Stephen King Quiz – guessing closed

October 7, 2014October 15, 201415 Comments

quiz Last week we tried Shakespeare quotes so I thought Stephen King would be the next best choice 🙂 Good luck matching the quotes from the novels to the title. Each is used only one time.

Take your best guesses, be entered to win a prize – you only need one correct answer to be eligible for a prize. No cheating (using the web to help find answers) or copying. All extra details can be found here.

Leave your guesses in the comment section by Tuesday afternoon.

Titles-Carrie, It, Under the Dome, The Shining, The Green Mile, Misery, Hearts in Atlantis, 11/22/63, Pet Sematary, Full Dark No Stars, The Stand, Cujo

1.“High school isn’t a very important place. When you’re going you think it’s a big deal, but when it’s over nobody really thinks it was great unless they’re beered up.” -Carrie

2.“’Yeah, but what if you went back and killed your own grandfather?'” -11/22/63

3. “We all float down here!” -It

4. “Sometimes dead is better” -Pet Sematary

5. “Close your eyes and click your heals three times…because there’s no place like Dome.” -Under the Dome

6. “I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It’s you I’m not entirely sure of.” -Full Dark No Stars

7. “Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I’m not gonna hurt ya. I’m just going to bash your brains in.” -The Shining

8. “The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there…and still on your feet.” -The Stand

9.“On the day of my judgment, when I stand before God, and He asks me why did I kill one of his true miracles, what am I gonna say? That it was my job? My job?” -The Green Mile

10.“I am your number one fan.” -Misery

11. “The monster never dies.” -Cujo

12.“Sometimes when you’re young, you have moments of such happiness, you think you’re living on someplace magical, like Atlantis must have been. Then we grow up and our hearts break into two.” -Hearts in Atlantis

Spooky Stephen Quiz – guessing closed

October 29, 2013November 4, 201323 Comments

I know not everyone is a Stephen King fan, but his contribution to horror fiction and movies is undisputed. I’m giving you 1 or 2 pictures from his work onscreen and you just need to give me the title. Even if you aren’t a fan I think you can get some of these!

I hope that you’ll try your hand at my (mostly) bookish quizzes every week, but it’s okay if you just want to play when the quiz interests you. If you play you are eligible for a prize at the end of the round. For all of the details, click here. Submit your answers in the comment section – I will stop by and hide them throughout the week but try not to copy off anyone else You have til Sunday to guess.

No need to know all the answers, one guess and you’ll be eligible for a prize. No Googling!

1. Under the Dome

2. The Secret Window

3.IT

4. Misery

5.Carrie

6. The Shawshank Redemption

7.The Shining

8. The Green Mile

9.Cujo

10.Hearts in Atlantis

Answers to last week’s Vermont quiz here. Leaderboard here.

Stephen King Mix-Up quiz – guessing closed

July 24, 2012July 31, 201218 Comments

I did this awhile back with Agatha Christie and think Stephen King will be easier. I’m combining King titles with my favorite game on m-w.com, Dictionary Devil. This one is worth 150 points.

Part 1- Each line is a title of a King novel and the word choices will each be used only once.

Part 2-Once you have all the titles list then in order of publication date, starting with the earliest.

You have until noon Sunday to submit your answers as a comment. Comment will be hidden until I post the answers. No Googling!

This round will last til August. The person with the most points will win a B&N gift card (total $ based on # of total participants, so please play) and a randomly selected participant will win a fun prize from me.

Leaderboard and rules here.

Bag Doctor Girl Lisey Cell Bones Half Under Tom Sleep Loved Things Dome Talisman Kid Story Needful Colorado Dark Gordon

1984 The Talisman

1989 The Dark Half

1991 Needful Things

1999 Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

1998 Bag of Bones

2005 The Colorado Kid

2006 Lisey‘s Story

2006 Cell

2009 Under the Dome

2013 Doctor Sleep (I apologize for my trick)

Book vs. Movie- Carrie

April 13, 2012September 13, 202412 Comments

I read the Stephen King novel last year (my review here) and I finally got around to seeing the movie. I don’t remember particularly liking the book, but I thought it was worthwhile because of all of the pop references I now understand. This was Stephen King’s first published book and first movie adaptation of his work. He received a $2,500 advance for the novel and $2,500 for the film rights. Must have been a popular number.

