Prehistoric Era
Ancient Greece
The Renaissance
Modern Times
Time Travel Trivia
200

During this time period this is where early humans called home.

What is a cave?

200

These world-famous games originated in Ancient Greece and are still played today.

What are the Olympics?

200

The Renaissance was believed to have started in this country in Europe.

What is Italy?

200

These motion pictures popular in the 1920’s featured black and white images but did not have any sound.

What are silent movies?

200

This DC Comics superhero was able to travel through time using his speedy superpowers.

Who is The Flash?

400

Some of the earliest known pets, this animal was domesticated during this time period.

What are dogs?

400

This mythical place was believed by the Greeks to be the home of the many gods they worshiped.

What is Mount Olympus?

400

The Renaissance is well known for it’s art.  This artist, who painted the Mona Lisa, is the most well known of this era.

Who is Leonardo DaVinci?

400

This popular toy made from a simple metal spring was first sold in 1945 for $1.

What is a slinky?

400

Marty McFly and Doc Brown used this time travel machine in the movie Back to the Future.

What is a DeLorian?

600

Prehistoric people were known by this title because of the way they got their food.

Who are hunter-gatherers?

600

In Ancient Greece they believed in many monsters such as the Titans and the Gorgons.  This snake haired monster is probably the most famous one and was believed to be able to turn a person to stone with a single look.

Who is Medusa?

600

This word represents the idea of transitioning from dark to light, a new start to life,  and is the direct translation of the French word Renaissance.

What is rebirth?

600

Which superhero famous for being bitten by a radioactive arachnid was debuted in 1962.              

Who is Spiderman?

600

This infamous scientist theorized that time travel may one day be possible.

Who is Albert Einstein?

800

The Prehistoric Era is also known by this title due to the way in which humans at this time created tools.

What is the Stone Age?

800

This performance-based art form was invented in Greece but is still enjoyed around the world today.

What is theater.

800

Johannes Gutenberg invented this device during the Renaissance which is considered one of the most important inventions of modern civilization and allowed knowledge to be spread more easily.

What is the printing press

800

This world famous 1980’s arcade game originated in Japan and requires its players to navigate a maze to consume flashing dots while avoiding dangerous ghosts.

What is PacMan?

800

The movie Terminator is about a dangerous time traveling robot and is responsible for this famous quote.

What is “I’ll be back”?

1000

This human like species who became extinct nearly 40,000 years ago is often used today as a way to make fun of someone’s intelligence or lack of manners.

What is a Neanderthal.

1000

Named after the Goddess of Wisdom this city was known as the capital of Ancient Greece.

What is Athens?

1000

One of the many contributing factors to the beginning of the Renaissance, this plague was responsible for killing more than 35 million people

What is the black death/the black plague?

1000

This phenomenon caused a world wide scare at the turn of the century over the fear that all computer symptoms might crash on January 1, 2000

What is Y2K?

1000

This movie, based on the book by Madeleine L'Engle, follows the journey of Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friends Mrs. Who and Mrs. Whatsit as they search for the time traveling tesseract.

What is “A Wrinkle in Time”?