Q 01/05

Which author wrote the 1959 novel that Psycho was adapted from?

A) Ira Levin

B) Robert Bloch

C) Richard Matheson

D) Ray Bradbury

Answer · why

B) Robert Bloch

Hitchcock bought the rights for just $9,500 and reportedly had his assistant buy up copies of the book so audiences would not learn the twist.

Q 02/05

The character of Norman Bates was loosely inspired by which real Wisconsin murderer?

A) H. H. Holmes

B) Albert Fish

C) Ed Gein

D) Ted Bundy

Answer · why

C) Ed Gein

Both men were solitary killers in rural isolation with domineering dead mothers, and both kept a room in the house as a shrine to her.

Q 03/05

How much cash does Marion Crane steal from her employer?

A) $40,000

B) $60,000

C) $75,000

D) $100,000

Answer · why

A) $40,000

The money ends up sinking into the swamp with her car, and neither Norman nor his mother ever knew it was there.

Q 04/05

In which city does the film open?

A) Tucson

B) Bakersfield

C) Fresno

D) Phoenix

Answer · why

D) Phoenix

A helicopter shot descending into the hotel window was planned for the opening but proved too shaky and had to be spliced with studio footage.

Q 05/05

The Bates Motel sits a few miles outside which fictional California town?

A) Fairvale

B) Santa Mira

C) Bodega Bay

D) Haddonfield

Answer · why

A) Fairvale

The A&E series Bates Motel later relocated the family to White Pine Bay, Oregon, and set the story in the present day.