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The Abyss (1989)
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  Plunge into "The Abyss"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
See how much you know about "The Abyss" through this quiz! Good luck! This is on the Special Edition DVD.
Average, 10 Qns, CAGuy0206, Oct 22 20
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Oct 22 20
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  Ultimate "The Abyss", Part One   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Basic or obscure, easy or hard, this quiz will cover all the bases on this awesome movie! Note: The quiz includes info from the Special Edition version of the movie!
Difficult, 15 Qns, ben3, Oct 09 07
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  'The Abyss' Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I'll give you a quote, you tell me who said it.
Average, 10 Qns, SecretHope, Sep 15 01
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  Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Two   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Here are more questions on this great movie. If you haven't done part one yet, do that first, since the questions run in roughly chronological order. And like part one, this quiz is based on the Special Edition version of the movie.
Tough, 15 Qns, ben3, Oct 13 07
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  Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Three    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This final installment of my "ultimate quiz" focuses on tidbits about the production of the movie, as opposed the actual plot of the movie. Most of these questions are culled from the "making of" documentaries contained in the Special Edition DVD set.
Tough, 10 Qns, ben3, Oct 14 07
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  'The Abyss'- The Ultimate Movie    
Multiple Choice
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This quiz is on the Special Edition version of the film, not the theatrical version. I thought that it worked for both, but it doesn't. Sorry.
Tough, 10 Qns, SecretHope, Aug 09 02
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trivia question Quick Question
When Lindsey goes to confront Coffey over the warhead, what does she bang on the door with?

From Quiz "Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Two"





The Abyss Trivia Questions
1. A quote from which philosopher appeared at the very beginning of the film?

From Quiz Plunge into "The Abyss"

Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche

Just before the opening credits, there's a quote in the film by the philosopher named Friedrich Nietzsche which reads like this, "...when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you." This refers to the film's title since the central plot refers to a group of people who look into deep waters to locate a lost submarine with warheads. The abyss in this sense refers to the water where the group is looking for the submarine and then another life force looks back at them from the water's bottom floor.

2. Who was the director of this ground-breaking film?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Three

Answer: James Cameron

Cameron's introduction of the complex, computer-generated "water tentacle" in this movie foreshadowed the much more extensive use of this fledgling technology in his later films, most notably in the "Terminator" series.

3. When Bud and Lindsey are examining the photos she took of the mysterious underwater object, what is stuck to the window in the background?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Two

Answer: a suction-cup Garfield the Cat doll

Later in the movie, Coffey takes the nuclear warhead to this same room, and Garfield is still there! The room is maintenance room B, by the way.

4. This quote appears at the very beginning of the movie: "When you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you...". To what famous philosopher is this quote attributed?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part One

Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche

It's a pretty deep quote (no pun intended!). I'm not quite sure what it's supposed to mean, but it IS a good quote for a movie named "The Abyss." This quote was removed from the theatrical version because the same quote had been used in the movie "Criminal Law" just a few months before "The Abyss" opened in theaters.

5. 'Probably shouldn't have married her then, huh?'

From Quiz 'The Abyss' Quotes

Answer: Hippy

He says it to Bud after he comments about how much he hates Lindsey.

6. What is the name of the oil rig designed by Lindsey Brigman?

From Quiz 'The Abyss'- The Ultimate Movie

Answer: Deepcore

Actually, it's Deepcore II, but I wonder, whatever happened to Deepcore I?

7. Who was the producer for this film?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Three

Answer: Gale Anne Hurd

Hurd was married to Cameron from 1985 to 1989. Interestingly, the year they divorced coincided with the year this film was released. Do you suppose there might be some connection there? Hurd has produced many notable films, including "The Terminator", "Aliens", "Armageddon" and "Hulk".

8. What is the name of the news reporter who does a live report on board a ship? (His name is flashed onscreen at the beginning of his report.)

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Two

Answer: Bill Tyler

The Deep Core crew see this report while watching the TV news (they get TV feeds from the surface). The reports focus on increased US/USSR tensions in the area where the sub went down. The news reports alarm the crew greatly, as they begin to understand the implications and seriousness of their situation.

