Dec. 9, 2025
Time Travel Trivia
Paradoxes, physics, and pop-culture time machines — how well do you know them?
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Calorogus Shark Media. Greetings trivia fans. I'm Mark Ellison, and
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today we're jumping through wormholes and paradoxes. Question one. In
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Back to the Future, Doc Brown uses what car as
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his time machine. Question two? Which author wrote The Time Machine,
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published in eighteen ninety five and considered one of the
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first modern time travel stories. Question three. In Avengers Endgame,
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the heroes use time travel powered by what specialized particle?
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Question four? What Einstein based theory describes time dilation at
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speeds approaching the speed of light? Question five, which long
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running British sci fi series features a time machine called
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the Tartis. We'll be right back with these temporal answers
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after this break. Welcome back, Let's reveal today's answers. Question one.
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Doc Brown's time machine is a DeLorean memorable for its
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gull wing doors and stainless steel body. Question two. The
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time Machine was written by H. G. Wells, who helped
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establish time travel as a major science fiction theme. Question three.
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In Avengers Endgame, the team relies on PIM particles to
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navigate the quantum realm and travel through time. Question four.
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The theory is special relativity, which predicts that time passes
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differently for observers moving at high speeds. Question five. The
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series is Doctor Who, where the travels through time and space.
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In the tartis disguised as a blue police box that
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concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison. Portions
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of this program were made with the help of AI.
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See you Tomorrow.
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