29 Avatar Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: The Earth is dying.

Humans returned because the Earth is dying, and they want to colonize Pandora to ensure their survival. After most of the humans were sent packing at the conclusion of the first "Avatar" film, there was a 16-year peace before the timeline of the second film. During the interlude, Jake Sully and his wife Neytiri conceived three children: Neteyam, Lo'ak, and Tuktirey. The couple also adopts a miraculous child, Kiri who was born from Grace's avatar despite the scientist already being dead. Kiri has a special bond with her deceased mother who she communicates with through the Spirit Trees of Pandora. All the Na'vi are able to communicate with their ancestors in this way, but Kiri's ability is powerful.

Interesting fact: "Avatar: The Way of Water" is over three hours long, clocking in at 192 minutes!

Answer: Thomas

Thomas Sully was the person who was originally going to take part in the avatar programme on Pandora. He had advanced scientific knowledge and training in avatar driving. He was sadly killed for "the paper in his wallet" before he got to link up to his avatar on Pandora. Having a similar genetic structure, Jake Sully was then able to take up his brother's position in the programme and drive his avatar.

Answer: Unobtanium

During the beginning, mining unobtanium was the main economic activity on Pandora, the moon where the events of the movie took place. Unobtanium was a precious mineral on the moon, and was very valuable. The corporation mining the mineral was called RDA, an acronym for Resources Development Administration, which controlled all of the resources in the Alpha Centauri system, where Pandora was. Parker Selfridge was in control of the mining on Pandora.

Answer: A Na'vi avatar of Colonel Quaritch

At the climax of the original "Avatar" film, Jake and Colonel Quaritch have a fight to the death which Jake barely survives. Quaritch dies, but his DNA had previously been harvested in case it was needed later. When the humans come back to Pandora, Jake and the Omatikaya clan do everything they can to cause problems for the invaders. To combat the Omatikaya, the humans grow Avatars using the DNA from the Colonel and several of his top men.

Interesting fact: The exact figure has not been made public, but it is estimated that between $300 to $450 million was spent to make "Avatar: The Way of Water". By comparison, the first Avatar film cost $237 million to make.

Answer: Miles Quaritch

Colonel Miles Quaritch is a strong, hot-headed action man who is in control of military operations on Pandora. He doesn't have many feelings towards the Na'vi and clearly doesn't mind how many he kills in the line of duty. This shows when he uses the information given to him by Jake to put together a battle strategy on taking down the "Home Tree", the place where the Omaticaya Clan reside.

Answer: Na'vi

The Na'vi were very difficult to kill; they had tails, stood nine feet tall, and had bones reinforced with carbon fiber. Pandora's atmosphere was toxic, and humans couldn't breathe it. Human-Na'vi hybrid bodies were called avatars. Avatars could be controlled by humans while their body was resting. They were created by mixing human DNA with that of a Na'vi.

Answer: If he and his personal family leave the Omatikaya clan.

Jake comes to the conclusion that the humans are only after him and not the rest of the Omatikaya clan. So he convinces his wife Neytiri to take their small personal family into hiding. Jake believes that with him gone, the humans will leave the rest of the clan alone. Based on the human's behavior to this point in the two movies, the safety of the Omatikaya seems unlikely, even with Jake gone, but it does set the stage for the rest of the epic film. The viewer is left to believe the strategy worked.

Interesting fact: Despite a huge amount of CGI animation going into this film, every scene is actually acted out by the film actors including all the incredible water scenes.

Answer: A kilo

Unobtainium is the main reason the humans are on Pandora. It's a "little grey rock that sells for $20 million a kilo" and the richest deposits of it lie under the Home Tree. We learn this information from Parker Selfridge when he's re-emphasising to Grace the reason they've come to Pandora.

Answer: Jake Sully

Norm Spellman, an anthropologist, and Dr. Grace Augustine, a botanist, were two of the people he met on Pandora. Jake used to be a Marine, but his waist-down area became paralyzed during war on Earth. He went to Pandora because his body was fine for his brother's avatar. Jake was the most important character in the movie; he led the rebellion against the humans later in the film, and fell in love with a Na'vi woman named Neytiri. Sam Worthingon played Jake.

Answer: Feed him intelligence about the Na'vi

Quaritch feels that Jake's involvement in the Avatar Program presents a golden opportunity for him to gather crucial intelligence about the Na'vi. He tasks Jake to use his avatar to gain the Na'vi's trust, in order to "learn these savages from the inside" and to "learn their ways". He needs the information so that he can force the Na'vi to cooperate with the RDA, or defeat them if it comes down to a fight. Quaritch makes a deal with Jake that in exchange for usable intelligence on the Na'vi, Quaritch will see to it that Jake will get the expensive medical procedure for him to regain the use of his legs.

