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.   150,000
B.   25 million
C.   50,000
D.   1.3 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.   No.
B.   One of them.
C.   All of his examples were from California.
Question #3
What was the first geologic hazard associated with the movie?
A.   rock fall
B.   earthquake
C.   flood
D.   volcanic eruption
Question #4
What were the scientists at CalTech using to predict earthquakes?,,
A.   Weird animal behavior.
B.   Tide cycles.
C.   Bulging of the earth's surface near the fault.
D.   Spikes in magnetic pulse rate.
E.   Number of miniquakes.
Question #5
Where did the first large earthquake occur and what was its magnitude?
A.   Bakersfield, 5.6
B.   Hoover Dam, 7.1
C.   Baja, 8.2
D.   Los Angeles, 6.7
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 on your hands and knees and kiss your sorry tail goodbye.
D.   Drop, cover, and hold on.
E.   Get in the doorway.
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 line of disrupted soil, with things shifted to the right across it.
B.   A crack full of lava.
C.   A brand new row of mountains.
D.   A big rift in the ground.
Question #8
What was the magnitude of the earthquake that leveled San Francisco?
A.   9.2
B.   9.6
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 heard fast-moving water.
C.   He noticed that the water in San Francisco Bay pulled back and got shallower.
D.   He received a radio transmission from local fire and rescue officials.

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