Stephen King Quiz

Stephen King Quiz — Practice Questions

1. What terrifying clown preys on the children of Derry, Maine in Stephen King's IT?
2. Stephen King's novel The Shining is set at which isolated hotel?
3. In The Shining, which disturbing phrase does Jack Torrance type obsessively on his typewriter?
4. Stephen King published many early novels under which pseudonym?
5. Which Stephen King novel features a teenager named Carrie who develops telekinetic powers?
6. In Misery, what is the name of the author's 'number one fan' who holds him captive?
7. King's novella 'The Body' — about boys going to find a dead body in the woods — was adapted into which beloved film?
8. In Pet Sematary, what is the terrifying property of the burial ground beyond the children's pet cemetery?
9. Stephen King was born in which US state, where many of his novels are also set?
10. The fictional Maine town where Pennywise the clown terrorises children is called:
11. Which Stephen King novel follows a rabid St Bernard dog that traps a woman and her son in a broken-down car?
12. Christine (1983) is the story of a killer:
13. The Stand features a pandemic called 'Captain Tripps' that kills most of humanity. What type of pathogen causes it?
14. Randall Flagg — the recurring villain who appears in The Stand, The Eyes of the Dragon, and other King novels — represents:
15. King's novella 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption' was adapted into the acclaimed 1994 film starring:
16. In Firestarter, a young girl named Charlie McGee has which terrifying ability?
17. In which King work does the character Danny Torrance — the boy from The Shining — return as an adult?
18. Stephen King published a widely praised memoir about writing. What is it called?
19. The two King novels Dolores Claiborne and Gerald's Game are connected by which unusual plot device?
20. Stephen King's Dark Tower series follows a gunslinger named Roland Deschain on a quest for a mysterious tower. How many main novels are in the series?