Q 01/05

What was Doc Brown standing on when he slipped and hit his head?

A) A ladder

B) His toilet

C) His roof

D) A chair

Answer · why

B) His toilet

His toilet: Doc was standing on it to hang a clock when he slipped, hit his head on the sink and came round with a vision of the device that makes tim...

Q 02/05

Which carmaker offered to pay to have one of its models replace the DeLorean as the time machine?

A) Chevrolet

B) Ford

C) Chrysler

D) Pontiac

Answer · why

B) Ford

Ford offered a product-placement fee if a Mustang replaced the DeLorean; one of the writers refused, saying Doc Brown doesn't drive a Mustang.

Q 03/05

What is Doc Brown's first name?

A) Emmett

B) Everett

C) Elliott

D) Ernest

Answer · why

A) Emmett

Emmett: Doc reveals in Part III that his family were the Von Brauns until his father changed the name to Brown during the First World War.

Q 04/05

What speed must Doc Brown's DeLorean reach to travel through time?

A) 22 miles per hour

B) 44 miles per hour

C) 88 miles per hour

D) 176 miles per hour

Answer · why

C) 88 miles per hour

88 miles per hour was more than a stock DeLorean could show: its speedometer stopped at 85, so the film car was fitted with a specially built one.

Q 05/05

What element does Doc Brown steal from Libyan terrorists to power the time machine?

A) Uranium

B) Thorium

C) Radium

D) Plutonium

Answer · why

D) Plutonium

Plutonium: Doc took it from Libyan terrorists who believed he was building them a bomb, handing them a casing stuffed with used pinball-machine parts ...

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