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1. Contact is based on a novel by which famous scientist?

1. Albert Einstein
2. Carl Sagan
3. Richard Dawkins
4. Stephen Hawking

2. Contact right after what other alien-themed movie?

1. Coneheads
2. Men in Black
3. Star Trek: First Contact
4. The Fifth Element

3. Tom Skerritt, who plays David Drumlin, stars in which other scifi classic?

1. Alien
2. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
3. Star Trek: First Contact
4. They Live

4. Matthew McConaughey was suggested for the part of Palmer Joss after the producer saw him in...

1. A Time to Kill
2. Amistad
3. Angels in the Outfield
4. Edtv

5. Who had to use cue cards on set?

1. Jena Malone
2. Jodie Foster
3. Matthew McConaughey
4. Tom Skerritt

6. Rob Lowe's character Richard Rank is based on which Christian fundamentalist?

1. Bob Jones
2. Jerry Falwell
3. Pat Robertson
4. Ralph Reed

7. Which singer-songwriter recorded a version of "Purple People Eater" exclusively for the movie?

1. Jimmy Buffett
2. Johnny Cash
3. Neil Young
4. Willie Nelson

8. Contact was nominated for an Oscar in which technical category?

1. Best Cinematography
2. Best Film Editing
3. Best Sound
4. Best Visual Effects

9. Footage of which president is digitally altered so that he's now talking about alien contact?

1. Bill Clinton
2. George H.W. Bush
3. John F. Kennedy
4. Richard Nixon

10. When Foster's character Ellie finally speaks with the alien, it takes the form of...

1. God
2. Her father
3. Her mother
4. Herself

11. Composer Alan Silvestri has earned Oscar nods for two Robert Zemeckis movies, Forrest Gump and...

1. A Christmas Carol
2. Back to the Future Part II
3. Cast Away
4. The Polar Express