Stephen King Trivia

1. Billy Summers is a hitman who wants to retire. He is well-regarded for being able to take accurate shots from afar. Where did he perfect his shooting?

From Quiz Who is Billy Summers?

Answer: US Marine Corps

Billy Summers was in foster care but realized that his life was wasting away. He decided to enlist in the US Marines at the age of 17 and was able to get emancipated from his mother so that he could appoint Mr. Speck, the foster father, as his legal guardian. Mr. Speck then signed the papers to allow Billy to enlist even though he was still a minor. In the Marines, Billy and his spotter were both identified as good shots. They were assigned to Camp Pendleton to learn how to be snipers. They learned the trade, stayed together as a team, and were deployed together.

From Quiz Spelling It Out With Stephen King

Answer: Captain Trips

In the novel, the flu is also referred to simply as the 'Superflu' and it has the ability to wipe out 99.4% of the world's population, leaving small pockets of survivors to search for one another and rebuild society. Though the first portion of the novel deals with the spread and fallout of the disease, the bulk of the book follows the survivors and the subsequent battle of good versus evil that emerges when a mysterious man in black, Randall Flagg, starts to reign in the Western United States. Flagg is none other than the 'Man in Black' from the "Dark Tower" series, but we don't know that yet.

From Quiz Guess the Stephen King Book!

Answer: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

King does an amazing job of telling everything from the viewpoint of Trisha McFarland, a nine year old girl. The sounds and the smells of the forest come alive as she is being chased by something. But what is this something? How can poor Trisha escape. You can feel the terror and panic of this brave young girl.

From Quiz Stephen King Mixed Bag

Answer: White

'Carrie' was Stephen King's first published novel. It contains fictitious local newspaper stories in addition to the story itself.

From Quiz Joyland

Answer: Madame Fortuna

Devin recounts the story of his summer at Joyland, commencing with the departure of his girlfriend, Wendy Keegan, who headed off to school in Massachusetts. Looking for a summer job and encouraged to look out-of-state he found an ad in "Carolina Living"; he ended up heading out to Joyland, an amusement park/fairground down the coast. He took the job, working as a Happy Helper, and took up accommodations near the beach (with Emmalina Shoplaw). A few odd things crop up, however. When speaking to Rosalind Gold, the Jewish woman who plays Madame Fortuna, he's told that a woman with dark hair is in his past-- he takes this to mean that Wendy is, perhaps, no longer in his future. On the same creepy note, the dark ride (a haunted house) in Joyland has a bloody past. Of course it does.

From Quiz Stephen King Summaries

Answer: It

"It" was released in September of 1986. It was later adapted into a TV miniseries in 1990. It is one of Stephen King's longest books, at 1138 pages.

From Quiz Stephen King's "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon".

Answer: The Appalachian Trail

The Appalachian Trail runs from Maine to Georgia and covers approximately 2,178 miles. The Silver Comet Trail runs from Smyrna, Georgia to Anniston, Alabama. The Trail of Tears covers nine different states. The Oregon Trail was about two thousand miles long and led through six states

From Quiz Stephen King - How Well Do You Know His Books?

Answer: Thinner

This book was originally published under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. Lawyer and family man Billy Halek runs over an old lady while being pleasured by his wife. When he is let off for his crime, the victim's father, an old gypsy, puts a curse on him.

From Quiz Just After Sunset

Answer: He became editor of Best American Short Stories in 2006

King used to write short stories in the '70s to help pay the bills and he "wrote them hard and fast". He began to work on novels through the next two decades and eventually was dismayed to find he couldn't really do short stories anymore. Then around 2004 he was asked to edit the 2006 volume of "Best American Short Stories" and he immediately accepted. He read hundreds of short stories and got excited about the craft again.

From Quiz Anagrammed Works of Stephen King

Answer: Pet Sematary

"Pet Sematary" is a horror tale published in 1983. The story centers on a doctor and his family moving to a large home near his new job. The home is located near a pet cemetery where local children bury their pets. Burial there seems to allow one to return to life, but this is not necessarily a good thing!

