Famous Predictions

In 1865, Jules Verne wrote 'From the Earth to the Moon,' predicting space travel. Where did his fictional spacecraft launch from?

Which famous inventor predicted in 1909 that 'it will soon be possible to transmit wireless messages around the world'?

In 1968, Arthur C. Clarke predicted tablet computers and video calls in which novel?

Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, allegedly made which famously wrong prediction in 1943?

Which 16th-century French apothecary published 'Les Prophéties,' a collection of prophecies still debated today?

In 1894, which communication medium did many experts predict would never be commercially viable?

H.G. Wells predicted tanks, aerial warfare, and nuclear weapons in his writings. Which of his novels described an atomic bomb?

Who famously said in 1977, 'There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home'?

Mark Twain predicted his own death would coincide with the return of which celestial object?

In 1900, engineer John Elfreth Watkins published remarkably accurate predictions for the year 2000. What did he correctly predict?

Which author's 1898 novel 'Futility' eerily predicted the Titanic disaster 14 years before it happened?

Lord Kelvin, a distinguished physicist, infamously predicted in 1895 that what was impossible?

Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel 'Brave New World' predicted widespread use of which type of substance to control populations?

In 1964, Isaac Asimov predicted that by 2014 people would communicate via which technology?

Which Decca Records executive famously predicted in 1962 that 'guitar groups are on the way out' after rejecting The Beatles?