9. What is the name of the nuclear submarine that crashes at the beginning of the film?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part One

Answer: USS Montana

The power systems on the sub fail when the mysterious unidentified vehicle comes near, but by the time power is restored it's too late to reverse course. The sub crashes into the wall of the trench and sinks.

10. 'Luck is not a factor.'

From Quiz 'The Abyss' Quotes

Answer: Lindsey

On her descent along the umbilical cable... in response to 'Roger that, Cab 3. Good luck.'

11. What song do One Night (in Flatbed), Bud, and Hippy start singing when they are moving Deepcore to a site closer to the Montana?

From Quiz 'The Abyss'- The Ultimate Movie

Answer: 'Willing'

Listen to the lyrics to get the answer for this one... (or just read the script, like I did! Yes, I know that's cheating!).

12. Who was given CPR in this movie?

From Quiz Plunge into "The Abyss"

Answer: Lindsey Brigman

After Lt. Coffey died, Lindsey and Bud realized their mini-sub had been damaged and water began to flood inside. There was only one wet suit and Lindsey told Bud he should wear it and then swim back to the platform where the other team members were while carrying Lindsey with him. Once there, Bud would revive Lindsey since it was her hope the cold water could keep her alive but unconscious. When Bud and Lindsey got back to the platform, a defibrillator was used on Lindsey but she would not wake up. Bud then used traditional CPR tactics in order to revive Lindsey and he was successful.

13. Where was the massive "Deep Core" underwater set located?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Three

Answer: abandoned nuclear power plant building

At the time of filming, the largest underwater movie set ever constructed was located in the reactor containment building of an abandoned nuclear power plant in Gaffney, South Carolina. The massive structure proved to be the perfect solution for the problem of holding the huge volume of water, some seven million gallons, required for such a set.

14. While surveying the damage done to Deep Core from being dragged, what crew member's dead body do they see via the security cameras?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Two

Answer: Perry

While surveying the damage via video cameras after the crisis, the surviving crew members find the body of Perry. Bud says, "So that's it, then. Finler, McWorter, Dietz and Perry."

15. What order does the sub's Captain issue when he realizes their situation is hopeless and the sub is going to sink?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part One

Answer: "Launch the buoy"

He orders a buoy launched that gives the sub's position to rescuers. It is shown on the surface with a blinking white light after it has been launched. In reality, the position of nuclear subs, and the cargo and information they carry, is so secret that they do not carry such buoys. It often takes months, or even years, to locate such a wreck.

16. 'You see this? They used to call this the Hammer.'

From Quiz 'The Abyss' Quotes

Answer: Catfish

To Hippy, when they get in a bit of a fight.

17. What is the name of Hippy's rat?

From Quiz 'The Abyss'- The Ultimate Movie

Answer: Beany

I love the part when he puts Beany into a Ziploc baggy to make sure she doesn't get wet or drown... his devotion to her is amazing!

18. What weapon did Bud use to defend himself from Lt. Coffey?

From Quiz Plunge into "The Abyss"

Answer: Pipe

After Lt. Coffey made it known he intended to use a warhead to kill the alien species down on the ocean's floor, he attempted to escape by using a mini-sub so Bud confronted him about this. The two fought and it was at one point during the fight when Lt. Coffey got out a knife so Bud used a nearby pipe as defense against Lt. Coffey. There was a moment during the fight when Lt. Coffey strangled Bud with some cords. At the end of the fight, someone got into the room where Lt. Coffey and Bud fought and punched Lt. Coffey in the face. Lt. Coffey then got into the mini sub and headed down to the bottom of the ocean.

19. What title did the cast and crew jokingly say a sequel to "The Abyss" should be named?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Three

Answer: Son of Abyss

The other choices may be just as fitting, but the "Son of Abyss" joke ran rampant during production. The shoot was extremely difficult, and proved physically and mentally traumatic for most of the cast and crew. They even had buttons and shirts made with the movie logo, but with the words "The Abuse" in place of the movie's proper title.

20. What is on the hat that Catfish wears?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Two

Answer: Arkansas

It says Arkansas, and has the razorback pig logo on it. He wears the hat throughout the movie.

