Paris, Texas, and other movies and TVs
Aliens!
Capers and Capers
Moore and More
McGilliana
200
Is there a ____ on board? In Lost, the main protagonist Jack Shepard was this, before he is marooned on a mysterious island after a horrific plane crash. (Job title)
A doctor
200
The 1947 Roswell UFO incident occurred in which US state?
New Mexico
200
In 1911, which famous painting was stolen, and then returned in 1914, from the Louvre? (Caper as in robbery. Get it?)
The Mona Lisa
200
Moore’s law predicts which component of a microchip doubles every 4 years?
The number of transistors
200
Which university in Western Canada was originally affiliated with McGill?
The University of British Columbia
400
What is the capital of the American state known as Lone Star State?
Austin, Texas
400
Director of Alien, Director Ridley Scott also directed this famous sci-fi movie starring Harrison Ford. What is the name of this movie which also has a 2017 sequel?
Blade Runner
400
What superhero colleague is super against capes. (Caper as in superhero. Get it?)
Edna
400
Which planet has MORE moons? Jupiter or Saturn.
Saturn
400
In mythology, the martlet, of which there are 3 on McGill’s coat of arms, lacks what part of their bodies?
Feet
600
The entrance to the Louvre in Paris features a glass pyramid as the main visitor entrance. How many glass pyramids are part of this enclosure in total?
5
600
What is the title of this 1996 Tim Burton cult classic pictured below?
Mars Attack!
600
With the scientific name Capparis spinosa, what part of this plant is dried and pickled, and sold in supermarkets as capers to be used in cooking? (Capers as in capers. Get it?)
Flower buds
600
What is the name of the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that features Holmes, Watson, Hounds, and Moors?
The Hound of the Baskervilles
600
Which infamous CIA funded project had experiments take place in the Allan Memorial Institute on Avenue Pine?
(Project) MKUltra
800
Spell out Dumbledore’s full name (Spelling counts)
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
800
What is the name of the character from a famous American animated science fiction sitcom, who travels back in time and impregnates his own grandmother, becoming his own grandfather?
Philip J. Fry
800
What is the name for this geological formation?
Cape
800
The American director Michael Moore directed the documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. The title of this film alludes to which novel by writer Ray Bradbury?
Fahrenheit 451
800
What department did the James Admin building originally house? (Hint: There is a stone frog above the main entrance)
The biology department
1000
What is the name of the novel by Madeline L’Engle that Ted Lasso gives to Roy in the show Ted Lasso, which served as the inspiration for tesseract travel in Nolan’s 2014 hit Interstellar.
A Wrinkle In Time
1000
There are 4 Alien movies in the original franchise. Write their names in the correct order. (Spelling counts.)
Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection
1000
Bonnie and Clyde, the infamous American bank robber couple is the name of a song performed by Bridgette Bardot, and which famous French singer-songwriter? (Capers as in robbers. Get it?)
Serge Gainsbourg
1000
In what century were the Moors expelled from Spain? (1 century of deviation accepted)
17th century. (16th and 18th accepted.)
1000
Which international agency, which shares a word with the statutory holiday, which fell on Monday September 2nd this year, temporarily relocated its headquarters to McGill during WW2?
The International Labour Organization