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.

Steven Spielberg.

Christopher Nolan.

Michael Bay.
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 National Geeographic episode focusing on agricultural tragedies.

personal interviews Christopher Nolan conducted for the film.

a PBS documentary called "The Way It Was."

Ken Burns' documentary "The Dust Bowl."
5 We don't learn until the end of the film that the first interviewee is...
a former NASA astronaut.

a real woman who experienced the Dust Bowl.

an older Murph.

Christopher Nolan's mother.
6 Cooper has nightmares about...
the dust storms overtaking their farmhouse.

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

his wife dying from a tumor.

burying Murph and Tom with their mother.
7 Hans Zimmer's score for the film features primarily which instrument?
Organ.

Saxophone.

Piano.

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

Her grandfather told her their house is haunted.

Her books and other objects keep flying off the shelves.

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

lack of fertilizer.

lack of agricultural education.

too much rain.
10 Murph is named after...
Murphy's Law.

her mother.

Murphy Addleson, the famous physicist.

Murph Bog, the sci-fi author.
11 What do Cooper, Murph, and Tom chase through a cornfield?
A low-flying helicopter.

A dog.

A hang glider.

An Indian drone.
12 Throughout the film's beginning, we see several instances of Cooper...
encouraging Murph's scientific curiosity.

discouraging Murph's scientific curiosity.

suggesting that Murph become a teacher.

suggesting that Murph go to college.
13 What frustrating news does the school principal give Cooper about Tom?
He has been distracted in class lately.

He will never be as smart as his sister.

His test scores don't qualify him for college.

He is failing out of his classes.
14 How did Cooper's wife die?
She was a casualty in a drone strike.

She was on board the shuttle that Cooper crashed.

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 were faked.

They were a mistake.

They were expensive.

They gave the world hope.
16 What does the local, poorly attended Yankees game tell us about the world in Interstellar?
Recreational sports exist but are not a significant part of society anymore.

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

Humanity pays more attention to recreation than to global issues.

Even in dire times, humans still worship their old pastimes.
17 What event cuts the baseball game short?
A dust storm.

A blackout.

An earthquake.

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

The books are all on the floor.

The space lander toy has been fixed.

The dust falls in irregular, parallel lines on the floor.
19 Cooper realizes that the lines are caused by...
magnetism.

a ghost.

gravity.

an adhesive.
20 The dust lines spell out...
the word "STAY" in Morse code.

a message in a strange language.

coordinates to an unknown location.

the answer to gravity.
21 When Cooper and Murph arrive at the mysterious gate, they are...
invited inside.

turned around.

excited.

detained.
22 Who interrogates Cooper when he wakes up?
Doyle.

TARS.

Romilly.

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

the government.

NASA.

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

to leave Earth.

to colonize Mars.

to save Earth.
25 Professor Brand offers what position to Cooper?
A scientist in their labs.

A pilot on their next mission into space.

A spy for them on the outside.

An engineer to build the space station.