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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 The Shining
| What was the name of the overlook chambermaid who first saw the ghost of the woman in the bathtub? | The Shining Trivia
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| What was the name of the student Jack cut from the debate team who later slashed Jack's tires? | The Shining Trivia
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| What was the name of the nursery school Danny attended before his father took the job at the Overlook? | The Shining Trivia
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The Jack and Jill Nursery School.
| What is the name of Danny's 'imaginary friend' who shows him things he has no way of knowing? | The Shining
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Tony. Tony is really a place inside himself.
| What was the name of The Overlook's previous caretaker who killed his family and himself? | The Shining
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Grady. Grady also tries to convince Jack that he would be management material if he could just control his son and wife.
| What relation of Dick Halloran's also had a very strong shine? | The Shining
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His grandmother. He calls her 'Grams'. He tells Danny that they had conversations all afternoon when he was a boy but they never opened their mouths.
| What does Dick always smell before a premonition? | The Shining
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Oranges. In 1955 while stationed in Germany with the army, he smelled oranges and suddenly knew his brother had been killed.
| What was the number of the room where Danny, Dick and Delores (the maid with a tiny shine) saw the dead woman in the bathtub? | The Shining
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217. The corpse attacks Danny despite Dick's reassurance that they are no more harmful than scary pictures in a book.
| What is the name of The Overlook's phantom bartender? | The Shining
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Lloyd. Jack was an alcoholic, another weakness that the Hotel used to control him.
| Jack's favoured weapon was what type of mallet? | The Shining
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Roque. Roque is played in innings, like cricket, on a gravel court and one side of the head is hard rubber while the other is wood.
| When Danny is trying to be brave in the snow while attempting to escape the hedge animals he tells himself to be more like his father and who else? | The Shining
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| What did Jack and the Hotel forget that eventually lead to its destruction and the survival of Danny, Dick and Wendy? | The Shining
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Boiler . The boiler was supposed to be the caretaker's major concern but they forgot about it.
murder. Tony tried to warn Danny but he didn't understand. Very creepy book.
| When the Torrances lived in Boulder, on what street did they live? | 'The Shining'
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Arapahoe Street. Jack, Wendy and Danny lived on Arapahoe Street, in Boulder Colorado.
Anthony. Danny's middle name was Anthony, after his grandfather. It's where he got the name Tony for his imaginary friend.
| Danny told Dick of a story his father had read to him, which he had enjoyed, but whose pictures had given him nightmares. What story was that? | 'The Shining'
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Blue Beard . Wendy had gotten mad at Jack for reading the story to Danny--He had a lot of nightmares because of the ending.
| What was the name of the man whose father built the Overlook Hotel? | 'The Shining'
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Watson. Watson was the summer caretaker and the son of the man who had built the hotel.
| Throughout the book, Jack recalled his father and the way he had acted. What was his father's profession? | 'The Shining'
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| What did Jack and Al hit on the road, that caused them both to quit drinking? | 'The Shining'
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A Bike. On a drunken drive, Al slammed into a bike parked in the middle of the road. They searched for hours, but found no one. That night Al decided to quit drinking, and Jack followed his lead.
| What name did Jack and Al give their favorite drink? | 'The Shining'
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Martians. Al Shockley really named them Martians, and Jack continued to call them that up until the end.
Yes. They were mentioned in the book -- the previous caretaker had two daughters who were found dead later in the spring.
Mrs. Massey. She was visiting the Overlook with her extremely young male companion, and when he left her without so much as a goodbye, she stuffed herself with alcohol and sleeping pills.
No. The maze is not mentioned in the book; instead, there is a roque court, a playground, and an animal-shaped topiary.
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