From Quiz The ABC's of Stephen King

Answer: Amy

Her name was Amy Lauder, and she was Harold's older sister.

From Quiz The Stephen King Unusual Quiz

Answer: I was a Teenage Grave Robber

This story was published in the magazine "Comics Review". King was still in high school.

From Quiz Stephen King's Publishing Problem

Answer: Cell

"Cell" was the first of King's books to be released in 2006 (the second being "Lisey's Story"). The story involved a device known as 'The Pulse' being triggered in cell phones and causing the listener to become a murderous victim, and a man named Clay, who is followed throughout the story. As they cross New England, they fight off the merciless killers and attempt to evade "The Raggedy Man".

From Quiz The Little Details of Stephen King

Answer: Gallagher's Pub

Gallagher's Pub featured a long bar, and was private enough for Duke and Brand's conversation.

From Quiz Stephen King

Answer: Victor Pascow

His ghost returns at various times to try to help Louis.

From Quiz In Depth "On Writing"

Answer: Amy Tan

King inquired of Tan what one question was she was never asked during the question period after she gave a seminar. She responded, after lengthy deliberation, "No one ever asks about the language." King took that as her approval to write a book he'd been considering for some time; a book on the mechanics of writing with a splash of autobiography thrown in. "On Writing" is what emerged. Kathi Kamen Goldmark and Barbara Kingsolver are other members of the celebrity band, "The Rock Bottom Remainders", which King is a part of.

From Quiz Name The Place

Answer: Stovington

They lived in Stovington, Vermont. This was also the area where Stu Redman found himself, after the plague was over in "The Stand".

From Quiz Houses or Hotels in Stephen King Novels

Answer: The Black Hotel

The Black Hotel is in "The Talisman". Jack and Richard travel through the blasted lands on the train to reach it. Jack goes inside, and takes the Talisman out. The hotel is then virtually dead, all the power taken from it, with the Talisman.

From Quiz Stephen King - Books & Short Stories

Answer: Gerald's Game

Jessie does eventually get out of the handcuffs, but what she does to get out of them is unbelievable - except in a Stephen King novel.

From Quiz Simple Stephen King Stuff

Answer: 'Salem's Lot

King has revisited 'Salem's Lot in the short stories "Jerusalem's Lot" and "One For the Road", both of which appear in "Night Shift."

From Quiz Stephen King For Die-Hards!

Answer: Alan Pangborn -- Magic Set

Alan Pangborn was one of the few people who did not buy anything from Leland Gaunt. Needless to say, he was the only person immune to Gaunt's spell.

From Quiz The Short Stories of Stephen King

Answer: 'Battleground'

Remember those hundreds of soldiers you could order from the back of a comic book? You'll wish you hadn't when you read this tome from 'Night Shift'.

From Quiz "From a Buick 8"

Answer: Ned

Curtis had one son and two daughters. Because of Ned, the whole story of the Buick came in mind again.

From Quiz Stephen King Books part 2

Answer: Mrs. Underwood

He killed Mrs. Underwood after he 'got it on' and took over the class.

From Quiz Stephen King Books

Answer: Arnie Westrum

Marty was the one who killed the werewolf, Arlene Bessey married and moved before the killings, and Marty's Dad was pretty much useless in the book.

From Quiz Stephen King References

Answer: Mike Hanlon from 'It'

Mikey, a member of the 'Loser's Club' from 'It', is still the librarian in Derry. Ben Hanscom is also briefly mentioned in the novel, but Mike is one of the characters.

From Quiz Odd Questions About Stephen King

Answer: Pequod

It was also Glenn Bateman's middle name in 'The Stand'.

From Quiz Stephen King Corner

Answer: Ben

Bill stays with Audra who is still catatonic and Bev follows Ben to Nebraska.

From Quiz Stephen King

Answer: Derry

An excellent novel. It is a shame the movie could not make the end sequence more like the book.

From Quiz Guess That Stephen King Book Title!

Answer: The Stand

'The Stand' is a great book about a virus that spreads all over the earth and kills almost everyone. This is one of King's thickest books.

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