The Fifth Element Quiz: Luc Besson's Future New York

Luc Besson began dreaming up a flying-taxi future as a teenager, and this The Fifth Element quiz explores the vertical New York of 2263 that he finally filmed in 1997. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on Korben Dallas, Leeloo, Zorg, Ruby Rhod, the Diva Plavalaguna, the four stones and Gaultier's costumes.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Year
In which year is The Fifth Element set?
Korben
What is Korben Dallas's job at the start of the film?
Leeloo
Who played Leeloo?
Zorg
Who played the villain Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg?
Ruby
Which actor played radio host Ruby Rhod?
Costumes
Which fashion designer created the film's costumes?
Diva
Which opera does the Diva Plavalaguna sing from?
Stones
How many elemental stones are needed with the fifth element?
Multipass
Which word does Leeloo repeat when showing her ID?
Comics
Which French comic artists helped design the film's world?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: In which year is The Fifth Element set?
Answer: 2263
The story takes place in a crowded, vertical New York centuries in the future.
Q2: What is Korben Dallas's job at the start of the film?
Answer: Taxi driver
Bruce Willis plays a former soldier now driving a flying cab.
Q3: Who played Leeloo?
Answer: Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich played the perfect being who represents the fifth element.
Q4: Who played the villain Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg?
Answer: Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman played the industrialist who serves the great evil.
Q5: Which actor played radio host Ruby Rhod?
Answer: Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker's flamboyant DJ is one of the film's most memorable characters.
Q6: Which fashion designer created the film's costumes?
Answer: Jean Paul Gaultier
Gaultier designed hundreds of outfits, including Leeloo's famous bandage costume.
Q7: Which opera does the Diva Plavalaguna sing from?
Answer: Lucia di Lammermoor
Her aria blends into an electronic Diva Dance composed by Éric Serra.
Q8: How many elemental stones are needed with the fifth element?
Answer: Four
Earth, water, air and fire stones combine with Leeloo to stop the evil.
Q9: Which word does Leeloo repeat when showing her ID?
Answer: Multipass
Her broken attempt to say it became a famous quote.
Q10: Which French comic artists helped design the film's world?
Answer: Moebius and Jean-Claude Mézières
Their science-fiction art shaped the look of the city and its flying cars.

The Fifth Element Quiz – Besson's Future New York

The Fifth Element, released in 1997, is a science-fiction adventure directed by Luc Besson, who began writing the story as a teenager. It is set in 2263, in a New York of towering buildings and flying traffic.

Bruce Willis plays taxi driver Korben Dallas, who helps Leeloo, played by Milla Jovovich, save Earth using four elemental stones. Gary Oldman plays the villain Zorg and Chris Tucker plays radio host Ruby Rhod.

French comic artists Moebius and Jean-Claude Mézières helped design the world, and Jean Paul Gaultier created the costumes. The Diva Plavalaguna's performance, mixing opera from Lucia di Lammermoor with electronic music, became the film's best-known scene.

What This Quiz Teaches

Science-fiction fans will enjoy these questions.

When the film is set
Who played the main roles
Who designed the look
What the stones are
Which opera the Diva sings

Did You Know?

The film opened the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
Éric Serra composed the score.
The Mondoshawans are protective aliens.
Leeloo's language was invented for the film.
Besson later made Valerian from Mézières's comic.