Step foot in the Overlook Hotel and put your knowledge to the test. You might do well with these Stephen King trivia questions and answers. There’s more to the King’s collection than the story of an alcoholic writer and a haunted hotel, but that’s where the fun begins, right?
Stephen King is a master of horror who delivers memorable characters plunged into deep waters, often with a mystical twist. Stand with Mother Abigail against the Walking Dude or escape a maniacal nurse obsessed with your character in Misery. Don’t forget his less-horror, more dramatic tales that became fast favorites, like The Green Mile and the novella that inspired the movie, The Shawshank Redemption.
Fans who can pass this Stephen King quiz might avoid self-driving cars after reading Christine or sidestep every Saint Bernard they pass. Red balloons and clowns might make you a little queasy, and you might back away from creepy, overgrown pet cemeteries.
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How many books, as of 1999, make up Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’ series?
2
3
5
4
In which Stephen King novel will you find an abused woman who escapes into a supernatural painting?
Geralds Game
Rose Madder
Desperation
Dolores Claiborne
What name does Delacroix give the mouse in Stephen King’s ‘The Green Mile’?
Mr. Mojo
Mr. Mister
Mr. Jingles
Mr. Whiskers
What is the name of Stephen King’s wife?
Kelly
Tabitha
Katie
Naomi
Stephen King’s novel ‘Cujo’ is about what breed of dog?
German Shepherd
Terrier
Labrador
St. Bernard
What is the cat called in Stephen King’s ‘Pet Sematary’?
Jake
Fluffy
Scud
Church
Who played the role of Jack Torrance in the film adaptation of ‘The Shining’?
Morgan Freeman
Robert De Niro
Jack Nicholson
Anthony Hopkins
What town is setting for the Stephen King novel ‘It’?
Castle Rock
Salem’s Lot
Derry
Orberg
Whose brother is the first murder victim in Stephen King’s ‘It’?
Richard
Bill
Ben
Beverly
What breed of dog is Stephen King’s ‘Cujo’?
German Shepherd
Rotweiler
Malamute
Saint Bernard
What type of car is Stephen King’s ‘Christine’?
Delorean
Oldsmobile
Plymouth Fury
1956 Ford
Which Stephen King book was originally titled ‘Second Coming’
Salem’s Lot
The Shining
The Stand
Carrie
In which TV series did Stephen King have a cameo as a cleaner in 2010?
American Horror Story
Fringe
Dexter
Sons of Anarchy
What is Stephen King’s wife’s name?
Samantha
Tamara
Tabitha
Anna
Pennywise, from the Stephen King novel ‘It’, never appears as a what?
Werewolf
Spider
Clown
Rat
What is the Gunslinger’s name in Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’ series?
Edmund
Roland
Ronald
Edward
What did Annie Wilkes use to hobble Paul Sheldon in the Stephen King novel ‘Misery’?
Sledgehammer
Axe
Hammer
Pick
Which of Stephen King’s books has a semi-autobiographical relation to his pen name?
The Dark Half
Rage
Desperation
The Gunslinger
What creatures were the antagonists in Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’?
Vampires
Werewolves
Zombies
Genetic Mutants
What Stephen King character has Laura San Giacomo (Sex, Lies, and Videotape; Just Shoot Me) played in film?
Beverly Marsh In ‘It’
Nadine Cross In ‘The Stand’
Dolores Claiborne In ‘Dolores Claiborne’
Bobbi In ‘The Tommyknockers’
According to Stephen King, what agency will ‘help you quit smoking….no matter what’?
Quitco
Quitters For Life
Quitters Incorporated
Quitters Anonymous
In the Stephen King novel ‘It’, what was the name of the clown that made us think twice about going to the circus?
Pennywise
Shakes
Koko
Wrinkles
Who is the shape changer in Stephen King’s ‘The Cycle of the Werewolf’?
Jim Gardner
Lester Lowe
Bobby Drayson
Leland Gaunt
In ‘Pet Sematary’, what is name of the spirit in the woods near the burial site?
Sasquatch
Wendigo
Spectre
Banshee
Which Stephen King character refers to himself as ‘like the drink, only not spelled the same way’?
John Coffey
Sam T. Keyla
Dirk Rumm
Cecil B. Thee
In the movie version of Stephen King’s, ‘Maximom Overdrive’, what famous cartoon characters face adorns the leading ‘killer truck’?
The Green Goblin
Kermit The Frog
The Hobgoblin
The Gremlin
In Stephen King’s ‘The Green Mile’, what does John Coffey get to do as his last wish?
Play With A Kitten
Watch A Movie
Call His Mother
Be With A Woman
Which university did Stephen King attend?
University of Vermont
University of Maine
University of New Hampshire
Husson University
In which Stephen King series do you find the hero known as The Gunslinger?
The Castle Rock Series
The World Series
The Dark Tower
The Green Mile
The town of Castle Rock, a regular setting for King’s stories, is named after a chapter in which classic novel?
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Clockwork Orange
In Stephen King’s ‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’, who is Tom Gordon?
He Was Imaginary
A Baseball Pitcher
An Actor
A Boy From School
In Stephen King’s ‘Hearts in Atlantis’, what was the symbol on the back of a coat that was significant to the story?
A Peace Symbol
A Clover Leaf
A Pitchfork
A Nazi Symbol
In ‘Firestarter,’ what is the name of the government agency pursuing Andy and Charlie?
