Movie Science
In Back to the Future, what type of energy source powers the DeLorean time machine?
Plutonium (later lightning)
In Hidden Figures, which NASA mathematician calculated the trajectory for John Glenn’s orbit?
Katherine Johnson
What does ‘AI’ stand for in technology?
Artificial Intelligence
What natural process converts sunlight into chemical energy in plants?
Photosynthesis
What is the largest wild cat in the world?
Tiger
In Jurassic Park, what scientific technique was used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
Genetic engineering (DNA extraction)
What’s the famous mathematical constant often represented by 3.14?
Pi
What was the first social media platform to reach 1 billion users?
What everyday device uses both chemistry and electricity to work?
Battery
What planet spins backwards?
Venus
Particle accelerator
The only number between 0 and 1000 to include the letter "a" in its spelling
One thousand
What company created the first smartphone?
IBM
How does GPS determine your location on Earth?
Satellites triangulating signals
How did the dwarf planet Pluto get its name?
An 11-year-old girl
In The Martian, what scientific principle allows Mark Watney to grow potatoes on Mars?
Photosynthesis + soil chemistry
What kind of math is used to describe patterns in nature like seashells and flowers?
Fibonacci sequence
What was the first computer mouse made of?
Wood
What principle causes the colors of a rainbow to separate from white light?
Refraction of light
How heavy can clouds be?
Millions of pounds
In Interstellar, what scientific concept is depicted through the black hole ‘Gargantua’?
Relativity and time dilation
What letter does every odd number have?
"e"
What computing term describes a system that learns and improves without explicit programming?
What is the only food grown with seeds on the outside?
Strawberries
Applesauce