Q 01/05

Which animated sitcom spoofed The Monkey's Paw with a wish for world peace that lets aliens enslave Earth?

A) The Simpsons

B) Family Guy

C) South Park

D) Bob's Burgers

Answer · why

A) The Simpsons

The Simpsons gave Homer a cursed paw bought in Morocco in Treehouse of Horror II. His last wish, for a turkey sandwich, goes wrong as well: the turkey...

Q 02/05

In The Monkey's Paw, which game are Mr White and his son Herbert playing in the parlour as the story opens?

A) Draughts

B) Cribbage

C) Chess

D) Backgammon

Answer · why

C) Chess

Chess opens the story with a warning: Mr White plays recklessly, putting his king into sharp and unnecessary perils. He loses, just as he will later l...

Q 03/05

Which Stephen King novel, the one he says scared him most, was planned as a retelling of The Monkey's Paw?

A) Needful Things

B) Pet Sematary

C) Salem's Lot

D) The Dead Zone

Answer · why

B) Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary began when King's daughter's cat was killed on a busy highway in Maine. Three days after burying it, he imagined a family whose cat came ...

Q 04/05

In The Monkey's Paw, what sum does Mr White ask for when he makes his first wish on the paw?

A) Fifty pounds

B) Two hundred pounds

C) One thousand pounds

D) Ten thousand pounds

Answer · why

B) Two hundred pounds

Two hundred pounds is all he asks for, because he feels he already has everything he wants. The identical sum arrives the next day, after his son is k...

Q 05/05

In The Monkey's Paw, what does Sergeant-Major Morris suddenly do with the paw after describing its curse?

A) Buries it in the garden

B) Gives it to Herbert

C) Locks it in a box

D) Throws it on the fire

Answer · why

D) Throws it on the fire

Throws it on the fire, and when Mr White snatches it out, Morris tells him it would be better to let it burn. He warns his host not to blame him for w...