The Shining Quiz

Many of you who have been waiting patiently to find out the answers to The Shining Quiz, which we distributed during the HORRORFEST '89 convention. We will repeat the questions below. The answers are listed on page 13

1) The Overlook was built...
a) between 1907 & 1909
b) of Carerra marble
c) for 4.6 million dollars
d) like a brick shithouse

2) The Overlook's original owner was...
a) Charles Murphy Chatsworth
b) Donald Merwin Elbert
c) Robert Townley Watson
d) Charles Emerson Winchester III

3) The Overlook had...
a) 322 windows
b) 217 linen closets
c) 110 guest rooms
d) 1 bathroom

4) Jack thought Overlook manager Stuart Ullman was
a) a "facetious little dick"
b) an "officious little prick"
c) an "efficient little hick"
d) rather cute

5) Jack drove to the Overlook in...
a) a red VW
b) a green VW
c) a yellow VW
d) a mauve love machine

6) Jack's full name was...
a) John Edwin Torrance
b) John Anthony Torrance
c) John Daniel Torrance
d) John Cougar Mellencamp

7) Mark Anthony Torrance was...
a) Jack's father
b) Jack's stillborn son
c) Jack's younger brother
d) Jack's strange and ugly sister

8) The student who slashed Jack's car tires was...
a) Charlie Decker
b) George Hatfield
c) Donny Grady
d) Kenny Morgan

9) Jack published a story in Esquire titled...
a) "Underworld Figures"
b) "Concerning the Black Holes"
c) "The Glass Floor"
d) "Behind the Green Door"

10) The play Jack was working on at the Overlook was...
a) "The End of the Whole Mess"
b) "All Work and No Play"
c) "The Little School"
d) ghost written

11)When he first met Danny, Dick Halloran was...
a) the Overlook's caretaker
b) asleep and dreaming
c) 59 years old
d) naked

12) The Overlook was destroyed by...
a) a faulty furnace
b) a freak lightening bolt
c) ghostly arson
d) Stanley Kubrick

Bonus Question # 1

How many full-time employees did the Overlook have?

Bonus question # 2

What year was Jack's Volkswagon?

SHINING QUIZ ANSWERS

1) a
2) c
3) c
4) b
5) a
6) c
7) a
8) b		 9) b
10) c
11) c
12) a
Bonus # 1
     110
Bonus # 2
     1968

Many thanks to Ray Rexer for providing us with this quiz.

Congratulations to Christine Bruedigam and Lyle Ferguson of Concord, CA for being the first to answer all the questions correctly. For this accomplishment, they won complimentary attending membership to HORRORFEST '90!

Published:

Horrorfest Press
Fall 1989
#1, pp. 6, 13

Ray Rexer - Contributing Editor