Saturday, February 13, 2010

Take the Mars movie Poly Sci-Fi quiz!

I have put together a short Mars movie political science fiction quiz based on Federal Election Commission records retrieved through NewsMeat, “America’s most popular campaign donor search engine.” There are only five questions. Unfortunately, you would have to be a real political junkie like NPR's Ken Rudin to answer all of them correctly!

1. Which actor or actress from the film Total Recall (1990) donated $1,000 to the campaign of Ted Kennedy (D) in the 1980 presidential primary election?

a) Ronny Cox
b) Michael Ironside
c) Arnold Schwarzenegger
d) Sharon Stone
e) Rachel Ticotin

2. Which actress from the film Mars Attacks! (1996) donated $2,300 to the campaign of Hillary Clinton (D) in the 2008 presidential primary election?

a) Annette Bening
b) Glenn Close
c) Pam Grier
d) Sarah Jessica Parker
e) Natalie Portman

3. Which actor or actress from the film Mission to Mars (2000)donated $2,300 to the campaign of John McCain (R) in the 2008 presidential primary election?

a) Don Cheadle
b) Kim Delaney
c) Connie Nielsen
d) Tim Robbins
e) Gary Sinise

4. Which actor or actress from the film Red Planet (2000) donated $2,300 to the campaign of Ralph Nader (IND) in the 2008 presidential primary election?

a) Benjamin Bratt
b) Val Kilmer
c) Carrie-Anne Moss
d) Tom Sizemore
e) Terence Stamp

5. Which person who is involved in the long-awaited Disney/ Pixar film John Carter of Mars (2012) donated $500 to the campaign of Barack Obama (D) in the 2004 Illinois senatorial general election?

a) Michael Chabon (writer)
b) Lynne Collins (actress)
c) Willem DaFoe (actor)
d) Taylor Kitsch (actor)
e) Andrew Stanton (director)

Feel free to post your answers in the comments section. I will reveal the correct answers next Saturday, February 20th. Sorry, no prizes!

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