Q 01/05

Why is 'Sematary' spelled that way in the title of Stephen King's novel about a Maine burial ground?

A) A printer's error stuck

B) Children misspelled the sign

C) An old Maine dialect word

D) King's own childhood spelling

Answer · why

B) Children misspelled the sign

Children misspelled the sign on the animal graveyard they tend in the woods, and King kept the error. He based it on a real plot that local kids had m...

Q 02/05

Which actor, famous as Herman Munster, played neighbor Jud Crandall in the 1989 film Pet Sematary?

A) John Astin

B) Al Lewis

C) Fred Gwynne

D) Jack Palance

Answer · why

C) Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne got the part only after the director fought studio executives, who feared audiences would never take a sitcom monster seriously.

Q 03/05

Stephen King singles out Pet Sematary, his tale of a cursed burial ground, for which distinction?

A) It scared him the most

B) It took longest to write

C) It is his personal favorite

D) It sold the fewest copies

Answer · why

A) It scared him the most

It scared him the most of all his novels, by his own account. He found the finished draft too disturbing to publish and released it years later only t...

Q 04/05

In Stephen King's Pet Sematary, Ellie Creed's doomed cat bears the full name of which statesman?

A) Abraham Lincoln

B) Napoleon Bonaparte

C) Theodore Roosevelt

D) Winston Churchill

Answer · why

D) Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill is the cat's full name, shortened by the family to Church. He is the first creature Louis Creed buries in the ancient ground, and he...

Q 05/05

Which punk band, a favorite of Stephen King, recorded the title song for the 1989 film Pet Sematary?

A) The Misfits

B) The Ramones

C) The Cramps

D) Dead Kennedys

Answer · why

B) The Ramones

The Ramones wrote it after a visit to King's home, where, the story goes, their bassist took the novel down to the basement and came back an hour late...