Colonel Quaritch is portrayed by Stephen Lang, a respected actor of both the stage and silver screen. He originated the role of Colonel Nathan Jessup on Broadway in the original stage production of "A Few Good Men", a role that Jack Nicholson would later earn an Oscar nomination for playing in the successful film adaptation.

Answer: Neytiri

Neytiri and Jake first met when Neytiri rescued Jake by shooting the dog-like predators that were attacking him. Afterwards she became angry with Jake because she blamed him for the death of the predators. Jake was trying to make it through the night on Pandora when he was attacked. Jake fell into those circumstances after he was separated from a group exploring Pandora as avatars, which included Augustine and Norm. Neytiri was the second main character in the movie; she was the daughter of her clan's chief Eytucan, and fell in love with Jake. Neytiri was portrayed by Zoe Saldana.

Answer: Try to kill you

The Ikran are sensitive creatures; to catch one it must first choose you. When it has chosen it tries to kill you! You must then wrestle with the beast to connect Tsahaylu (the bond between the animal and the rider). This will bind you and the Ikran together for a lifetime of flying and hunting after it has been sealed with your first flight.

Answer: That all the Na'vi clans must unite and fight against the Sky People

Like Neytiri's great-great-grandfather before him, Jake fulfils his destiny as the sixth Toruk Makto by uniting the various Na'vi clans at a time of great sorrow against a common enemy - the Sky People or humans. He sends word out to the Horse clan of the plains and to the Ikran clan of the Eastern Sea, telling them that Toruk Makto calls out for them. In total, 15 different clans answer the call, and before long the legion of Na'vi warriors quickly number in the thousands. This is his speech to the Omaticaya, in all of its glory:

"The Sky People have sent us a message. That they can take whatever they want, and no one can stop them. Well, we will send them a message. You ride out as fast as the wind can carry you. You tell the other clans to come. You tell them Toruk Makto calls to them. You fly now, with me, my brothers and sisters. We will show the Sky People that they cannot take whatever they want, and that this ... this is our land."

Answer: Quaritch

After Neytiri saved Jake he was taken to her clan's, the Omaticaya's, Hometree. It was decided that Neytiri was to teach Jake their ways, and Quaritch decided to give him three months to get the Omaticaya to leave their Hometree. Jake fell in love with Neytiri, and began to enjoy the Na'vi during those three months. After Neytiri and Jake became mates for life, they slept under the Tree of Voices together, and when a bulldozer came to demolish it, he disabled the bulldozer by removing the bulldozer's vision. Quaritch witnessed that, and removed Jake from his avatar. Quaritch was the third major character in the movie and was the leader of the soldiers on Pandora. He commanded the troops while they were trying to bomb the Tree of Souls, and was killed by Neytiri during that battle. Quaritch was played by Stephen Lang.

Answer: Payakan, a whale creature

Tulkun are peaceful, whale-like creatures, Pandora style of course, who are considerably more intelligent than humans. Payakan is a Tulkun who has been outcast from his pod for being considered violent. Lo'ak is tricked into going to a dangerous part of the reef where a shark-like creature tries to kill him. Fortunately, Payakan is in the area and was able to scare off the creature. After saving his life, Payakan becomes close friends with Lo'ak, and we learn that the Tulkun actually was wrongly accused. Convincing the rest of the Metkayina that Payakan is peaceful proves near impossible, and the relationship causes more challenges for Lo'ak's integration into the clan.

Interesting fact: Since many of the scenes were filmed underwater for an extended period of time, Cameron hired an expert to teach the actors how to hold their breath for a long time. Kate Winslet was able to hold her breath for the longest for over a staggering seven minutes!

Answer: Neytiri

Neytiri is the first native person to set eyes on Jake and originally plans to kill him, but recieves a sign from Eywa that suggests she shouldn't. After taking him to the home of the Omaticaya and to see her father, Eytucan, she is assigned to teach him their ways. For months she teaches him to live and speak like the Na'vi and gradually grows close to him until they become a mated pair.

Answer: The Tree of Souls

Quaritch detects that the Na'vi are accumulating their forces, and fears that they will soon have enough warriors to overwhelm the RDA base on Pandora. He knows that the Na'vi regard the Tree of Souls as their most important connection to their deity, Eywa, and he correctly concludes that the sacred tree would make an ideal target. In a speech to his troops that consists mostly of fear-mongering and manipulation, he convinces them that they should "strike at the heart of the Na'vi" by destroying the Tree of Souls. "We will fight terror with terror!" he proclaims.

Jake learns of the impending attack from Max Patel, a scientist from the RDA base, and starts mapping out his strategy to defend the Tree of Souls with Trudy and Norm. "We're going up against gunships with bows and arrows," Trudy observes, adding that she would prefer not to end up a martyr. Jake responds by saying that they have the advantage, as they are familiar with the terrain, and that the powerful flux vortex will wreak havoc with the RDA's instruments and guidance systems. When it is pointed out that the Na'vi will never recover if Quaritch succeeds in destroying their connection to Eywa, Jake's response is direct and to-the-point. "Well I guess we better stop him," he says.

