Q 01/05

Who wrote the Goosebumps books?

A) R. L. Stine

B) Stephen King

C) Christopher Pike

D) Lois Duncan

Answer · why

A) R. L. Stine

Robert Lawrence Stine has been called 'the Stephen King of children's literature'.

Q 02/05

What was the first Goosebumps book, published in July 1992?

A) Welcome to Dead House

B) Stay Out of the Basement

C) Say Cheese and Die!

D) Monster Blood

Answer · why

A) Welcome to Dead House

It came out alongside books two and three and follows Amanda and Josh Benson's move to the strange town of Dark Falls.

Q 03/05

How many books were published in the original Goosebumps series between 1992 and 1997?

A) 40

B) 48

C) 55

D) 62

Answer · why

D) 62

Stine had signed for only six. The last of the original run was Monster Blood IV.

Q 04/05

Which ventriloquist's dummy is the series' most famous villain and unofficial mascot?

A) Fats

B) Mr. Wood

C) Chucky

D) Slappy

Answer · why

D) Slappy

He is the villain of the Night of the Living Dummy books and narrates the SlappyWorld series. Stine says he was inspired by Pinocchio.

Q 05/05

What brings the dummy to life?

A) Reading the words on a card in his coat pocket

B) Winding the brass key hidden in his back

C) Saying his name three times into a mirror

D) Placing his tiny top hat on his head

Answer · why

A) Reading the words on a card in his coat pocket

'Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano' roughly means 'You and I are one now'. He then tries to make whoever read it his slave.