Quiz
1. How does physicist Stephen Hawking's vision of the future differ from that of many science fiction writers?
2. Jules Verne, author of such classics as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, wrote a novel about a perfect world in the year 2000. The book is titled:
3. Metropolis, Fritz Lang's 1926 film, painted a portrait of society in the year 2000 by showing:
4. What famous soothsayer predicted that in the year 1999 "A great king of terror will come from the sky," leading historians to believe he was talking about an apocalyptic meteorite?
5. What was the president of Western Union referring to when he said, "What use could this company make of an electrical toy?"
1. How does physicist Stephen Hawking's vision of the future differ from that of many science fiction writers?
He believes that human DNA will change dramatically in the future.
2. Jules Verne, author of such classics as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, wrote a novel about a perfect world in the year 2000. The book is titled:
An Ideal City.
3. Metropolis, Fritz Lang's 1926 film, painted a portrait of society in the year 2000 by showing:
Robots that looked and acted like people.
4. What famous soothsayer predicted that in the year 1999 "A great king of terror will come from the sky," leading historians to believe he was talking about an apocalyptic meteorite?
Nostradamus.
5. What was the president of Western Union referring to when he said, "What use could this company make of an electrical toy?"
The telephone.
Not much of a future.
Looking ahead to next week.
You must have a crystal ball.