Q 01/05

Which 1922 silent film starred Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok?

A) Vampyr

B) Häxan

C) Nosferatu

D) The Golem

Answer · why

C) Nosferatu

It was an unauthorised Dracula adaptation; Bram Stoker's widow sued and a court ordered every copy destroyed.

Q 02/05

Who directed the 1922 unauthorised Dracula adaptation with Max Schreck as Count Orlok?

A) Robert Wiene

B) Fritz Lang

C) F. W. Murnau

D) G. W. Pabst

Answer · why

C) F. W. Murnau

He worked from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen that changed the names but not the story.

Q 03/05

In The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), the hypnotist commits murders through a sleepwalker named what?

A) Alan

B) Francis

C) Cesare

D) Conrad

Answer · why

C) Cesare

Conrad Veidt played him; the sets had shadows and light painted directly onto them.

Q 04/05

Which 1925 film's ghastly, self-devised make-up was kept a studio secret until the premiere?

A) The Hunchback of Notre Dame

B) The Phantom of the Opera

C) London After Midnight

D) The Unknown

Answer · why

B) The Phantom of the Opera

Lon Chaney's transformations earned him the nickname 'The Man of a Thousand Faces'.

Q 05/05

Who played the Monster in Universal's 1931 Frankenstein?

A) Boris Karloff

B) Claude Rains

C) Lon Chaney Jr.

D) Bela Lugosi

Answer · why

A) Boris Karloff

He was born William Henry Pratt in London and was billed only as '?' in the opening credits.