”"; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[9][1] = new Array("a. “Manhattan”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[9][2] = new Array("b. “Annie Hall”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[9][3] = new Array("c. “Take The Money And Run”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[9][4] = new Array("d. “Sleeper”",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[10] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[10][0] = new Array("In the new “Transformers” movie, the Autobot character Bumblebee transforms into a yellow Chevy Camaro. This is pretty different in tone from his more familiar form from the 1980s animated TV series. What did he transform into in that show?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[10].answer = "The correct answer is B, a Volkswagen Beetle. "; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[10][1] = new Array("a. A blue Chevy Camaro",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[10][2] = new Array("b. A Volkswagen Beetle",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[10][3] = new Array("c. A large mechanical banana",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[10][4] = new Array("d. A train engine",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[11] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[11][0] = new Array("In the current version of the TV show “Battlestar Galactica,” the villainous robot Cylons come in several different models, including the gray-metal form with the flashing red eyes familiar from the 1970s version of the show, and also synthetic humanoids that are nearly indistinguishable from actual human beings. How many different models of humanoid Cylons are there on the show?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[11].answer = "The correct answer is D, 12.
Much of the ongoing storyline of “BSG” has involved the humans’ desperate attempts to discover which of them are really Cylons."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[11][1] = new Array("a. 1 million",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[11][2] = new Array("b. Eight",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[11][3] = new Array("c. 11",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[11][4] = new Array("d. 12",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[12] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[12][0] = new Array("The mechanical droids C3PO and R2D2 from the “Star Wars” films were inspired in part by two characters from which movie by Japanese film legend Akira Kurosawa? "); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[12].answer = "The correct answer is C, “The Hidden Fortress.”
George Lucas based his droids on a pair of bumbling peasants. Elements of the film also show up in the relationship between Princess Leia and Ben Kenobi and the rebels’ hidden base on Yavin."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[12][1] = new Array("a. “The Seven Samurai”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[12][2] = new Array("b. “Yojimbo”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[12][3] = new Array("c. “The Hidden Fortress”",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[12][4] = new Array("d. “Throne Of Blood”",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[13] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[13][0] = new Array("In Douglas Adams’ “Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy” series, what menial task is Marvin the Paranoid Android forced to do for millions of years when marooned by the others at the Restaurant At The End Of The Universe?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[13].answer = "The correct answer is A, parking cars.
Typically, Marvin did not enjoy the experience: “The first 10 million years were the worst, and the second 10 million years, they were the worst too. The third 10 million I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.”"; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[13][1] = new Array("a. Parking cars",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[13][2] = new Array("b. Washing dishes",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[13][3] = new Array("c. Checking coats",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[13][4] = new Array("d. Introducing the Dish of the Day",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[14] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[14][0] = new Array("In the movie “Westworld,” the visitors to a futuristic theme park are in deadly trouble when the safety systems of the park’s robots go haywire, making them run amok and start killing the humans. The robots are designed as animatronic characters from three different historical eras. Which one of the following is not one of them?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[14].answer = "The correct answer is C, the age of dinosaurs.
The main villain, played by Yul Brynner, is a black-clad gunslinger based on Old West archetypes."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[14][1] = new Array("a. The wild West",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[14][2] = new Array("b. The Roman Empire",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[14][3] = new Array("c. The age of dinosaurs",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[14][4] = new Array("d. Medieval Europe",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[15] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[15][0] = new Array("What company built Bender, the foul-mouthed and hard-drinking robot on the TV cartoon “Futurama”?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[15].answer = "The correct answer is B, Mom's Friendly Robot Company.
The company is run by frequent series villain Mom."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[15][1] = new Array("a. IBM",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[15][2] = new Array("b. Mom's Friendly Robot Company",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[15][3] = new Array("c. Bendertronics Inc.",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[15][4] = new Array("d. Yoyodyne",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[16] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[16][0] = new Array("What do the Transformers characters Grimlock, Slag, Sludge, Snarl, and Swoop all share in common?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[16].answer = "The correct answer is D, they transform into dinosaurs.
The charcteres collectively make up the subgroup of Autobots known as the Dinobots."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[16][1] = new Array("a. They are all Capricorns",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[16][2] = new Array("b. They transform from robots into household appliances",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[16][3] = new Array("c. They transform from robots into jets",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[16][4] = new Array("d. They transform from robots into dinosaurs",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[17] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[17][0] = new Array("What crime-ridden future U.S. city is patrolled by RoboCop?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[17].answer = "The correct answer is B, Detroit.
RoboCop was an android created using the mortally wounded body of officer Alex Murphy, played by Peter Weller in the first two films in the series."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[17][1] = new Array("a. New York City",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[17][2] = new Array("b. Detroit",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[17][3] = new Array("c. Los Angeles",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[17][4] = new Array("d. Miami",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[18] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[18][0] = new Array("What is the name of the malevolent computer network that controls the human-killing Terminator robots in the Arnold Schwarzenegger films?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[18].answer = "The correct answer is A, Skynet.
The others are malevolent, all-controlling computer networks from, respectively, “Colossus: The Forbin Project,” “I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream” and “Tron.”"; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[18][1] = new Array("a. Skynet",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[18][2] = new Array("b. Colossus",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[18][3] = new Array("c. AM",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[18][4] = new Array("d. Master Control Program",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[19] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[19][0] = new Array("One of the most effective ways to defeat a computer in the \"Star Trek\" series was to trip up its logical thinking, often by confronting it with illogicality or an unsolvable paradox. Which of the following machines was NOT defeated in this way by Captain Kirk?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[19].answer = "The correct answer is D, V’ger.
