Q 01/05

The white mask Michael Myers wears in Halloween (1978) began as a cheap mask of which Star Trek actor?

A) Leonard Nimoy

B) William Shatner

C) DeForest Kelley

D) George Takei

Answer · why

B) William Shatner

William Shatner's face, sold as a Captain Kirk mask for $1.98, was what the tiny budget allowed. The crew widened the eye holes and spray-painted it a...

Q 02/05

Which actress made her film debut as teenage babysitter Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978), for a fee of $8,000?

A) Jamie Lee Curtis

B) Sissy Spacek

C) Adrienne Barbeau

D) Linda Blair

Answer · why

A) Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis was 19 and unknown to John Carpenter, who had wanted a different actress. She worried she was wrong for quiet Laurie, having been a c...

Q 03/05

What name does the boy Laurie Strode babysits give the masked figure he sees outside in Halloween (1978)?

A) The sandman

B) The scarecrow

C) The boogeyman

D) The phantom

Answer · why

C) The boogeyman

The boogeyman is his word for the figure he spots from the window, though Laurie looks, sees nothing and brushes it off. By the end of the night she b...

Q 04/05

Which fictional Illinois town, named after a real one in New Jersey, does Michael Myers stalk in Halloween (1978)?

A) Springwood

B) Woodsboro

C) Crystal Lake

D) Haddonfield

Answer · why

D) Haddonfield

Haddonfield takes its name from the New Jersey town where the film's co-writer was raised. Several of its street names were borrowed from John Carpent...

Q 05/05

Which Alfred Hitchcock star is the real-life mother of the actress who plays Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978)?

A) Janet Leigh

B) Tippi Hedren

C) Grace Kelly

D) Kim Novak

Answer · why

A) Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh's fame made her daughter's casting free publicity in the eyes of the film's producer. Mother and daughter later shared the screen in John ...