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Where does the story take place?
On the moon
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Who is the main character?
David Bowman
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When and where is the beginning of the movie?
A desert millions of years ago
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What planet are the characters heading to?
Jupiter
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Who directed the movie?
Stanely Kubrick
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What does "sentinel" mean?
A guard
200
Who kept the main character in a zoo-like prision?
The aliens
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Where is the first monolith?
Pre-historic Earth
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Who kills the other men on board the spacecraft?
H.A.L.
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What is floating toward Earth at the end of the movie?
A massive baby
300
What is the sentinel protected by?
A force field
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What is the name of the computer?
H.A.L.
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What does Bowman go through before reaching Jupiter?
A vortex of colored lights
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What does H.A.L. begin to show towards the end of the movie?
Emotions
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What drug did people sometimes take before watching the last half hour of the movie?
Acid
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Who's the author of the Sentinel?
Arthur C. Clarke
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Who did Heywood Floyd contact before going to the moon?
His daughter
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Where do you first see Heywood Floyd?
A space station
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What appears at the end of Bowman's bed while he is dying?
A monolith
400
What event took place a year after the movie was released?
The U.S.A. successfully sent men to the moon
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What year was the story released?
1951
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Who is the character that dies out in space?
Frank Poole
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What is the name of the space craft they are on?
Discovery One
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What is the song H.A.L. sings while being unplugged?
"Daisy Bell"
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What year was the movie released?
1968