Q 01/05

In the opening scene, Winifred says 'another glorious morning' makes her what?

A) Weep

B) Sick

C) Itch

D) Yawn

Answer · why

B) Sick

Sick: 'Oh, look, another glorious morning,' Winifred sneers at the dawn of October 31, 1693, just as young Emily Binx is led into the sisters' house.

Q 02/05

To lure the witches at school, Max poses as a game-show host named after which horror star?

A) Bela Lugosi

B) Vincent Price

C) Boris Karloff

D) Lon Chaney

Answer · why

C) Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff: 'I'm your host, Boris Karloff Jr.,' Max announces, greeting the sisters as his 'contestants' before the children shut them in the potte...

Q 03/05

Max Dennison has just been dragged to Salem by his parents from which city?

A) Chicago

B) Los Angeles

C) Phoenix

D) San Francisco

Answer · why

B) Los Angeles

Max moved from Los Angeles, which is why the bullies nickname him 'Hollywood' and he says people back home are 'very health conscious'.

Q 04/05

The role of Winifred Sanderson was originally written with which actress in mind?

A) Cloris Leachman

B) Angela Lansbury

C) Shirley MacLaine

D) Carol Burnett

Answer · why

A) Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman was the Winifred producer David Kirschner pictured, because he loved her in Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein; the film only went ahead ...

Q 05/05

How does Max fake an early sunrise to rescue Dani from the Sanderson cottage?

A) With a camera flash

B) With stage spotlights

C) With a signal flare

D) With car headlights

Answer · why

D) With car headlights

With car headlights: Max aims his parents' car at the cottage window, the sisters shriek that the sun has come up early, and he frees Dani and Binx in...

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