Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

237 - 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.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Stephen King attempted his own screenplay for the film.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Oregon - 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.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Professor - He became a professor of biology in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

false 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.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The Catcher In The Rye - The classic, written by JD Salinger, was published in 1951.

The Shining Trivia Quiz

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

3) 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?

4) Stephen King attempted his own screenplay for the film.

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

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

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

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

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

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