Q 01/05

Which animated series supplied the cartoon clip Al Gore uses in An Inconvenient Truth to explain the greenhouse effect?

A) The Simpsons

B) Futurama

C) South Park

D) Family Guy

Answer · why

B) Futurama

Futurama lent the clip from an episode in which Gore himself guest-starred as a head in a jar. His daughter Kristin was a writer on the show.

Q 02/05

The producer who proposed An Inconvenient Truth was married at the time to which comedian?

A) Jeff Garlin

B) Richard Lewis

C) Larry David

D) Jerry Seinfeld

Answer · why

C) Larry David

Larry David was married until 2007 to Laurie David, who saw a ten-minute version of the slide show at a 2004 town hall and set out to get it filmed.

Q 03/05

Which Arctic animal does An Inconvenient Truth say has been found drowned after long swims in search of sea ice?

A) Walrus

B) Ringed seal

C) Arctic fox

D) Polar bear

Answer · why

D) Polar bear

Polar bear drownings became one of the film's best-known claims. The study behind it described four bears found dead in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska.

Q 04/05

Footage of which 2005 Atlantic hurricane in An Inconvenient Truth did one meteorologist call unnecessary?

A) Katrina

B) Rita

C) Wilma

D) Ophelia

Answer · why

A) Katrina

Katrina images drew criticism because the link between hurricanes and warming was then contested science. Gore cited five recent studies to support hi...

Q 05/05

Which international honour did Al Gore share in 2007 with a UN climate science panel, after An Inconvenient Truth?

A) Templeton Prize

B) Nobel Peace Prize

C) Right Livelihood Award

D) Sakharov Prize

Answer · why

B) Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize judges split the award in two equal parts, citing efforts to build up and spread knowledge about man-made climate change.