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"The Time Machine" Movie Quiz

I noticed that no one made a quiz about the movie, "The Time Machine", so I decided to make the first! It's all multiple choice so it should be pretty easy! Anyways, hope you enjoy it!

A multiple-choice quiz by sweetthang75. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
sweetthang75

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
136,340

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
15 / 25

Plays
1032

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. Who is the author of the book, "The Time Machine"? Hint

H. G. Wells

H. E. Wells

Herman Melville

R. L. Stine

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Question 2 of 25

2. Whose production was it? Hint

Parkes/MacDonald

Jaffe/Parkes

Jaffe/MacDonald

Parkes

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who directed the movie? Hint

Simon MacDonald

Simon Parkes

Simon Wells

Simon Smith

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Question 4 of 25

4. Which actor plays the main character? Hint

Pierce Brosnan

Guy Pearce

Mel Gibson

George Clooney

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Question 5 of 25

5. What is the main character's full name? Hint

Alexander Jones

Alexander Williams

Alexander Smith

Alexander Hartdegen

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Question 6 of 25

6. What is Alex's occupation? Hint

Doctor

Janitor

Inventor

Professor

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Question 7 of 25

7. Where is his occupation located? Hint

Yale University

Columbia University

Harvard University

Princeton University

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Question 8 of 25

8. What is the name of Alex's best friend? Hint

Sam

David

Paul

Joe

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Question 9 of 25

9. What item did Alex complain that everyone wore? Hint

cowboy hats

bowler hats

gloves

glasses

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Question 10 of 25

10. What famous inventor was mentioned? Hint

Jefferson

Einstein

Franklin

Da Vinci

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Question 11 of 25

11. What color was Emma's outfit? Hint

red

green

blue

white

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Question 12 of 25

12. What kind of birthstone did Alex give Emma as an engagement ring? Hint

sapphire

emerald

diamond

opal

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Question 13 of 25

13. What was one of the things that the robber did NOT demand? Hint

wallet

ring

watch

shoes

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Question 14 of 25

14. What time was it on the time machine clock just before Alex left to the past? Hint

2:36

3:36

1:36

4:36

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Question 15 of 25

15. Where did Alex and Emma go instead of the park when he went back to the past? Hint

to Emma's home

to Alex's home

into the city

into the country

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Question 16 of 25

16. How many times did Alex say he could come back and watch Emma die? Hint

a billion

a hundred

a thousand

a million

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Question 17 of 25

17. What did the girl of the future say the time machine made one hell of? Hint

latte

espresso

cappuccino

coffee

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Question 18 of 25

18. What was the second author mentioned in the list of authors listed by the library informer? Hint

H. G. Wells

Thomas Jefferson

Alexander Hartdegen

Alexander Graham Bell

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Question 19 of 25

19. What was the second futuristic year Alex went to? Hint

2037

2036

2030

2020

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Question 20 of 25

20. What was happening in the second futuristic year Alex visited? Hint

the moon fell out of orbit

the earth fell out of orbit

the earth was breaking up

the moon was breaking up

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Question 21 of 25

21. When Alex went 800,000 into the future, who took him in? Hint

Emma

Weena

Marah

Sara

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Question 22 of 25

22. What did Marah's people call English or the "stone language"? Hint

the lex

the mex

the hex

the voodoo

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Question 23 of 25

23. What were the creatures that lived underground called? Hint

Morlocks

Undergrounders

Wizards

Monsters

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Question 24 of 25

24. What two words did the underground creatures' leader say Alex was haunted by? Hint

what if

what now

as if

who is

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Question 25 of 25

25. What item did Alex use to defeat the underground creatures? Hint

his time machine

a knife

a crowbar

a pistol

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the author of the book, "The Time Machine"?

Answer: H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells wrote the book which inspired the movie. Melville wrote "Moby Dick", R. L. Stine wrote the "Goosebumps" books and there is no H. E. Wells!

2. Whose production was it?

Answer: Parkes/MacDonald

In the beginning of the movie, it say a Parkes/MacDonald Production.

3. Who directed the movie?

Answer: Simon Wells

Simon Wells directed this one and the rest of the choices are fictional.

4. Which actor plays the main character?

Answer: Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce plays Alex, the main character in this movie.

5. What is the main character's full name?

Answer: Alexander Hartdegen

In the beginning, we see his full name on the door to his office and on it. It reads Alexander Hartdegen.

6. What is Alex's occupation?

Answer: Professor

We also see on his office door under his name that he is an associate professor, but he does also invent items in his spare time.

7. Where is his occupation located?

Answer: Columbia University

David, his best friend, said an associate professor at Columbia University shouldn't associate with Einstein.

8. What is the name of Alex's best friend?

Answer: David

David was a professor at Columbia University as well.

9. What item did Alex complain that everyone wore?

Answer: bowler hats

While walking home, Alex was telling David that he did not want his students to be the same as everyone else and wear identical bowler hats.

10. What famous inventor was mentioned?

Answer: Einstein

Alex was assisting Einstein with his inventions.

11. What color was Emma's outfit?

Answer: red

She was wearing a red outfit the night she died.

12. What kind of birthstone did Alex give Emma as an engagement ring?

Answer: sapphire

She saw it and called it a mood ring but he told her that it was a birthstone ring. He also said he thought she would like it and she told him he thought right.

13. What was one of the things that the robber did NOT demand?

Answer: shoes

He demanded the wallet, then the watch, then the gloves, then the ring.

14. What time was it on the time machine clock just before Alex left to the past?

Answer: 2:36

Right before the hands on the clock started going backwards, it read 2:36.

15. Where did Alex and Emma go instead of the park when he went back to the past?

Answer: into the city

When Alex told her he needed to talk to her the second time, she asked if they should walk through the park. Knowing better, he told her that they should walk through the city instead.

16. How many times did Alex say he could come back and watch Emma die?

Answer: a thousand

The second time she died, Alex told David that that wasn't supposed to happen and they were safe in the city. He also said that he could come back a thousand times and watch her die a thousand ways. That is why he goes to the future, to find out why he can't change the past.

17. What did the girl of the future say the time machine made one hell of?

Answer: cappuccino

The first futuristic year he visited, he met a girl who took one look at his time machine and said she bet it made one hell of a cappuccino.

18. What was the second author mentioned in the list of authors listed by the library informer?

Answer: H. G. Wells

When Alex asked for practical applications of time travel, he metioned Alexander Hartdegen third and H. G. Wells second.

19. What was the second futuristic year Alex went to?

Answer: 2037

He visited that year after the year 2030. That was the year the moon was breaking up.

20. What was happening in the second futuristic year Alex visited?

Answer: the moon was breaking up

When Alex asked the police what was going on, they said that the demolition for the lunar colonies messed up and caused the moon to break up.

21. When Alex went 800,000 into the future, who took him in?

Answer: Marah

Marah found him, took him in and healed his wounds. They fall in love in the end.

22. What did Marah's people call English or the "stone language"?

Answer: the lex

Marah told him that she teaches them the lex but they forget so only she and her brother know English.

23. What were the creatures that lived underground called?

Answer: Morlocks

They live underground because their skin can't stand the light. They used Marah's people as food.

24. What two words did the underground creatures' leader say Alex was haunted by?

Answer: what if

The morlock's leader said that Alex is a man that is haunted by those two little words, "what if?"

25. What item did Alex use to defeat the underground creatures?

Answer: his time machine

He stuck his watch between the gears of his time machine. It shot out light beams which made the morlocks grow older so rapidly that they eventually disappeared.

Source: Author sweetthang75

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