Geol 107: Geology Goes to Holywood » Fall 2019 » Movie Quiz San Andreas

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Question #1
According to the CalTech professor, how many earthquakes happen each year?
A.   50,000
B.   1.3 million
C.   150,000
D.   25 million
Question #2
At the beginning of the movie, the CalTech professor descries several historic earthquakes above magnitude 9.0. Were any of them in California?
A.   One of them.
B.   No.
C.   All of his examples were from California.
Question #3
What was the first geologic hazard associated with the movie?
A.   volcanic eruption
B.   rock fall
C.   earthquake
D.   flood
Question #4
What were the scientists at CalTech using to predict earthquakes?,,
A.   Bulging of the earth's surface near the fault.
B.   Spikes in magnetic pulse rate.
C.   Number of miniquakes.
D.   Tide cycles.
E.   Weird animal behavior.
Question #5
Where did the first large earthquake occur and what was its magnitude?
A.   Los Angeles, 6.7
B.   Bakersfield, 5.6
C.   Baja, 8.2
D.   Hoover Dam, 7.1
Question #6
What did the CalTech scientists tell everyone to do when the earthquake starts?
A.   Stop, drop, and roll.
B.   Duck and cover.
C.   Get in the doorway.
D.   Get on your hands and knees and kiss your sorry tail goodbye.
E.   Drop, cover, and hold on.
Question #7
After the couple stole the truck in Bakersfield, they drove up to the San Andreas Fault. What did it look like? (Keep in mind - this question is about the movie, not about the actual San Andreas Fault, which behaves completely differently from what this movie showed.)
A.   A big rift in the ground.
B.   A brand new row of mountains.
C.   A crack full of lava.
D.   A line of disrupted soil, with things shifted to the right across it.
Question #8
What was the magnitude of the earthquake that leveled San Francisco?
A.   9.6
B.   9.2
C.   10.5
D.   7.8
Question #9
How was The Rock able to tell that a tsunami was coming before it actually arrived? (Note: this is actually a real way to tell that a tsunami is coming.)
A.   He couldn't tell in advance. The big wall of water arrived very suddenly.
B.   He noticed that the water in San Francisco Bay pulled back and got shallower.
C.   He heard fast-moving water.
D.   He received a radio transmission from local fire and rescue officials.

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