Unicorn on the Cob Trivia Quiz

Answer: Blade Runner

"Blade Runner" (1982) is based on the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (1968) by Philip K. Dick. The movie is about human-like artificial replicants who escape to Earth and are hunted down.

There are several versions of the movie. In 1982 the "Domestic Cut" was released in US theaters and the "International Cut" was released elsewhere. This "International Cut" was later called the "Criterion Edition". The "Director's Cut" was released in 1991. The "Final Cut" (2007) was the only version where director Ridley Scott was completely in charge of the edits.

The origami figures have symbolic meanings that either reinforce or provide subtext to the plot. Without the unicorn dream, the origami unicorn could mean several things, and most likely refers to Rachael: as a replicant among humans, she is like a unicorn among horses. However, when Deckard's dream about a unicorn is included as part of the movie, the origami unicorn take on a different meaning: another character knows what Deckard is dreaming about, due to replicants having implanted memories.

Answer: Rarity

"My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" (beginning in 2010) was created by Lauren Faust, who left the show after a year.

Rarity is supposed to be more beautiful than the other ponies, which is hard to convey in the art alone. To highlight her beauty, Spike the Dragon has a crush on Rarity.

While "alicorn" is used in "Friendship is Magic" to refer to winged unicorns, the term alicorn is used to refer to the horn of a unicorn.

Answer: Tim Curry

"Legend" (1985) does have a happy ending - the unicorn's horn is returned and the creature is brought back to life.

Recordings of humpback whales were used as the sound of the playing unicorns.

Answer: Christmas

"Ally McBeal" (1997-2002) starred Calista Flockhart as the title character, a lawyer. The show used fantasy sequences to show daydreams and wishful thinking, but the unicorn was apparently more than just a delusion.

The legal case of the episode involved a client who was fired for seeing a unicorn, and who did not want to deny that he saw it.

Answer: Despicable Me

"Despicable Me" (2010) is about a super-villain who adopts 3 girls as part of a plan, but eventually comes to care for the girls.

Agnes really likes unicorns, and there are several in this movie.

Agnes screams "It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!" when she gets a plush unicorn after Gru wins a game at Super Silly Fun Land.

At the end of the movie, Gru reads the book "One Big Unicorn" to the girls, which he wrote himself.

Answer: Korean

Raincorns are unicorn/rainbow creatures, with stretchy bodies that have colored stripes, like a rainbow (except for orange).

The Rainicorn-Dog Wars lasted for thousands of years in the Crystal Dimension. Bob Rainicorn, Lady Rainicorn's father, fought in the wars.

Lady Rainicorn understands when other characters speak English to her, but usually speaks Korean. She sometimes wears a translating device. She has spoken English, when she says she is pregnant.

Answer: Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Neil Patrick Harris is in all three of the "Harold & Kumar films: "Harold & Kumar Go to While Castle" (2004), "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" (2008), and "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" (2011). Each film features friends Harold and Kumar and their misadventures getting food, being mistaken for terrorists, or finding a replacement Christmas tree.

Harris won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical in 2014 for his work in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch", and is probably best known for his television work, with major roles in "Doogie Howser, M.D." (1989-1993) and "How I Met Your Mother" (2005-2014).

Answer: by fighting

"Gravity Falls" is an animated television program that premiered in 2012. Created by Alex Hirsch, the show features twins Dipper and Mabel exploring the weirdness around the Mystery Shack, where they are spending the summer with their great-uncle Stan.

The unicorn Celestabellebethabelle lies and says that Mabel isn't a good person, but later other unicorns arrive and expose the scam, which results in a fight. The girls later show up at the Mystery Shack with the unicorn hair, covered in rainbow fluids.

Answer: the Red Bull

King Haggard used the Red Bull to drive the other unicorns into the sea. The harpy, manticore, and Midgard Serpent are all part of Mommy Fortuna's Midnight Carnival. While most of the carnival attractions are fake, the harpy is real.

Peter S. Beagle wrote the screenplay for "The Last Unicorn" (1982), an animated movie based on his 1968 book.

"Two Hearts", a novelette that continues the story, was first published in 2005 in the magazine "Fantasy and Science Fiction".

Answer: a pair of scissors

"Star vs. the Forces of Evil", created by Daron Nefcy, premiered in 2015. It is the second animated program created by a woman for Disney Television Animation. ("Pepper Ann" (1997-2000) was created by Sue Rose.

Star Butterfly is an exchange student from a magical dimension, who needs to protect her magic wand from falling into the wrong hands.