Darwinism
Earth Science
Not Science
Outer Space
Science in Movies
100

What is evolution?

The process through which species change over time through variations and natural selection.

100

What is the Earth's outermost layer called?

Crust

100

Name any Star Wars character.

Answers may vary.

100

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Jupiter

100

In Jurassic Park (1993), what type of ancient creature is brought back to life using preserved DNA?

Dinosaurs (counts if you name any dinosaur)

200
What is natural selection?

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

200

Which type of rock is formed from cooled and solidified magma or lava?

Igneous

200

What time is best to visit the dentist?

Tooth Hurtie

200

What force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?

Gravitational force

200

In Interstellar (2014), what real scientific theory is heavily featured when the crew travels through a wormhole?

General relativity

300

Which group of islands played a crucial role in Darwin’s development of his theory of evolution?

Galapagos Islands

300

What is the term for the process where sediment is transported and deposited by wind, water, or ice?

Erosion

300

*DOUBLE JEOPARDY*

Name that movie: A grasshopper and his army force an ant colony to harvest food for them.

A Bug's Life

300

Which moon in our solar system is known for having an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface?

Europa (moon of Jupiter)

300

In The Martian (2015), what crop does the astronaut Mark Watney grow on Mars to survive?

Potatoes

400

What is the name of Charles Darwin’s famous book that introduced the theory of natural selection?

On the Origin of Species

400

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago?

Pangaea

400
Which famous Frontiersman fought for Andrew Jackson and eventually met his doom at the Alamo?

Davy Crockett

400

What type of planets drift through space without a star to orbit, wandering in complete darkness?

Rogue planets
400

In Gravity (2013), what causes the catastrophic destruction of the space shuttle, setting off the events of the film?

Space debris

500

In natural selection, what term describes a trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival and reproduction?

Adaptation

500

What type of seismic wave moves the fastest and is the first to be detected by seismographs?

P-waves (Primary waves)

500

What famous restaurant is known for always being open even in the harshest of times? FEMA has named one of their metric indexes after this restaurant.

Waffle House (the waffle house index)

500

What is the theoretical boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape?

Event horizon

500

In Inception (2010), what scientific concept is manipulated to create dream-sharing technology?

Neuroscience and lucid dreaming

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