Q 01/05

Which actor, Oscar-nominated the same year for Gods and Monsters, played Kurt Dussander in the 1998 film Apt Pupil?

A) Anthony Hopkins

B) Derek Jacobi

C) Ian McKellen

D) Michael Caine

Answer · why

C) Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen took the part after being impressed by the director's previous thriller. A critics' prize later honoured his work in both of his 1998 rol...

Q 02/05

For what fee did Stephen King, impressed by an early script, option the Apt Pupil film rights in the 1990s?

A) One dollar

B) One thousand dollars

C) One million dollars

D) Ten million dollars

Answer · why

A) One dollar

One dollar bought the option, with King to be paid properly once the film came out. He agreed after seeing a first-draft script and an advance copy of...

Q 03/05

A room number that Ed French mentions in Stephen King's Apt Pupil, 217, is notorious from which other King novel?

A) The Stand

B) The Shining

C) Christine

D) The Dead Zone

Answer · why

B) The Shining

The Shining puts its most feared room, 217, in the Overlook Hotel. King wrote Apt Pupil straight after finishing that novel.

Q 04/05

Which relative of Todd Bowden does Kurt Dussander impersonate at a school meeting in Stephen King's Apt Pupil?

A) His uncle

B) His older cousin

C) His stepfather

D) His grandfather

Answer · why

D) His grandfather

His grandfather is the role Dussander plays, blaming Todd's slump on trouble at home. The lie unravels later, when the school official meets the real ...

Q 05/05

Which 1990s sitcom star played Edward French, the school official fooled by Dussander, in the 1998 film Apt Pupil?

A) Matthew Perry

B) Paul Reiser

C) David Schwimmer

D) David Hyde Pierce

Answer · why

C) David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer was famous as Ross on Friends, but the director cast him after seeing him in a Los Angeles stage production. Kevin Pollak had earlier ...