THE BIG BANG THEORY

SEASON THREE- EPISODE 10

The Gorilla Experiment

Part 1 Dinner at Leonard and Sheldons

1. What does Penny do that annoys Sheldon?

2. Who is Bernardette?

3. Why does Sheldon disagree with the saying The more, the merrier?

4. Why does the arrival of Howard and Bernardette annoy Sheldon? Why
cant she sit where she wants?

5. What are some of the reasons why Sheldon likes to seat in his special
place?

6. What does Bernadette study?

7. What does Sheldon associate Leonards work with?

Part 2 Sheldon and Penny

8. Why does Penny want to learn Physics?

9. What sort of foundation does she have?

10. Why doesnt Sheldon want to teach her at first? What does she do to
convince him?

Part 3 University cafeteria

11. Why do you think Howard introduces Bernardette to everyone?

 12. What does Leonard do to upset Howard?

Part 4 The class

Complete the conversation:

Sheldon: Research journal. Entry 1. Im about to embark on one of the great

_________________ of my scientific career: teaching Penny physics. Im calling
it _______________ ___________________.

Penny: Hey Sheldon.

S: Come in, take a seat. Subject has arrived. Ive extended a friendly casual
_______________.

P: Ready to get started?

S: One moment. Subject appears______________ and ________________.

Apparently, ignorance is bliss. All right, let us begin. Where is your notebook?

P: I dont have one.

S: And how are you going to ____________ _____________ without a

notebook?

P: I have to take notes?

S: And ________ ____________ are you gonna study for the tests?

P: There is gonna be a test?

S: Tests. Here. That is ______________ ruled, I hope its not too

_________________.

P: Thank you.

S: Youre welcome. Now, introduction to physics. What is physics? Physics comes

from the ___________ ______________ word PhysiKa. In this point you want
to start taking notes. Physika means the science of ___________________
things and it is there, in ancient Greece that our story begins.

P: Ancient Greece?

S: In case of questions raise your hand. Its a warm summer evening circa 600 B.C.
Youve finished your shopping at the local market or agora. And you look up at the
night sky and there you notice some of the stars seem to move. So you name them
planetaes or ________________. Yes Penny?

P: Does this have anything to do with Leonards work?

S: This is the beginning of the _____________ year journey we are going to take
together. From the ancient Greeks through Isaac Newton, to Niels Bohr, to Erwin
Schrdinger, to the Dutch ____________________ that Leonard is currently
ripping off.

P: _____________ years

S: ___________ __________ _____________. As I was saying its a warm

summer evening in ancient GreeceYes Penny.

P: I need to go to the bathroom.

S: Cant you ________________ it?

P: Not for ___________________ hundred years.

S: Project gorilla, entry 2. Im ________________________.

Part 5 Howards bedroom (check true or false)

( ) Bernardettes bra unhooks in the front.

( ) Howard mother arrive earlier because her art class was cancelled.

( ) Howard asks to have roast beef for dinner.

( ) His mother calls him her tushy face

( ) Bernardette receives a text from Leonard saying that Howard didnt like the
idea of her seeing his experiment.

Part 6 The class continues

How do you think Penny is feeling in class?

Why does she start crying?

What does Leonard do?

Part 7 In the lab (complete the extracts from the conversation)

Howard: I was in bed with Bernardette when you _______________________.

Howard: I dont know! Something that doesnt make me _____________

__________ as a petty _____________ duche.

Howard: Lets not get off topic. Bernardette, I need to _________________. I

was wrong to tell you who you ______________ ________ __________
____________.

Howard: I know I come off as _____________ and _______________but the

truth is Im not.

Howard: Which is why I tend to feel ____________________ by other guys.

Leonard: Or _____________, ______________ and

_____________________.