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Who Knows The Shadow? Trivia Quiz

Here's a follow-up to my 'Great Pulp Heroes' quiz, all about the man in black who knew 'what evil lurks in the hearts of men'!

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
53,052

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
662

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Question 1 of 15

1. Where did The Shadow originally first appear? Hint

in the pulps

on radio

in motion pictures

in the comics

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Question 2 of 15

2. What pulp publishers put out The Shadow magazine for its entire run?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 3 of 15

3. Who wrote all The Shadow's stories under the name of Maxwell Grant? Hint

Lester Dent

Walter B. Gibson

Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Fredric Brown

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who was his female companion? Hint

Lois Lane

Marie Browning

Nita Van Sloan

Margo Lane

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Question 5 of 15

5. Name the young man The Shadow saved from suicide and became his first agent. Hint

Matt Helm

Dick Grayson

Nick Adams

Harry Vincent

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who is the Shadow's radio operator? Hint

Colorado

Indiana

Burbank

Mississippi

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Question 7 of 15

7. What is the job of agent Moe Shrevnitz? Hint

taxi driver

shoeshine man

newspaper vendor

carpenter

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Question 8 of 15

8. A trick question: what is The Shadow's true identity? Hint

Lamont Cranston

Richard Wentworth

Bruce Wayne

Kent Allard

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who was his Asian arch-foe? Hint

Fu Manchu

Oddjob

Dr. Yen Sin

Shiwan Khan

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Question 10 of 15

10. Name the radio actor who did NOT voice The Shadow. Hint

Frank Readick,Jr.

Orson Welles

Brace Beemer

Bret Morison

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Question 11 of 15

11. What classical composer wrote The Shadow's radio theme? Hint

Grieg

Sibelius

Rossini

Saint-Saens

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who sponsored The Shadow radio show? Hint

Jell-O

Blue Coal

Bromo-Seltzer

Ovaltine

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who announced The Shadow show?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 14 of 15

14. When did The Shadow magazine cease publishing?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 15 of 15

15. When did the radio show go off the air?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where did The Shadow originally first appear?

Answer: on radio

Yes, The Shadow first appeared as the narrator for a mystery radio show in the early 30's.

2. What pulp publishers put out The Shadow magazine for its entire run?

Answer: Street and Smith

Ironically, Street and Smith created and sponsored the radio mysteries that gave birth to The Shadow. He later became the star of the show and his own magazine.

3. Who wrote all The Shadow's stories under the name of Maxwell Grant?

Answer: Walter B. Gibson

Gibson was an amateur magician who knew and ghosted books for Houdini. Dent wrote the Doc Savage stories, Lovecraft is known for his horror tales in 'Weird Tales' and Brown wrote mysteries and sci-fi.

4. Who was his female companion?

Answer: Margo Lane

Did Margo influence Lois' last name?

5. Name the young man The Shadow saved from suicide and became his first agent.

Answer: Harry Vincent

Vincent debuted in the very first Shadow novel 'The Living Shadow'.

6. Who is the Shadow's radio operator?

Answer: Burbank

No relation to botanist Luther! The others are Indiana Jones, and the two gunfighters from Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo' and 'El Dorado'.

7. What is the job of agent Moe Shrevnitz?

Answer: taxi driver

Margo and Moe frequently apppeared on the radio show, but Harry never did!

8. A trick question: what is The Shadow's true identity?

Answer: Kent Allard

Believe it or not! Kent Allard, aviator, was The Shadow but took the identity of playboy Cranston for reasons never made clear in the pulps.

9. Who was his Asian arch-foe?

Answer: Shiwan Khan

Were you expecting Mr. Moto or Dragon Lady?

10. Name the radio actor who did NOT voice The Shadow.

Answer: Brace Beemer

Beemer voiced the Lone Ranger.

11. What classical composer wrote The Shadow's radio theme?

Answer: Saint-Saens

The Shadow's theme was from Saint-Saens' 'Omphale's Spinning Wheel', Rossini's 'William Tell' theme became the Lone Ranger's, Sibelius' 'Valse Triste' graced 'I Love A Mystery' and Grieg's 'Mountain King' was used by Fritz Lang in his classic 'M'.

12. Who sponsored The Shadow radio show?

Answer: Blue Coal

Ovaltine sponsored Little Orphan Annie, Jell-O backed Jack Benny and Bromo-Seltzer did Inner Sanctum

13. Who announced The Shadow show?

Answer: Ken Roberts

A famous radio voice

14. When did The Shadow magazine cease publishing?

Answer: 1949

It was in the summer of 1949.

15. When did the radio show go off the air?

Answer: 1954

Long after the magazine.

Source: Author tjoebigham

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