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🛸 Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match These Movies With Their Plots

"Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact." — Isaac Asimov
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Science fiction is arguably the most creative form of entertainment there is. In no other form of fiction is imagination given such limitless freedom. In fact, many scientists and academics believe sci-fi writers have done much to pave the way for non-fictional science. The theory is that we wouldn't have all the crazy technology we have today if it hadn't been for a sci-fi author dreaming it up first. Then a scientist just finds a way to make it happen in our world after seeing it in a work of fiction.

Perhaps you are a big sci-fi fan and if that is the case, you might do well at this quiz. Only the top science fiction buffs on the planet are able to match these sci-fi movies with their plots.

For any question you get wrong on this quiz, don't fret. It just means that you get to watch and enjoy that particular movie and then come back and take this quiz again!

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Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz Questions

In 1979 Ridley Scott's "Alien" hit the big screens. Of the answers below, what best describes this movie's plot?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz Jonesy from Alien
  • A colony of aliens have overrun a space station

  • A teenage Alien goes to high school in Southern California

  • An alien terrorizes the crew of a spacecraft

  • An alien stows away on a spacecraft and lands on Earth

In 2009, JJ Abrams directed a new Star Trek movie. What was the plot of this 2009 film?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz Star Trek 2009 Spock
  • Spock and Captain Kirk must stop Khan Noonien Singh from using the Genesis Device

  • Spock and Captain Kirk must stop a Romulan from the future who is creating black holes

  • Spock must find his sister who has been leaving signals across the Universe

  • Captain Kirk and Spock must stop a Klingon invasion on Earth

Also in 2009, the movie "District 9" was released. What was the plot of this movie?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz District_9_background_3
  • Aliens arrive on Earth and attempt to enslave the human race

  • Aliens arrive on Earth as refugees from a dying planet

  • Aliens arrive on Earth and secretly infiltrate the United Nations

  • Aliens arrive on Earth and form their own baseball league

What is one of the key plot elements from Stanley Kubrick's film "2001: A Space Odyssey"

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz 2001 Space Odyssey
  • A spacecraft's computer system begins to develop sentience

  • A team of astronauts discover alien life

  • A team of scientists receive communications from an alien species

  • Jack Nicholson gets really bored while writing a novel

What is the plot of the original Terminator movie from 1984?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz Terminator
  • A robot is sent back in time to kill the Mother of a great military leader

  • A robot is sent back in time to protect the life of a great military leader

  • A robot is sent back in time to protect the mother of a great military leader

  • An undercover cop poses as a kindergarten teacher

What is the plot of the 1977 movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz 13
  • Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines

  • An electrical worker has an experience with a UFO

  • A group of friends share a pair of jeans

  • Several residents of a small town are abducted by a UFO

What is the plot of John Carpenter's 1982 science fiction-horror "The Thing"?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz The Thing 1982
  • A swamp monster terrorizes residents of a small town

  • A group of researchers in Antartica deal with a shape-shifting alien

  • An ice monster attacks residents of a snowy town

  • Senior citizens try to figure out what a Fidget Spinner is

What is a key plot element of 2014's "Ex Machina"?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz Ex Machina1
  • A robot who believes it is human

  • A robot from an alien planet

  • A human is rebuilt with technology after a car accident

  • A self-aware robot

What is the plot of 2009's blockbuster hit "Avatar"?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz Avatar
  • Mutated humans are moved to a planet named Pandora

  • A new intelligent species is discovered on Earth

  • The Smurfs must avoid a large cat

  • Humans must link their minds with beings called Avatars to exist on a planet called Pandora

What is the plot of the 1951 film "The Day The Earth Stood Still"?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
  • An alien lands on Earth and tells humanity to assemble all the world's leaders for an important message

  • An alien race stops the Earth's rotation

  • Alien spacecraft appear over major cities across the globe

  • An alien race takes over the mind's of a town's residents

What is the plot of the 1997 film "Contact"?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz 80c33e2fe5fc47cd92cfe1061fcd1300_compressed
  • Scientists attempt to interpret messages being sent from a far away star system

  • An alien life form is discovered off the Pacific Ocean

  • Humans discover life on Mars

  • An alien ship lands on Earth and hovers inches off the ground

The 1973 film "Westworld" provides the basis for the current HBO TV series. What was the plot of this film?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz Westworld 19731
  • Guests attend a park which transports them back in time to the old west

  • Guests attend an inter-planetary theme park

  • Guests attend a western-themed park filled with aliens

  • Guests attend a western-themed park filled with androids

What is the plot of the 2016 film "Arrival"?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz 01 arrival
  • 12 alien ships land on Earth and begin to attack

  • A boy must help an alien contact his home planet

  • An alien space crew gets stranded on Earth

  • A linguistics professor must learn how to communicate with alien visitors

What is the plot of the hit 1988 film "They Live"?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz They Live 1 11
  • A man discovers aliens have secretly taken over Earth

  • Aliens turn the dead into zombies to attack the living

  • Roddy Piper runs all out of bubblegum

  • Zombies attack Los Angeles

What is the plot of the 2007 film "The Man From Earth"?

Only a True Sci-Fi Fan Can Match Movies With Their Plots Quiz the man from earth desktop wallpaper
  • A college professor admits to his friends he is an alien

  • A college professor admits to his friends he is thousands of years old

  • A college professor admits to his friends he is artificial intelligence

  • A college professor admits to his friends he is moving away because he doesn't like them anymore

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