The Big Bang Theory: S2E3 – The Barbarian Sublimation

The Big Bang Theory : Season 2, Episode 3 – The Barbarian Sublimation

Trivia: (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers)
Q1: What is the name of Sheldon’s avatar in the game Age of Conan?
Q2: What television series is known for using the phrase, “What the frak?”
Q3: What is the name of Penny’s avatar?
Q4: What brands of energy drinks appear on set?
Q5: What dating website does Sheldon use to create a profile for Penny?

Quotes:
[Sheldon is playing the video game Age of Conan]
Penny: What are you doing?
Sheldon: [into game mic] AFK. [replies to Penny] I’m playing Age of Conan, an online multiplayer game set in the universe of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian.
Penny: Oh.
Sheldon: [into game mic] Sheldor back online.
Penny: What’s “AFK”?
Sheldon: [into game mic] AFK. [replies to Penny] Away From Keyboard.
Penny: Oh, I see. (OIC)
Sheldon: What does that stand for?
Penny: Oh I see?
Sheldon: Yes, but what does it stand for?

Sheldon: Now just click on the Enchanted Boots to put them on.
Penny: I don’t know. Can I see them in another color?
Sheldon: Just click on them. Congratulations, you are now a level 3 warrior.

Penny: Oh my God, a treasure chest. I’m rich!
Sheldon: [to Leonard] Level 3 and she thinks she’s rich. What a noob.

Video: Watch the guys make non-Newtonian fluid dance on their speaker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNJRHv8XHYY

[Observing Sheldon give Penny advice about the game Age of Conan]
Wolowitz: What the frak?
Leonard: Beats me. They were playing all last night too.
Raj: It’s like some weird comic book crossover.
Wolowitz: Like if Hulk were dating Peppermint Patty.
Raj: I always thought Peppermint Patty was a lesbian.
Leonard: No, that Marcy.  Peppermint Patty was just athletic.

Video: The guys discuss Penny’s online gaming addiction and Sheldon takes action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx1XL2j3VHE

Trivia Answers:
Q1: What is the name of Sheldon’s avatar in the game Age of Conan?
A1: Sheldor the Conquerer

Q2: What television series is known for using the phrase, “What the frak?”
A2: Battlestar Galatica

Q3: What is the name of Penny’s avatar?
A3: Queen Penelope

Q4: What brands of energy drinks appear on set?
A4: Red Bull, Monster, and NOS

Q5: What dating website does Sheldon use to create a profile for Penny?
A5: http://www.headoverheelz.com

The Big Bang Theory: S2E2 – The Codpiece Topology

The Big Bang Theory : Season 2, Episode 2 – The Codpiece Topology

Trivia: (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers)
Q1: What is a codpiece?
Q2: What did Wolowitz go dressed as to the Renaissance Fair?
Q3: In Sheldon’s weekly routine, what night is Friday night?

Video: See the guys in their Renaissance Fair costumes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUE8VcNlSag

Quotes:

Leonard: I’ve dated plenty of women. There was Joyce Kim, Leslie Winkle…
Sheldon: Notify the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary — the word “plenty” has been redefined to mean “two.”

The Big Bang Theory: S2E1 – The Bad Fish Paradigm

The Big Bang Theory : Season 2, Episode 1 – The Bad Fish Paradigm

Trivia: (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers)
Q1: What is the secret that Penny wants Sheldon to keep from Leonard?
Q2: So that he won’t accidentally reveal Penny’s secret to Leonard, what is Sheldon’s solution?
Q3: Above his bed, Wolowitz has a poster of which actress?
Q4: Put in order, Sheldon’s favorite Cat Woman from most favorite to least (Halle Berry, Eartha Kitt, Lee Meriwether, Julie Newmar, Michelle Pfieffer)

Quotes:

Leonard: Sheldon, how could you just sit there and let them spy on me?
Sheldon: They were clever, Leonard, they exploited my complete lack of interest in what your were doing.
Wolowitz: You should thank us. When future generations try to determine why your relationship with Penny crashed and burned, this right here is the black box.
Leonard: What are you talking about? The date went fine.
Raj: Dude, she said she wanted to slow things down.
Leonard: OK, so she said she wants to slow things down. It’s like saying I’m really enjoying this meal, I’m going t slow down and savor it.
Wolowitz: No. It’s like saying this fish tastes bad, so I’m gonna slow down and spit it out.
Raj: You being the fish.
Leonard: I’m not the fish.

The Big Bang Theory: S1E17 – The Tangerine Factor

The Big Bang Theory : Season 1, Episode 17 – The Tangerine Factor

Trivia: (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers)
Q1: Why does Sheldon learn Mandarin?
Q2: Who does Penny break up with before agreeing to go out with Leonard?
Q3: What item of her ex-boyfriend does Penny throw out the window when they break up?