The CIA
The FBI
The Collective
The Shop
Which one of the following has never been the creepy villain in any Stephen King story?
Aliens
Vampires
Girl Scouts
Cockroaches
Which US commentator did King call ‘Satan’s mentally challenged younger brother’?
Rush Limbaugh
Jon Stewart
Bill O’Reilly
Glenn Beck
What sport does Stephen King write a non-fiction story about in ‘Nightmares and Dreamscapes’?
Baseball
Football
Golf
Drag Racing
In which Stephen King short story will you find a group of people trapped in a grocery store?
The Sun Dog
Quitters, Inc
The Mist
The Body
What was the first item ‘bought’ at Stephen King’s ‘Needful Things’?
Victorian Lampshade
Lalique Vase
Charmed Necklace
Baseball Card
How many of the seven friends are still alive at the end of Stephen King’s ‘It’?
Five
Three
Seven
Two
Which of the following Stephen King novels is not set in Maine?
The Green Mile
Storm Of The Century
Cujo
Pet Semetary
What is Stephen King’s other pen-name?
Remy Cannon
Richard Bachman
Ben Hanscom
Larry Brachman
Stephen King co-wrote an episode of which TV series?
The X-Files
Lost
CSI
ER
What was the name of the student killed on Louis Creed’s first day of work in Stephen King’s ‘Pet Sematary’?
Jud Crandall
Joan Charlton
Victor Pascow
Stephen Masterton
What does the Gunslinger lose on the beach in Stephen King’s ‘The Drawing of the Three’?
His Gun
Two Fingers And One Toe
His Watch
His Watersack
According to the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Cycle of the Werewolf’, The ‘Silver Bullet’ is what?
A Wheelchair
A Bike
A Nickname
A Weapon
The novel ‘The Doctor’s Case’ by Stephen King features what famous literary character?
Tom Sawyer
Sherlock Holmes
Randall Flagg
Miss Marple
In which US state are many of Stephen King’s novels set?
Washington
Florida
Iowa
Maine
According to Stephen King, what is the one word you need to curse anyone to lose weight?
Shrink
Thinner
Slimmer
Die-It
With which singer did King recently co-write a musical called ‘Ghost Brothers of Darkland County’?
Jon Bon Jovi
Bruce Springsteen
Tom Petty
John Mellencamp
What was the name of Roberta’s pet beagle in Stephen King’s ‘The Tommyknockers’?
Peter
Joe
Gard
Bobby
In Stephen King’s ‘Pet Sematary’, why is cemetery spelled incorrectly?
The Cemetery Was Named By Kids
It’s A Misprint
It’s Actually A Native American Word
It’s Not, That’s How People In Maine Spell It
In ‘Misery,’ what is the name of the protagonist of writer Paul Sheldon’s romance series?
Misery Chastain
Victoria Swanson
Felicity Noble
Aurora Weatherley
Who is not executed in the electric chair in Stephen King’s ‘The Green Mile’?
Bill
John
The Chief
Del
Which baseball team does King support and often mention in his work?
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
The film adaptation of ‘The Green Mile’ starred whom as Paul Edgecomb?
Sean Connery
James Caan
Tom Hanks
Alec Baldwin
Which of these is a pen name used by Stephen King?
Howard Phillips
Dean Koontz
Joe Hill
Richard Bachman
What’s Stephen King’s middle name?
Edward
Edwin
Edgar
Edson
Which Stephen King novel often gets compared to BBC sci-fi series ‘Quatermass & the Pit’?
Needful Things
The Stand
The Tommyknockers
It
In Stephen King’s ‘The Stand”, who get’s hypnotized so that he can infiltrate the enemy lines?
Stu
Tom
Fran
Harold
In Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’ series, what word does the main character use that roughly means ‘destiny’?
Karma
Mana
Ka
Mojo
What do the main characters of the movie ‘The Blair Witch Project’ and the main character of ‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’, have in common?
They All Were Murdered
They All Smoked The Same Brand Of Cigerettes
They All Got Lost In The Woods
They All Are The Same Age
In which Stephen King novel will you find vampires invading a small Maine town?
Salems Lot
Insomnia
The Tommyknockers
Regulators
Who was the proprietor of Stephen King’s ‘Needful Things’?
Richard Straker
Leland Gaunt
Kurt Barlow
Paul Sheldon
What Stephen King movie won actress Kathy Bates an Oscar?
The Stand
The Shining
Storm Of The Century
Misery
What type of music does Stephen King’s Christine always plays on her radio?
Gangster Rap
Black Sabbath
Death Metal
50s oldies
What kind of games does Gerald like to play in Stephen King’s ‘Gerald’s Game’?
M And M
Spin The Bottle
Monopoly
S&M
In ”Salem’s Lot’, young vampire Ralphie Glick scratches at the window asking what?
To come in
His mother
His father
For help
What is the fictional name that some of Stephen King’s work has been published under?
Pop Merril
Henry King
Richard Bachman
Richard King
Which Stephen King story is about a high school kid who holds his fellow classmates hostage after killing his teacher?
The Running Man
Anger
Rage
Death To Teacher
In Stephen King’s ‘Cujo’, what kind of car do Tad and his mother get stranded in at the farm?
Pinto
Beetle
Mustang
Vega
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