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The sidekick of resident super-hero Radioactive Man
Who is Fallout Boy?
100
In this movie astronauts are miraculously able to maneuver between mutliple orbital space stations thousands of miles apart using only the thrust of an EVA suit
What is Gravity?
100
Popular children's author, he first coined the word "nerd" in his 1950's era book "If I Ran the Zoo"
Who is Dr Seuss?
100
Nerd from TV show "Family Matters"
Who is Steven Urkel?
100
Physicist: "When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity"
Who is Abert Einstein?
200
The answer to the two-part, multi-season, cliff hanger question in "Who Shot Monty Burns?"
Who is Maggie Simpson?
200
This movie gained notoriety in the re-release when a main character is depicted dodging a fast-as-light laser blast.
What is Star Wars?
200
In the world of photography, what is SLR an abbreviation for?
What is "Single Lens Reflex"?
200
Likely the wealthiest nerd on the planet despite giving billions of dollars to his charitable foundation which focuses on health issues around the world.
Who is Bill Gates?
200
Technology designer: "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
Who is Steve Jobs?
300
The "ancient secret society" that Homer is able to join as the son of an existing member. It is eventually determined that he is the coming of the annointed leader spoken of in prophecy.
Who are The Stonecutters?
300
Any decent software developer will roll their eyes in disbelief when watching the main character of this 1983 interface with the militarized super computer antagonist.
What is War Games?
300
If a telephone company added one more digit to all the numbers in an area code, how many new phone numbers could potentially be added?
What is 90 million?
300
Hollywoods most famous nerd he co-hosted his own game show in which people tried to win his money. His most famous movie quote is simply a single word interrogative ... "Bueller?"
Who is Ben Stein?
300
Prolific inventor: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
Who is Thomas Edison?
400
The FIRST name of the wealthiest man in Springfield and the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
What is "Charles"? (Charles Montgomery Burns)
400
In this 1997 space movie we are expected to believe that humans have mastered faster than light travel yet when it comes to defeating the alien arachnid horde our troops are still using bullets and conventional bombs?
What is Starship Troopers?
400
This was the first full length computer generated feature film.
What is "Toy Story"?
400
Funny, talented, and brilliant, this female nerd is ubiquitous with stints on SNL, 30 Rock, hosting awards shows, and writing best selling books.
Who is Tina Fey?
400
Symbologist: "So dark, the con of man"
Who is Robert Langdon? (The DaVinci Code)
500
Proving to have much longer staying power than the TV show from which it came, this is the show which first aired cartoon shorts of the Simpson's family.
What is The Tracy Ullman Show?
500
In what could possibly be the worst sci-fi movie ever made, future humans who've been enslaved by alien overlords and forced to mine for gold, learn to operate thousand year old US military hardware to defeat them and destroy their homeworld.
What is Battlefield Earth?
500
The was the year that ARPANET became operational.
What is 1969?
500
Despite being the most influential physicist of the 20th century, this nerd did not actually participate in the Manhattan Project as is widely believed. His left leaning political ideology prevented him from obtaining the necessary security clearance.
Who is Albert Einstein?
500
Nerd: "Did I do that?"
Who is Steven Urkel? (Family Matters)
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