Q 01/05

Who wrote the screenplay for Scream (1996)?

A) Wes Craven

B) Kevin Williamson

C) Bruce Joel Rubin

D) Ehren Kruger

Answer · why

B) Kevin Williamson

Kevin Williamson wrote the spec script, then titled Scary Movie, in three days, and it set off a bidding war among Hollywood studios.

Q 02/05

Which actor provides the voice of Ghostface in Scream?

A) Matthew Lillard

B) Skeet Ulrich

C) Christopher Meloni

D) Roger L. Jackson

Answer · why

D) Roger L. Jackson

Roger L. Jackson won the part at an open casting, where he decided the caller should not sound like a new Freddy Krueger, and he kept voicing Ghostfac...

Q 03/05

Casey Becker's death in the opening of Scream was inspired by a killing in which earlier film?

A) Halloween

B) The Birds

C) Psycho

D) Peeping Tom

Answer · why

C) Psycho

Psycho killed off its star Janet Leigh early, and Scream stretched Drew Barrymore's opening scene so viewers would believe she was the lead before she...

Q 04/05

Scream (1996) was expected to flop partly because it opened over which holiday?

A) Christmas

B) Halloween

C) Thanksgiving

D) Easter

Answer · why

A) Christmas

Christmas seemed the wrong time for a slasher, and Scream lost its opening weekend to holiday films, yet word of mouth carried it to about $173 millio...

Q 05/05

In The Silence of the Lambs, what is found lodged in a victim's throat?

A) A monarch butterfly

B) A cicada shell

C) A silk cocoon

D) A death's-head moth

Answer · why

D) A death's-head moth

A death's-head moth is the killer's signature, and customs papers for live caterpillars shipped from Suriname help the FBI put a name to him.