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Good trivia - I'm a big fan and some of them even stumped me.

MizK8 1/2/12 9:45 pm

Your question about the name of the dog is a trick question. The dog was Einstein in 1985 but was Copernicus in 1955. Otherwise, several question are way too easy.

admiralwil 7/28/12 10:04 pm

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1.	The sound viewers hear as the film begins is:
		Clocks ticking
		Tires screeching
		The words: "Great Scott!"
		Rock music playing

2.	Doc Brown's dog was named for a:
		Politician
		Baseball player
		Physicist
		Dickens character

3.	He's the present-day mayor of Hill Valley. Progress is his middle name. What is his first name?
		Rosie
		Artie
		Lefty
		Goldie

4.	Marty's audition for the Battle of the Bands lasts all of about ten seconds before his act is nixed by the judges. What is the name of his band?
		The Pinheads
		The Delinquents
		The Thorns
		The Shredders

5.	Marty has an uncle is in jail at the beginning of the film. What is his name?
		Rocco
		Butch
		Joey
		Ricky

6.	And now for a few questions about Doc Brown's time machine. The time machine was, of course, made out of what model of a car?
		Oldsmobile Cutlass
		DeLorean
		Plymouth Prowler
		AMC Gremlin

7.	The speed at which the time machine jumps through time is:
		95 mph
		88 mph
		79 mph
		83 mph

8.	How many gigawatts are required to produce temporal displacement?
		1.88
		1.21
		1.27
		1.35

9.	The license plate on the DeLorean reads:
		BK2FUTR
		DOCBRN
		OUTATIME
		TIMESUP

10.	The terrorists from whom Doc stole the plutonium for the time machine are of which nationality?
		Syrians
		Libyans
		Lebanese
		Jordanian

11.	What was the date in 1955 to which Marty traveled back through time?
		November 5
		October 15
		September 23
		December 5

12.	As he arrives in 1955 Hill Valley, Marty notices a movie theater marquee. A movie starring whom is playing at the theater?
		Rock Hudson
		Humphrey Bogart
		Frank Sinatra
		Ronald Reagan

13.	On his arrival in 1955, Marty sees a sign advertising a new housing development - the development in which he lives in 1985. What is it called?
		Lyon Estates
		Forest Hollow
		Plainview Heights
		Whispering Pines

14.	1955 Lorraine first addresses Marty as:
		Dreamboat
		Calvin
		Hugo
		Jockey

15.	Several 1955 Hill Valley residents mistake Marty as someone of this profession:
		Astronaut
		Sailor
		Baseball player
		TV reporter

16.	Lorraine and his family watch a classic episode ("It's brand new!") of this TV show as they eat dinner:
		I Love Lucy
		Howdy Doody
		The Honeymooners
		Dragnet

17.	As evidence that his presence in 1955 threatens his existence in 1985, parts of the photograph of Marty and his siblings begins to fade. 1955 Doc Brown first notes which part of the picture is missing?
		Marty's hand
		Marty's brother's hair
		Marty's sister's leg
		Marty's arm

18.	To convince George to ask Lorraine to the dance, Marty appears to George at night as Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan. George is convinced that Marty is an alien, as he looks quite similar to a figure on the cover of this magazine which George is reading:
		Amazing Adventures Weekly
		All Too True Digest
		Fantastic Story Magazine
		Otherworldly Encounters Quarterly

19.	Attempting to ask Lorraine out at the soda shop, George mistakenly uses this word a few times:
		Panorama
		Urinating
		Disaster
		Density

20.	After chasing Marty following their confrontation at soda shop, Biff and his gang end up covered in:
		Grass
		Cement
		Tar
		Manure

21.	The title of the dance to which George is supposed to ask Lorraine contains which word?
		Romance
		Fascination
		Enchantment
		Rapture

22.	The line Marty coaches George to use when he "rescues" Lorraine from Marty is:
		Back away from her, scumbag
		Release her now, cretin
		Hey you, get your damned hands off her
		Now you've earned an ass-kicking

23.	As they arrive at school for the dance, Lorraine freaks out Marty with her behavior. Which of the following is not something that weirds Marty out?
		She drinks
		She smokes
		She doesn't wear underwear
		She admits that she's parked with boys before

24.	A member of the band that is booked to play at the dance is a cousin of which Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member?
		Sam Cooke
		Chuck Berry
		Buddy Holly
		Little Richard

25.	These are the two songs that Marty plays with the band at the dance:
		Why Do Fools Fall in Love and Johnny B. Goode
		Earth Angel and Rock Around the Clock
		Why Do Fools Fall in Love and Rock Around the Clock
		Earth Angel and Johnny B. Goode

26.	As he leaves his parents in 1955, Marty appeals for leniency if their 8 year old son should ever:
		Put a baseball through the television
		Set fire to the living room carpet
		Break their wedding china
		Set off a fire extinguisher in the back seat of a car

27.	To generate enough electricity to send Marty home, the Doc has to harness lightning that strikes a clock tower. On what type of building does the clock tower sit?
		A school
		A church
		A bank
		A courthouse

28.	Which of the following is not a change that Marty notices when he wakes up in 1985 after his time traveling?
		Biff now works for George
		His brother has an office job
		His uncle isn't in jail
		The house is decorated differently

29.	Doc Brown returns from the future to bring Marty and Jen into the future. The DeLorean now runs on:
		Trash
		Sunlight
		Psychic energy
		Water

30.	Huey Lewis, whose songs are featured prominently in the film, has a cameo in the movie. In what role does he appear?
		A clerk behind the counter at the soda shop
		A policeman
		A man who works for present-day Biff
		A judge at the Battle of the Bands

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