50+ Best Back to the Future Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: What type of car does Marty use to travel through time?

Answer: DeLorean

Question: Who directed Back to the Future?

Answer: Robert Zemeckis

Question: When was Back to the Future released?

Answer: 1985

Question: Who plays Marty McFly in Back to the Future?

Answer: Michael J. Fox

Question: Where is Back to the Future set?

Answer: Hill Valley

Question: Who is Marty's friend and the inventor of the time machine in Back to the Future?

Answer: Doc Brown

Question: How many sequels does Back to the Future have?

Answer: 3

Question: Who composed the soundtrack for Back to the Future?

Answer: Alan Silvestri

Question: How many Academy Awards was Back to the Future nominated for?

Answer: 4

Question: What is the design on Doc's shirt in the second film and what does it foreshadow?

Answer: Cowboys on horseback and a train

Question: Who composed the soundtrack for Back to the Future?

Answer: Alan Silvestri

Question: What song does Marty play in his audition for Battle of the Bands?

Answer: The Power of Love

Question: This song is playing as Marty enters the Cafe 80s in Part 2?

Answer: Beat It

Question: What was the name of Marty's band?

Answer: The Pinheads

Question: Marty find himself trapped in what year?

Answer: 1955

Question: In 1955, people thought of Marty as a member of which military division?

Answer: Coast Guard

Question: Why does Doc have a distinctive hunched-over look in the film?

Answer: To compensate for the height difference between Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox

Question: Who worked together on the 1980 comedy "Used Cars"?

Answer: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale

Question: How many times was the screenplay for "Back to the Future" rejected?

Answer: 40 times

Question: What was the issue with Robert Zemeckis as a director in getting "Back to the Future" made?

Answer: Not a superstar director

Question: Who suggested that Robert Zemeckis take on a work-for-hire gig to prove his directing abilities?

Answer: Steven Spielberg

Question: What movie did Zemeckis direct after "Used Cars" to prove his abilities as a director?

Answer: "Romancing the Stone"

Question: Why was Claudia Wells chosen to play Jennifer instead of Melora Hardin?

Answer: Hardin was replaced due to height concerns.

Question: Who was Robert Zemeckis' mentor and good friend?

Answer: Steven Spielberg

Question: What nationality were the terrorists who shot Doc Brown?

Answer: Algerians

Question: What did Doc Brown hit his head off when he invented the flux capacitor?

Answer: Sink in his toilet

Question: What was the name of the animal that was replaced by Einstein in the script?

Answer: The script originally had a chimp named Shemp

Question: Why was the decision to replace the chimp with Einstein a good one according to the script?

Answer: According to the script, films with chimps never do well.

Question: How many scenes in the film feature the same actor interacting with themselves?

Answer: 3

Question: How many boards does Marty ride, in the whole trilogy?

Answer: 3

Question: Exactly how many days, hours, and minutes did Marty stay in 1955?

Answer: 7 days, 16 hours & 4 minutes

Question: What is the status of "Back to the Future" in popular culture today?

Answer: Iconic movie and one of the most-popular films ever

Question: What is the time period Marty travels back to in Back to the Future?

Answer: 1950s

Question: How many times was the Back to the Future script rejected before it was made into a movie?

Answer: 45 times

Question: Why did Disney's studio executives initially view Back to the Future as inappropriate?

Answer: The script was too raunchy

Question: Who was the original choice for Jennifer in "Back to the Future"?

Answer: Melora Hardin

Question: What is Melora Hardin now known for?

Answer: Jan from "The Office"

Question: Who was the first time traveler in the movie "Back to the Future"?

Answer: Einstein, Doc Brown's dog

Question: Who was the director of photography for the iconic moment in "Back to the Future"?

Answer: Dean Cundey

Question: What was the name of the company that did the visual effects for the film?

Answer: Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

Question: What was the method used to create the effect of the DeLorean traveling through time?

Answer: Mix of practical and digital effects

Question: Was practical or digital effects mainly used in the creation of the iconic moment in "Back to the Future"?

Answer: Mix of practical and digital effects

Question: What was the technique used to superimpose the footage of the stunt man driving the DeLorean on top of the footage of the tyre tracks?

Answer: Footage superimposition

Question: What was used to create the flames that shot up the gasoline tracks?

Answer: Flames from burning gasoline tracks

Question: How was the impression of the flames shooting out from the car when it vanished achieved?

Answer: By using compressed air

Question: What was added digitally to create the effect of the DeLorean vanishing in the movie?

Answer: Lightning bolts and puffs of smoke

Question: How was the camera rigged for the iconic moment in "Back to the Future"?

Answer: Rigged to a dolly

Question: What was the film's main visual effects team's approach to creating the iconic moment?

Answer: Mix of practical and digital effects