Question 1

In what town is the film set?

Accepted Answer

Green Town

Question 2

What is the traveling carnival called?

Accepted Answer

Dark's Pandemonium Carnival

Question 3

How does the carnival arrive in town?

Accepted Answer

A train in the middle of the night

Question 4

What time of year does the story take place?

Accepted Answer

Late October

Question 5

What is the name of Will's father?

Accepted Answer

Charles Halloway

Question 6

Where does Will's father work?

Accepted Answer

The town library

Question 7

What is Jim's last name?

Accepted Answer

Nightshade

Question 8

Who travels through town selling lightning rods before the carnival arrives?

Accepted Answer

Tom Fury

Question 9

How does word of the carnival first reach the townspeople?

Accepted Answer

Handbills blowing through the streets

Question 10

Who is the sinister leader of the carnival?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Dark

Question 11

What covers Mr. Dark's body?

Accepted Answer

Tattoos

Question 12

What does the carnival promise each townsperson?

Accepted Answer

Their secret desire

Question 13

What happens to a rider when the carousel runs backward?

Accepted Answer

They grow younger

Question 14

What happens when the carousel runs forward?

Accepted Answer

They grow older

Question 15

What does Jim secretly wish for?

Accepted Answer

To be older

Question 16

What do the boys witness when they sneak into the carnival at night?

Accepted Answer

The carousel changing a man's age

Question 17

Which schoolteacher is drawn into the carnival's mirror maze?

Accepted Answer

Miss Foley

Question 18

What does Miss Foley see in the mirror maze?

Accepted Answer

A younger, beautiful version of herself

Question 19

What is the cruel catch of Miss Foley's wish being granted?

Accepted Answer

She becomes young but blind.

Question 20

Ed the bartender is missing which limbs?

Accepted Answer

An arm and a leg

Question 21

What did Ed used to be famous for in town?

Accepted Answer

Football

Question 22

What kind of business does Mr. Crosetti run?

Accepted Answer

A barbershop

Question 23

What kind of shop does Mr. Tetley run?

Accepted Answer

A cigar store

Question 24

Who is Mr. Dark's mysterious female ally?

Accepted Answer

The Dust Witch

Question 25

What creatures invade Will's bedroom?

Accepted Answer

Tarantulas

Question 26

Where do the boys hide while the carnival parade searches for them?

Accepted Answer

Under a street grate

Question 27

What appears on Mr. Dark's hand when he shows it to Charles in the library?

Accepted Answer

The faces of Will and Jim

Question 28

In the library, what does Mr. Dark tear from a book, one for each year of Charles's life?

Accepted Answer

Its pages

Question 29

What does Mr. Dark offer Charles in exchange for giving up the boys?

Accepted Answer

His years back

Question 30

What past failure haunts Charles Halloway?

Accepted Answer

He couldn't save Will from drowning.

The Ultimate Something Wicked This Way Comes Trivia Quiz

2) What is the traveling carnival called?

3) How does the carnival arrive in town?

4) What time of year does the story take place?

5) What is the name of Will's father?

6) Where does Will's father work?

7) What is Jim's last name?

8) Who travels through town selling lightning rods before the carnival arrives?

9) How does word of the carnival first reach the townspeople?

10) Who is the sinister leader of the carnival?

11) What covers Mr. Dark's body?

12) What does the carnival promise each townsperson?

13) What happens to a rider when the carousel runs backward?

14) What happens when the carousel runs forward?

15) What does Jim secretly wish for?

16) What do the boys witness when they sneak into the carnival at night?

17) Which schoolteacher is drawn into the carnival's mirror maze?

18) What does Miss Foley see in the mirror maze?

19) What is the cruel catch of Miss Foley's wish being granted?

20) Ed the bartender is missing which limbs?

21) What did Ed used to be famous for in town?

22) What kind of business does Mr. Crosetti run?

23) What kind of shop does Mr. Tetley run?

24) Who is Mr. Dark's mysterious female ally?

25) What creatures invade Will's bedroom?

26) Where do the boys hide while the carnival parade searches for them?

27) What appears on Mr. Dark's hand when he shows it to Charles in the library?

28) In the library, what does Mr. Dark tear from a book, one for each year of Charles's life?

29) What does Mr. Dark offer Charles in exchange for giving up the boys?

30) What past failure haunts Charles Halloway?