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20 Questions: Stephen King's 'It' Multiple Choice Quiz | Literature

About the book with the killer clown. Some questions pertaining to the movie.

A multiple-choice quiz by morrigan. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
morrigan

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
32,476

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 20

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6267

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Question 1 of 20

1. What has It appeared as more than anything else? Hint

Pennywise the Dancing Clown

A werewolf

A mummy

A giant bird

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Question 2 of 20

2. Which of Bill's friends dies first? Hint

Stan

Beverly

Richie

Ben

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Question 3 of 20

3. Who plays Pennywise's role in the movie?

Answer: (A man...Two words or last name only: "Rocky Horror Picture Show")

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Question 4 of 20

4. What was Ben's nickname as a child? Hint

Haystack

Calhoun

Chubby

The Prez

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Question 5 of 20

5. What childhood friend did Beverly have a crush on? Hint

Ben

Eddie

Richie

Bill

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Question 6 of 20

6. What was NOT part of the Haiku that Ben wrote for Beverly? Hint

Your hair is winter fire

January embers

Your hair is winter embers

My heart burns there too

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Question 7 of 20

7. What do the group of seven say to Richie when they want him to be quiet? Hint

Beep-beep, Richie

Meep-meep, Richie

Be quiet, Richie

Beep, Richie

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Question 8 of 20

8. The name of the song that Bill's mom is playing at the beginning of the movie and mentioned in the book as "something else he didn't like so well" is Musetta's Waltz.

True

False

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Question 9 of 20

9. What was the little girl's name, at the beginning of the movie, who was riding the tricycle? Hint

Sally Mae

Laurie Anne

Laurie Rae

Lauren Anders

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Question 10 of 20

10. Who is the unofficial leader of the group? Hint

Stan

Bill

Ben

Mike

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Question 11 of 20

11. In the movie, who is the only person to shoot ten out of ten when they shoot the cans and bottles? Hint

Stan

Eddie

Beverly

Ben

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Question 12 of 20

12. As an adult, Henry Bowers ends up in Ceder Hill.

True

False

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Question 13 of 20

13. Where do they get the silver from (from the movie)? Hint

Richie's mom's earrings

Bill's dad's knife

Silver coins

They don't get any silver

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Question 14 of 20

14. What is one of It's nicknames? Hint

An Alien

Eater of Humans

A Mad Ghost.

Eater of Worlds

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Question 15 of 20

15. What sex is It?

Answer: (male or female. From book.)

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Question 16 of 20

16. What is one of the nicknames for their group? Hint

The Lucky Losers

The Lucky Seven

Bill's Gang

The Derry Seven

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Question 17 of 20

17. Where do the kids play? Hint

The park

The Pit

The Barrens

The junkyard

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Question 18 of 20

18. What is NOT one of Bill's nicknames? Hint

Billy Boy

Billy Bob

Big Bill

Stuttering Bill

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Question 19 of 20

19. What is one of the only things that Bill can say without stuttering? Hint

The losers

Georgie

Hi-yo Silver! AWAYYY!!!

Promise me

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Question 20 of 20

20. One of the people who hung out with Henry Bowers was Victor Criss. What was the nickname of the other boy who went down into the sewers with him? Hint

Fart

Belch

Burp

Vomit

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What has It appeared as more than anything else?

Answer: Pennywise the Dancing Clown

IT also appears as several other things, including a mummy, a werewolf and a skeleton. It appears as different things to scare the different people. It was a mummy for Ben, a werewolf for Richie, and a giant bird for Mike.

2. Which of Bill's friends dies first?

Answer: Stan

Stan kills himself while he's at home with his wife. His wife finds him in the bathtub with the word "IT" written in blood on the wall of the tub.

3. Who plays Pennywise's role in the movie?

Answer: Tim Curry

Tim Curry also starred in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

4. What was Ben's nickname as a child?

Answer: Haystack

Richie dubs him "Haystack" in honor of the wrestler "Haystack Calhoun".

5. What childhood friend did Beverly have a crush on?

Answer: Bill

It says so in the book. She initially believes (or, rather, hopes) that the haiku was written by Bill.

6. What was NOT part of the Haiku that Ben wrote for Beverly?

Answer: Your hair is winter embers

At first, Bev thought that Bill wrote it. Then she found out that Ben was the author. At the end of the movie, she and Ben are a couple.

7. What do the group of seven say to Richie when they want him to be quiet?

Answer: Beep-beep, Richie

In the book, they also say "beep-beep trashmouth."

(Thanks to a critic that pointed that out to me!)

8. The name of the song that Bill's mom is playing at the beginning of the movie and mentioned in the book as "something else he didn't like so well" is Musetta's Waltz.

Answer: False

In the movie, his mother is playing the Beethoven song "F�r Elise", which translates to "For Elise." In the book, it is mentioned, but she's not playing it. "Musetta's Waltz" is from the opera "La Boheme", written by Puccini.

9. What was the little girl's name, at the beginning of the movie, who was riding the tricycle?

Answer: Laurie Anne

Pennywise gets her. She's the first person that we know dies in the movie. This death starts the chain of movie events, which leads Mike to call the rest of the Lucky Seven due to the pact they made as children.

10. Who is the unofficial leader of the group?

Answer: Bill

Bill takes control of almost every situation, and they all look up at him as the unofficial leader.

11. In the movie, who is the only person to shoot ten out of ten when they shoot the cans and bottles?

Answer: Beverly

After Bev shoots 10/10, Ben then says that he doesn't need to shoot after Bev gets them all.

12. As an adult, Henry Bowers ends up in Ceder Hill.

Answer: False

After he confesses to all of the child deaths, he ends up in Juniper Hills.

13. Where do they get the silver from (from the movie)?

Answer: Richie's mom's earrings

They shoot them as they are using a slingshot. In the book they are coins, and they melt down the coins and shoot them as bearings.

From the movie, not a direct quote, "my mom's earrings. Solid silver, baby."

14. What is one of It's nicknames?

Answer: Eater of Worlds

'It' is also a female. She has been around for at least four hundred years, if you follow the history laid out in the book, and at least three hundred if you follow the pictures in the movie.

It is also the Eater of Children.

15. What sex is It?

Answer: Female

This is from the book. We also know this because It laid eggs.

16. What is one of the nicknames for their group?

Answer: The Lucky Seven

Bill and the rest dubbed themselves the Lucky Seven at the pit, in the movie, right after they fought off Henry and his gang. They became seven when Mike joined them in the pit.

17. Where do the kids play?

Answer: The Barrens

In the Barrens, they damn up the crick and then get lectured by the friendly Irish cop. The also play adventurers, and dig out a pit which turns into their clubhouse, where they hide from Henry Bowers and his gang.

18. What is NOT one of Bill's nicknames?

Answer: Billy Bob

Eddie and the rest call him Big Bill, It calls him Billy Boy and Henry and his gang call him Stuttering Bill, along with the school.

19. What is one of the only things that Bill can say without stuttering?

Answer: Hi-yo Silver! AWAYYY!!!

For some reason, he never stutters when he rode away on Silver, his bike. According to the book, his stutter got worse after Georgie, died.

20. One of the people who hung out with Henry Bowers was Victor Criss. What was the nickname of the other boy who went down into the sewers with him?

Answer: Belch

Belch did not make it out of the sewers alive. Henry's hair turned white (in the movie) after he saw It drag Belch into a pipe.

Source: Author morrigan

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