Hey Time Travelers: Which Era Should You Visit?

By: Mark Lichtenstein
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
Hey Time Travelers: Which Era Should You Visit?
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About This Quiz

It would be one thing to live in a time period other than your own. Visiting, however, doesn't seem like a huge imposition. Given that you've got a few weeks of unused sick days, which period should you visit for your vacation?
Which of these movies would you watch?
"Gattaca"
"Jurassic Park"
"Oktober"
"The Seven Samurai"

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What's your favorite TV show?
"Star Trek"
"Dinosaurs"
"War and Peace"
"Takeshi's Castle"

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What weapon would you want for the zombie apocalypse?
A ray gun
A war-beast
A canon
A katana

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Are you an animal lover?
I like animals.
Absolutely.
I'm uninterested in animals.
I like dogs.

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Are you interested in politics?
I like to see what form things take over time.
I hate politics.
Very
I like avoiding politics.

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What's your favorite sport?
Quiddich
I don't like sports.
Hockey
Baseball

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Do you like a good mystery?
I like diving into the complete unknown.
I like discovering new facts.
That's the best!
Mystery? Not so much.

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Are you okay with violence?
Nope.
I'm okay with animal on animal violence.
I love a good gunfight.
I like duels.

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How important is safety to you?
Pretty important.
Not that important.
Very unimportant.
I'll watch my own back.

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What languages do you speak other than English?
I speak emoji.
None
Russian
Japanese

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Are you optimistic about the future?
Yes, I am!
I try to be.
No.
As long as history repeats, we're all in good shape.

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Do you do any martial arts?
Venusian Aikido
No
Sambo
Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo

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What kind of art do you know how to make?
Photoshop
Cave painting
Nesting dolls
Flower arranging

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What continent is the best continent?
The moon!
Pangea
Europe
Asia

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Do you want to bring back useful information from your trip?
You bet!
Define useful.
Interesting, yes. Useful? No.
Personally useful, yes.

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Who is the best time traveler?
Captain Kirk
Ray Palmer
Doc Brown
Doctor Who

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How disciplined are you?
Average.
I'm good in a tight spot.
I'm not very disciplined.
I'm all about discipline.

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Do you need the comforts of the 21st century to be happy?
At least that, yeah.
Nope.
As long as I can have a little something to keep me sane, I'm good.
As long as people bathe, I'm happy.

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How's your etiquette?
I'm adaptable.
Terrible.
It's fine.
It's very good.

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Do you mind roughing it?
Yes, very much.
Nope.
I'll rough it a bit.
I don't mind doing things differently, but I want a roof over my head.

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Which potential unfortunate end bothers you the least?
Being vaporized
Suffocating in a hostile atmosphere
Being shot
Being crucified

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Do you plan on making friends where you are going?
Yes! Loads of them.
No way.
I don't think so.
I want to find mentors.

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What do you hope to learn?
What the 21st century accomplishes.
What pre-human Earth was like.
I want to find lost treasures.
I want to meet historical figures whose work I've read.

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Which souvenir do you want to bring back?
A blaftron transmitter
A dinosaur egg
The last Romanov
A Muramasa sword

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Do you want to monetize this trip?
Yep!
I'd like to sell things I find on the trip.
No, money is the root of all evil!
No, it's just for personal growth.

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Who would you like to bring with you?
My best friend
My professor
My fellow history buffs
My sensei

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Who don't you want to run into on your trip?
Normal people
Any human beings
Bourgeois people
Americans

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What would be the perfect vacation selfie?
Looking down from space
Riding a dinosaur
With Lenin
The middle of the Battle of Sekigahara

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Would you want to visit the same place in the present?
Maybe
No
Hell, no
Yeah!

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Will you need a vacation after your vacation?
No, I'll need to sit down and write about it.
Probably
It depends on how close I get to the action.
I'll want a little time off to take it all in.

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