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Quiz about Horror ScienceFiction and Fantasy

Horror, Science-Fiction and Fantasy Quiz

Warning: Some questions require knowledge outside of the films in order to answer correctly. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Quasimodo. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Quasimodo

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
360

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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5025

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1. Guess who I am. My first name is Richard. I'm a prominent American writer and screenwriter who wrote several amazing stories for the original 'Twilight Zone' TV show. I also wrote the screenplay for 'The Incredible Shrinking Man' and few other classics.

Answer: (First and last names)

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2. Who wrote the screenplay for John Huston's 'Moby Dick'? Hint

Huston himself

Herman Melville

Richard Matheson

Ray Bradbury

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3. In Polanski's 'Repulsion', what is the thing that Catherine Deneuve finds so 'repulsive'? Hint

Meat

Sex with men

Spiders

Crowded London streets

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4. Scientifically speaking, what's wrong about the movie 'One Million Years B.C.' featuring Raquel Welch? Hint

Dinosaurs and human beings living at the same time

Nothing was wrong

Prehistoric Raquel Welch should have a hairy chest

There were no primates a million years ago

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5. Which of the following movies is the little boy watching on TV in 'Halloween' (John Carpenter)? Hint

Plan 9 from Outer Space

Bride of Dracula

The Thing

Wizard of Oz

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6. What short story begins with these lines : 'I was sick - sick unto death with that long agony, and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me.'? Hint

Born of Man and Woman (Matheson)

The Pit and the Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)

It (Theodore Sturgeon)

Journey to Death (D.E. Westlake)

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7. Which of the following sentences Jack Nicholson repeatedly wrote in 'The Shining'? Hint

I like red rhum

Death is the strongest of all living things

This have I known always: love is no more

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

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8. What international festival is devoted to science-fiction, fantasy and horror movies? Hint

Avoriaz Film Festival

Il Mostra di Veniti

Montreal Film Festival

Sundance Festival

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9. What is the first robot movie, in terms of major motion pictures? Hint

Metropolis

Flash Gordon

Forbidden Planet

Golem

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10. Horror movies are often considered to be B-movies made by untalented directors. However, some great directors have given them their 'lettres de noblesse': Polanski, Kubrick, Coppola, etc. In 1968, Fellini made a short film ('Toby Dammit', in 'Histoires extraordinaires') about a star, Terence Stamp, who is very fascinated and attracted by a mysterious woman and tries to find out who she is. This strange woman, running from him, symbolizes something. Who is she? Or WHAT is she? Hint

His own death

A zombie

A groupie

A transexual making fun of him

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11. Which of the following movies is based on a 'true story'? Hint

The Blair Witch Project

Poltergeist

Rosemary's Baby

An American Werewolf in London

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12. Robert de Niro eats something in 'Angel Heart'? What is it? Hint

Human brain

A chicken wing

An egg

Big Mac

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13. What would you do with question 13 if you were superstitious? Hint

Give it a wrong answer

Answer it

Skip it!

Read it aloud thirteen times

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14. Martin Landau played a famous horror movie actor in 'Ed Wood'. Who was this famous actor? Hint

Boris Karloff

Bela Lugosi

Peter Cushing

Vincent Price

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15. What is the homeland of Boris Karloff, known for 'Frankenstein'? Hint

United States

Italy

Russia

England

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Richard Matheson

Born in Allendale, N.J., in 1926, Matheson published his first story at age 23: 'Born of Man and Woman'. You should read it! It's really crazy!

2. Who wrote the screenplay for John Huston's 'Moby Dick'?

Answer: Ray Bradbury

Still one of the greatest sci-fi writer, Bradbury had done a lot of works for television and cinema. If you don't really know him, I strongly recommend that you read his famous novel 'Something Wicked this Way Comes'. Very poetic, very beautiful, and yet very SCARRY book!

3. In Polanski's 'Repulsion', what is the thing that Catherine Deneuve finds so 'repulsive'?

Answer: Sex with men

Quite an amazing movie. And a very unusual casting for Deneuve, who played a troubled girl who suffers some paranoid disorders. The final shot is a knock-out: look carefully at the photo and you'll understand a lot of things about this girl's violent behavior...

4. Scientifically speaking, what's wrong about the movie 'One Million Years B.C.' featuring Raquel Welch?

Answer: Dinosaurs and human beings living at the same time

Dinosaurs disappeared long before human beings made their appearance. But who cares? After all, it's just a movie...

5. Which of the following movies is the little boy watching on TV in 'Halloween' (John Carpenter)?

Answer: The Thing

Howard Hawk, the director of The Thing (1951) is one of Carpenter's favorite directors. Carpenter made a very good remake of the original movie (The Thing) with his favorite actor : Kurt Russell.

Answer: The Pit and the Pendulum (Edgar Allan Poe)

As for many of Poe's stories, this one was adapted for the Big Screen by Roger Corman. But it's still more interesting to read than to watch...

7. Which of the following sentences Jack Nicholson repeatedly wrote in 'The Shining'?

Answer: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

A horror movie, but certainly not a B movie! The most brilliant adaptation of a Stephen King novel.

8. What international festival is devoted to science-fiction, fantasy and horror movies?

Answer: Avoriaz Film Festival

Many great directors were revealed by this french festival, including James Cameron (Terminator) and Spielberg (Duel). However, since the late 80's, the interest for this festival has considerably decreased.

9. What is the first robot movie, in terms of major motion pictures?

Answer: Metropolis

Released in 1927, "Metropolis", by German director Fritz Lang, is considered to be the first 'Robot Movie'. In fact, German directors in the early 20s were among the first to make real Science-fiction movies and their works greatly influenced the first generation of American sci-fi movie makers.

Answer: His own death

This short film was a modern transposition of a Poe's short story.

11. Which of the following movies is based on a 'true story'?

Answer: Poltergeist

Yeah, a 'true story', that's what they said. But Tobe Hopper certainly added some very special effects to this so-called 'true' story.

12. Robert de Niro eats something in 'Angel Heart'? What is it?

Answer: An egg

Robert de Niro played Satan in this Allan Parker's masterpiece. The egg he's eating symbolizes a human soul, I think. But I'm not quite sure. One thing for sure, anyway: this great movie is full of symbols...

13. What would you do with question 13 if you were superstitious?

Answer: Skip it!

That was the thirteenth question... You should skip it!

14. Martin Landau played a famous horror movie actor in 'Ed Wood'. Who was this famous actor?

Answer: Bela Lugosi

In this funny movie, Tim Burton paid a tribute to Ed Wood, the 'worst movie director of all time'.

15. What is the homeland of Boris Karloff, known for 'Frankenstein'?

Answer: England

His real name was William Henry Pratt and he was born in Dulwich, England, in 1887.

Source: Author Quasimodo

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