Q 01/05

Who directed The Shining (1980)?

A) Stanley Kubrick

B) Brian De Palma

C) John Carpenter

D) David Cronenberg

Answer · why

A) Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick changed the novel so much that its unhappy author made his own TV miniseries of the story in 1997.

Q 02/05

Which room in the Overlook Hotel is Danny warned to avoid?

A) 217

B) 237

C) 213

D) 231

Answer · why

B) 237

Kubrick's film moved the novel's room number. The Overlook's earlier caretaker, Grady, had murdered his wife and daughters there.

Q 03/05

The Shining got two nominations at the first Razzies: one for its director and what else?

A) The screenplay

B) The picture itself

C) Shelley Duvall as actress

D) Jack Nicholson as actor

Answer · why

C) Shelley Duvall as actress

Shelley Duvall as actress: the Razzies rescinded her Worst Actress nomination in 2022, citing the director's treatment of her during the shoot.

Q 04/05

Where was The Shining almost entirely filmed?

A) Pinewood Studios in England

B) The Timberline Lodge in Oregon

C) The Stanley Hotel in Colorado

D) EMI Elstree Studios in England

Answer · why

D) EMI Elstree Studios in England

EMI Elstree Studios in England held the Overlook's interiors and even its hedge maze; Oregon's Timberline Lodge supplied only the exterior shots.

Q 05/05

Which future star appears in the original Friday the 13th (1980)?

A) Kevin Bacon

B) Tom Hanks

C) Johnny Depp

D) Brad Pitt

Answer · why

A) Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon plays Jack, one of the counselors who ignore the locals' warnings and are picked off one by one.