VolState SOCIAL - Trivia Thursday - Celebrate Science in the Media Game!

Question 1

In the 1984 film Ghostbusters, Dan Aykroyd was inspired by The American Journal of Paranormal Science to create Egon,

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The the film The Martian, Matt Damon plays a botantist, who studies what?

Accepted Answer

plants

Question 3

What TV show's theme song is called "Bad Boys: What Cha Gonna Do?" (You're welcome for the earworm :) )

Accepted Answer

COPS

Question 4

On Stranger Things, who plays the Head Scientist right before the Lab Shuts Down?

Accepted Answer

Paul Reiser

Question 5

Who is the first narrator of Planet Earth, the documentary epic created to inspire planet awareness and conservation?

Accepted Answer

David Attenborough

Question 6

In the film Jurassic Park, what type of creature is injected with DNA to create a baby dinosaur?

Accepted Answer

frog

Question 7

In what film did Kurt Russel play a firefighter who was on the case of an arsonist?

Accepted Answer

Backdraft

Question 8

Doctor Leonard Hofstadter on the Big Bang Theory's character went to what University before getting his job?

Accepted Answer

Princeton

Question 9

Dr. Bill Nye, the Science Guy has created exactly 100 episodes of his famous show.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Edie Falco played Nurse Jackie, a medical warrior, who was human with real demons. Where did she work?

Accepted Answer

ER/ED

Question 11

On Grey's Anatomy, what is the nickname given to the father of Callie's Baby by Meredith?

Accepted Answer

McSteamy

Question 12

On the Big Bang Theory, what prestigious award did Dr. Sheldon Cooper and Dr. Amy Farah-Fowler win?

Accepted Answer

Nobel Prize

Question 13

On The Muppet Show, what skit were Rowlf a type of doctor?

Accepted Answer

Veterinarian's Hospital

Question 14

The director of the film Contagion was inspired by the Flu of 1918

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

The TV show, The Good Doctor is based on a famous South Korean tv series about a doctor with Austism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Sigourney Weaver in Avatar is Dr. Grace Augustine, an exobiologist. This is a scientist who studies the origin of life.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What famous singer got her start as a nurse's aide, and was "discovered" soon later?

Accepted Answer

Tina Turner

Question 18

On the show New Amsterdam, the name of the clinical psychologist is Dr. Iggie Frume

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

In the film Zombieland, what is the FIRST rule one must always follow?

Accepted Answer

Cardio

Question 20

In the 2004 film The Day After Tomorrow, Dr. Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), is what kind of scientist?

Accepted Answer

Paleoclimatologist

Question 21

What actor got his start on the Facts of Life, but later made his mark on the popular show ER?

Accepted Answer

George Clooney

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