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Average The Core Quiz | 10 Questions | Movies

This is actually one of my favorite science-fiction flicks. It has such a cool plot (even if it's unbelievable), great acting, and awesome effects!

A multiple-choice quiz by ilyahna. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ilyahna

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
189,483

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. A violent swarm of birds causes panic in which city, near the opening of the film? Hint

Washington, DC

Paris

London

Boston

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was printed on the banners outside the museum, as the title of Conrad Zimsky's lecture series? Hint

Geophysics and You

The Einstein Lectures

The Zimsky Equation

Project Destini: Why It's Necessary

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Question 3 of 10

3. What two objects do Dr. Keyes and Dr. Zimsky use to demonstrate to the men at the Pentagon what is happening to the planet? Hint

a peach and a can of air freshener

a computer and a peach

a detailed drawing and a lighter

a can of air freshener and a detailed drawing

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Question 4 of 10

4. What animal does Dr. Brazelton put into the unobtainium box, to show the team of scientists how the shell for his ship will work? Hint

rabbit

rat

mouse

frog

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of the ship designed to reach Earth's core? Hint

Virgil

Smooth Sailer

Dante

Homer

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Question 6 of 10

6. By what nickname is Theodore Donald Finch called?

Answer: (his handle: one word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the "static" on the navigational screen that confused the crewmembers at first, for which they were unprepared? Hint

water

pockets of magma

giant diamonds

empty space

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who has to go into the crawlspace and sacrifice his/her life in order to release the main hydraulic piston that will allow Virgil to eject undamaged compartments? Hint

Dr. Zimsky

Dr. Keyes

Dr. Brazelton

Major Childs

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Question 9 of 10

9. Complete this quote: "Here, in the infinite unknowable, man can come to know the most important thing of all:____."

Answer: (One Word (said by Dr. Zimsky))

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Question 10 of 10

10. What do Major Childs and Dr. Keyes use to attract the attention of the ships looking for them, when they are trapped at the bottom of the ocean after escaping the core? Hint

ultrasonics

wave radio

a pattern of lights

a buoy attached to the hull

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A violent swarm of birds causes panic in which city, near the opening of the film?

Answer: London

It is in Trafalgar Square, to be exact. Birds navigate using tiny molecules in their brains that are aligned with the magnetic field of the Earth. As this field begins to collapse, the birds lose their long-range sensory perception, and wreak havoc as they collide with cars, people, and buildings.

2. What was printed on the banners outside the museum, as the title of Conrad Zimsky's lecture series?

Answer: The Einstein Lectures

Conrad Zimsky, a brilliant but impossibly arrogant scientist, actually tries at first to autograph the files containing Dr. Keyes' results!

3. What two objects do Dr. Keyes and Dr. Zimsky use to demonstrate to the men at the Pentagon what is happening to the planet?

Answer: a peach and a can of air freshener

The peach represents the Earth, and spraying the air freshener across the flame of Zimsky's lighter sets it on fire, which is what the doctors tell the Pentagon will happen to Earth within a year.

4. What animal does Dr. Brazelton put into the unobtainium box, to show the team of scientists how the shell for his ship will work?

Answer: mouse

Unobtainium is a fictional material Dr. Brazelton created to encase his ship. He only explains it as being a super-cooled titanium matrix, the chemistry of which I can only imagine! It did, however, protect the mouse and astounded the assembled scientists.

5. What was the name of the ship designed to reach Earth's core?

Answer: Virgil

Virgil was the poet whom Dante Alighieri penciled in as his guide into the depths of Hell, in "The Divine Comedy: the Inferno".

6. By what nickname is Theodore Donald Finch called?

Answer: Rat

Rat is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and MIT, and is chosen to "hack the planet", and keep information about the project to restart the core a secret.

7. What was the "static" on the navigational screen that confused the crewmembers at first, for which they were unprepared?

Answer: empty space

Dr. Keyes never suspected pockets of empty space (which turned out to be giant geodes) and didn't teach the navigational system how to display them, just as Dr. Brazzleton didn't teach Virgil to fly.

8. Who has to go into the crawlspace and sacrifice his/her life in order to release the main hydraulic piston that will allow Virgil to eject undamaged compartments?

Answer: Dr. Brazelton

Dr. Brazelton insists that he go, not wanting Virgil to fail. The crawlspace is flooded with core fluid close to 9000 degrees, and the suit he wears is made to withstand maybe half that temperature. Ouch!

9. Complete this quote: "Here, in the infinite unknowable, man can come to know the most important thing of all:____."

Answer: himself

The others on the ship had accused him of trying to imitate Carl Sagan by constantly recording his thoughts on a tape-recorder during the mission. He is talking into the tape recorder just before the ejected compartment he is trapped in explodes. His last words? "What the hell am I doing?"

10. What do Major Childs and Dr. Keyes use to attract the attention of the ships looking for them, when they are trapped at the bottom of the ocean after escaping the core?

Answer: ultrasonics

The ultrasonics attract the attention of a large number of whales, which circle the ship and sing.

Source: Author ilyahna

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