The primary antagonist in “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” V’ger is dissuaded from destroying Earth when another crewman, Capt. Decker, merges with V’ger to help it evolve into a new lifeform."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[19][1] = new Array("a. M-5",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[19][2] = new Array("b. Nomad",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[19][3] = new Array("c. Harcourt Fenton Mudd’s androids",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[19][4] = new Array("d. V’ger",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[20] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[20][0] = new Array("What surprising fact about the android Data do we discover in the movie “Star Trek: Insurrection”?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[20].answer = "The correct answer is A, in the event of a water landing, he can be used as a flotation device. "; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[20][1] = new Array("a. In the event of a water landing, he can be used as a flotation device",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[20][2] = new Array("b. He is not programmed to do long division, and must instead use a slide rule",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[20][3] = new Array("c. He has downloaded and absorbed the memories of all of his crewmates",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[20][4] = new Array("d. He has a wide selection of prosthetic arms and legs which he can take on and off in order to do various unusual tasks like flying, tunneling and playing the oboe",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[21] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[21][0] = new Array("In the “Alien” movies, what color is the “blood” of androids?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[21].answer = "The correct answer is A, white.
The stuff actually looked a lot like milk."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[21][1] = new Array("a. Red",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[21][2] = new Array("b. White",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[21][3] = new Array("c. Black",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[21][4] = new Array("d. Yellow",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[22] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[22][0] = new Array("What legendary actor and filmmaker, unfortunately well-known in his later years for his weight problems, played one of his final roles in 1986’s animated “Transformers” movie as the voice of Unicron, the transforming planet? "); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[22].answer = "The correct answer is D, Orson Welles.
Unicron survived by eating other planets to sustain its energy, often washing down the meal with a bottle or two of the wine of Ernest and Julio Gallo."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[22][1] = new Array("a. Alfred Hitchcock",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[22][2] = new Array("a. John Candy",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[22][3] = new Array("a. Raymond Burr",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[22][4] = new Array("a. Orson Welles",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[23] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[23][0] = new Array("In Styx’s 1983 Top 10 hit “Mr. Roboto,” what language does the song’s narrator use to thank Mr. Roboto?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[23].answer = "The correct answer is C, Japanese.
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!"; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[23][1] = new Array("a. Russian",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[23][2] = new Array("b. German",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[23][3] = new Array("c. Japanese",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[23][4] = new Array("d. Swahili",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[24] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[24][0] = new Array("Most of the following comic-book superheroes and supervillains are completely mechanical; one is not. Which one?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[24].answer = "The correct answer is C, Robotman.
The Doom Patrol’s Robotman has a robotic body, but his brain is human — it’s the only thing left of his human body after the accident that led to him becoming Robot Man."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[24][1] = new Array("a. Red Tornado",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[24][2] = new Array("b. Amazo",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[24][3] = new Array("c. Robotman",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[24][4] = new Array("d. The Metal Men",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[25] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[25][0] = new Array("In the Steven Spielberg/Stanley Kubrick film “AI,” what is the name of the being sought by the main character, the robotic boy David, who hopes he can be turned into a real human?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[25].answer = "The correct answer is A, the Blue Fairy.
This is one of the film’s many references to the story of Pinocchio."; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[25][1] = new Array("a. The Blue Fairy",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[25][2] = new Array("b. The Fairy Godmother",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[25][3] = new Array("c. The Wizard of Oz",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[25][4] = new Array("d. The Tin Man",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[26] = new Array(); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[26][0] = new Array("Ridley Scott’s futuristic thriller “Blade Runner” stars Harrison Ford as Decker, a detective assigned to hunt down several escaped humanoid robots known as replicants. In the director’s cut of the movie, Decker dreams about a certain mythical animal and is later given an origami version of the same animal, apparently implying that Decker is also a replicant. What is the animal?"); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[26].answer = "The correct answer is C, a unicorn.
Decker is given the unicorn by Gaff, played by Edward James Olmos, who would later play another character beset by humaoid androids as Commander Adama in “Battlestar Galactica.”"; Ent_transformerquiz_070702[26][1] = new Array("a. A dragon",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[26][2] = new Array("b. An ogre",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[26][3] = new Array("c. A unicorn",'',1); Ent_transformerquiz_070702[26][4] = new Array("d. A mermaid",'',0); Ent_transformerquiz_070702.profiles = new Array();var i=0; Ent_transformerquiz_070702.profiles[i++]= new Array(99,100,"Clearly, you have a cybernetically augmented brain."); Ent_transformerquiz_070702.profiles[i++]= new Array(80,90,"Your trivia storage and retrieval software is in good working order."); Ent_transformerquiz_070702.profiles[i++]= new Array(60,70,"Hey, you’re only human. A computer would have gotten at least 20 right."); Ent_transformerquiz_070702.profiles[i++]= new Array(40,50,"Try to do better next time, because if the robots see your score they’ll start crying ,and the water will make them rust."); Ent_transformerquiz_070702.profiles[i++]= new Array(20,30,"“Big Trouble” "); Ent_transformerquiz_070702.profiles[i++]= new Array(0,10,"ERROR! ERROR! DOES NOT COMPUTE."); // END editorial data