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Not With A Bang Trivia Quiz

A quiz for people who appreciate the "nerd". I have only lately come to this tv programme and I love it. Hope you have as much fun participating as I did writing it.

A multiple-choice quiz by lampshade56. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
lampshade56

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
349,368

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
5565

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Last 3 plays: Guest 69 (9/10), Guest 142 (10/10), Guest 68 (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which actor, who is famous for his role as a Vulcan, has been gradually guest starring in the series? Hint

William Shatner

Leonard Nimoy

Patrick Stewart

DeForest Kelly

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Question 2 of 10

2. A question to test your powers of observation now. What object is hanging on the back of the door to Sheldon and Leonard's apartment? Hint

Coats

A mirror

A dartboard

A hook

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where do Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj all work? Hint

MIT

CalTech

Yale

Boston

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Canadian band plays the theme tune? Hint

Barenaked Ladies

Crazy Horse

Rush

Bryan Adams Band

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what year did "The Big Bang Theory" first air? Hint

1999

2007

2001

2010

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the final episode of series 3, "The Lunar Excitation", Howard and Raj submit Sheldon's profile to an online dating site. Who is the person that Sheldon meets as a result? Hint

Wil Wheaton

Leslie Winkle

Amy Farrah Fowler

Bernadette Rostenkowski

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the episode, "The Middle Earth Paradigm," Penny invites the boys to her Halloween party. What scientific principle does Sheldon's costume represent? Hint

Schrodinger's Cat

The Laws of Gravity

The Doppler Effect

The Periodic Table

8. What song did Penny force Sheldon to sing to her after they returned from the hospital in the episode "The Adhesive Duck Deficiency"? It was also the song that Sheldon's mother sang to him whenever he was sick. Hint

The Soft Kitty Song

Hush Little Baby

Rock-a-bye-baby

Bye Baby Bunting

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Question 9 of 10

9. Raj had a sister who periodically showed up in Pasadena and had an on/off long distance relationship with Leonard. What was her name? Hint

Priya

Petula

Pansy

Patsy

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the final episode of series 5 two of the characters got married. Which of the following couples was it? Hint

Howard Wolowitz and Bernadette Rostenkowski

Leonard Hofstadter and Leslie Winkle

Sheldon Cooper and Penny

Raj Koothrappali and Amy Farrah Fowler

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which actor, who is famous for his role as a Vulcan, has been gradually guest starring in the series?

Answer: Leonard Nimoy

I used the phrase "Gradually appearing" because according to Executive Producer Bill Prada, "Leonard Nimoy's first appearance on "Big Bang" was as DNA on a napkin. For this episode, we are delighted to hear his voice. We look forward to introducing Mr. Nimoy, body part by body part, over the course of many seasons to come."

2. A question to test your powers of observation now. What object is hanging on the back of the door to Sheldon and Leonard's apartment?

Answer: A dartboard

The dart board must be one of the only commonplace items in the apartment! A good look around will unearth props ranging from an electromagnetic spectrum chart, a 17 base pair DNA model, an antique fuse holder to a "Batman" cookie jar, a "Battlestar Galactica" toaster and a Periodic Elements shower curtain!

3. Where do Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj all work?

Answer: CalTech

Three of the four hold doctorates and, in Sheldon's case, a master's, a Ph.D, and a Sc.D. Leonard is an experimental physicist, Sheldon a theoretical physicist and Raj works as a particle astrophysicist.
Howard, with his master's degree from MIT is an aerospace engineer.

4. Which Canadian band plays the theme tune?

Answer: Barenaked Ladies

Formed in 1988, Barenaked Ladies wrote the theme tune especially for the series. The lyrics explain in a very basic way the scientific theory of the big bang.

5. In what year did "The Big Bang Theory" first air?

Answer: 2007

Despite a previous pilot being rejected, the show premiered on 24th September 2007 on CBS. It was so popular that it had been sold to many countries across the globe. Ratings in both the USA and worldwide continued to be consistently high.

6. In the final episode of series 3, "The Lunar Excitation", Howard and Raj submit Sheldon's profile to an online dating site. Who is the person that Sheldon meets as a result?

Answer: Amy Farrah Fowler

Played by Mayim Bialik, Amy Farrah Fowler became Sheldon's "friend that's a girl, but not a girlfriend" during series 4. After becoming a recurring character in the show, she joined the main cast starting with the 8th episode in series 4.

7. In the episode, "The Middle Earth Paradigm," Penny invites the boys to her Halloween party. What scientific principle does Sheldon's costume represent?

Answer: The Doppler Effect

The Doppler Effect was named for Christian Doppler who put the idea forward in 1842. It refers to "the change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave". Or as Sheldon puts it "MMMeeeooonng".

Answer: The Soft Kitty Song

"The Soft Kitty Song" is a version of an Australian children's lullaby called "Warm Kitty". Whenever Sheldon was ill, he had to have it sung to him, usually accompanied by a menthol vapour rub!

9. Raj had a sister who periodically showed up in Pasadena and had an on/off long distance relationship with Leonard. What was her name?

Answer: Priya

The part of Raj's sister was played by Aarti Mann, who first appeared in the episode "The Irish Pub Formulation" during season 4.

10. In the final episode of series 5 two of the characters got married. Which of the following couples was it?

Answer: Howard Wolowitz and Bernadette Rostenkowski

The final episode in the 5th series revealed that Howard and Bernadette had married before Howard blasted into space to stay on the International Space Station. The part of Bernadette was played by Melissa Rauch.

Source: Author lampshade56

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