Interstellar Quizzes

Interstellar Quiz #1

1 Which theoretical physicist acted as executive producer for Interstellar?
Carl Sagan.

Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Stephen Hawking.

Kip Thorne.
2 Interstellar was directed by...
Kip Thorne.

Michael Bay.

Christopher Nolan.

Steven Spielberg.
3 The dystopian future depicted in Interstellar is reminiscent of which real historical event?
World War II.

The Cold War.

The moon landings.

The Dust Bowl.
4 All but one of the interviews at the opening of the film come from...
a PBS documentary called "The Way It Was."

a National Geeographic episode focusing on agricultural tragedies.

Ken Burns' documentary "The Dust Bowl."

personal interviews Christopher Nolan conducted for the film.
5 We don't learn until the end of the film that the first interviewee is...
Christopher Nolan's mother.

an older Murph.

a real woman who experienced the Dust Bowl.

a former NASA astronaut.
6 Cooper has nightmares about...
burying Murph and Tom with their mother.

the dust storms overtaking their farmhouse.

a crash he experienced while piloting a space shuttle for NASA.

his wife dying from a tumor.
7 Hans Zimmer's score for the film features primarily which instrument?
Violin.

Piano.

Saxophone.

Organ.
8 Why does Murph believe there's a ghost in her bedrooom?
She has nightmares about it like her father.

Her books and other objects keep flying off the shelves.

Her grandfather told her their house is haunted.

She hears whispers at night while she sleeps.
9 One of the main factors affecting food supplies in the film is...
lack of fertilizer.

lack of agricultural education.

too much rain.

a crop blight.
10 Murph is named after...
Murphy Addleson, the famous physicist.

Murph Bog, the sci-fi author.

Murphy's Law.

her mother.
11 What do Cooper, Murph, and Tom chase through a cornfield?
A dog.

An Indian drone.

A low-flying helicopter.

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

suggesting that Murph become a teacher.

suggesting that Murph go to college.

discouraging Murph's scientific curiosity.
13 What frustrating news does the school principal give Cooper about Tom?
He will never be as smart as his sister.

He has been distracted in class lately.

He is failing out of his classes.

His test scores don't qualify him for college.
14 How did Cooper's wife die?
She had a cyst in her brain that MRIs didn't detect.

She was a casualty in a drone strike.

She was caught in a dust storm.

She was on board the shuttle that Cooper crashed.
15 What is the government teaching Murph and her classmates about the lunar landings?
They were a mistake.

They gave the world hope.

They were faked.

They were expensive.
16 What does the local, poorly attended Yankees game tell us about the world in Interstellar?
Not even a crop blight can stop a baseball game in America.

Even in dire times, humans still worship their old pastimes.

Humanity pays more attention to recreation than to global issues.

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

An earthquake.

A dust storm.

A blackout.
18 What do Cooper and Murph see in Murph's bedroom?
The watch's second hand is moving.

The space lander toy has been fixed.

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

The books are all on the floor.
19 Cooper realizes that the lines are caused by...
an adhesive.

gravity.

magnetism.

a ghost.
20 The dust lines spell out...
a message in a strange language.

the answer to gravity.

coordinates to an unknown location.

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

invited inside.

detained.

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

Doyle.

Murph.

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

the FDA.

the government.

a secret order of underground scientists.
24 Professor Brand reveals that NASA's mission is...
to distract the public.

to leave Earth.

to save Earth.

to colonize Mars.
25 Professor Brand offers what position to Cooper?
An engineer to build the space station.

A spy for them on the outside.

A pilot on their next mission into space.

A scientist in their labs.