Q 01/05

Which volcano's eruption caused the dismal 1816 summer when Frankenstein began as a ghost-story contest?

A) Krakatoa

B) Mount Vesuvius

C) Mount Tambora

D) Mount Etna

Answer · why

C) Mount Tambora

Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815 and cooled the whole planet the following year. Kept indoors by the endless rain near Geneva, Lord Byron an...

Q 02/05

Which Stephen King debut novel did his wife, Tabitha, rescue from the trash after he gave up?

A) Carrie

B) Christine

C) Insomnia

D) Firestarter

Answer · why

A) Carrie

Carrie survived because Tabitha King fished its first three pages out of the bin and talked him into finishing. The couple were living in a trailer in...

Q 03/05

In which city was Dracula author Bram Stoker born and later educated at Trinity College?

A) Edinburgh

B) Cambridge

C) London

D) Dublin

Answer · why

D) Dublin

Dublin kept him busy long before the Count did: Stoker spent ten years as a civil servant there while reviewing plays for an evening newspaper on the ...

Q 04/05

In which Thomas Harris novel did the cannibal psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter make his first appearance?

A) The Silence of the Lambs

B) Red Dragon

C) Hannibal Rising

D) Black Sunday

Answer · why

B) Red Dragon

Red Dragon gave him only a small role in 1981, advising an FBI profiler from his cell. Its first film version, Manhunter, cast Brian Cox and spelled t...

Q 05/05

Which Stephen King novel about a doctor's family in rural Maine has the author said scared him the most?

A) Pet Sematary

B) The Stand

C) Gerald's Game

D) Salem's Lot

Answer · why

A) Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary grew out of a real loss: a truck killed his daughter's cat on the busy road beside their rented Maine house. Days after burying it, King ...