Question 1

In the opening scene, Kusanagi assassinates a foreign diplomat to prevent whose defection?

Accepted Answer

A programmer named Daita

Question 2

Just before the hit, a teammate complains of interference on the comm line. How does Kusanagi explain the static in her brain?

Accepted Answer

It's that time of the month.

Question 3

After the kill, how does Kusanagi vanish from the building?

Accepted Answer

She strips to a thermoptic camouflage suit and drops off the ledge.

Question 4

The ghost-hacking of the Foreign Minister's interpreter is believed to be aimed at disrupting talks with which country?

Accepted Answer

The Gavel Republic

Question 5

What complicates those talks politically?

Accepted Answer

Colonel Maless, leader of the old ruling junta, seeking asylum in Japan

Question 6

Why does Kusanagi say she pulled Togusa out of the regular police into Section 9?

Accepted Answer

Overspecialization breeds weakness in any team.

Question 7

What weapon does Togusa insist on carrying instead of standard issue?

Accepted Answer

An old revolver

Question 8

What pattern finally lets Section 9 narrow down the hacker?

Accepted Answer

The hacking points match a garbage truck's collection route.

Question 9

How often does the hacker shift to a new access point?

Accepted Answer

Every seven minutes

Question 10

What does the garbage man believe he is doing when he runs the ghost-hack program?

Accepted Answer

Getting at his wife, who he believes is cheating, over their daughter

Question 11

How does Batou expose the invisible, camouflaged gunman fleeing through the crowded market?

Accepted Answer

He shoots into a stack of produce so the mess splatters his outline.

Question 12

Where does Kusanagi finally take that fugitive down?

Accepted Answer

At the bank of a canal

Question 13

What does the interrogation reveal about the garbage man's cherished photo of his daughter?

Accepted Answer

It's a picture of him alone.

Question 14

When Batou questions her about deep-sea diving in a body that would sink, what does Kusanagi say she feels down there?

Accepted Answer

Fear, anxiety, loneliness, darkness, and maybe hope

Question 15

Drifting through the city afterward, what does Kusanagi see that unnerves her?

Accepted Answer

A woman in a window who looks exactly like her

Question 16

Which company manufactures the shell the Puppet Master ends up occupying?

Accepted Answer

Megatech Body

Question 17

How is the runaway shell stopped after it escapes the factory?

Accepted Answer

It's hit by a truck on the highway.

Question 18

What does Section 9 find strange about the wrecked shell on the examination table?

Accepted Answer

It has no brain cells at all, yet shows signs of a ghost.

Question 19

What does the reactivated shell demand?

Accepted Answer

To be granted political asylum as a living, thinking life form

Question 20

How is the shell removed from Section 9's custody?

Accepted Answer

Nakamura's camouflaged escort creates a diversion and snatches it.

Question 21

How does Togusa manage to track the getaway car?

Accepted Answer

He fires a tracer slug into the license plate.

Question 22

What does Section 9's digging into Project 2501 uncover about its origins?

Accepted Answer

It was built by Dr. Willis and the programmer for ministry dirty tricks.

Question 23

In the abandoned building, Kusanagi climbs onto the walking tank and tries to tear its hatch open. What happens?

Accepted Answer

Her own arms tear apart under the strain.

Question 24

What does the tank's gunfire destroy on the wall behind Kusanagi?

Accepted Answer

A mural of an evolutionary tree of life

Question 25

What does the Puppet Master say it cannot do, which it considers essential to being alive?

Accepted Answer

Reproduce, and die

Question 26

Who is sent to destroy both brains and bury Project 2501?

Accepted Answer

Section 6 snipers arriving by helicopter

Question 27

What does Batou lose in that final attack?

Accepted Answer

Part of an arm

Question 28

How does Kusanagi survive the sniper fire?

Accepted Answer

Batou shields her head with his body.

Question 29

Where does Kusanagi wake up afterward, and in what?

Accepted Answer

Batou's safe house, in a child-sized body

Question 30

In the final scene, she alludes to having put away childish things now that she's grown. What does she then say about where she can go from here?

Accepted Answer

That the net is vast and limitless

The Ultimate Ghost in the Shell (1995) Trivia Quiz

2) Just before the hit, a teammate complains of interference on the comm line. How does Kusanagi explain the static in her brain?

3) After the kill, how does Kusanagi vanish from the building?

4) The ghost-hacking of the Foreign Minister's interpreter is believed to be aimed at disrupting talks with which country?

5) What complicates those talks politically?

6) Why does Kusanagi say she pulled Togusa out of the regular police into Section 9?

7) What weapon does Togusa insist on carrying instead of standard issue?

8) What pattern finally lets Section 9 narrow down the hacker?

9) How often does the hacker shift to a new access point?

10) What does the garbage man believe he is doing when he runs the ghost-hack program?

11) How does Batou expose the invisible, camouflaged gunman fleeing through the crowded market?

12) Where does Kusanagi finally take that fugitive down?

13) What does the interrogation reveal about the garbage man's cherished photo of his daughter?

14) When Batou questions her about deep-sea diving in a body that would sink, what does Kusanagi say she feels down there?

15) Drifting through the city afterward, what does Kusanagi see that unnerves her?

16) Which company manufactures the shell the Puppet Master ends up occupying?

17) How is the runaway shell stopped after it escapes the factory?

18) What does Section 9 find strange about the wrecked shell on the examination table?

19) What does the reactivated shell demand?

20) How is the shell removed from Section 9's custody?

21) How does Togusa manage to track the getaway car?

22) What does Section 9's digging into Project 2501 uncover about its origins?

23) In the abandoned building, Kusanagi climbs onto the walking tank and tries to tear its hatch open. What happens?

24) What does the tank's gunfire destroy on the wall behind Kusanagi?

25) What does the Puppet Master say it cannot do, which it considers essential to being alive?

26) Who is sent to destroy both brains and bury Project 2501?

27) What does Batou lose in that final attack?

28) How does Kusanagi survive the sniper fire?

29) Where does Kusanagi wake up afterward, and in what?

30) In the final scene, she alludes to having put away childish things now that she's grown. What does she then say about where she can go from here?