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

Nosferatu was an unauthorised Dracula adaptation: Bram Stoker's widow sued and a court ordered every copy destroyed, yet a few prints survived.

Q 02/05

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

A) Robert Wiene

B) Paul Wegener

C) F. W. Murnau

D) G. W. Pabst

Answer · why

C) F. W. Murnau

F. W. Murnau filmed a Henrik Galeen script that changed the names but kept the story, so Stoker's widow sued for copyright and the studio, Prana-Film,...

Q 03/05

Which 1920 German silent film features a murderous sleepwalker?

A) The Hands of Orlac

B) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

C) Dr. Mabuse the Gambler

D) Warning Shadows

Answer · why

B) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari cast Conrad Veidt as the sleepwalker Cesare, and its twisted, distorted sets became the model for German Expressionist cin...

Q 04/05

Which 1925 silent film reveals a skull-like face that its star designed himself?

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

The Phantom of the Opera starred Lon Chaney, the 'Man of a Thousand Faces', who learned expressive pantomime as a child to communicate with his deaf p...

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

Boris Karloff, born William Henry Pratt in London, was billed only as '?' in the opening credits; his name appeared in the cast list at the end.