Win Free Tickets to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Test your knowledge in our trivia contest
Want to see the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Enter our trivia contest by 1 p.m. today for a chance to win two free tickets to a screening of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 at Regal Fenway Stadium 13 tonight. Photo courtesy of Marvel
The unlikeliest superheroes ride again. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the follow-up to the 2014 surprise smash-hit Marvel/Walt Disney Studios film, opens today. The original featured five relatively unknown heroes from the Marvel catalog, who together brought an irresistible combination of action and comedy to the big screen. Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, and Bradley Cooper, the original grossed over $770 million worldwide, and the highly anticipated sequel is expected to gross more than $1 billion worldwide.
To celebrate the new film’s arrival, BU Today is hosting a trivia contest. Our lucky winner will receive two tickets to a screening tonight at Regal Fenway Stadium 13.
To enter, answer the questions below and email them to today@bu.edu by 1 p.m. today, Friday, May 5. Be sure to include your phone number, email address, and BU affiliation. Each person answering all questions correctly will be entered in a drawing for two tickets to tonight’s showing of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 at 8:45 p.m. at Regal Fenway Stadium 13, 201 Brookline Ave., Boston.
We’ll contact the lucky winner and announce the name on BU Today by 2 p.m., so be sure to check back this afternoon.
1. Chris Pratt reprises his role as Peter Quill/Star-Lord. After vaulting to superstardom in 2014, Pratt was the star of which major franchise, rebooted in 2015?
2. Quill’s spaceship is named after his boyhood crush on which real-life ’80s TV child star?
3. Liam Neeson, Christoph Waltz, and Gary Oldman were among the Hollywood actors considered for the role of Quill’s father. What famous actor who began his career as a child star got the role?
4. Groot, the first film’s breakout computer-generated character, famously speaks only one phrase, “I am Groot,” but the other Guardians understand that he is saying much more. The actor voicing him recorded more than 100 takes of the phrase for the film. Who was that actor?
5. Zoe Saldana returns as the neon-green alien warrior Gamora. Saldana is no stranger to brightly colored characters as a star in what 2009 blockbuster space adventure?
6. Michael Rooker again plays archery expert Yondu. Out of makeup, he is best known for his role on what television series?
7. James Gunn was tapped to direct the Guardians franchise after helming which 2010 film?
8. Former professional wrestler Dave Bautista became famous as Drax in the original Guardians of the Galaxy. Between the two Guardians films, he played a nearly silent assassin in what film about a famous spy?
9. The first film’s soundtrack topped the Billboard charts, a first for a movie soundtrack that wasn’t original. Which Swedish rock band performs the film’s most notable song, a cover of “Hooked on a Feeling”?
10. Which popular snack’s packaging was redesigned to play the sequel’s soundtrack when the seal is broken?
Catch a preview of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 here.
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