The Rock
The real name of The Rock
Dwayne Johnson
In Season 2, Episode 6 of Avatar the Last Airbender, The Boulder was humiliatingly defeated by this character.
Who is Toph?
The physical or chemical breakdown of rocks on Earth's surface through contact with water, air, and biological organisms.
What is wea'the'ring?
The band responsible for, "We Will Rock You"
Who is Queen?
This famous landmark and feat of engineering was later renamed to what you know it as today, but it was originally named for Boulder and was planned to be constructed in Boulder Canyon.
What is the Hoover Dam?
When asked to choose which of these three categories of rocks he preferred, he avoided the question and instead chose himself.
What are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary?
The Boulder's fictional rival, "The Hippo," is based on this famous WWE wrestler and actor: a large man you may know for his role in The Princess Bride or Conan the Destroyer.
Who is Andre the Giant?
Heat energy from within the Earth is known as this kind of energy.
What is Geo'the'rmal?
The legendary rock group whose name could also be used to describe rock debris travelling through a turbulent channel.
Who are The Rolling Stones
Boulder helped to establish Colorado as a major point of interest for geological industry and research in the mid-late 1800s as one of the first supply hubs during this period of U.S. expansion.
What is the Gold Rush?
The Rock starred in this 2015 disaster thriller about a massive earthquake on this famous fault?
What is the San Andreas Fault?
As a tribute to the original benders, The Boulder has a tattoo of this fictional blind animal on his back.
What is a badgermole?
The ductile mechanical layer of the Earth on top of which tectonic plates move.
What is the as'the'nosphere?
Famous for "Tribute," and "The Metal," rock/metal band Tenacious D is led by this famous actor:
Who is Jack Black?
The city of Boulder sits atop a 9000-foot-thick layer of bedrock from a Cretaceous ocean floor. The primary rock type is this most-abundant, grey sedimentary rock created from compacted mud, silt, and clay.
What is shale?
The Rock voice-acts in the Disney film Moana, which depicts as a fire-breathing earth demon inspired by Polynesian island-creation mythology. Western Polynesia resides in this famous tectonically active region surrounding the Pacific plate.
What is the Ring of Fire?
In his first dialogue in the show, The Boulder says he is over his conflicted feelings about fighting a little girl, and threatens to bury her in this fun but made-up word for a real geologic event:
What is a "rock-a-lanche?"
A diverse group of bipedal, mostly carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs that first appeared in the Late Triassic period, about 230 million years ago
What are 'the'ropods?
Singer of "I love Rock and Roll"
Who is Joan Jet?
Boulder's iconic sandstone formations were created through this process, where dissolved minerals precipitate out of groundwater and fill the pore spaces between loose sediment grains, acting as a natural glue to bind them into solid rock.
What is cementation?
When asked about his favorite Geological Spot, The Rock chose this youngest, smallest, and most active shield volcano from the Big Island on Hawaii, where he briefly lived as a child. Its name means, "much spreading."
What is Kīlauea?
Who is Mick Foley, aka Cactus Jack, Mankind, or Dude Love?
The total stratigraphic unit deposited during a certain corresponding span of time during an era in the geologic timescale
What is an era'the'm?
Who plans the sermon for Eleanor Rigby in the Beatles' song of that name?
Boulder is famous for these geologic formations, formed from ancient lithified sand dunes. They got their name from the pioneer-era, cast-iron version of these tools used to press clothes.
What are the Flatirons?