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Friday, September 14, 2007

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Horror!. Answers here.

1. About which film did its star, Janet Leigh, say "I still don't take showers, and that's the truth"?
2. Which American author wrote the stories on which the films "Carrie" and "The Shining" were based?
3. What was the title of Wes Craven's 1984 film about Freddy Krueger?
4. Which classic horror tale was written by Bram Stoker in 1897?
5. Name one of the two stars of the 1962 film "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"
6. Which 1973 film starring Linda Blair was adapted by William Peter Blatty from his own novel?
7. Was the original horror story "Frankenstein" (1818) written by Jane Austen, Mary Shelley or Wilkie Collins?
8. Which Canadian filmmaker directed the films "Shivers", "The Brood" and "The Fly"?
9. Which English actor, whose original name was William Henry Pratt, starred in such horror films as "Frankenstein" (1931) and "The Body Snatcher" (1945)?
10. What name was given to the Scottish island on which the 1972 film "The Wicker Man" was set?

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