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Question 1: In the first Planet of the Apes movie, what was Zira's nickname for Taylor before he regained his ability to speak?
Caesar
Bright Boy
Bright Eyes
Nova
Question 2: Who played George Taylor in Planet of the Apes (1968)?
Burt Lancaster
Charleton Heston
Lance Henriksen
James Franciscus
Question 3: What is the famous line Taylor shouts upon discovering the ruins of the Statue of Liberty?
This can't be Earth
We finally did it!
You maniacs! You blew it up
God help us all!
Question 4: In the original series, which ape species holds the highest social and political status?
Orangutans
Chimpanzees
Gorillas
Bonobos
Question 5: What is the name of the human woman, mute and primitive, who becomes Taylor's companion?
Lira
Nova
Eve
Mara
Question 6: Who plays Dr. Zaius in the original 1968 film?
Maurice Evans
Roddy McDowall
Kim Hunter
James Daly
Question 7: What does Dr. Zaius try to hide from the ape council in the first film?
The location of the Forbidden Zone
That Taylor is not the first talking human
A secret human colony
Evidence that humans once had an advanced civilization
Question 8: Who played Cornelius in the original 1968 film?
Kim Hunter
Anthony Zerbe
Roddy McDowall
Lance Henriksen
Question 9: In Beneath the Planet of the Apes, what do the mutants living underground worship?
A doomsday nuclear bomb
A statue of Zaius
The devil
An ancient computer
Question 10: Who plays astronaut Brent, sent to find Taylor in Beneath the Planet of the Apes?
Don Pedro Colley
Lance Henriksen
Mark Wahlberg
James Franciscus
Question 11: What ultimately destroys Earth at the end of Beneath the Planet of the Apes?
An ape army's nuclear strike
A doomsday bomb detonated by Taylor
A doomsday bomb detonated by Dr. Zaius
A meteor impact
Question 12: In Escape from the Planet of the Apes, which two apes travel back in time to 1970s Earth?
Caesar and Zira
Zaius and Cornelius
Milo and Zira
Cornelius and Zira
Question 13: In Escape from the Planet of the Apes, who is the third ape that escapes to the past alongside Cornelius and Zira?
Milo
Caesar
Dr. Zaius
Coco
Question 14: Who plays Caesar in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes?
Charlton Heston
Mark Wahlberg
Roddy McDowall
Danny DeVito
Question 15: In Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, what event does Caesar lead?
A peaceful negotiation for ape rights
An ape uprising against human oppressors
An escape from a research lab
A war between ape tribes
Question 16: What has happened to nearly all cats and dogs by the time of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, leading humans to domesticate apes instead?
They were hunted to extinction by the apes
They were banned by the government
They turned on their owners and were destroyed
They were wiped out by a plague
Question 17: In Battle for the Planet of the Apes, who leads the human faction that clashes with Caesar's ape community?
Dr. Zaius
General Ursus
General Jackson
Governor Kolp
Question 18: What is the name of Cornelius and Zira's son, born on Earth in the original series?
Milo
Cornelius Jr.
Caesar
Taylor
Question 19: In Battle for the Planet of the Apes, which gorilla schemes against Caesar and pushes for war with humans?
Aldo
Ursus
MacDonald
Bubbles
Question 20: How many films make up the original Planet of the Apes series (1968–1973)?
One
Three
Four
Five
Question 21: In Planet of the Apes (1968), what ultimately happens to astronaut Dodge?
He's captured and lobotomized
He's killed, then found stuffed and displayed in a museum
He escapes to an underground city
He's put on trial alongside Taylor
Question 22: In Planet of the Apes (1968), what happens to fellow astronaut Landon after he's captured?
He's captured and lobotomized
He is shot trying to escape
He is exiled to the Forbidden Zone
He becomes an ape sympathizer
Question 23: In Planet of the Apes (1968), what crime is Taylor formally charged with at his tribunal?
Espionage
Treason
Murder
Heresy
Question 24: According to Planet of the Apes (1968), roughly what year does Taylor's spacecraft crash-land on the planet?
2030
1972
2200
3978
Question 25: When Taylor tries to escape captivity and is caught by the apes, what does he snarl as his first spoken words to them?
Get your hands off me, you filthy animal!
Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!
You'll pay for this, all of you!
God help us all!