Famous Time Travelers
In the 1985 film titled Back to the Future, this teenager travels back in time in a DeLorean.
Marty McFly
This movement began in Italy, and sparked the development of art, architecture and intellectual pursuits during the 14th century.
The Renaissance
In Back to the Future, what chemical does Doc steal to use as fuel for his time machine?
Plutonium
What invention was responsible for the deaths of many nobles and aristocrats during the French Revolution?
The guillotine
What term describes the long-term increase in Earth’s average surface temperature due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels?
Global Warming
In this 2014 animated kids’ movie, a talking dog and his adopted son travel back in time to multiple periods in history to save their friend.
Mr. Peabody and Sherman
The United States finally entered World War II after the catastrophe of which event?
Pearl Harbor
This paradox is created when time travelers alter the past, therefore causing their future to be erased.
The Butterfly Effect
This physicist, also known as “the father of the atomic bomb,” was the main character in a 2023 Oscar-winning film.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
What type of computer science involves development of system and machines that can perform tasks that require human skills of problem-solving and decision making?
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)
In Terminator, this actor plays the role of an advanced robot with a deadly mission to destroy the human race.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
During what movement did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous “I Have a Dream” speech?
The Civil Rights Movement
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, what device do people use to create combat scenarios and realistic worlds to explore, essentially allowing them to travel back in time and explore the past?
the Holodeck
This invention, patented by James Watt in 1769, significantly improved the efficiency of many machines, such as the train, during the Industrial Revolution.
The steam engine
What proposed method of space travel, in the “Star Trek” franchise, involves bending of light and the fabric of space time, allowing for faster-than-light travel?
Warp Drive
In Avengers: Endgame, who are the four heroes that travel back in time to steal the Infinity Stones?
Iron Man, Captain America, Ant-Man, and the Hulk
Alexander Hamilton was the first appointment to this position, which allowed him to oversee the nation’s finances and reorder our nation’s banks.
Secretary of the Treasury
In “Doctor Strange,” what mystical artifact allows the hero to manipulate time and travel through dimensions?
The Time Stone
What invention, created by Johannes Gutenberg, revolutionized the spread of information by making it easier to produce books and text in the 15 century?
The printing press
What term describes the design and construction of sustainable, energy-efficient buildings and infrastructure that minimize environmental impact and enhance quality of life in urban areas?
Green urbanism
In the film “Doctor Strange,” what entity does the title hero battle within a time loop?
Dormammu
This Egyptian pharaoh was known for her intelligence and beauty, and famously a lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Cleopatra
In the British television series “Doctor Who,” what is the Doctor’s time travel technology, TARDIS, disguised as?
A Telephone Box
This American inventor created the telephone in 1876, revolutionizing long-distance communication.
Alexander Graham Bell
In “Back to the Future 2,” what year does Doc take Marty McFly to, where flying cars, hoverboards, and self-lacing shoes are a reality?
2015