Answer: Dreamwalkers

Jake is greeted with trepidation when he enters Hometree because he is instantly recognizable as an avatar - apart from his human clothes, Jake also possesses five digits on each hand; one more than the four digits on the hands of the Na'vi. Eytukan, the leader of the Omaticaya, asks his daughter why she has brought Jake here, when he had previously said that Dreamwalkers were forbidden from entering Hometree. When Neytiri speaks of the sign from Eywa, Jake's fate is left to Mo'at, the tribe's spiritual leader or Tsahik - the one in charge of interpreting the will of Eywa. Jake informs her that he wishes to learn from them, but Mo'at has her doubts. "We have tried to teach other Sky People," she says, in reference to the humans who have come before him. "It is hard to fill a cup that is already full." Nevertheless, she decides that Jake can stay. Even Eytukan is attracted to the prospect that they may gain some knowledge from the "first warrior Dreamwalker". To Neytiri's dismay, she is tasked by Mo'at to teach Jake the ways of the Omaticaya clan.

Eytukan is portrayed by Wes Studi and Mo'at is portrayed by CCH Pounder.

Answer: Toruk

The Toruk was tamed by Jake to get the Omaticaya's respect back, which he successfully did. He knew that only five Na'vi had ever tamed it, because Neytiri told him. He found them at their Tree of Souls, successfully gained their trust, and was optimistic about the chances of saving Augustine.

Answer: Jake's children are being held as hostages.

Like Moby Dick, the Tulkun have poachers who want to kill them for a precious oil found in the whale's brain. Since Payakan is an outcast, Lo'ak is the only one who can warn the whale of the imminent danger from the poachers. Lo'ak's siblings won't let him go alone... so they all go to warn Payakan together. As they try to warn Payakan, Colonel Quaritch and his men show up with the whaling vessel. Three of the Sully kids and the Metkayina chieftain's son are captured. Colonel Quaritch offers to let the kids go in exchange for Sully, who soon allows himself to be made a prisoner.

Interesting information: James Cameron wanted all four of the "Avatar" sequels to be written entirely BEFORE he even started filming "The Way of Water". It took five writers eight months to complete the whole story.

Answer: Grace used to run an English school for the Na'vi.

Grace used to run an English school for the Na'vi. As relationships between Selfridge, his human army and the Na'vi became more strained they no longer came to learn and lost a lot of trust in their alien friends. Grace is a very kind individual with a harsh streak and isn't afraid to speak her mind. When Jake persuades Eytucan to let Grace back into the Home Tree, the children are excited to see their old teacher again.

Answer: By throwing a grenade in its engine intake duct

In one of the more thrilling scenes in the film's climactic battle sequence, Jake flies over the Valkyrie with his Toruk and lands gracefully on top of the shuttle. Moving swiftly, he neutralizes the RDA troops in the ship's machine gun turret and throws a grenade into an engine intake duct before leaping off the side of the shuttle and onto the back of his Toruk in a perfectly choreographed maneuver. The explosion sends the shuttle into a downward-angled dive, causing the daisy-cutter explosives to roll back into the ship's cargo bay. The Valkyrie crashes on the forest floor and explodes in a massive fireball before it can reach the Tree of Souls. Jake then tries to employ a similar tactic with Quaritch's Dragon gunship.

Answer: Mo'at

Mo'at was the Omaticaya clan's shaman, and Jake asked Mo'at to heal Augustine, but they were not successful. The clan attempted to put Augustine's soul into her avatar, but she died before the ritual ended. Mo'at was Eytucan's mate, and was Neytiri's mother. Mo'at was played by C.C.H. Pounder.

Answer: Payakan

Jake sees no other choice but to turn himself in to save his children's lives. He is slowly making his way to Quaritch's ship when suddenly Payakan breaches the water and lands on the ship causing chaos and massive damage. Jake then opts for the more exciting plan B where the Na'vi joins the outcast Tulkun in fighting the foreign invaders. A memorable epic battle ensues that is hard to forget. All I know is if I am ever in a sea battle on Pandora, I would want Payakan on my side!

Interesting fact: "The Way of Water", like the first movie, used 48 frames per second compared to most movies that use 24 fps. The film also averaged about 500 iterations per shot to get the perfect image for every frame. What this ended up meaning is it took about 8,000 hours of computer rendering for ONE frame, or 384,000 hours per second of the film... or over 4.4 billion hours to computer render the whole film. Cameron actually paid Google to set up a special cloud just for the task.

Answer: Bows and arrows

This quote is said by Trudy Chacon. It refers to the fact that the Na'v.i have considerably less weaponry then Miles Quaritch and his crew, who we know have a huge amount of fire power from the time they managed to shatter the roots of the enourmous Home Tree. It is said within link up station 26 as Jake, Norm and Trudy discuss their options on how to defeat their opponent.