Q 01/05

In the 1960 film Psycho, where does Marion Crane stop for the night and meet her fate?

A) Overlook Motel

B) Bates Motel

C) Black Lodge Motel

D) Pinehurst Motel

Answer · why

B) Bates Motel

The Bates Motel, run by Norman Bates and his "mother," is one of the most iconic locations in horror film history. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) re...

Q 02/05

Which author wrote the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus?

A) Edgar Allan Poe

B) Bram Stoker

C) Mary Shelley

D) Ann Radcliffe

Answer · why

C) Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley began Frankenstein in 1816 at age 18 and published it anonymously in 1818; it is often called the first science fiction novel.

Q 03/05

What is the name of the killer in the Friday the 13th franchise who wears a hockey mask?

A) Leatherface

B) Freddy Krueger

C) Michael Myers

D) Jason Voorhees

Answer · why

D) Jason Voorhees

Jason Voorhees is the iconic hockey-masked killer of the Friday the 13th series. Interestingly, he didn't get the hockey mask until Part III (1982) — ...

Q 04/05

In The Shining (1980), what phrase does Wendy find typed over and over in her husband's manuscript?

A) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

B) Come play with us Danny, forever and ever

C) The Overlook is a place for the dead

D) Redrum, redrum, redrum, redrum, redrum

Answer · why

A) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

Wendy discovers that Jack has been typing "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" over and over, revealing his descent into madness at the Overlo...

Q 05/05

Which 2017 Jordan Peele film follows a Black man visiting his white girlfriend's family?

A) Nope

B) Us

C) Get Out

D) Candyman

Answer · why

C) Get Out

Get Out (2017) was Jordan Peele's directorial debut and won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film explores racism through the lens ...

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