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Michael Crichton's "Timeline" Trivia Quiz

One of Michael Crichton's great novels featuring an old fantasy - time travel. Warning - Contains spoilers!

A multiple-choice quiz by deepakmr. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
deepakmr

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
278,986

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
569

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Which of the following was NOT a company started by Robert Doniger? Hint

InGen

TechGate

Advanced Magnetics

International Technology Corporation

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who among the following was ITC's attorney? Hint

Doniger

Marek

Gordon

Kramer

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is the meaning of the following Old English expression - 'Ayepray thee'? Hint

Thank You

You are Welcome

Prepare to Fight

None of these

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Question 4 of 15

4. What is the date on the parchment paper that carried a message from the Professor? Hint

7/4/1357

7/4/1348

3/7/1357

4/7/1357

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Question 5 of 15

5. How many hours time do the time travellers have to get back to the present? Hint

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who among the following refuses to time travel? Hint

Stern

Chris

Kate

Marek

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Question 7 of 15

7. Why does Baretto come back to the present, immediately on arrival in the past? Hint

He is sent back by Gomez for carrying a gun

He is shot by an arrow and falls back into the time machine

He is frightened and decides to return

He is brought back by Gordon

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Question 8 of 15

8. Marek kills both Sir Charles and Sir Guy in the jousting competition.

True

False

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Question 9 of 15

9. By what name is Professor Johnston known, when he comes to the past? Hint

Archpriest

Abbot

Teacher

Magister

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who had stolen the earpiece from Gomez's severed head and was listening in to the time travellers' conversations? Hint

Sir Oliver

Sir De Keere

Sir Guy

Archpriest Arnaut

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which game were the monks playing at the monastery? Hint

Billiards

Tennis

Bowling

Chess

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who saves the time travellers from the lake after the mill is burnt down? Hint

Sir Guy

Sir Oliver

De Keere

Arnaut

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who kills Sir Guy at La Roque? Hint

Marek

Kate

Chris

Arnaut

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who decides to stay back in the past and refuses to get into the time machine? Hint

Chris

Marek

Johnston

Kate

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Question 15 of 15

15. What happens to Doniger at the end of the story? Hint

He dies of plague in Castelgard

He is killed by Gordon using a cylinder of a poison gas

He resigns from ITC and accepts blame for the tragedies

He is sent back to the past to Vesuvius and dies in the volcanic explosion

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following was NOT a company started by Robert Doniger?

Answer: InGen

InGen is John Hammond's company which is featured in "Jurassic Park". TechGate, Advanced Magnetics and ITC are companies started by Doniger.

2. Who among the following was ITC's attorney?

Answer: Kramer

Diane Kramer was ITC's attorney.

3. What is the meaning of the following Old English expression - 'Ayepray thee'?

Answer: You are Welcome

The team of historians travelling to the past are played a cassette to acquaint them with the terms of the Occitan language as they are flying out to the ITC HQ. 'Ayepray thee' means "You are Welcome". 'Grah Mersy' is "Thank You" and "Prepare to Fight" is 'Dicht theeselv to ficht'.

4. What is the date on the parchment paper that carried a message from the Professor?

Answer: 4/7/1357

Elsie studies the parchment papers recovered from the monastery ruins and finds one with a message from the Professor (HELP ME). The message is dated 4/7/1357.

5. How many hours time do the time travellers have to get back to the present?

Answer: 37

37 hours is the life time of the battery cells for the time machine. The time travellers are expected to return before this time or end up in the past forever.

6. Who among the following refuses to time travel?

Answer: Stern

Stern makes it clear that he is not a historian and is not convinced of the safety of the time machines (which proves to be true!) and he refuses to time travel.

7. Why does Baretto come back to the present, immediately on arrival in the past?

Answer: He is shot by an arrow and falls back into the time machine

Baretto is shot by an arrow by Sir Guy's archers and he falls back into the machine and returns back to the present. At the time of return, he has opened a grenade which explodes in the present damaging the laboratory and jeopardizing the return of the time travellers.

8. Marek kills both Sir Charles and Sir Guy in the jousting competition.

Answer: False

False. Sir Charles is presumably killed in the joust; Marek defeats Sir Guy and raises his sword to execute him but decides against it at the last minute (a decision which he has to regret later!).

9. By what name is Professor Johnston known, when he comes to the past?

Answer: Magister

Professor Johnston is known as the 'Magister'. Everybody believes that he knows the secret passageway to the castle at La Roque.

10. Who had stolen the earpiece from Gomez's severed head and was listening in to the time travellers' conversations?

Answer: Sir De Keere

The time travellers suspect Sir Guy, but in reality Robert De Keere had one of the earpieces. He was from the present and had traveled to the past using an earlier time machine.

11. Which game were the monks playing at the monastery?

Answer: Tennis

The monks were playing an earlier form of tennis, without racquets and nets!

12. Who saves the time travellers from the lake after the mill is burnt down?

Answer: Arnaut

The Archpriest Arnaut saves Chris and Kate after the mills burns down. History had marked down Arnaut as a tyrant and brute and Sir Oliver as a saintly man, but the time travellers were surprised to realise that the truth was different!

13. Who kills Sir Guy at La Roque?

Answer: Kate

Kate kills Sir Guy in a battle played near the roofs of the great hall at La Roque. Sir Guy is pinned down on the railings by a knife; Kate removes the knife and Sir Guy plunges to his death.

14. Who decides to stay back in the past and refuses to get into the time machine?

Answer: Marek

Andre Marek had always dreamed of being a knight and decides to stay back in the past. At the end of the novel, they find the grave of Marek who had married Lady Claire and lived till the age of 54.

15. What happens to Doniger at the end of the story?

Answer: He dies of plague in Castelgard

Gordon decides to replace Doniger and sends him back to Castelgard to the year 1348. Even though Doniger has a marker, unfortunately for him, he lands in the year of the Black Death and dies infested by plague.

Source: Author deepakmr

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