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Back to the Future Trivia

What was once the future is now the past and we STILL don't have flying cars. Can you guess these facts from "Back to the Future" and its two sequels?
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Last updated: October 21, 2015
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First submittedAugust 13, 2014
Times taken34,557
Average score66.7%
Rating4.59
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Hint
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Years in which the movies
take place
1955
1985
2015
1885
Actor who plays Marty McFly
Michael J. Fox
Actor who plays Doc Brown
Christopher Lloyd
Name of the bully
Biff Tannen
Make of the time-traveling car
DeLorean
Vanity license plate of the above
OUTATIME
Speed necessary for the car to
travel in time
88 mph
Amount of power necessary
1.21 Gigawatts
Hint
Answer
Skateboard of the future
Hoverboard
Town where the series takes place
Hill Valley
Building that gets struck by lightning
Courthouse
What makes time travel possible
Flux Capacitor
____? Where we're going we
don't need ____?
Roads
Doc's catch phrase
Great Scott!
Name of Doc's dog
Einstein
What Marty hates to be called
Chicken
Doc angers terrorists from this country
Libya
Chuck Berry song that Marty plays
at the dance
Johnny B. Goode
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53 Comments
fuanacdc
+14
Level 89
Aug 13, 2014
Copernicus could also be Doc Brown's dog from 1955. Also Marty doesn't like being called "yellow" from part 3.
sadba5terd5
+6
Level 60
Sep 12, 2014
Nerd!, we thought the same!
stevediverse
+5
Level 86
Oct 20, 2014
"yellow" was my first guess.
akwildrose
+2
Level 50
Jul 9, 2015
Thumbs up. I thought of Copernicus (though I thought of Einstein first) and "yellow" or "yeller" was my first guess.
tom88
+3
Level 77
Jan 29, 2016
I could see guessing yellow if chicken didn't work. but why would yellow be your first guess? the third movie was terrible and the instances of marty getting mad about being called chicken are more numerous by far.
kenpo17
+7
Level 65
Dec 17, 2016
I never understood why some people say BTTF3 is bad. To me it's just as good as 2. Same goes for Ghostbusters 2, I don't get why some hate that one either.
StuddleyJuddley
+1
Level 28
Nov 27, 2024
Ghostbusters 2 as good as the first one? I mean it's good but IMO #1 is head and shoulders better
IamTheSam
+1
Level 48
Feb 24, 2026
Who says it's bad? It's better than 2. I think most people say 2 is excellent, but not as good as 1 or 3 because it's a filler episode: a sequel to 1 and a set up for 3.

Ghostbusters 2 is good, but nowhere near as good as 1.

Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Oct 21, 2015
Copernicus and yellow will work now
ducktownhusker
+1
Level 66
Feb 28, 2020
Yup, Copernicus and Einstein should both be acceptable answers - or even reformulate the question to ask what are his two different dogs' names.
carculator
+1
Level 46
Jul 1, 2021
Good points kid!
irish41
+7
Level 58
Oct 21, 2015
Happy Back to the Future Day, everyone!!!
DysonSphere
+2
Level 63
Oct 21, 2015
Also hates to be called "yellow."
xkatie241
+1
Level 56
Oct 21, 2015
Love it!!!
bowlwoman
+1
Level 67
Oct 21, 2015
Where is my hoverboard! :D

I named my stuffed dog I got for Christmas in 1985 when I was 9 Einstein in honor of BttF. Good times.

