Decode: Future Imperfect

A time machine lets you change history. Great, right? Well, even good-hearted gestures can lead to havoc. Unscramble the letters to figure out how you unwittingly set each scenario in motion. 1) Unopposed, Stalin’s tanks roll through Europe within months. The Action: Go back to the mid-20th century and […]
A time machine lets you change history. Great, right? Well, even good-hearted gestures can lead to havoc. Unscramble the letters to figure out how you unwittingly set each scenario in motion.

  • 1) Unopposed, Stalin’s tanks roll through Europe within months.

    The Action: Go back to the mid-20th century and

          .

    (EHIIKLLLTR)

  • 2) Good Will Hunting sweeps the 1997 Academy Awards, setting Van Sant, Affleck, and Damon up for the inevitable crappy sequel.

    The Action: Go back and warn the

    of the

   .

    (ACCEIINRTTW)

  • 3) An infusion of capital just as a former employee returns leads a company to double down on the Newton at exactly the wrong time—then fold.

    The Action: Go back to 1997 and

      in

 .

    (AEEILNPPSTV)

  • 4) The fabric of spacetime rips apart—at least for your family—and you cease to exist.

    The Action: Go back and

    your

  .

    (EHIKMORSST)

  • 5) The course of evolution changes ever so slightly, and Neanderthals go on to dominate the planet.

    The Action: Go back to see the dinosaurs, but

     on a

     .

    (BEEFLPRSTTTUY)

  • 6) The Cubs still lose 4 games to 3 and fail to win the World Series for over a hundred years. (Some curses aren’t so easy to break.)

    The Action: Go back to 1945 and allow the

         to stay.

    (ABGILLOTY)

  • If you pull out all the boxed letters, you might learn this big lesson:

    Trying to change the past is probably just

           !

View Solution »

  • 1) KILL HITLER
  • 2) CREW of the TITANIC
  • 3) INVEST in APPLE
  • 4) KISS your MOTHER
  • 5) STEP on a BUTTERFLY
  • 6) BILLY GOAT

Trying to change the past is probably just WASTING TIME!