Question 1
EasyWhich director created the Avatar films?
- James Cameron (Correct answer)
- Ridley Scott
- Peter Jackson
- Steven Spielberg
Source: Cameron wrote the original treatment back in 1994 but waited for technology to catch up.
Below is the full Quizmo quiz devoted to the theme "Avatar": each question, its four options, the correct answer highlighted and, where available, its source. A chance to brush up on your general knowledge and then test what you know.
▶ Play today's quizWhich director created the Avatar films?
Source: Cameron wrote the original treatment back in 1994 but waited for technology to catch up.
On which moon do the events of the first Avatar take place?
Source: Pandora is actually a moon orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus, not a standalone planet.
What are the blue-skinned native people of the world called?
Source: The Omaticaya are just one clan; Na'vi is the name for the whole species.
What is the name of the Na'vi woman who trains Jake?
Source: Neytiri is played by Zoe Saldaña entirely through performance capture.
Which valuable mineral do humans mine on the alien moon?
Source: The tongue-in-cheek name 'unobtanium' is real engineering slang for an impossibly ideal material.
What giant tree do the Na'vi clan live inside?
Source: Hometree is a separate sacred site from the Tree of Souls, where they connect to their deity.
Who plays the paraplegic marine Jake Sully?
Source: Worthington was relatively unknown when cast, beating bigger names for the lead.
What do the Na'vi worship as their guiding mother goddess?
Source: Eywa is essentially the planet's neural network, with every organism linked to it.
What flying creature do Na'vi hunters bond with and ride?
Source: The thanator and viperwolf are deadly ground predators, not mounts.
What are Pandora's iconic floating mountains called?
Source: Their levitation comes from unobtanium superconductors caught in Pandora's magnetic 'Flux Vortex'.
What is the title of the 2022 second film?
Source: Cameron filmed sequels back-to-back, with later titles teasing fire and ash themes.
Which actress plays the tough pilot Trudy Chacón?
Source: Rodriguez's pilot defies orders, becoming one of the few humans to switch sides.
What legendary apex predator does Jake tame to unite the clans?
Source: Toruk Makto, 'Rider of Last Shadow', is a title only a handful of Na'vi ever earned.
What body part of the Na'vi lets them neurally bond with animals?
Source: The braid hides a living neural interface called tsaheylu, 'the bond'.
What is the corporate name of the company mining Pandora?
Source: RDA stands for the Resources Development Administration, the film's faceless corporate villain.
In the 2022 sequel, which clan does the Sully family flee to?
Source: The reef-dwelling Metkayina have thicker tails and forearms adapted for swimming.
What huge whale-like creature is hunted for its brain fluid in the sequel?
Source: The tulkun's anti-aging brain enzyme 'amrita' replaces unobtanium as the prized resource.
What is the name of Jake and Neytiri's adopted human-born teenager?
Source: Spider is Quaritch's biological son, stranded on Pandora and raised among the Na'vi.
Approximately how long after the first film is the sequel set?
Source: The roughly 14-year gap on screen mirrored the real 13-year wait between releases.
How did Cameron capture the actors' underwater performances in the sequel?
Source: The cast learned free-diving so motion capture could be recorded fully submerged.