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Quiz about The Time Machine 1960
Quiz about The Time Machine 1960

"The Time Machine" (1960) Trivia Quiz


How well do you remember the first movie based on the H.G. Wells book, "The Time Machine"? Has too much 'time' passed? It was released in 1960, but has since been seen on television, video, and now DVD. Pull the lever, and good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by west18john. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
west18john
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
90,279
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
8 / 20
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1109
Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (10/20), angostura (20/20), Guest 24 (9/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. Who directed "The Time Machine"? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. Who is credited for writing the screenplay adaptation for "The Time Machine"? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. What was the first spoken line in this movie? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. Although it is not titled as such at the beginning, what is later established as the calendar date during the very first scene of the movie when George makes his first appearence? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. What was the first thing George says in the film, when he suddenly appears at the dining room door? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. Who played Dr. Phillip Hillyer? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. Alan Young, who plays George's friend, Filby, has a number of television shows and movies to his credit. Which of these is NOT one of them? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. In the first scene showing the full-scale time machine, and before George sits down in it, there is a 'blooper' or visual gaffe that wasn't intended. What happened? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. The large, rear disc on the time machine spins clockwise when it is operating.


Question 10 of 20
10. At the moment when George starts his journey into the future for the first time, what time was it on his pocket watch? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. When George stops and gets out of the time machine for the first time, what is the last date showing on the chronometer? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. Inscribed on a plate on the time machine is: "Manufactured by _____" Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. When George stops the time machine, and gets out of it the second time, what was the last date seen on the chronometer? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. What is the last date seen on the chronometer, when George suddenly stops the time machine in the far-distant future? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. What does George take with him when he leaves the time machine, after having arrived in the distant future? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. At the end of the film, when Mrs. Watchett asks Filby if George will ever return, Filby replies: "One cannot chose but wonder, you see,..." Which of these does he say? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. George and Weena listen to how many of the "talking rings"? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. What did George take back with him to the distant future? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. Who composed the music in "The Time Machine"? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. Many years later, a sequel, of sorts, was made of the "The Time Machine" starring some of the original 1960 cast.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who directed "The Time Machine"?

Answer: George Pal

George Pal was not only a director, but also a producer, writer, and cinematographer. He first received acclaim for his "Puppetoons," but soon became the force behind some of the most successful fantasy films of the 1950s. In 1953, he produced another film based on an H.G. Wells novel, "The War of the Worlds."
2. Who is credited for writing the screenplay adaptation for "The Time Machine"?

Answer: David Duncan

David Duncan also was part of the team of writers that conceived the 1966 movie, "Fantastic Voyage." The other choices listed for this question were the other writers who are credited for contributing to "Fantastic Voyage."
3. What was the first spoken line in this movie?

Answer: "Excuse me, Mr. Filby!"

The first line was from an unidentified man on a bicycle, who almost hit David Filby as he crossed the street in front of George's house.
4. Although it is not titled as such at the beginning, what is later established as the calendar date during the very first scene of the movie when George makes his first appearence?

Answer: January 5, 1900

We know it is January 5, 1900, for that is when George made the appointment on his calendar for the group to meet for dinner. The story begins when he comes back from the future on January 5th, then he starts to tell the story of what happened five days earlier, beginning on December 31, 1899 - that's the evening he made the appointment, and we watch him do it. Make sense? Alright, let's start again.

The movie opens on January 5, 1900, when George comes back from the future. He then tells the story of what happened on December 31, 1899, beginning with the last time they all met, he revealed his time machine, and he started his first journey. So the whole movie is a flashback narrated by George ending once again on January 5th.
5. What was the first thing George says in the film, when he suddenly appears at the dining room door?

Answer: "I'm all right. Some food, a drink."

George is played by Rod Taylor, who went on in 1963 to star in the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds" as Mitch Brenner.
6. Who played Dr. Phillip Hillyer?

Answer: Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot went on to greater fame playing Giles French, the butler on "Family Affair," and the voice of the narrator of Walt Disney's "Winnie the Pooh." Whit Bissell who played Walter Kemp, had other brushes with time travel on television, first, in 1966, he was a regular on Irwin Allen's "The Time Tunnel." Then he appeared on an updated TV version of "The Time Machine" in 1978. Tom Helmore, who played Anthony Bridewell, was Gavin Elster in Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" a few years prior to this.
7. Alan Young, who plays George's friend, Filby, has a number of television shows and movies to his credit. Which of these is NOT one of them?

