Interstellar Quizzes

Interstellar Quiz #1

1 Which theoretical physicist acted as executive producer for Interstellar?
Kip Thorne.

Stephen Hawking.

Carl Sagan.

Neil deGrasse Tyson.
2 Interstellar was directed by...
Kip Thorne.

Christopher Nolan.

Michael Bay.

Steven Spielberg.
3 The dystopian future depicted in Interstellar is reminiscent of which real historical event?
The moon landings.

The Dust Bowl.

World War II.

The Cold War.
4 All but one of the interviews at the opening of the film come from...
a National Geeographic episode focusing on agricultural tragedies.

a PBS documentary called "The Way It Was."

personal interviews Christopher Nolan conducted for the film.

Ken Burns' documentary "The Dust Bowl."
5 We don't learn until the end of the film that the first interviewee is...
an older Murph.

Christopher Nolan's mother.

a former NASA astronaut.

a real woman who experienced the Dust Bowl.
6 Cooper has nightmares about...
burying Murph and Tom with their mother.

the dust storms overtaking their farmhouse.

his wife dying from a tumor.

a crash he experienced while piloting a space shuttle for NASA.
7 Hans Zimmer's score for the film features primarily which instrument?
Piano.

Violin.

Saxophone.

Organ.
8 Why does Murph believe there's a ghost in her bedrooom?
She hears whispers at night while she sleeps.

Her grandfather told her their house is haunted.

Her books and other objects keep flying off the shelves.

She has nightmares about it like her father.
9 One of the main factors affecting food supplies in the film is...
lack of fertilizer.

lack of agricultural education.

a crop blight.

too much rain.
10 Murph is named after...
Murph Bog, the sci-fi author.

Murphy's Law.

her mother.

Murphy Addleson, the famous physicist.
11 What do Cooper, Murph, and Tom chase through a cornfield?
A low-flying helicopter.

A dog.

An Indian drone.

A hang glider.
12 Throughout the film's beginning, we see several instances of Cooper...
discouraging Murph's scientific curiosity.

suggesting that Murph become a teacher.

suggesting that Murph go to college.

encouraging Murph's scientific curiosity.
13 What frustrating news does the school principal give Cooper about Tom?
He has been distracted in class lately.

He is failing out of his classes.

He will never be as smart as his sister.

His test scores don't qualify him for college.
14 How did Cooper's wife die?
She was on board the shuttle that Cooper crashed.

She was a casualty in a drone strike.

She had a cyst in her brain that MRIs didn't detect.

She was caught in a dust storm.
15 What is the government teaching Murph and her classmates about the lunar landings?
They gave the world hope.

They were a mistake.

They were expensive.

They were faked.
16 What does the local, poorly attended Yankees game tell us about the world in Interstellar?
Even in dire times, humans still worship their old pastimes.

Humanity pays more attention to recreation than to global issues.

Not even a crop blight can stop a baseball game in America.

Recreational sports exist but are not a significant part of society anymore.
17 What event cuts the baseball game short?
A dust storm.

An earthquake.

A thunder storm.

A blackout.
18 What do Cooper and Murph see in Murph's bedroom?
The books are all on the floor.

The watch's second hand is moving.

The dust falls in irregular, parallel lines on the floor.

The space lander toy has been fixed.
19 Cooper realizes that the lines are caused by...
an adhesive.

a ghost.

magnetism.

gravity.
20 The dust lines spell out...
coordinates to an unknown location.

the answer to gravity.

a message in a strange language.

the word "STAY" in Morse code.
21 When Cooper and Murph arrive at the mysterious gate, they are...
detained.

invited inside.

excited.

turned around.
22 Who interrogates Cooper when he wakes up?
Doyle.

Murph.

TARS.

Romilly.
23 Cooper discovers that Professor Brand and the other strangers represent...
the FDA.

the government.

a secret order of underground scientists.

NASA.
24 Professor Brand reveals that NASA's mission is...
to colonize Mars.

to leave Earth.

to distract the public.

to save Earth.
25 Professor Brand offers what position to Cooper?
A pilot on their next mission into space.

A scientist in their labs.

A spy for them on the outside.

An engineer to build the space station.