Gattaca Quizzes

Gattaca Quiz

By Zara Walters · Last reviewed August 16, 2017

1 At the start of the film we learn that the mission to Titan begins in in how long?

One week

Three weeks

Four days

One month
2 What is Titan?

The nine moon of Saturn

The fourteenth moon of Saturn

Pluto's moon

The first moon of Jupiter
3 What is the opening shot of the film?

Vincent as Jerome Morrow checking into Gattaca

Close up: bits of skin, hair and nail falling on to a surface

Vincent as a new born in his mother's arms

A rocket firing into the sky
4 What colour is the opening shot of the film?

Bright white

Red

Yellow

Blue
5 When we first see Ethan Hawke's character, where do we see him?

Looking up at the sky

In a bath

In a car

Behind what look like bars
6 We see Ethan Hawke's character injecting what into the tip of a prosthetic finger?

Blood

Ink

Formaldehyde

Pigment
7 When we first see inside Gattaca, what do we see?

Lines of men and women walking along its corridors

Irene

The finger ID entrance

The main office
8 We see Ethan Hawke's character working on a computer at Gattaca. What is he working on?

Solving a murder

Hacking into the database to find out more about Jerome Morrow

Hacking into the database to find out more about Irene

The mission to Titan
9 What does the doctor taking Jerome's urine sample comment on?

His 'equipment'

His 'smooth baby face'

His silence

His tardiness
10 Why does Jerome pretend not to be excited about his trip to Titan?

So that no-one suspects that he's an invalid

To save his energy

He wants to play it cool so that no one else tries to get the role

Because he wants to impress Irene
11 How many launches a day does Jerome watch?

None

A couple

All of them

Three a day
12 How long is the mission to Titan?

Five years

One month

Three years

One year
13 When is the film 'Gattaca' set?

In the present

2200

1988

In the near future
14 What was Vincent's life expectancy at birth?

18 years

30 years

60 years

45 years
15 Why is Vincent's younger brother Anton named after their father?

He is born after his father's death

He has blue eyes and so worthy of the name

He only just survived childbirth

He is genetically superior and so worthy of the name
16 What is the name of the swimming game Anton and Vincent play?

Fastest first

Donkey

Blood brothers

Chicken
17 What was the swimming game Anton and Vincent played?

A game to see who would be first to swim to the nearby island

A game to see who could hold their breath under the water the longest

A game to see who could swim out the furthest without getting scared and swimming back

A game to see who could float on their backs the longest
18 What did Vincent dream of from an early age?

Being stronger than his brother

Falling in love

Going into space

Getting into college
19 There's a 99% chance that there's something wrong with one of Vincent's internal organs. Which one?

Kidneys

Brain

Heart

Lungs
20 What is 'genoism'?

Having to disclose your genes

Ideology that helps those who have less

Discrimination (which is illegal)

Discrimination (which is legal)
21 Why does Vincent have the confidence to try and work at Gattaca?

Because he beats his brother at their swimming game

Because he knows Irene loves him and will help him

Because his parents told him he could do anything

Because he doesn't care what happens to him if he's found out
22 What is Vincent's first job at Gattaca?

Janitor

Computer expert

Receptionist

Cleaner
23 What does Vincent go in search of?

Someone whose body he can steal

A therapist

A heart surgeon

Someone whose genetic identity he can steal
24 The real Jerome Morrow was once what?

A swimming star

A rock star

A physician

A scientist
25 Why is Jerome Morrow in a wheelchair?

Shark attack

A failed suicide attempt

A car accident

He was nearly murdered

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