What does inception mean in the film?

Planting an idea in someone's mind

A sudden jolt that wakes a dreamer

What happens in the final shot?

The top spins, wobbles and the screen cuts to black

Inception Quiz: Spinning Tops, Dream Levels and Kicks

This Inception quiz drops into Christopher Nolan's heist movie set inside the mind. Play 10 interactive questions on Dom Cobb, the spinning top totem, Arthur's die, Ariadne's chess piece, the target Robert Fischer, the four dream levels, the kick, Edith Piaf's song, the rotating hallway and the famous final shot.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Director
Who wrote and directed Inception?
Hero
Who plays Dom Cobb?
Totem
What is Cobb's totem?
Idea
What does inception mean in the film?
Target
Who is the target of the inception?
Architect
Who designs the dream levels?
Kick
What is a kick?
Song
Which Edith Piaf song signals the coming kick?
Limbo
What is the deepest level of dreaming called?
Ending
What happens in the final shot?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who wrote and directed Inception?
Answer: Christopher Nolan
It was released in 2010.
Q2: Who plays Dom Cobb?
Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio
He is an extractor of secrets.
Q3: What is Cobb's totem?
Answer: A spinning top
It once belonged to his wife Mal.
Q4: What does inception mean in the film?
Answer: Planting an idea in someone's mind
It is harder than stealing an idea.
Q5: Who is the target of the inception?
Answer: Robert Fischer
He is heir to a business empire.
Q6: Who designs the dream levels?
Answer: Ariadne
She is a student architect.
Q7: What is a kick?
Answer: A sudden jolt that wakes a dreamer
Falling often triggers it.
Q8: Which Edith Piaf song signals the coming kick?
Answer: Non, je ne regrette rien
Its notes echo in the score.
Q9: What is the deepest level of dreaming called?
Answer: Limbo
Time stretches enormously there.
Q10: What happens in the final shot?
Answer: The top spins, wobbles and the screen cuts to black
Fans still debate it.

Inception Quiz – Spinning Tops, Dream Levels and Kicks

Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, came out in 2010. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Dom Cobb, a thief who steals secrets from people's dreams and is hired to plant an idea instead.

His team includes Arthur, the forger Eames and Ariadne, a student who designs the dream worlds. Each dreamer carries a totem to test reality, and Cobb's is a spinning top that once belonged to his wife Mal.

They layer dreams within dreams inside the mind of Robert Fischer and use a kick, signaled by Edith Piaf's song, to wake up. The film ends as the top spins, wobbles and cuts to black.

What This Quiz Teaches

Movie fans will enjoy these questions.

Who made the film
What a totem is
Who the team are
How the dream levels work
How it ends

Did You Know?

The rotating hallway fight was filmed on a real spinning set.
Hans Zimmer composed the score.
The film won four Oscars.
Arthur's totem is a loaded die.
Some fans track Cobb's wedding ring as a clue.