King said of Carrie, “I’m not saying that Carrie is shit and I’m not repudiating it. She made me a star, but it was a young book by a young writer. In retrospect it reminds me of a cookie baked by a first grader — tasty enough, but kind of lumpy and burned on the bottom.”

The paperback sold over a million copies the first year it was released. The movie made $33.8 million in 1976 when it came out.

On with the comparison…

The Story/ Plot Carrie is an odd high school girl raised by her very religious mother. Carrie has telekinetic powers and can move things with her mind, when she’s upset it is unintentional. She is an outcast at school and is ostracized even more after starting her period in the gym shower. Sue feels guilty for her role in Carrie’s meltdown and offers up her popular boyfriend, Tommy, to take Carrie to prom.

There are many differences between the book and movie, but the idea remains the same. Carrie has a crazy mother, can do crazy things with her mind, and goes completely crazy at the prom.

For me, the book’s documentary style telling, using interviews and police reports after the fact, was much more interesting than the straightforward way of the film. Thumbs Up– Book

The Visual Although I preferred what actually happened in the book, the visual of the movie was cool to see and did a pretty good service to the novel. It was like stepping back into the 1970’s. I was completely distracted by Tommy’s hair every time he was in a scene.

It was large and shiny and blonde. And the shower scene totally worked on film (although having girls frolic and chat while naked was not my high school gym experience). The actual prom scene was cool, but I was expecting more. Thumbs Up- Tie

Characters vs. Actors I did not really connect with Carrie in the book, but in the movie I was able to see her in a more positive light thanks to Sissy Spacek. She saved the character for me. I was a little miffed at what they did to the character of Sue in the movie, but actress Amy Irving can’t be held responsible for the screenplay. Thumbs up – Movie

(SPOILERS) The Ending The end of the book was a firestorm that brought down a town. In the movie Carrie gets a little knock on the head and she’s dead. There’s really no comparison. I will give a shout out to the movie for its VERY different ending – I jumped and was a bit freaked out, so it’s not all bad. Thumbs Up- Book

And the winner is… the book. I’m not taking anything away from the movie but when compared side by side it was an easy call.

Now it’s your turn to vote

Other book vs. movie polls you can still vote on: (It Ends With Us) (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer) (The Sun is Also a Star) (We Have Always Lived in the Castle) (Good Morning, Midnight/The Midnight Sky) (Before I Go To Sleep) (The Little Prince) (Charlie St. Cloud) (Far From the Madding Crowd) (The Girl on the Train) (Tuck Everlasting) (Northanger Abbey) (Me Before You) (And Then There Were None) (Still Alice) (The Blind Side) (The Fault in Our Stars) (The Hound of the Baskervilles) (Gone Girl) (Jack Reacher) (Ender’s Game) (Carrie, the original) (Under the Tuscan Sun) (The Secret Life of Bees) (The Shining, the original)

Stephen King Adaptation Quiz

September 21, 2010September 24, 201036 Comments

Most of us have seen at least one film based on a Stephen King novel or short story, so this week let’s see if you can place these faces with the Stephen King movie. You only need to tell me the movie (not the actor’s name or character). They are all direct adaptations and the images may or may not be from the King movie – I can’t make it that easy!

Each question is worth 6.5 points with a bonus question worth 2.5 points. You have until Thursday at midnight to submit your answers as a comment. I hide your answers until then.

Here are the rules… 1. Open to everyone. Play once or every week, that’s okay. I’m happy to have you here today.

2. No cheating. No googling, other internet searches or looking at other commenter answers. Yes, we’re going by the honor system

3. Your first answers will be the only ones accepted.

Last week’s Signed Book Quiz here. Current Leaderboard here.

1. 1408

2. Firestarter

3. Shawshank Redemption

4. The Shining

5. Misery

6. Carrie

7. The Secret Window

8. The Running Man

9. The Green Mile

10. Children of the Corn

11. Cujo

12. Dolores Claiborne

13. Christine

14. Hearts in Atlantis

15. Stand By Me

*For an extra 2.5 points name one more Stephen King novel or short story that made it to the big screen. (not one shown)

My favorite books of 2008

December 30, 2008December 30, 20081 Comment

Only one of these was published in 2008, but since I just read all of them this year it counts for the purpose of this list. I’ve included the link my review.