Barbenheimer Quiz

Which American toy company manufactures Barbie?

• Metal

• Mettle

• Mattle

• Mattel

Answer explanation

Mattel, Inc. is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment company founded in Los Angeles by Harold Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Elliot and Ruth Handler in 1945. It is the world's second largest toy maker in terms of revenue, after The Lego Group. Two of its historic and most valuable brands are "Barbie" and "Hot Wheels".

What is Robert Oppenheimer most famous for?

• Downtown Project

• Manhattan Project

• Oppenheimer Project

• Crossroads Project

Answer explanation

The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946. The nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Almos Laboratory that designed the bombs.

Barbie and her best male friend have been described as the two most popular dolls in the world. Who is this best male friend?

• Pen

• Ben

• Ten

• Ken

Answer explanation

Ken was introduced as a male counterpart of Barbie by Mattel in 1961, two years after Barbie. He was named after Kenneth Handler, son of Barbie creator Ruth Handler, just as Barbie was named after her daughter.

Despite their seeming differences, which of the following is a similarity between the two movies?

• Both have an Oscar-nominated director.

• Both are based on fictious characters.

• Both are produced by same Production company.

• Both are of the same genre.

Answer explanation

"Barbie" is directed by Greta Gerwig, who received an Oscar nomination for Little Women (2019) while "Oppenheimer" is directed by Chrisopher Nolan, who has received 5 Oscar nominations for Memento (2000), Inception (2010) and Dunkirk (2017)

Which of the following Dolls served as an inspiration for creation of "Barbie"?

• Bratz Doll

• Tressy

• Lilli Bild

• Cissy

Answer explanation

The Bild Lilli doll was a German line of fashion doll launched in 1955 and produced until 1964. The Lilli doll was copied, and altered to some degree, for Mattel upon the direction of Mattel's co-founder, Ruth Handler. Mattel acquired the rights to Bild Lilli in 1964, and production of the German doll ceased, in favor of Mattel's new vinyl doll, which they called Barbie.

Known for his keen interest in Hinduism, which of the following is true about Robert Oppenheimer?

• He learnt Sanskrit and read classical Hindu texts in their original Sanskrit text.

• He named his car Garuda, the mount bird of the Hindu god Vishnu

• Both 1 & 2

• Only 1

Answer explanation

Oppenheimer called The Gita "the most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue." He later gave copies of it as presents to his friends and kept a personal, worn-out copy on the bookshelf by his desk.

He also named his car Garuda (pictured here)

Who created "Barbie"?

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Ruth Marianna Handler

• Ruth Graves Wakefield

• George Herman Ruth

Answer explanation

Ruth Marianna Handler was an American businesswoman and inventor. She invented the Barbie doll in 1959 and was the co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel together with her husband Elliot. She served as the company's first president from 1945 until 1975 when she was forced to resign for falsifying financial documents.

"I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

Which Sanskrit epic did Robert Oppenheimer quote from on the successful test detonation of the first Atomic Bomb?

• Kumarsambhava

• Mahabharata

• Buddhacharita

• Ramayana

Answer explanation

Oppenheimer said, "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that one way or another."

Which of the following is true about Japan?

• 1. 1. The first Atom Bomb was used against Japan
     
     2. The first Barbie dolls were invented in Japan

• 1. 1. The first Atom Bomb was used against Japan
     
     2. The first Barbie dolls were sold in Japan

• 1. 1. The second Atom Bomb was used against Japan
     
     2. The first Barbie dolls were displayed in Japan

• 1. 1. The second Atom Bomb was used against Japan
     
     2. The first Barbie dolls were manufactured in Japan

Answer explanation

1. The second Atom Bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. Nagasaki was the secondary target but bad weather over Kokura, the primary target meant Nagasaki was bombed instead.
   
   The first Barbie dolls were manufactured in Japan, with their clothes hand-stitched by Japanese homeworkers.

Which of the following list of actors who are part of either Barbie or Oppenheimer is NOT correct?

• 1. 1. Ryan Gosling

  2. 2. Cillian Murphy

  3. 3. Margot Robbie

  4. 4. Matt Damon

• 1. 1. Margot Robbie

  2. 2. Robert Downing Jr.

  3. 3. Cillian Murphy

  4. 4. Dua Lipa

• 1. 1. Cillian Murphy

  2. 2. Ryan Gosling

  3. 3. Brad Pitt

  4. 4. Margot Robbie

• 1. 1. Ryan Gosling

  2. 2. Robert Downing Jr.

  3. 3. Margot Robbie

  4. 4. Matt Damon