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Oversimplified Stephen King stories

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Oversimplified Stephen King stories game quiz
"Finally, here's the follow-up to my original Stephen King short stories quiz. This time we try the novels. I will give you an oversimplified plot line, you tell me the book. (Some are by Mr. King's alter-ego, Richard Bachman) All multiple choice."

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1. Boys from all over the country enter a race where if you win you get anything in the world you want. The losers get a bullet in the head.
    The Running Man
    Desperation
    Gerald's Game
    The Long Walk


2. Power Ranger-like action figures come to life and toast a small town.
    The Stand
    Gerald's Game
    The Regulators
    Bag of Bones


3. Men compete on a gameshow where the winner gets rich, the loser gets dead.
    Gerald's Game
    The Running Man
    Needful Things
    Rage


4. A lawyer who runs over a gypsy woman fights to get a curse lifted from him.
    The Shining
    Gerald's Game
    Thinner
    Insomnia


5. A youngster brings a gun to school, shoots several people.
    The Dark Half
    Gerald's Game
    Rage
    Nightmare and Dreamscapes


6. A man barricades himself in his house after he learns of impending highway construction.
    The Stand
    Rage
    Roadwork
    Gerald's Game


7. A girl's beloved pet comes back to life, prompting a distraught husband to try and resurrect his dead child.
    Pet Sematary
    The Dead Zone
    Gerald's Game
    Cujo


8. A young lad's car takes care of the local bullies troubling him.
    Carrie
    It
    Gerald's Game
    Christine


9. A sleepy New England town is terrorized by vampires.
    Gerald's Game
    Cycle of the Werewolf
    Insomnia
    'Salem's Lot


10. The patriarch of a family goes quite mad while serving as caretaker of a hotel with an unpleasant history.
    Gerald's Game
    The Talisman
    Danse Macabre
    The Shining


11. A writer with a tumor on the brain runs afoul of a nemesis who was closer to himself than he could have ever imagined.
    The Dark Half
    The Tommyknockers
    Gerald's Game
    Rose Madder


12. After a virus wipes out most of the world, those immune begin rebuilding and separate into 'good' and 'evil' factions.
    Gerald's Game
    The Stand
    The Long Walk
    The Regulators


13. Vacationers wind up in a dusty western town where the sheriff proves to be quite a menacing problem.
    Desperation
    Gerald's Game
    The Regulators
    Firestarter


14. A band of boys race against another, older band to 'see the dead kid'.
    The Long Walk
    Gerald's Game
    The Body
    Rage


15. A Gun-slinging hero and his band of misfits continue to pursue 'The Man in Black', finally taking a trip on a 'crazy train'.
    The Dark Tower II: Drawing of the Three
    Gerald's Game
    The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
    The Stand


16. An innocent man is sent to prison and eventually makes his escape.
    Gerald's Game
    The Green Mile
    Desperation
    Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption


17. Old man sees strange ribbons of light coming from everyone's head. He also sees strange bald men in white lab coats.
    Insomnia
    Needful Things
    Gerald's Game
    It


18. A creepy clown lives in the sewer and terrorizes youngsters in the town of Derry.
    It
    Pet Cemetary
    Gerald's Game
    Rage


19. Writer has a bad day on the road, ends up in the care of a crazy woman who is his 'number one fan'.
    Gerald's Game
    Thinner
    Desperation
    Misery


20. And one last plot, just to see if you've been paying attention. A woman struggles to survive after being handcuffed to the bedposts during some sexual hijinks.
    Rose Madder
    Carrie
    Gerald's Game
    Christine

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