Blade Runner Trivia

BLADE RUNNER TRIVIA

1) What book is Blade Runner based on?

DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?I, ROBOT A SCANNER DARKLY DEUS IRAE

Although the film is loosely based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, director Ridley Scott didn't even bother to read the book before making the movie: "I actually couldn't get into it. I met Philip K. Dick later, and he said, 'I understand you couldn't read the book.' And I said, 'You know you're so dense, mate, by page 32, there's about 17 storylines."

2) What are the synthetic humans known as?

ANDROIDS REPLICANTS MORAVECS SYNTHS

The Nexus-series of replicants are virtually identical to adult humans but have superior strength, speed, agility, resilience, and intelligence, to varying degrees depending on the model.

3) Which corporation bio-engineers replicants?

BRAND CORPORATION TYRELL CORPORATION OSCORP WEYLAND-YUTANI CORPORATION

The Tyrell Corporation fills a much-needed (and highly lucrative) niche in the hazardous business of off-world colonization by producing "replicants" for slave labor.

4) What is the life span of a replicant?

8 YEARS 12 YEARS 4 YEARS 16 YEARS

As a failsafe, replicants are designed to have only a four-year life span to prevent them from having enough time to develop complex human emotions.

5) Who is recruited to track down the fugitive replicants?

ROY BATTY J.F. SEBASTIAN RICK DECKARD LEON KOWALSKI

When a fugitive group of advanced replicants escapes back to Earth, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard reluctantly agrees to hunt them down.

6) Who is the leader of the escaped replicants?

RACHAEL LEON ZHORA ROY

Led by Roy Batty, the replicant mutineers return home to find their makers, hoping to find the key to extend their life span.

7) What type of replicant is Pris?

ASSASSIN MODEL COMBAT MODEL PLEASURE MODEL REPRODUCTIVE MODEL

Pris is a "basic pleasure model" incepted on Valentine's Day, 2016, making her the second-oldest of the four fugitive replicants at three years, nine months.

8) What is the only test that can detect a replicant?

VOIGHT-KAMPFF TEST WONDERLIC TEST MILLER-RABIN TEST TURING TEST

The Voight-Kampff test measures bodily functions such as respiration, heart rate, blushing and eye movement in response to emotionally provocative questions.

9) Which replicant believes itself to be human?

ROY RACHAEL ZHORA PRIS

When Deckard goes to test the Voight-Kampff on a Nexus-6, CEO Eldon Tyrell expresses an interest in seeing the test fail first and asks him to administer it on his assistant Rachael. After a much longer than standard test, Deckard concludes that Rachael is a replicant who believes she is human. Tyrell confirms that she has been given false memories to provide an "emotional cushion".

10) Which character is a genetic engineer for Tyrell Corporation?

HAMPTON FANCHER TAFFEY LEWIS HARRY BRYANT HANNIBAL CHEW

Hannibal Chew's job is to create the eyes for the replicants. In the film, Roy and Leon visit him while he is working in a freezer, rip open his jacket and interrogate him as he slowly freezes to death.