Ridley Scott Quiz: Alien, Blade Runner and Future Cities

A director from northeast England built some of cinema's most influential visions of the future, and this Ridley Scott quiz explores them. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on South Shields, the Nostromo in Alien, Blade Runner's cityscape, Syd Mead, the 1984 Apple ad, Gladiator, Thelma and Louise, The Martian, his knighthood and his brother Tony.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Hometown
Where was Ridley Scott born?
Ship
What is the spaceship in Alien called?
Year
In which year is Blade Runner set?
City
Which city does Blade Runner reimagine?
Designer
Which visual futurist designed many Blade Runner vehicles?
Ad
Which famous TV ad did Scott direct?
Gladiator
Which award did Gladiator win in 2001?
Mars
In which film is an astronaut stranded on Mars?
Brother
Which director was Ridley Scott's brother?
Knight
When was Ridley Scott knighted?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Where was Ridley Scott born?
Answer: South Shields, England
He was born in 1937.
Q2: What is the spaceship in Alien called?
Answer: The Nostromo
It is a commercial towing vessel.
Q3: In which year is Blade Runner set?
Answer: 2019
It was released in 1982.
Q4: Which city does Blade Runner reimagine?
Answer: Los Angeles
Rain and neon fill its streets.
Q5: Which visual futurist designed many Blade Runner vehicles?
Answer: Syd Mead
Giger designed Alien's creature.
Q6: Which famous TV ad did Scott direct?
Answer: Apple's 1984 Macintosh ad
It aired during the Super Bowl.
Q7: Which award did Gladiator win in 2001?
Answer: Best Picture
Russell Crowe also won Best Actor.
Q8: In which film is an astronaut stranded on Mars?
Answer: The Martian
Matt Damon starred.
Q9: Which director was Ridley Scott's brother?
Answer: Tony Scott
Tony directed Top Gun.
Q10: When was Ridley Scott knighted?
Answer: 2003
He became Sir Ridley Scott.

Ridley Scott Quiz – Alien, Blade Runner and Future Cities

Ridley Scott, born in South Shields, England, in 1937, began in commercials before turning to film. Alien, from 1979, set horror aboard the grimy commercial spaceship Nostromo, with a creature designed by H. R. Giger.

Blade Runner, released in 1982, imagined Los Angeles in 2019 as a rainy, neon-lit city of towering buildings and flying cars, shaped by visual futurist Syd Mead. Its look influenced decades of science fiction. Scott also directed Apple's famous 1984 Macintosh ad.

His later films include Thelma and Louise, Best Picture winner Gladiator and The Martian. Scott was knighted in 2003, and his brother Tony Scott directed Top Gun.

What This Quiz Teaches

Film fans will enjoy these questions.

Where Scott began
Which future worlds he built
Who helped design them
Which films won awards
Who his family are

Did You Know?

Scott has been nominated for Best Director three times.
He returned to Alien with Prometheus.
Gladiator II came out in 2024.
He studied at the Royal College of Art.
Blade Runner 2049 was directed by Denis Villeneuve.