Alien vs. Predator

Directed by Paul Anderson, 2004

1. The film began with what appeared to be a silhouette of the Alien Queen. That silhouette became the outline of a satellite that was orbiting the Earth. Was the camera moving away from the object or closer to it when the image resolved itself?

2. What was Alexa Woods (Sanaa Lathan) doing when her character was introduced?

3. True or False: Charles Bishop Weyland (Lance Henriksen) promised to fund the association that Lex belonged to for an entire year if she agreed to lead the team he assembled?

4. Where did the information that Lex gathered on Weyland come from?

5. Weyland was recognized by his peers as a pioneer in modern robotics. What was Graeme Miller's (Ewen Bremmer) area of expertise?

6. Lex laughed when she heard that Graeme wanted to take a picture of something that didn't exist. In actuality, it did, but the snapshot would have looked like a blank piece of paper. What are we referring to?

7. If we asked you how Weyland found the pyramid that was buried in the Arctic Circle, you'd answer, "One of his satellites detected a heat bloom," wouldn't you? So try this question - How did his team know what the pyramid looked like before they saw it?

8. Fill in the blank: The pyramid contained the features of three different cultures: Aztec, Egyptian and __________ .

9. What was the name of the abandoned whaling station that was built over the pyramid?

10. Quinn (Carsten Norgaard) told Weyland that it would take his team a week to drill through 2,000 feet of ice. Did that number exceed the distance that was traveled in miles during the team's flight to Bouvetoya Island?

11. What was Sebastian de Rosa (Raoul Bova) looking for when he was asked to join Weyland's team?

12. The reason why Lex considered leaving the team before they reached Bouvetoya Island was because she knew that someone would get hurt (or killed) if the team wasn't given at least three weeks of training. What factored into the decision she made to stay?

13. What did Lex mean when she told the group that she expected them to play by her rules?

14. Was Weyland addressing the team or a single individual when he remarked, "I think I speak for everyone aboard this ship. This is worth the risk"?

15. We'll give you the answer to this one, you give us the question - She replied, "I'd rather have one and not need it than need it and not have one."

16. True or False: A thermal scan by one of the Predators revealed that something was wrong with one or both of Weyland's lungs, but no mention was made of the disease he was dying from?

17. A hieroglyph that translated into the words "Only the chosen ones may enter" was found near the pyramid's entrance. Who misread it and what did that person think it meant?

18. Sebastian proved that he was fluent in Italian when he translated two phrases for Lex. Do you remember what those phrases were? We'll give you two points if you can recall either one.

19. What did Sebastian conclude from the bodies that were found in the pyramid's sacrificial chamber?

20. True or False: That was where the first face-huggers were found?

21. There was a date was on the sarcophagus that Sebastian opened. If you added the month and the day to the year, you'd come up with which of the following numbers - 1912, 1924 or 1932?

Answers

1. It was moving closer to it.

2. She was climbing the Lho La Ice Fall in Nepal.

3. False, Stafford never mentioned anything about Lex having to accept Weyland's offer, only that she meet with him.

4. There was a cover story on Weyland in the magazine that Lex read to pass the time during the flight to his ship. Give yourself a bonus point if you remembered the name of the magazine (Scientific American).

5. Chemical engineering

6. Graeme thought he missed something good during his helicopter flight to Weyland's ship when he heard they passed the P.S.R. because he didn't know what the letters stood for (Point of Safe Return).

7. They used thermal mapping to create a rough, three-dimensional image of the structure.

8. Cambodian

9. Razorback Point

10. Yes

11. He was looking for an ancient burial chamber in Teotihuacan, Mexico.

12. Weyland wasn't bluffing when he told Lex that he would proceed with or without her help, even if it meant choosing someone who only had two seasons of guide experience.

13. She didn't want anyone going off on their own, which made sense. She wanted them to maintain constant communication with each other, and not to play the role of a hero if something unexpected came up.

14. He was addressing the team when he made that comment.

15. What did Rousseau say to Lex when she was asked to leave her gun behind?

16. True

17. Thomas (Sam Troughton) thought it said, "Those who choose may enter."

18. "Hunter's moon" and "Scared shitless"

19. He knew they died willingly because they weren't bound or tied down.

20. True

21. 1924 (October 10, 1904)

22. No

23. Yes

24. Yes

25. The blades that sprang from their gauntlets.

26. False

27. One of the aliens became known as Grid after its flesh was scarred by one of the Predators' nets.

28. He tried to set the creature on fire.

29. She gave the creature the weapon that was taken from the sarcophagus.

30. Pepsi Cola's

31. The picture that Graeme took of himself for National Geographic magazine.

32. It became a host for one of the alien embryos.

33. Verheiden exclaimed, "You ugly son of a bitch!" shortly before his demise in the chapter entitled Death Maze.

34. It had mandibles

35. A. Lex shot Sebastian in the head to put him out of his misery when she found him in the egg chamber. B. Killed by one of the face-huggers in the egg chamber. C. Died after one of the aliens burst through her chest. D. Speared through the chest by a Predator.

Whoever wins... We Lose!

22. It was Graeme who remarked, "This is like finding Moses' DVD collection." That was in reference to the weapons that were found in the sarcophagus. Did he lay his hands on any of them?

23. Imagine being trapped in some godforsaken pyramid with hundreds of creatures that bleed acid. Where your survival depends on the lesser of two evils. And every time you think you've found a way out, the pyramid reconfigures itself. Did the latter become apparent to the team after they discovered what was lurking in the shadows?

24. Let's make it three in a row with these Yes or No questions. Charles Darwin once wrote, it's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Could one argue that the look of the Predators evolved more than the Aliens from their respective franchises?

25. The Predators were armed with a vast array of weapons, but this was their weapon of choice. What are we referring to?

26. True or False: The body armor that the Predators wore was immune to the Aliens' blood?

27. If you're not familiar with how this next question works, we provide an excerpt from one of the film's feature commentaries. Your task is to identify the scene based on that excerpt. It's that simple.

Paul Anderson: "This was the only way I could give one of the aliens an identity. He (became) like the alpha dog. You get the feeling that he's kind of leading the other alien children."

28. Weyland's last words were, "Don't turn your back on me!" Do you remember how he tried to kill the Predator that would have spared his life?

29. How did Lex gain the trust of the Predator (Ian Whyte) that saved her's?

30. Lex found the bottle-cap that Sebastian wore around his neck after he was dragged away by one of the aliens in the chapter entitled Alone. Whose logo was on that cap?

31. Picture this scenario: The year is 2104, exactly one hundred years after Weyland's team perished in the pyramid that became their tomb. After digging through hundreds of feet of ice and debris you find the camera that belonged to Graeme Miller. The casing is in pretty bad shape, but after some tinkering, the images become clear. What would you see first if they were played back in reverse order?

32. The Alien Queen drowned in the depths of the abyss that it sank into. What happened to the Predator that tried to kill it?

33. When Lex came face to face with one of the aliens, she uttered the words, "You're one ugly mother…" That line wasn't repeated in the film, but someone did paraphrase it. How was it changed?

34. The alien that burst through the chest of the Predator that saved Lex's life in the film's closing sequence shared at least one physical trait with its host. We won't take any points away if you miss this one, but if it were us, we'd think twice about showing our face at the next convention. Is that enough of a hint?

35. How did the story end for each of the following characters?

A. Sebastian de Rosa
B. Graeme Miller
C. Adele Rousseau (Agathe De La Boulaye)
D. Maxwell Stafford (Colin Salmon)