Quotes:

Wolowitz: You know, I’m really glad you decided to learn Mandarin.
Sheldon: Why?
Wolowitz: Once you’re fluent, you’ll have a billion more people to annoy instead of me.

The Big Bang Theory: S1E16 – The Peanut Reaction

The Big Bang Theory : Season 1, Episode 16 – The Peanut Reaction

Trivia: (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers)
Q1: What is the name of the guys’ game that combines the physical strength of arm wrestling with the mental agility of Tetris?
Q2: What is Leonard’s favorite cake?
Q3: What is Leonard doing that he doesn’t want to quit when Wolowitz tries to get him out of the house in order to set up for the surprise party?
Q4: What does Sheldon get Leonard for his birthday?
Q5: What did Sheldon’s parents give him for his 12th birthday? What did he want?

Quotes:

Leonard: I don’t celebrate my birthday.
Penny: Shut up. Yeah you do.
Leonard: It’s no big deal. It’s just the way I was raised. My parents focused on celebrating achievements, and being expelled from a birth canal was not considered one of them.

The Big Bang Theory: S1E15 – The Pork Chop Indeterminacy

The Big Bang Theory : S1E15 – The Pork Chop Indeterminacy

Trivia: (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers)
Q1: What is the name of Sheldon’s twin sister?
Q2: What brings Sheldon’s sister to California?

Quotes:

[wandering the halls of the university’s lab]
Leonard: Hey, check it out. The school of pharmacology is looking for volunteers.
Raj: [reading the bulletin board] We are testing a new medication for social anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, and obsessive compulsive disorder. [pause] Why would they be looking for test subjects here?
Leonard: I don’t know, Raj. Maybe the comic book store doesn’t have a bulletin board.

The Big Bang Theory: S1E14 – The Nerdvana Annihilation

The Big Bang Theory : Season 1, Episode 14 – The Nerdvana Annihilation

Trivia: (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers)
Q1: How much does Leonard pay to win the time machine (from the movie The Time Machine) in an online auction?
Q2: Why does Leonard want to get rid of the time machine?
Q3: In the movie The Time Machine, what are the flesh-eating monsters who feed on the Eloi called?

Quotes:

Sheldon: This sandwich is an unmitigated disaster. I asked for turkey and roast beef with lettuce an Swiss on whole wheat.
Raj: What did they give you?
Sheldon: Turkey and roast beef with Swiss and lettuce on whole wheat.
[silence]
Sheldon: It’s the right ingredients, but in the wrong order. In a proper sandwich, the cheese is adjacent to the bread to create a moisture barrier against the lettuce.  They might as well have dragged this thing through a car wash.

The Big Bang Theory: S1E13 – The Bat Jar Conjecture

The Big Bang Theory : Season 1, Episode 13 – The Bat Jar Conjecture

Trivia: (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers)
Q1: What is the Vulcan word for their mating ritual?
Q2: What are the names of the two teams that compete in the Physics Bowl?
Q3: Who do Leonard, Raj, and Howard select to be the fourth member of their team?
Q4: Who hosts the Physics Bowl?

Quotes:

Sheldon: Count me out.
Leonard: What? Why?
Sheldon: You want me to use my intelligence in a tawdry competition? Would you ask Picasso to play Pictionary? Would you ask Noah Webster to play Boggle? Would you ask Jacques Cousteau to play Go Fish?
Leonard: Come on. You need a four person team. We’re four people.
Sheldon: By that reasoning, we should also play Bridge, hold up a huppah, and enter the Olympic bobsled competition.

The Big Bang Theory: S1E12 – The Jerusalem Duality

The Big Bang Theory : Season 1, Episode 12 – The Jerusalem Duality

Trivia: (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers)
Q1: What idea does Sheldon propose that he thinks could win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Q2: Where is Dennis Kim from?
Q3: What’s the name of the girl that distracts Dennis Kim from his research?

Quotes:

Sheldon: Fifteen Years old. Dennis Kim is fifteen years old and he’s already correcting my work. Today I went from being Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, to, you know, that other guy…
Wolowitz: Antonio Salieri?
Sheldon: Oh, God. Now even you’re smarter than me.
Wolowitz: You know, Sheldon, you don’t have so many friends that you can afford to start insulting them.

The Big Bang Theory: S1E11 – The Pancake Batter Anomaly

The Big Bang Theory : Season 1, Episode 11 – The Pancake Batter Anomaly

Trivia: (Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers)
Q1: Where do the guys go to hang out in order to escape the sick Sheldon?
Q2: What is Sheldon’s IQ?
Q3: What unfortunate event happens to Leonard that causes him to need to return home to the sick Sheldon?
Q4: What song did Sheldon’s mother sing to him when he got sick as a child?