What is the Nostromo's job?

Towing an ore refinery back to Earth

Nostromo Quiz: The Ship from Alien, Ripley and Mother

This Nostromo quiz boards the grimy commercial ship of Alien, the 1979 film that mixed science fiction with horror. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on the ore refinery tow, the seven crew members, Jones the cat, MOTHER, LV-426, Special Order 937, Ash's secret, the self-destruct and the shuttle Narcissus.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Director
Who directed Alien?
Job
What is the Nostromo's job?
Crew
How many human-looking crew members are aboard?
Cat
What is the ship's cat called?
Computer
What do the crew call the ship's computer?
Planet
Where does the Nostromo stop after a signal?
Order
What does Special Order 937 say?
Android
Which crew member is revealed as an android?
Escape
What is the name of the shuttle Ripley escapes in?
Name
Which novelist's book gave the Nostromo its name?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who directed Alien?
Answer: Ridley Scott
It came out in 1979.
Q2: What is the Nostromo's job?
Answer: Towing an ore refinery back to Earth
It is a commercial vessel.
Q3: How many human-looking crew members are aboard?
Answer: Seven
One is secretly an android.
Q4: What is the ship's cat called?
Answer: Jones
Ripley rescues him.
Q5: What do the crew call the ship's computer?
Answer: MOTHER
They consult it in a white room.
Q6: Where does the Nostromo stop after a signal?
Answer: LV-426
The crew find a derelict ship.
Q7: What does Special Order 937 say?
Answer: The crew are expendable
The company wants the creature.
Q8: Which crew member is revealed as an android?
Answer: Ash
He is the science officer.
Q9: What is the name of the shuttle Ripley escapes in?
Answer: Narcissus
She sets the Nostromo to self-destruct.
Q10: Which novelist's book gave the Nostromo its name?
Answer: Joseph Conrad
Nostromo was published in 1904.

Nostromo Quiz – The Ship from Alien, Ripley and MOTHER

In Ridley Scott's Alien, the Nostromo is a commercial towing vessel hauling an ore refinery back to Earth. Its seven crew members, plus Jones the cat, wake early when the computer MOTHER detects a signal.

On the planetoid LV-426 they find a derelict ship, and Kane brings back a creature attached to his face. Ripley discovers Special Order 937, which says the crew are expendable, and science officer Ash is revealed as an android.

Ripley sets the Nostromo to self-destruct and escapes in the shuttle Narcissus with Jones. The ship's worn, industrial design made it feel like a real workplace in space.

What This Quiz Teaches

Movie fans will enjoy these questions.

What the ship does
Who the crew are
What MOTHER reveals
Who Ash really is
How Ripley escapes

Did You Know?

Sigourney Weaver plays Ripley.
H.R. Giger designed the alien creature.
Ron Cobb helped design the ship's interiors.
The film's tagline says in space no one can hear you scream.
Aliens followed in 1986, directed by James Cameron.