Q 01/05

Christine is what make and model of car?

A) 1958 Plymouth Fury

B) 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air

C) 1959 Cadillac Eldorado

D) 1956 Ford Thunderbird

Answer · why

A) 1958 Plymouth Fury

The 1958 Plymouth Fury was rare from the start, with only 5,303 built, so the film's crew dressed up cheaper sister models to fill out Christine's fle...

Q 02/05

Stephen King says the idea for Christine struck when he saw what on his own car?

A) The radio retuning itself

B) The headlights flickering

C) The fuel gauge rising

D) The odometer rolling to 10,000

Answer · why

D) The odometer rolling to 10,000

The odometer rolling to 10,000 as he turned into his driveway made King imagine one that ran backward, so a car grew younger; he began writing the nex...

Q 03/05

Arnie, the bullied teenager who buys Christine, has what surname?

A) Guilder

B) Repperton

C) Cunningham

D) Junkins

Answer · why

C) Cunningham

Cunningham changes as he rebuilds the car: his skin clears up, he stands up to his parents and wins the new girl, and a colder, crueller streak arrive...

Q 04/05

Each chapter of Stephen King's novel Christine opens with what?

A) A newspaper clipping

B) A line of scripture

C) A page from a car manual

D) A rock and roll lyric

Answer · why

D) A rock and roll lyric

A rock and roll lyric opens every chapter, and the car shares the taste: Christine's own radio keeps playing the songs of the 1950s.

Q 05/05

Stephen King's novel Christine is set in Libertyville, a fictional suburb of which city?

A) Pittsburgh

B) Boston

C) Cleveland

D) Detroit

Answer · why

A) Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh was a rare trip outside Maine for King, who dedicated the novel to the city's own George Romero, the director who had just shot their film ...