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House of Universal Horror Trivia Quiz

A quiz stitched together from the most ghastly bits of Universal monster trivia and then brought to life through mad science! Can your heart stand it?

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

Author
Squiddyboy

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
86,529

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

Plays
1181

Last 3 plays: Guest 2 (7/15), Guest 24 (8/15), wwwocls (14/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is the name of the mysterious element in "The Invisible Ray"? Hint

Radionium

Element X

Radium X

Mysterium

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Question 2 of 15

2. What monument does the giant praying mantis land on in "The Deadly Mantis"? Hint

Mount Rushmore

The Washington Monument

The Capitol

The White House

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is the name of the pyromaniacal brother in "The Old Dark House"? Hint

Saul

Morgan

Horace

Phillip

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Question 4 of 15

4. In "House of Dracula", what is the kindly doctor's miracle formula made from? Hint

mold

a root

flowers

a serum extracted from Count Dracula

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Question 5 of 15

5. Vincent Price played Jack Griffin's brother in "The Invisible Man Returns".

True

False

6. Actor Bernard Jukes hired a famous Hollywood photographer to photograph him as a character from "Dracula" because he hoped that the photos would win that part for him in the film. What was the part? Hint

Dracula

Jonathan Harker

Dr. Van Helsing

Renfield

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Question 7 of 15

7. What device is Judge Thatcher tortured with in "The Raven"? Hint

a pendulum

a shrinking room

a rack

an iron maiden

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is the name of the killer ape in "Murders in the Rue Morgue"? Hint

Gargantua

Erique

Karl

it has no name

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Question 9 of 15

9. In "Phantom of the Opera", what two arthropods does the Phantom have switches shaped like? Hint

a spider and a fly

a butterfly and a scorpion

a grasshopper and an ant

a grasshopper and a scorpion

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Question 10 of 15

10. Hjalmar Poelzig from "The Black Cat" was named after a(an) ___________? Hint

architect

war criminal

famous satanist

a musician

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Question 11 of 15

11. What is the name of the aquarium in "Revenge of the Creature"? Hint

Marine Land Oceanarium

Ocean Harbor Seaquarium

Marineworld

Sea Harbor

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Question 12 of 15

12. What was the name of the Sherlock Holmes film that Rondo Hatton appeared in as "The Creeper"? Hint

House of Horrors

The Brute Man

The Hands of Death

The Pearl of Death

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Question 13 of 15

13. In "It Came From Outer Space", what is found after the aliens have been present? Hint

a bad smell

slime

a trail of glittery material

dead bodies

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is the name of the actress that appeared in "The Invisible Man" and "The Bride of Frankenstein" as a screetching old woman? Hint

Mara Corday

Una O'Connor

Madge Blake

Frances O'Connel

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Question 15 of 15

15. One of the stars of "The Mole People" played the father on a popular 1950's family sitcom. What was the name of that sitcom?

Answer: (Four Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the mysterious element in "The Invisible Ray"?

Answer: Radium X

"Radium X" is the element that caused Janos Rukh to be transformed into a radioactive monster.

2. What monument does the giant praying mantis land on in "The Deadly Mantis"?

Answer: The Washington Monument

The special effect for this scene showed a real praying mantis landing on a miniature model of the Washington Monument.

3. What is the name of the pyromaniacal brother in "The Old Dark House"?

Answer: Saul

Saul was the craziest of the Femms, which is really saying something.

4. In "House of Dracula", what is the kindly doctor's miracle formula made from?

Answer: mold

The miraculous mold allowed the good doctor to easily operate on bone.

5. Vincent Price played Jack Griffin's brother in "The Invisible Man Returns".

Answer: False

Vincent did not play Jack's brother. He played a friend of Jack's brother. The brother gave his friend the invisibility formula.

Answer: Renfield

Jukes played the role on stage for many years. His efforts were in vain because Dwight Frye landed the part of "the old fly-eater".

7. What device is Judge Thatcher tortured with in "The Raven"?

Answer: a pendulum

Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff strapped the good judge into a device from Poe's "Pit and the Pendulum".

8. What is the name of the killer ape in "Murders in the Rue Morgue"?

Answer: Erique

Erique the Phantom wasn't the only "Erique" that terrorized Paris.

9. In "Phantom of the Opera", what two arthropods does the Phantom have switches shaped like?

Answer: a grasshopper and a scorpion

That was the Phantom's way of showing Christine she had two different choices.

10. Hjalmar Poelzig from "The Black Cat" was named after a(an) ___________?

Answer: architect

The architect's name last name was Poelzig. The character itself was based on satanist Aleister Crowley.

11. What is the name of the aquarium in "Revenge of the Creature"?

Answer: Ocean Harbor Seaquarium

The aquarium was located in Florida. The Creature escaped and ran amok on the bayou.

12. What was the name of the Sherlock Holmes film that Rondo Hatton appeared in as "The Creeper"?

Answer: The Pearl of Death

"The Pearl of Death" featured Basil Rathbone and was the first appearance of the Creeper.

13. In "It Came From Outer Space", what is found after the aliens have been present?

Answer: a trail of glittery material

Those shape-shifting aliens must have overdone it on the glam make up.

14. What is the name of the actress that appeared in "The Invisible Man" and "The Bride of Frankenstein" as a screetching old woman?

Answer: Una O'Connor

Una O'Connor was an Irish actress that was a personal favorite of director James Whale.

15. One of the stars of "The Mole People" played the father on a popular 1950's family sitcom. What was the name of that sitcom?

Answer: Leave It To Beaver

Hugh Beaumont battled subterranean mutants and taught Wally and the Beav important life lessons.

Source: Author Squiddyboy

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