It is number 217 in Stephen King's novel but the hotel Kubrick filmed at requested he change the number because they thought people would not want to stay in the room in the future. 

What is the number of the haunted hotel room in The Shining?

Robert De Niro and Harrison Ford were also considered, albeit briefly, by Kubrick. 

Which of these actors was considered for the role of Jack Torrance?

The footage was used in a "happy ending" scene forced on director Ridley Scott by Warner Bros. 

Outtakes of the shots of the Volkswagen Beetle traveling toward the Overlook Hotel at the start of the film were later used in what film?

He wrote the first script based on his novel, which was promptly rejected by Kubrick (who allegedly didn't even read it).

Stephen King attempted his own screenplay for the film.

Although the vast majority of the movie was filmed in England, shots of the Timberline Lodge in Northern Oregon were used for the outside of the hotel. 

The exterior shots of the Overlook Hotel were filmed in which state?

In King's novel, Tony is actually Danny's adult self speaking to him from the future. 

What is the name of Danny's imaginary friend who he talks to?

He became a professor of biology in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. 

Danny Lloyd, who plays young Danny Torrance in the film, grew up to pursue what profession?

And the scene when Wendy swipes at Jack with the baseball bat took 127 takes.

How many prop doors did Jack Nicholson have to break while filming the famous bathroom scene?

That was all Nicholson's idea. Kubrick, who had lived in England for years at that point, didn't understand the reference because he never watched The Tonight Show. 

Nicholson's "Here's Johnny!" line was in the script.

The classic, written by JD Salinger, was published in 1951.

What book is Wendy reading at the kitchen table at the start of the film?

It's considered one of the greatest horror movies of all time, inspired by one of the greatest horror novels of all time. How much do YOU know about Stanley Kubrick's terrifying masterpiece?