Star Wars/Star Trek
Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings
NG/TRW/Space Park History
St. Patrick's Day
Nerd History
100
The middle name of James Kirk
What is Tiberius
100
Gollum wasn't always Gollum. When he was a hobbit of the River-folk, he was known by this name?
Who is Sméagol?
100
Simon Ramo and Dean Wooldridge both earned PhD's from this institution at the age of 23 in 1936.
What is Caltech?
100
Some people say this happens to you if you don't wear green on St. Patrick’s Day.
What is a pinch?
100
This nerd created the algorithm that sent social networking spiraling.
Who is Mark Zuckerberg
200
This ship made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs
What is the millenium falcon
200
These three weapons of power include the cloak of invisibility, the resurrection stone, and the elder wand.
What are the Deathly Hallows?
200
Simon Ramo and Dean Wooldridge resigned from this company in 1953 to form the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation.
What is Hughes Aircraft Company?
200
This is added to the Chicago River every year on St. Patrick's Day.
What is green dye?
200
This fictional nerd is the middle child of her family. She's a vegetarian and loves playing the saxophone. She was even invited to join her local chapters Mensa group.
Who is Lisa Simpson
300
This actor is most famous for his role as Spock
Who is Leonard Nimoy
300
In "Fellowship of the Ring," Lady Galadriel gives Gimli this before the fellowship leaves Lothlorien.
What are strands of her hair?
300
In 1957, the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation moved to the intersection of these two streets very close to us in ES-4.
What are Aviation and El Segundo Boulevards?
300
St. Patrick chased these out of Ireland.
What are snakes?
300
This nerd was one of the was extremely busy from inventing to helping form our government. He also formed the first public lending library and the first fire department
Who is Ben Franklin
400
According to Luke, this planet was perfectly safe for droids
What is Dagobah
400
In the Battle of Pelennor Fields, this hobbit stabs the Witch King with a special enchanted blade.
Who is Merry?
400
Conflict-of-interest concerns led to the split of this Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) from TRW in 1960.
What is Aerospace Corporation?
400
The kisser is endowed with the gift of gab.
What is the Blarney Stone?
400
This fictional nerd possesses a Master's degree and two PhDs, and conducts string theory research at Caltech. He has no qualms about speaking Klingon, and loves playing Klingon Boggle until the wee hours. He wears vintage t-shirts sporting superhero logos, and idolizes Spock.
Who is Sheldon Cooper
500
This character was originally written as a,"green-skinned guy with no nose and large gills"
Who is Han Solo
500
These four are known as the founders of the four houses at Hogwarts (First AND Last Names)
Who are Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin?
500
The 110-acre Space Park site in Redondo Beach was purchased from this railroad company in 1960.
What is Santa Fe Railroad?
500
The shamrock is associated with Saint Patrick for this reason.
What is the Holy Trinity?
500
This French born nerd found a way to make a flea market online
Who is Pierre Omidyar?
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