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Quiz about Motion Pictures Travelling Through Time
Quiz about Motion Pictures Travelling Through Time

Motion Pictures Travelling Through Time Quiz


Science-fiction likes to use time travel as a plot device; even films not tradtionally Sci-Fi have used it, too. See what you know about movies that go back and forth in time. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by robmeister. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
robmeister
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
128,123
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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3476
Last 3 plays: Guest 76 (7/10), Guest 75 (1/10), Guest 24 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. The "Back to the Future" trilogy follows the adventures of Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and his eccentric scientist friend, Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown (Christopher Lloyd). In which of these movies did Marty jeopardize the timeline with a book? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In "Time After Time" (1979), we learn that legendary British author H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) has built an actual time machine, and that one John Lesley Stevenson (David Warner) is really Jack the Ripper, and he has stolen Wells' time machine. When the time machine returns to his lab, Wells goes after Jack the Ripper. In what city did he find himself? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Through "Nemesis," how many "Star Trek" films have dealt with time travel? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In "The Time Machine" (2002), Alexander Hartdegen (Guy Pearce) constructs a time machine of his own. When his fiancée, Emma (Sienna Guillory) is killed, he tries to go back in time to save her. When his efforts prove fruitless, he travels forward, ultimately landing 800,000 years into the future. There, Alexander befriends a race of people who are peaceful and live off the earth. What are these people called?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 5 of 10
5. In the "Terminator" films, there was a time portal in the year 2029 that allowed the Terminator cyborgs (and Kyle Reese) to go back in time, so that each could take on his (or in the case of "T3," her) mission in the past. But anyone going through the portal appeared on the other side in the nude. Why? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989) chronicles the adventures of two dim-witted would-be rock star high school students (Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter) as they travel through the history of our world -- in a phone booth! Can you name the high school that Bill and Ted attended? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In "The Final Countdown" (1980), a modern-day US Navy aircraft carrier encounters a strange storm which takes the ship back to the days prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in 1941. What was the name of the aircraft carrier? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In "Back to the Future, Part II", how many characters (including different versions of Marty McFly) did Michael J. Fox play? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In "Timecop" (1994), a cop named Max Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a member of the T.E.C., whose duty is to preserve history so that the timeline remains constant. What does "T.E.C." stand for? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In "Freejack" (1992), a race car driver named Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez) is thrown forward in time a split second before his car crashes during a race. When he reaches his destination, he realizes that his body is to be occupied by the soul of a dying man (Sir Anthony Hopkins). What rock star played Alex's pursuer, Victor Vacendak? Hint



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1. The "Back to the Future" trilogy follows the adventures of Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and his eccentric scientist friend, Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown (Christopher Lloyd). In which of these movies did Marty jeopardize the timeline with a book?

Answer: Part II

The book was a Sports Almanac for the years 1950 - 2000. Marty happened upon it while in a second-hand store in the future version of Hill Valley. After he purchased the book, Doc Brown took it and threw it away. But an old Biff Tannen dug it out of the trash, "borrowed" the DeLorean, and gave the almanac to his younger self in 1955.
2. In "Time After Time" (1979), we learn that legendary British author H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) has built an actual time machine, and that one John Lesley Stevenson (David Warner) is really Jack the Ripper, and he has stolen Wells' time machine. When the time machine returns to his lab, Wells goes after Jack the Ripper. In what city did he find himself?

Answer: San Francisco

My favorite scene in this film occurs when H.G. Wells enters a McDonald's for the first time. After hearing the man in front of him order a Big Mac, fries and a Coke in a nasally voice, H.G. steps to the counter, and places his order: (Nasal voice) "I'll have a Big Mac, fries..." (Normal voice) "And tea, to go, please."
3. Through "Nemesis," how many "Star Trek" films have dealt with time travel?

