Welcome to our Time-Travel Trivia Quiz, the only quiz you could start on a Monday, finish last Thursday, and yet still have time for a cup of tea! Isn’t time travel fun? Let’s test your knowledge on all things time travel, from DeLoreans to Time Lords, from time loops to time paradoxes, and beyond.
Will you be ahead of your time, stuck in the past, or find present success?
Enough chit-chat, it’s about time we started! Just remember: no matter how the quiz goes, you’re all-time champions to us!
1. Who wrote the classic time-traveling novel “The Time Machine”?
2. What is the make and model of the time-traveling car in “Back to the Future”?
3. In which famous TV show does a Time Lord known as “The Doctor” go through time in a spaceship called TARDIS?
4. What is the “Grandfather Paradox” in time travel?
5. Which Roman philosopher said, “Time is the soul of this world”?
6. According to the multiverse theory, what happens when someone goes back in time and changes something?
7. What is the name of the time-traveling device in “Doctor Who”?
8. Which novel by Mark Twain involves a man from 19th-century America time-traveling to Arthurian England?
9. What is the term used to describe the hypothetical action of going forward in time by moving at high speeds, according to Einstein’s theory of relativity?
10. In the Japanese culture, what mythical creature is believed to be capable of time travel?
11. Which rumored naval military experiment supposedly caused the USS Eldridge to become invisible and teleport to a different location?
12. Who claimed to be a time traveler from the year 2036 on an internet forum in the early 2000s?
13. Which song by Iron Maiden tells the story of a time-traveling pilot?
14. Which DC Comics character is known for being so fast that he can time travel?.
15. True or false? Time travel could potentially alter the course of history or even erase individuals from existence.
16. What theoretical construct is often used to explain how time travel might physically work?
17. In “The Time Machine”, which future race does the main character meet first?
18. In which 2016 movie does the protagonist communicate with extraterrestrial beings who have a non-linear perception of time?
19. In which movie is the Flux Capacitor used to allow time travel?
20. According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, what would theoretically be required for human time travel?
21. Which 80s sci-fi movie presents a unique combination of time travel and artificial intelligence?
22. Which famous scientist suggested that “wormholes” could potentially allow time travel?
23. Which movie is about a weatherman who gets stuck in a time loop, reliving the same day over and over again?
24. Which philosopher proposed that time didn’t exist before the Big Bang?
25. What does the Twin Paradox refer to?
26. Which device allows Hermione Granger to take more than one class at the same time in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”?
27. In which time-travel paradox can an object or information exist indefinitely with no discernable origin?
28. In the TV show “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, what causes Captain Picard to shift between different points in his life?
29. In “Avengers: Endgame”, the Avengers travel back in time to gather what items?
30. True or false? Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity which brought about discussions on time travel was published in 1961.
31. What type of “machine” is used for time travel in the movie “Hot Tub Time Machine”?
32. What famous scientist co-authored a book with his daughter Lucy explaining the concept of time travel for children?
33. What is the name of the phenomenon where astronauts age slower than people on Earth due to their high speeds?
34. How does the protagonist of “About Time” time travel?
35. In “Donnie Darko”, what book does the English teacher give Donnie that helps him understand what’s happening to him?
36. In Stephen King’s “11/22/63”, what historical event is the protagonist attempting to prevent?
37. In “Interstellar”, what is the name of the wormhole near Saturn?
38. Which theory proposed by Carl Sagan suggests the existence of a space-time tunnel?
39. In which movie can the protagonist send his mind to his younger self but can’t physically travel through time?
40. In “Doctor Who”, what does TARDIS stand for?
41. What’s the name of Bill and Ted’s time machine in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”?
42. In “Men in Black 3”, what item does Agent J use to time travel?
43. In “Looper”, what do the assassins called ‘Loopers’ do?
44. In the movie “Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel”, the protagonists are trying to avoid what event?
45. Which 2002 novel by Michael Crichton features time-traveling historians to medieval France?
Fantastic work! Whether you’ve just arrived from the future or are planning your next trip to the past, we hope you enjoyed this journey through time. Want more? Don’t worry, the fun doesn’t have to stop here. Jet off to different eras of knowledge with Trivia Bliss’s other quizzes! We’ve even got one all about LARPing!
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