It's The End of The World As We Know It

A dystopian city skyline with a stormy sky, featuring elements of iconic films like 'Children of Men', 'Shaun of the Dead', and 'Blade Runner', along with recognizable symbols of societal collapse and hope.

It's The End of The World As We Know It Quiz

Test your knowledge of dystopian films and iconic actors with our engaging quiz, "It’s The End of The World As We Know It!" From the eerie landscapes of Children of Men to the chilling narratives of Shaun of the Dead, this quiz dives deep into the cinematic portrayals of societal collapse.

Join now to answer questions about:

Iconic performances by Michael Caine
The evolution of zombie films
Classic sci-fi masterpieces
Details on cult classics like Donnie Darko

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Set in a dystopian future where worldwide infertility has left humanity on the brink of collapse, Alfonso Cuaron’s Children of Men features a memorable cameo from Michael Caine, who provides some light relief in the form of a flatulent, pot-smoking drug dealer. Across his long career, Caine won two academy awards and was nominated for one in every decade from the 60s to the 2000s. With which other actor does he share this honour?

Bonus points available if you can tell me the names of any of the films for which he won the award? (Film 1)

Bonus points available if you can tell me the names of any of the films for which he won the award? (Film 2)

Final bonus point if you can tell me Michael Caine's real name?

In another distinctly British take on societal meltdown, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Shaun of the Dead sees the pair seek refuge from zombie hordes in which beloved boozer?

In 28 Days Later Danny Boyle reinvented the zombie film genre with his rage-fuelled flesh eaters. Boyle has said that the film, in particular its eerily quiet opening scene, was inspired by the British sci-fi classic, the Day of the Triffids. Who wrote the book?

Alex Garland wrote the screenplay for 28 Days later, having already collaborated with Boyle to adapt his novel, the Beach, for the big screen. In 2014 he made his own directorial debut with Ex Machina before returning to more apocalyptic territory in 2018 with a film whose title derives from a Latin verb literally meaning ‘to reduce to nothing’. What was the film called?

Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now enjoyed a famously troubled production history, with the director said to have edited more than a million feet of film before the film’s eventual release in 1979. Which actor, who lied about his age to land the role, was the same age as his character by the time that filming had finished? He would make a career comeback several years later in another apocalyptic classic, swapping Saigon for sentinels.

Often hailed as the greatest sci-fi film of all time, Ridley Scott’s Bladerunner stars Harrison Ford as a hardboiled cop on hunt for replicants, humanlike slave robots turned against their former masters. By this point already a well-established star after performances in the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, what more humble job was he doing before he got his big acting break?

In 2017, more than 30 years after the original, a sequel Bladerunner 2049 was released, with Harrison Ford reprising his role as Rick Deckard alongside younger costar Ryan Gosling. Who was the director?

In cult classic Donnie Darko the troubled title character is told by a man in a giant bunny rabbit suit that the world is about to end. Which real life siblings played Donnie and Elizabeth Darko?

Bonus point available for anyone who can tell me to the nearest day the amount of time that the rabbit predicts before the world’s end?

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