Stargate (1994)
Characters: Dr. Daniel Jackson (linguist? archaeologist?)
Col. Jack O'Neil
Catherine Langford
Skaara (the main kid)
Sha'uri
1. Where and when is the archaeological dig at in the opening scenes?
2. Who is the woman who offers Dr. Jackson a job (not her name, but who is she from the beginning of the movie)?
3. What is Daniel Jackson's specialty (your answer may change later in the movie)?
4. How old are the "cover stones," according to radiocarbon and "sonic" tests?
5. What does Daniel see on the newspaper that makes him understand the Stargate symbols?
6. Where does the probe go when it enters the Stargate?
7. According to Dr. Jackson, what is the structure on the other side of the Stargate?
8. Why do the aliens bow to Jackson when they first meet him?
9. What does the alien iguana taste like?
10. What is the nature of writing in the alien town (i.e., who writes)?
(Pay close attention to the scene where Daniel miraculously deciphers the history of Ra)
11. Who is Ra in this story and how did he acquire human form?
12. Why did Ra outlaw reading and writing on the Stargate planet?
13. Why can't Daniel decipher the last (seventh) symbol on the stone?
14. How is Daniel saved after being shot?
15. Why does Ra say he chose the human race? According to Ra, who created human civilization?
16. What is Ra's plan to destroy Earth?
17. How does Sha'uri convince the kids that they should not be slaves to Ra anymore?
18. What is the seventh symbol (after Daniel finds it)?
19. How is Ra killed in the end?
20. What happens to Daniel Jackson at the end of the movie?