21. In the scene that introduces us to Deep Core and its crew, Bud tells Harry to clean up. What does Bud say about how dirty it is?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part One

Answer: "It's starting to look like my apartment."

Bud issues this order as he is heading to the tool pusher's office to take a phone call from the surface. The phone call is from a Benthic Petroleum supervisor who is calling to tell him about the sub sinking, and to recruit the Deep Core team for the rescue operation. If it looked like his apartment, then I wonder why he wanted it cleaned up?

22. 'Those guys are about as much fun as a tax audit.'

From Quiz 'The Abyss' Quotes

Answer: Lindsey

After she comes out of the compression chamber, in which she spent 6 hours with the Navy SEALS.

23. When the pseudopod visits the team, whose faces does it mimic?

From Quiz 'The Abyss'- The Ultimate Movie

Answer: Lindsey's and Bud's

If it weren't for the characters actually saying 'It's Bud...' or 'It's you, Lindsay', I wouldn't be able to tell. The computer animation isn't all it's cracked up to be!

24. Near the beginning of the movie, who said the vessel the team was on had started to look like his apartment?

From Quiz Plunge into "The Abyss"

Answer: Virgil "Bud" Brigman

Bud was doing some work on the vessel when someone notified him that he had a phone call. Bud asked who it was so the person said it was from the people who hired them to locate the nuclear submarine. As Bud proceeded to the place where the phone was, he instructed someone to start cleaning up since the vessel began to look like his apartment.

25. James Cameron had directed "The Terminator" five years prior to the release of "The Abyss". What was another connection between these two films, besides Cameron?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Three

Answer: both of these

Biehn played the part of Kyle, John Connor's biological father from the future, in "The Terminator". In the scene in "The Terminator II" where the good Terminator and the Connors hid out in a gas station, the name on the pumps at that station was "Benthic Petroleum". Another connection was Gale Anne Hurd, who was producer for both films.

26. Once the Deep Core crew members begin to understand how events on the surface have spiralled out of control (into a situation resembling the Cuban Missile Crisis), Hippy says the whole thing rates "about a 9.5" on what scale of measurement?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Two

Answer: sphincter factor

As the crew discusses the situation, Hippy says, "This (stinks). I give this whole thing a sphincter factor of about 9.5". I can only assume that when Lindsey storms off to confront Coffey over the nuclear weapon he brought aboard Deep Core that the rating would then warrant a full "10" on the scale!

27. Bud wears a hat with the logo of which professional sports team?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part One

Answer: New York Yankees

He wears it in all the scenes in the first third or so of the film, then doesn't wear it anymore for the duration of the film. I think he got separated from it in the chaos of the rig being dragged, although you never actually see this.

28. 'Wow, you're right! Us poor dumb ol' boys might have had to think for ourselves. Could have been a disaster.'

From Quiz 'The Abyss' Quotes

Answer: Bud

After Lindsey says, 'You need me. Nobody knows the systems on this rig better than I do. Once you're disconnected from the Explorer you're on your own for however long this storm lasts. I mean what if something was to happen after the surface support took off, what would you have done?'

29. Who was seen wearing a cowboy hat throughout the movie?

From Quiz Plunge into "The Abyss"

Answer: Lisa "One Night" Standing

Lisa Standing was a member of the crew on the vessel to find the nuclear submarine and she was easy to distinguish from the other crew members since she always wore a cowboy hat. In one scene, Lisa was seen assisting many members of the crew when they went down to inspect the nuclear submarine. In another scene, Lisa encouraged Lindsey to talk to Bud through a microphone device to calm his nerves when he dove deep down into the ocean.

30. When Lindsey goes to confront Coffey over the warhead, what does she bang on the door with?

From Quiz Ultimate "The Abyss", Part Two

Answer: a fire extinguisher

This confrontation scene sets up my favorite line of the entire movie. After her unsuccessful attempt to reason with Coffey, Bud tells Lindsey, "Look, he's operating on his own. He's cut off from his chain of command. He's showing signs of pressure-induced psychosis, and he's got a nuclear weapon. So as a personal favor to me, will you try to put your tongue in neutral for a while?" I just think it's funny how Bud says "and he's got a nuclear weapon" so matter-of-factly, as if it's a common situation.

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