Mark Watney
What kind of scientist is Mark Watney?
A Botanist
What kind of music does Commander Lewis listen to?
The sweet sweet sound of seventies disco
What do you call the amazing super tent which houses the crew on Mars?
The HAB
What event leads to the crew leaving Mark behind on Mars?
A massive dust storm
What does Mark do to solve his little starvation problem?
He grows potatoes
What goes in Mark’s personal recipe invention, “Mars Coffee” ?
Hot water and a caffeine pill
Who is in charge of piloting and landing and docking all of the things?
Martinez
What types of samples does Mark collect?
Rock and soil
What kills Mark’s potato garden?
The airlock breach. The freezing air killed the bacteria in the soil, and freeze dried all of his plants.
What real life piece of NASA equipment does Mark hack to get communication established with NASA?
Mars Pathfinder
Who are Mark’s only family members that we hear about?
His parents
Who falls in love with Johanssen?
Beck
What is the name of the Mars Mission which Mark is a part of?
Ares III
What is Mark trying to do when he causes a small explosion in the HAB?
Reclaim water from the extra fuel.
What country offers NASA a space probe to help them save Mark?
China
What does Mark use to communicate his thoughts so that he doesn’t go too crazy?
He keeps a log with all of his experiences, hoping that even if he doesn’t make it, possibly someone would be able to read and learn from it one day.
Who is the designated survivor (the one who gets all of the food, and um… the other stuff to eat)?
Johanssen, because she’s smallest, needs the fewest calories, and has the best chance of making it home alive.
How many people were on the original mission?
What almost causes Mark to run out of solar power on the trip to the MAV?
Who was the foul mouthed Public Relations Director who was in charge of sharing the Mark Watney news with the world?
Annie Montrose
How does NASA discover that Mark is alive?
They can see on the satellite images of the Ares 3 site that he is moving equipment around.
Mark Watney
Venkat Kapoor
What happens to the pathfinder communication system?
Mark accidentally fries it when he is working on the Rover.
Where does Mark have to travel to in order for the Hermes crew to pick him up?
The Ares 4 site, the Schiaparelli Crater