Q 01/05

Who plays Wendy Torrance in Kubrick's 1980 film of The Shining?

A) Sissy Spacek

B) Shelley Duvall

C) Mia Farrow

D) Faye Dunaway

Answer · why

B) Shelley Duvall

Shelley Duvall called Wendy the most difficult role she ever played and said the strain left her in and out of ill health. The same year she was Olive...

Q 02/05

Who plays the caretaker, Mr. Torrance, in the 1980 film of The Shining?

A) Robin Williams

B) Robert De Niro

C) Jack Nicholson

D) Harrison Ford

Answer · why

C) Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson had trained as a firefighter in the Air National Guard, and he tore through the prop bathroom door so fast that Kubrick had to replace ...

Q 03/05

In which state's Rocky Mountains does the fictional Overlook Hotel stand?

A) Colorado

B) Montana

C) Wyoming

D) Oregon

Answer · why

A) Colorado

Colorado: King had just moved his family from Maine to Boulder, wanting a different background for his next novel, and he set the book in the mountain...

Q 04/05

According to the hotel manager in Kubrick's The Shining, on what was the Overlook built?

A) A Civil War battlefield

B) An abandoned silver mine

C) An Indian burial ground

D) A pioneer cemetery

Answer · why

C) An Indian burial ground

An Indian burial ground: he adds that the builders had to fend off attacks while they worked. The remark is brief, but the cursed graveyard went on to...

Q 05/05

In Kubrick's film of The Shining, which room does Hallorann warn Danny to avoid?

A) 101

B) 237

C) 666

D) 1408

Answer · why

B) 237

237: the hotel used for the exterior shots asked for a number it did not have, afraid that guests would shun a real room after seeing the film. King's...