tykgoodey007
+2
Level 62
Oct 21, 2015
great quiz and Happy Back to the Future day everyone!
Minteh
+2
Level 22
Oct 24, 2015
2.04 remaining. Me and my parents are mega-fans of BTTF, we travelled all the way from the UK to the USA just to be at Universal Studios in California, where BTTF was filmed.
Minteh
+1
Level 22
Oct 24, 2015
2.56 remaining. My mum got 2.21 remaining ;)
JY95
+1
Level 29
Dec 17, 2015
All with 2:58 remaining
cricketwes
+1
Level 56
Dec 21, 2015
Number plate should be 'Outtatime'
joeythelemur
+4
Level 80
Jul 28, 2016
Nope, one "t". Outatime.
Djilas
+1
Level 86
Jun 1, 2021
Outatime has two Ts :P
lkrs42
+2
Level 28
Oct 4, 2019
I thought it was 2 t's as well. But it is one.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Sep 2, 2019
wow, some high scores on this one! lowest guessed 29, but all but 4 answers are above 60% (64 even..) and only 2 under 50
Yanni47
+1
Level 80
Feb 28, 2020
Surprised so few got Christopher Lloyd though. This was definitely one of his more iconic roles.
triviawayne
+2
Level 67
Feb 28, 2020
A special speedometer was installed in the DeLorean DMC-12 for the movie as US government regulations at the time only allowed for an 85mph speedometer from the factory.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Feb 28, 2020
Interesting trivia :)
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Mar 1, 2020
The speedometer in my car went up to 220 mph (354 km/h) but I never made it all the way to the end.
fireman1953
+1
Level 71
Apr 2, 2022
When Marty was trying to outrun the Libyans around the Twin Pine Mall parking lot, you'll notice that the odometer goes higher and lower and back up.
triviawayne
+1
Level 67
Feb 28, 2020
got this quiz done so quickly it was...

wait for it....

gone in 60 seconds

RunningColours
+2
Level 33
Mar 11, 2020
Just realized that since I only watched the movies in french it's kinda hard
JWatson24
+2
Level 71
Jun 5, 2020
Highly recommend John Mulaney's routine on Back to the Future. Cracks me up every time.
JWatson24
+4
Level 71
Feb 21, 2021
Also, "jigawatts" isn't accepted for "gigawatts"? What a travesty.
hthedrums
+1
Level 68
Dec 7, 2021
Please accept GW for gigawatts.
Berney
+1
Level 84
Feb 28, 2023
I agree, it's the standard abbreviation.
fireman1953
+3
Level 71
Apr 2, 2022
Go to O'Reilley Auto Parts website and enter part number "121G". The flux capacitor will pop up but it says not for sale. It also says "plutonium not included".
bebn123
+3
Level 61
Aug 8, 2022
Pretty sure the full "roads" quote shouldn't end with a question mark.
Ian1979
+1
Level 71
Feb 28, 2023
A great quiz, that reminded me of the fun I have had watching these movies. Thank you.
ZedeFire
+2
Level 61
Feb 28, 2023
Problems with Great Scott, because in italian the name is Giove, the father of gods for romans.
DukeOfLorraine
+1
Level 67
Feb 28, 2023
Similar in french, "nom de Zeus", so "by Zeus' name".
quizzicalguy
+1
Level 69
Feb 28, 2023
For make of the car, could you also accept DMC? It's the standard abbreviation for the Delorean Motor Company and is on the grill of the car.
QuizApe
+3
Level 72
Feb 28, 2023
Who noticed that the quiz was last updated on October 21st 2015?
DukeOfLorraine
+1
Level 67
Feb 28, 2023
So why don't you make like a tree, and get out of here.
Kawada01
+1
Level 65
Mar 1, 2023
please accept jigawatts
Kawada01
+1
Level 65
Mar 1, 2023
please accept 141.6 kmph
namishk
+1
Level 51
Mar 2, 2023
We really have flying cars.
Melon34
+1
Level 53
Mar 3, 2023
I've always ever seen this trilogy in French. Doc's catch phrase is "Nom de Zeus !" in it 😁
PietjePuk24
+1
Level 86
Dec 12, 2023
accept GW for Gigawatts?
MichaelPortrey
+1
Level 21
Jan 27, 2024
20/21, missed actor for doc (I typed in Floyd instead of Lloyd

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MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 64
Nov 22, 2024
I just spent two minutes trying to spell "gigawatts."
poisongift
+1
Level 66
Oct 26, 2025
Marty also hates being called "butthead", doesn't he?
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