Darwinism
What is evolution?
The process through which species change over time through variations and natural selection.
What is the Earth's outermost layer called?
Crust
Name any Star Wars character.
Answers may vary.
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
In Jurassic Park (1993), what type of ancient creature is brought back to life using preserved DNA?
Dinosaurs (counts if you name any dinosaur)
The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
Which type of rock is formed from cooled and solidified magma or lava?
Igneous
What time is best to visit the dentist?
Tooth Hurtie
What force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?
Gravitational force
In Interstellar (2014), what real scientific theory is heavily featured when the crew travels through a wormhole?
General relativity
Which group of islands played a crucial role in Darwin’s development of his theory of evolution?
Galapagos Islands
What is the term for the process where sediment is transported and deposited by wind, water, or ice?
Erosion
*DOUBLE JEOPARDY*
Name that movie: A grasshopper and his army force an ant colony to harvest food for them.
A Bug's Life
Which moon in our solar system is known for having an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface?
Europa (moon of Jupiter)
In The Martian (2015), what crop does the astronaut Mark Watney grow on Mars to survive?
Potatoes
What is the name of Charles Darwin’s famous book that introduced the theory of natural selection?
On the Origin of Species
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago?
Pangaea
Davy Crockett
What type of planets drift through space without a star to orbit, wandering in complete darkness?
In Gravity (2013), what causes the catastrophic destruction of the space shuttle, setting off the events of the film?
Space debris
In natural selection, what term describes a trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival and reproduction?
Adaptation
What type of seismic wave moves the fastest and is the first to be detected by seismographs?
P-waves (Primary waves)
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)
What is the theoretical boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape?
Event horizon
In Inception (2010), what scientific concept is manipulated to create dream-sharing technology?
Neuroscience and lucid dreaming