[JenB]

Oh, wow, that's a hard list...
1. I have no idea.
2. 101
3. Simulacra Theory
4. Er..
5. No idea
6. The Smithfield ? Street bridge overpass
7. Xion (Do I get bonus points for the right spelling?)
8. Reagan
9. the Nebuchanezzer
10. 30 years?
11. The "Heart of the City" hotel
12. Room 303 - where Trinity was at the start of the movie
Not going to try the simulacra theory though I should know it better than I do since I am a computer geek...

[My back yard]

Wow, those are some good answers. Really close. Should I post the answers? Or wait a little longer? I'll wait. :)

[My back yard]

Ok here are the answers. (BTW Matrix, when it came out, was the only movie I have seen at the theater almost as many times as I saw TTT. Good Science Fiction. Really looking forward to it next week. But I don't expect it to be as good as the first one.)

Matrix Quiz #2069


1. What is the guy's name who comes to knock on Neo's apartment door? Choi.

2. What is Neo's apartment # ? 101

3. What is the title on the book where Neo hides his money and stuff? Simulacra and Simulation.

4. What is the name on the building where Neo works? Metacortex.

5. What is his boss's last name? Rhineheart.

6. Where does Neo agree to meet with Morpheus? Adams Street bridge.

7. If the war was over tomorrow, where would the party be? Zion.

8. What is Cypher's last name? Reagan.

9. What is the name of Morpheus's ship? Nebuchadnezzar

10. How old is it, approximately? 130 by the date built - 2069, and if the current year is close to 2199.

11. In what hotel does Agent Smith catch up with Neo and shoot him? Heart O' the City.

12. What is the room # ? 303

And, for 1,000 bonus points, explain Jean Baudrillard's Simulcra Theory as it relates to this movie.

Anything remotely simular to --

Divorced of actual need, the economy of production, distribution and exchange follows abstract non-objective meanings of consumerist prestige. There is no constraint on the semiotic system, and unhooked from any reality it "provides its own simulcrum"

Or not!