DeLorean Time Machine Quiz: Back to the Future's Famous Car

This DeLorean time machine quiz pops the gull-wing doors of the car that sent Marty McFly to 1955. Play 10 interactive questions on the stainless steel DMC-12, its Northern Ireland factory, John DeLorean, the flux capacitor, 88 miles per hour and 1.21 gigawatts, plutonium and Mr. Fusion, the refrigerator in an early script and the hover conversion.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Film
Which film series features the DeLorean time machine?
Model
What is the car's model name?
Body
What is the car's body made of?
Doors
What kind of doors does it have?
Factory
Where was the DeLorean built?
Device
What part makes time travel possible?
Speed
What speed must the car reach to time travel?
Power
How much power does the time machine need?
Fuel
What replaced plutonium as fuel?
Draft
What was the time machine in an early script?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which film series features the DeLorean time machine?
Answer: Back to the Future
The first film came out in 1985.
Q2: What is the car's model name?
Answer: DMC-12
DMC stands for DeLorean Motor Company.
Q3: What is the car's body made of?
Answer: Brushed stainless steel
It was left unpainted.
Q4: What kind of doors does it have?
Answer: Gull-wing doors
They open upward.
Q5: Where was the DeLorean built?
Answer: Northern Ireland
The factory was near Belfast.
Q6: What part makes time travel possible?
Answer: The flux capacitor
Doc Brown invented it.
Q7: What speed must the car reach to time travel?
Answer: 88 miles per hour
Flames trail the tires.
Q8: How much power does the time machine need?
Answer: 1.21 gigawatts
Doc's line is famous.
Q9: What replaced plutonium as fuel?
Answer: Mr. Fusion, running on garbage
Doc brought it from 2015.
Q10: What was the time machine in an early script?
Answer: A refrigerator
It was changed for safety and style.

A Stainless Steel Time Machine

The DeLorean DMC-12 was a sports car with a brushed stainless steel body and gull-wing doors, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. John DeLorean's company built it near Belfast in Northern Ireland in the early 1980s, but production ended after only about 9,000 cars.

In Back to the Future, released in 1985, Doc Brown turns a DeLorean into a time machine. The flux capacitor makes time travel possible once the car reaches 88 miles per hour, and it needs 1.21 gigawatts of power, first from plutonium and later from Mr. Fusion, which runs on garbage.

An early script made the time machine a refrigerator, but it was changed, partly so children would not copy it. Several cars were built for the films, and in Part II the DeLorean gains a hover conversion. One original car was later restored by Universal.

What This Quiz Teaches

Movie and car fans will enjoy these questions.

What the car is
Where it was built
How time travel works
How it is powered
How the idea changed

Did You Know?

The engine was a V6.
The car's company went bankrupt.
Fans build replicas today.
Marty is played by Michael J. Fox.
License plates read OUTATIME.