The Silver Screen
Metals
Particulates
Organic Chemicals
You Work with These People?
100
This PowerPoint presentation grossed $50M worldwide and featured an academy award winning theme song by Melissa Etheridge
What is An Inconvenient Truth
100
Commonly known as "quicksliver" this heavy metal contaminates the environment mainly via emissions from coal-burning power plants.
What is mercury
100
According to the American Lung Association's "State of the Air 2014" report, the top five US cities with the WORST air quality (particle pollution and ozone) are all in this state
What is California
100
This chemical, found in plastics used to line food and beverage cans, was tested in the 1930s as a potential estrogen replacement therapy
What is BPA
100
Had a previous career as an anchorperson on kids TV channel
Who is Jia Zhong200
This 2011 nominee for Best Documentary featured Dick Cheney and Richard Nixon, and explored the dangers of fracking
What is Gasland
200
This naturally occurring toxin is implicated in the deaths of many historic figures inclulding Simon Bolivar (1830) and a race horse named Phar Lap (1932)
What is arsenic
200
It is now believed that over 12,000 people died as a result of this air pollution event, the worst in the history of the United Kingdom
What is the Great Smog of '52 or Big Smoke
200
A Nobel prize was awarded to the Swiss chemist who discovered the use of this chemical as a pesticide
What is DDT (Paul Hermann Müller, 1939)
200
Ate belly clams from the stomach of a walrus
Who is Joe Brain300
In this 1979 thriller, a television reporter and her cameraman discover safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant
What is China Syndrome
300
The addition of this metal as an anti-knocking agent in gasoline was the discovery of a General Motors employee, who’s other big idea was using CFCs as refrigerants
What is lead
300
List these particles by size from smallest to largest:
tobacco smoke, viruses, mold
What is
Viruses (0.005 - 0.3 microns);
Tobacco smoke (.01-1 microns);
Mold (3-12 microns)
300
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) (2008) limited these petroleum-based plasticizers in childrens toys and childcare articles.
What are Phthalates
300
Is really annoyed by people in historic garb in public parks...
Who is Heather Burris400
In this 1999 film, based on a true story, Russell Crowe stars as a tobacco industry whistleblower
What is The Insider
400
According to the NRDC's "Consumer Guide to Mercury in Fish", the order in which you would rank these four fish from lowest to highest mercury contamination: Bass, Bluefish, Salmon, Swordfish
What is
Salmon;
Bass;
Bluefish;
Swordfish
400
According to the World Health Organization, in 2012, the largest environmental contributor to ill health, responsible for 4.3 million deaths, was household air pollution from this activity
What is cooking with solid fuels
400
Exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides has been linked to this disorder (but not in humans...)
What is Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)
400
Has great parking karma
Who is John Godleski
500
Sean Penn stars in this 2013 documentary about toxic chemicals found in everyday household products.
What is The Human Experiment
500
The symbol for this metal comes from its Latin name, plumbum, which is also the origin of the word plumbing
What is Lead (Pb)
500
The term applied to places that fail to meet EPA standards for a criteria pollutant like PM 2.5
What is Nonattainment areas
500
In 2008, Ireland recalled many tons of pork meat and products when up to 200 times the safe limit of this contaminant was detected in samples.
What is Dioxin
500
Left his passport in the hotel safe last night when flying home from Switzerland
Who is our fearless leader, Doug Dockery