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The Friday the 13th series began in 1980 and grew into a long-running slasher franchise centred on Camp Crystal Lake. These questions draw from the films, characters, cast members and production details across multiple entries. They range from straightforward facts to more specific points that require close recall of the series history.

10 Trivia Questions

Question 1: Who directed the original 1980 film Friday the 13th?

A. Wes Craven
B. Sean S. Cunningham
C. John Carpenter
D. Tobe Hooper

Question 2: What is the full name of Jason Voorhees mother in the first film?

A. Pamela Voorhees
B. Margaret Voorhees
C. Elizabeth Voorhees
D. Alice Voorhees

Question 3: In which film does the adult Jason Voorhees first appear as the primary killer?

A. Friday the 13th
B. Friday the 13th Part 2
C. Friday the 13th Part III
D. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Question 4: Which actor portrayed Pamela Voorhees in the 1980 original?

A. Adrienne King
B. Betsy Palmer
C. Laurie Bartram
D. Jeannine Taylor

Question 5: The hockey mask first becomes part of Jason costume in which entry?

A. Friday the 13th Part 2
B. Friday the 13th Part III
C. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
D. Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning

Question 6: Kane Hodder first played Jason Voorhees in which film?

A. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
B. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
C. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
D. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Question 7: What is the name of the camp where the original murders take place?

A. Camp Crystal Lake
B. Camp Forest Green
C. Camp Blood
D. Camp Wawanakwa

Question 8: Which actress played Alice Hardy, the sole survivor of the first film?

A. Betsy Palmer
B. Adrienne King
C. Amy Steel
D. Tracie Savage

Question 9: The 1980 film Friday the 13th was produced on a budget of approximately how much?

A. 100000 dollars
B. 550000 dollars
C. 1 million dollars
D. 2 million dollars

Question 10: In Friday the 13th Part 2, who plays the character Ginny Field?

A. Amy Steel
B. Lauren-Marie Taylor
C. Kirsten Baker
D. Warrington Gillette

Answers

  1. B. Sean S. Cunningham – Cunningham directed and produced the 1980 original. Craven, Carpenter and Hooper each directed other landmark horror films but had no involvement with the first Friday the 13th.
  2. A. Pamela Voorhees – The character is named Pamela Voorhees throughout the series. The other names do not appear in the film or its sequels.
  3. B. Friday the 13th Part 2 – The first film features only Pamela as killer. Part 2 introduces the adult Jason as the continuing antagonist.
  4. B. Betsy Palmer – Palmer played Pamela Voorhees in the original film. King, Bartram and Taylor portrayed other characters in the same movie.
  5. B. Friday the 13th Part III – Jason acquires the hockey mask during the events of Part III. It is absent from the first two films.
  6. B. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood – Hodder first portrayed Jason in Part VII. He continued in Parts VIII, IX and Jason X.
  7. A. Camp Crystal Lake – The camp is consistently called Camp Crystal Lake in the original and most sequels. Forest Green is a later renamed version used in Part VI.
  8. B. Adrienne King – King played Alice Hardy. Palmer played Pamela, Steel played Ginny and Savage played a different character.
  9. B. 550000 dollars – Production records list the budget at roughly 550000 dollars. The other figures are inaccurate.
  10. A. Amy Steel – Steel played Ginny Field in Part 2. The remaining names belong to other cast members from the same film.

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