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This movie, released in the early days of the Internet, blew the minds of a generation. Are you ready to follow the white rabbit? Free your mind with our ultimate "Matrix" trivia quiz!
What natural animal does a sentinel resemble?
a squid
One character calls a sentinel "squiddy" before explaining them to Neo.
a lion
an eagle
a bear
What is the name of the last human city?
Xanadu
Zion
Sometimes associated with Jerusalem, the name "Zion" also refers to a spiritual homeland.
Olympia
Atlantis
What is Neo's real name?
Louis Carroll
Thomas Anderson
His hacker name, "Neo", is and anagram of "One."
Renny DeCarte
John Smith
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Which words open the resistance's message to Neo, on his computer screen?
Wake up, Neo
All these lines appear in the first message, but "Wake up" is first.
Follow the White Rabbit
The Matrix has you
Knock knock Neo
What is the bald child at the Oracle's apartment doing that interests Neo?
levitating
creating fire
reading with his eyes closed
bending spoons
Using spoon-bending was possibly the film's way of winking at its own seriousness.
Who designed the "woman in the red dress"?
Tank
Mouse
Mouse offers Neo some private time with her in the Construct.
Morpheus
Cypher
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How does the white rabbit appear to Neo?
it's painted on a delivery truck
it's a girl's tattoo
She and her friends are going to a club, which is where Neo meets Trinity.
it's a hallucination
as a literal white rabbit
What is the name of the software company for which Neo works?
Metacortex
The name is prominently displayed on the building's side.
Microcortex
Neocortex
Microware
What is Trinity's brief advice to Neo when he goes in to meet Morpheus?
Be yourself
Be honest
Trinity also says, "He knows more than you can imagine."
Be careful
Behave
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What color is the pill that allows people to escape the Matrix?
red
The filmmakers, the Wachowskis, have admitted they'd take the blue pill, which allowed people to remain blissfully unaware.
blue
purple
white
What is the name of Morpheus's ship?
the Apollo
the Fawkes
the Prometheus
the Nebuchadnezzar
A plaque indicates the ship was built in 2069, while Neo still believes it's 1999.
What is the first fighting style that Tank uploads into Neo's mind?
Tae Kwan Do
Jujitsu
Jujitsu is particularly good for fights that end up at ground level.
Kung fu
Drunken boxing
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What is the first style that Neo and Morpheus fight in?
Kung fu
Drunken boxing was actually a fight style that Tank gave Neo; it's a homage to a classic martial-arts film, "Drunken Master."
Silat
Jujitsu
Drunken boxing
What is the name of the holodeck-like place where Neo and Morpheus fight?
the Between
the Construct
There's no sign of the crew re-creating a 1999-era Starbucks and hanging out there in their time off, though that's what we'd do!
the Never
it has no name
Why do the machines need humans as an energy source?
They've depleted petrochemical resources
Biomass and wind power wasn't adequate
They wanted to keep humans subjugated anyway
Humans blocked off solar power by creating a permanently cloudy sky
Why sophisticated machines couldn't just create solar platforms above the cloud layer is never explained.
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Which two members of the crew were born naturally, in Zion?
Trinity and Cypher
Apoc and Switch
Morpheus and Trinity
Tank and Dozer
They're similar in this respect to the "God children" of "Gattaca."
What is the name given to the ships that hunt the human resistance?
reavers
predators
raptors
sentinels
The only weapon that stops them is an electromagnetic pulse.
Which character betrays the resistance to the Agents?
Tank
Mouse
Switch
Cypher
Cypher wants back into the Matrix, saying "Ignorance is bliss."
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What does Agent Smith want from Cypher?
the assassination of Morpheus
the access codes to Zion's mainframe
Cypher doesn't have them, but his treachery allows Agents to capture Morpheus, who does.
delivery of Neo into their hands
a date with Trinity
What shocking information does the Oracle appear to give Neo?
that he will die to save humanity
that he is not the One
She never says it outright, and of course, it turns out not to be true.
that humanity cannot be saved
that "there is no spoon."
Which two characters does Cypher unplug?
Morpheus and Neo
Apoc and Switch
They die in the Matrix and the real world, because "the mind cannot live without the body."
Tank and Trinity
Trinity and Neo
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Which organism does Agent Smith compare humanity to?
a shark
a virus
Humans consume too much and don't reach a balance with their environment.
a dinosaur
an oak
What was wrong with the first Matrix, in which there was no human suffering?
no one would accept it
Agent Smith says that "whole crops (of humans) were lost," but he doesn't explain in what way "not accepting" the simulation led to this disaster.
humans bred too fast, overunning the system
it was too energy-intensive to maintain
happy people actually generate less biological energy
What room is Neo directed to, in the film's climax?
room 101
room 202
room 303
It's a multiple of Neo's apartment number, 101, in the beginning -- which is itself a nod to binary coding.
room 007
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What revives Neo after he's shot by Agent Smith?
Trinity kisses him
Trinity also tells him that the Oracle prophesied she'd fall in love with the One (thus, he can't just die).
Tank sends a power surge through the line
Morpheus whispers something to him that we can't hear
Neo hears the Oracle's voice in his mind
What city does Neo live in?
Seattle
Chicago
Capital City, USA
We never learn this
The street names are from Chicago, although Neo's passport says he was born in "Capital City."
To whom is Neo speaking on the phone in the film's final scene?
the machines and Agents
For good measure, Neo then launches himself into the air like Superman.
Agent Smith alone
humanity
his mother
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What is the film's iconic "digital rain" made up of?
1's and 0's
reversed numbers and Japanese characters
The characters are green, a color scheme which dominates the film, right down to the Oracle's kitchen.
Thai and Korean characters
thinned-out versions of Zaph Dingbats
The idea of the Matrix grew, in part, out of which philosopher's ideas?
Plato
Descartes
Gilbert Harman
all of these
The film draws on the "brain in a vat" idea and Plato's "allegory of the cave."
What book is seen in Neo's apartment and was influential to the movie's philosophy?
Neuromancer
The Desert of the Real
Man and Superman
Simacrula and Simulation
"The desert of the real" is a phrase from the book, which Morpheus uses to describe the ruined real world.
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Which previously-unknown actress played Trinity?
Michelle Yeoh
Carrie-Anne Moss
The other three actresses were all considered for the role.
Jada Pinkett
Gillian Anderson
Which actor was NOT considered for the role of Neo?
Brad Pitt
Nicolas Cage
Will Smith
Orlando Bloom
Though Keanu Reeves is indelibly linked to the Neo character, he wasn't the first choice.
What is special about Morpheus's sunglasses?
they are tinted with titanium
they allow him to see Agents disguised as human
they have a data feed on the inner surface, like Google Glass
they have no legs (earpieces)
Hey, he's Laurence FIshburne -- he keeps them on with the sheer power of his will!
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What were the "Matrix" sequels' names?
"Reloaded" and "Reality"
"Revised" and "Reloaded"
"Revenge" and "Revolutions"
"Reloaded" and "Revolutions"
The world just couldn't get enough of black leather dusters and slow-motion bullets.
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