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This quiz examines key facts from classic psychological thrillers with strong horror elements. Questions cover directors, release years, cast members, plot details and production notes drawn from verified records. Readers will encounter a balanced mix of straightforward and more demanding items.

10 Trivia Questions

Question 1: In which year was the film Psycho first released in cinemas?

A. 1959
B. 1960
C. 1961
D. 1962

Question 2: Who directed the 1980 film The Shining?

A. Roman Polanski
B. William Friedkin
C. Stanley Kubrick
D. Alfred Hitchcock

Question 3: What is the name of the hotel in The Shining?

A. The Overlook Hotel
B. The Outlook Hotel
C. The Evergreen Hotel
D. The Mountainview Hotel

Question 4: Which actress played the lead role of Rosemary Woodhouse in Rosemary’s Baby?

A. Mia Farrow
B. Catherine Deneuve
C. Julie Christie
D. Faye Dunaway

Question 5: Who wrote the novel on which the film Psycho is based?

A. Robert Bloch
B. Stephen King
C. Ira Levin
D. Thomas Harris

Question 6: In The Silence of the Lambs, what is the profession of the character Clarice Starling?

A. Journalist
B. FBI trainee
C. Police detective
D. Psychiatrist

Question 7: Which composer created the score for the original Psycho film?

A. Bernard Herrmann
B. John Williams
C. Ennio Morricone
D. Jerry Goldsmith

Question 8: What is the name of the demon possessing Regan in The Exorcist?

A. Pazuzu
B. Asmodeus
C. Belial
D. Mephisto

Question 9: Who played Norman Bates in the 1960 film Psycho?

A. Anthony Perkins
B. Rod Taylor
C. John Gavin
D. Martin Balsam

Question 10: Which novel by Ira Levin served as the source material for Rosemary’s Baby?

A. The Stepford Wives
B. Rosemary’s Baby
C. Sliver
D. Son of Rosemary

Answers

  1. B. 1960 – Psycho premiered in June 1960. It was not released in 1959 or later years.
  2. C. Stanley Kubrick – Kubrick directed and co-wrote the screenplay for The Shining. The other directors listed worked on different major films of the era.
  3. A. The Overlook Hotel – The isolated hotel is explicitly named the Overlook throughout the story and credits. The alternative names do not appear in the film or source novel.
  4. A. Mia Farrow – Farrow starred as Rosemary Woodhouse. The other actresses were not cast in that role.
  5. A. Robert Bloch – Bloch wrote the 1959 novel Psycho. King, Levin and Harris wrote unrelated source novels for other films.
  6. B. FBI trainee – Starling is introduced as an FBI trainee at the academy. She is not a journalist, detective or psychiatrist at that stage.
  7. A. Bernard Herrmann – Herrmann composed the iconic score for Psycho. The other composers worked on different Hitchcock or horror projects.
  8. A. Pazuzu – The demon is identified as Pazuzu in both the film and the source novel. The other names do not appear in the story.
  9. A. Anthony Perkins – Perkins portrayed Norman Bates. The other actors played different characters in the same film.
  10. B. Rosemary’s Baby – Levin wrote the 1967 novel Rosemary’s Baby. The Stepford Wives and Sliver are separate Levin works adapted into different films.

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