Answer: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Alan Young is well remembered for his role as Wilber Post on "Mister Ed" (1961). He was also in "The Cat From Outer Space" (1978) as Dr. Wenger, and he has done voice work for animated shows. One of the oddest ones had to be Haggis McHaggis, The Scotsman in an episode of "Ren and Stimpy." He also appeared in the 2002 version of "The Time Machine" as a flower shop proprietor. That film was directed by Simon Wells, great-grandson to H.G. Wells.
8. In the first scene showing the full-scale time machine, and before George sits down in it, there is a 'blooper' or visual gaffe that wasn't intended. What happened?

Answer: Rod somehow cut his left index finger, and he smears blood on the time machine.

On the DVD it can be seen clearly. Rod Taylor was bleeding all over the time machine when he lovingly caresses it, just before he unscrews the lever. You might say he gave it a proper christening, without hitting it with a bottle.
9. The large, rear disc on the time machine spins clockwise when it is operating.

Answer: False

The disc spins in only one direction, counter-clockwise, although George Pal originally wanted to have it spin in both directions depending on which direction in time it was travelling, to the future or into the past. The reason it was not built that way was simple, too small a budget, so they went with the simpler and cheaper design. According to Gene Warren, who worked on the film, the entire budget for the movie was only $750,000!
10. At the moment when George starts his journey into the future for the first time, what time was it on his pocket watch?

Answer: 6:31 PM

George, in his voice-over narration, mentions that it was 6:31 when he started, and 8:09 on the clock in his laboratory when he first stops.
11. When George stops and gets out of the time machine for the first time, what is the last date showing on the chronometer?

Answer: September 13, 1917

George stops, walks across the street, and sees David Filby's son, James, and, at first, mistakes him for David Filby.
12. Inscribed on a plate on the time machine is: "Manufactured by _____"

Answer: H. George Wells

Although no one in the film ever refers to Rod Taylor as anything but 'George,' the plate is a tribute to the original author, H.G. Wells. In the original book, H.G. Wells, did not name the character, the narrator just referred to him as 'the time traveller.'
13. When George stops the time machine, and gets out of it the second time, what was the last date seen on the chronometer?

Answer: August 18, 1966

George, after arriving in 1966, finds the citizens of London running for their lives to an air raid shelter to get away from the coming nuclear attack. In 1960, this was a rather harsh view of the future to come just six years later, but who was to know there wouldn't be a nuclear war in 1966?
14. What is the last date seen on the chronometer, when George suddenly stops the time machine in the far-distant future?

Answer: October 12, 802,701

This is the same year that the time traveller in H.G. Wells' book arrives. One can only wonder if humans will still be walking the Earth in 802,701! If so, what will they look like?
15. What does George take with him when he leaves the time machine, after having arrived in the distant future?

Answer: The lever

He unscrewed the lever to insure nobody would take the time machine on a trip.
16. At the end of the film, when Mrs. Watchett asks Filby if George will ever return, Filby replies: "One cannot chose but wonder, you see,..." Which of these does he say?

Answer: "...he has all the time in the world."

Mrs. Watchett was played by Doris Lloyd, who started acting in silent films in 1920. She later appeared in "Mary Poppins" (1964), and "The Sound of Music" (1965).
17. George and Weena listen to how many of the "talking rings"?

Answer: 2

The spinning rings tell of a lengthy war which divided the human race between those who survived on the surface (Eloi), and those who stayed underground. Those who stayed underground were unable to return to survive on the surface, hence the Morlocks.
18. What did George take back with him to the distant future?

Answer: Three books

Mrs. Watchett didn't know which books George took with him to Weena, just that there were three empty spaces on his book shelf. What would YOU take with you on a trip into the future?
19. Who composed the music in "The Time Machine"?

Answer: Russell Garcia

Some of Russell Garcia's other film scores include "Atlantis, the Lost Continent" (1961), "The Pad and How to Use It" (1966), and "Three Guns for Texas" (1968).
20. Many years later, a sequel, of sorts, was made of the "The Time Machine" starring some of the original 1960 cast.

Answer: True

It was a part of a 1993 documentary produced by Bob Burns entitled "The Time Machine: The Journey Back," which was mostly about the story behind the original prop used as the time machine, which was lovingly restored by Mr. Burns, and others. At the end of the documentary is a short scene which shows what might have happened if George came back from the future to save his friend Filby. Rod Taylor, Alan Young and Whit Bissell reprised their roles 32 years after the original.

The full documentary and short scene can be seen on the DVD release of "The Time Machine."
Source: Author west18john

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