Answer: three

In "The Voyage Home" (1986), Kirk & Co. slingshot around the Sun to 1986, in order to bring some humpback whales back to their time.
In "Generations" (1994), Picard and Kirk find themselves in the Nexus, where Kirk is reliving elements of his life after retiring from Starfleet; the two of them later join forces to fight Dr. Tolian Soran on Veridian III in the 24th Century.
And in "First Contact" (1996), the crew of the Enterprise-E help Zephram Cochrane repair and fly Man's first warp ship, the Phoenix, while fighting the Borg at the same time.
4. In "The Time Machine" (2002), Alexander Hartdegen (Guy Pearce) constructs a time machine of his own. When his fiancée, Emma (Sienna Guillory) is killed, he tries to go back in time to save her. When his efforts prove fruitless, he travels forward, ultimately landing 800,000 years into the future. There, Alexander befriends a race of people who are peaceful and live off the earth. What are these people called?

Answer: Eloi

The first Eloi that Alexander meets is Mara (Samantha Mumba), and they become fast friends, especially since she had been trained to speak in the "ancient" language of English.
5. In the "Terminator" films, there was a time portal in the year 2029 that allowed the Terminator cyborgs (and Kyle Reese) to go back in time, so that each could take on his (or in the case of "T3," her) mission in the past. But anyone going through the portal appeared on the other side in the nude. Why?

Answer: Anything not alive couldn't go through the portal

In "The Terminator" (1984), Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) told Dr. Silberman (Earl Boen) that only living tissue could be in the time portal. Now, this is what puzzles me: I can see the T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) using it, because its skin is human tissue, but the T-1000 (Robert Patrick) is made of a memetic polyalloy (In layman's terms, that's liquid metal). If the T-1000 is made of metal, how could it go through the portal? If it takes the form of a person, does it replicate that person so well, that it actually registers as a human and not as a machine? Please send your theories to my mailbox. Thank you.
6. "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989) chronicles the adventures of two dim-witted would-be rock star high school students (Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter) as they travel through the history of our world -- in a phone booth! Can you name the high school that Bill and Ted attended?

Answer: San Dimas High School

Bill and Ted's history teacher, Mr. Ryan (Bernie Casey), once evaluated our heroes' assessment of history this way: "All you boys seemed to have learned is that Caesar is a 'salad dressing, dude.'"
By the way, I'm not sure if the other three high schools exist, but Esperanza High does; it is in Anaheim, California. I graduated from that high school in-- Well, I won't say. But it was years ago! :)
7. In "The Final Countdown" (1980), a modern-day US Navy aircraft carrier encounters a strange storm which takes the ship back to the days prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in 1941. What was the name of the aircraft carrier?

Answer: U.S.S. Nimitz

In the movie, the U.S.S. Nimitz (the flagship of the Nimitz-class carriers) returns to Pearl Harbor after the storm, and the crew notices that the base has changed, to the point that they recognize the ships in the harbor as pre-World War II vessels, including the battleship U.S.S. Arizona.
8. In "Back to the Future, Part II", how many characters (including different versions of Marty McFly) did Michael J. Fox play?

Answer: five

In all, Michael J. Fox appeared as three different versions of Marty McFly: The "Part I" Marty (playing guitar at the dance), the "Part II" Marty (the "original" Marty, if you will), and the older Marty (in the year 2015). He also played the older Marty's children, Marty Jr., and Marlene.

A "sixth" Marty is mentioned in the alternate 1985, when Biff thought he was supposed to be in Switzerland, but we never see him.
9. In "Timecop" (1994), a cop named Max Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a member of the T.E.C., whose duty is to preserve history so that the timeline remains constant. What does "T.E.C." stand for?

Answer: Time Enforcement Commission

In this film, Walker joins the Timecops after his wife, Melissa (Mia Sara) is killed at their home. In the future, we learn that the past could not be altered. But Walker's actions against corrupt politician Aaron McComb (Ron Silver) allow Melissa to live at the end of the film.
10. In "Freejack" (1992), a race car driver named Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez) is thrown forward in time a split second before his car crashes during a race. When he reaches his destination, he realizes that his body is to be occupied by the soul of a dying man (Sir Anthony Hopkins). What rock star played Alex's pursuer, Victor Vacendak?

Answer: Mick Jagger

Yes, it was the singer of the legendary Rolling Stones! As Vacendak, Mick Jagger was ruthless in this film. In one scene, he walked up to a man's desk and picked up a decorative Fabregé Egg, talked about it in a soothing voice, noted that it was priceless, then he smashed it on the desk. Ouch!
Source: Author robmeister

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