Free quiz · 8 questions · Warm-up to Boss
The Big Bang Theory quiz
How well do you really know The Big Bang Theory? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of The Big Bang Theory questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
Which socially awkward physicist shares an apartment with Leonard, and which actor plays him?
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- Sheldon Cooper
- Jim Parsons plays Sheldon
- Easy
Which real-life physicist appears as himself on The Big Bang Theory, and what device lets him speak?
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- Stephen Hawking appears as himself
- He uses a speech-generating computer or speech synthesizer
- Hawking was a theoretical physicist
- Easy
At what university do the main characters work, and which California city is it in?
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- The university is Caltech, short for the California Institute of Technology.
- It is in Pasadena, California.
- Medium
Sheldon occasionally claims a far-off home world: which planet does he name, and which famous Star Trek character is also from there?
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- Vulcan
- Spock is from Vulcan
- Medium
What is the friends’ comic-book shop called, and who owns it?
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- The Comic Center of Pasadena
- Stuart Bloom owns the shop
- Medium
Mary Cooper appears in both The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon: which actor plays her in each show?
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- Laurie Metcalf plays Mary Cooper in The Big Bang Theory.
- Zoe Perry plays Mary Cooper in Young Sheldon.
- Zoe Perry is Laurie Metcalf’s daughter.
- Medium
Sheldon reaches for a very unusual instrument when he needs to calm down: what is it called, and how do you play it?
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- It is a theremin.
- It is played without touching it.
- The player moves their hands near its antennas to change the sound.
- Boss
What is Howard and Bernadette’s daughter called, and which celestial object inspired her name?
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- Their daughter is named Halley
- Her name refers to Halley’s Comet
- Howard and Bernadette are her parents
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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