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'Poltergeist' (1982) was directed by Tobe Hooper. It starred JoBeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson. It received 3 Oscar nominations.

'Poltergeist II: The Other Side' (1986) was directed by Brian Gibson. It starred JoBeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson.

'Poltergeist III' (1988) was directed by Gary Sherman. It starred Tom Skerritt and Nancy Allen (with a supporting character played by Lara Flynn Boyle).
3 Poltergeist quizzes and 35 Poltergeist trivia questions.
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  "Poltergeist" in the House!   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Welcome to my quiz of "Poltergeist". Enjoy or else it will come after you!
Easier, 10 Qns, kool_kid, Jul 11 11
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  Poltergeist Quiz Challenge   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz is on the movie "Poltergeist". All questions are multiple choice. Enjoy.
Easier, 15 Qns, mercury95, Jun 26 04
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  Poltergeist    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is from all three of the "Poltergeist" movies. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, Ally316, Oct 04 07
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Who was the first one to hear Carol Anne through the TV?

From Quiz "Poltergeist"





Poltergeist Trivia Questions
1. Robbie is scared of mainly two things (besides thunderstorms) in the movie. What are they?

From Quiz "Poltergeist" in the House!

Answer: clown and tree

Robbie is scared of the clown for the whole entire movie. He thinks it is creepy, and doesn't like its "face" watching him sleep. Robbie even tries covering the clown's face with a jacket. The tree scares Robbie because he thinks it is "watching him" and "knows where he lives".

2. What actor plays Steven Freeling?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: Craig T. Nelson

Craig T. Nelson played Hayden Fox on the comedy series "Coach".

3. Who plays Carol-Anne in the three "Poltergeist" movies?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: Heather O'Rourke

Heather O'Rourke played Carol-Anne in all three of the movies, but she passed away before the third movie was released, due to an intestinal blockage.

4. What's the first thing that happens when Mrs. Freeling and Carol Anne encounter the poltergeist together?

From Quiz "Poltergeist" in the House!

Answer: Chairs get stacked up on the table

Mrs. Freeling is cleaning up the morning dishes while Carol Anne gets ready for school. Mrs. Freeling turns her back away from the table for only a couple of seconds and all the chairs are stacked on the table in the form of a triangle. Robbie was not in this scene, and neither was the rest of the family. The chair moves towards a wall towards the end of the day.

5. How many children do the Freelings have?

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Answer: 3

Their names are Carol Anne, Robbie, and Dana.

6. In the first movie, what do the ghosts use in order to talk to Carol-Anne?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: T.V. set

Carol-Anne calls the people that she talks to the "T.V. people".

7. After the house is "clean", what part of the clown strangles Robbie?

From Quiz "Poltergeist" in the House!

Answer: Arm

This is a very creepy part. Robbie looks at the clown one last time, failing to throw a jacket at it. As he falls asleep, he hears rustling at the foot of his bed. When he opens his eyes, the clown is gone! He checks both sides of his bed to see if the clown is hiding, but nothing is there. When he sits up, the clown pops up behind him and drags him under the bed, wrapping its arm around Robbie's neck.

8. When Carol Anne's bird Tweety died, she buried him in the backyard in a cigar box. What other item was in the cigar box?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: Licorice

The licorice was for when he was hungry. Other items included a flower so the cigar box wouldn't stink, a family photo so he wouldn't be lonely, and a paper towel so he wouldn't be cold.

9. In the second movie, what do the ghosts use to talk to Carol-Anne?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: toy telephone

The ghosts communicate to Carol-Anne through her toy phone. Then the toys in her room come to life, and then she says to her parents, "They're back"!

10. What happens to Carol Anne as the tree is "eating up" Robbie?

From Quiz "Poltergeist" in the House!

Answer: She gets sucked into a closet

As the tree outside is "eating up" Robbie, Carol Anne is left alone in her bedroom. Her closet starts to light up, then tornado-like winds pick up, sucking everything into the closet. Carol Anne fails at holding onto her bed rest and she is sucked into the closet. The perfect plan!

11. While Steven and his friends were trying to watch a football game the channel changed all by itself to what tv show?

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Answer: Mister Rogers

Steven and his neighbor had the same remote control frequency.

12. Which family member is the only one who can see the ghosts?

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Answer: everyone can

13. As Diane is running to her children after she wants Ben to help her save Robbie and Carol Anne, what event happens?

From Quiz "Poltergeist" in the House!

Answer: Hallway mysteriously grows longer

This part seems to be really famous. This effect can also be seen in the movie "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince". Basically the camera zooms out and pans forward at the same time. The poltergeist doesn't want Diane getting to her children!

14. What moving company did the Freelings use?

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Answer: Atlas Van Lines

Steven was helping the movers with the boxes.

15. How do the ghosts try to pull Carol-Anne through to the other side, in the third movie?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: mirror

The ghosts try to pull Carol-Anne through the mirror, but she breaks it and gets away.

16. Who dies in this movie?

From Quiz "Poltergeist" in the House!

Answer: Nobody

Nobody dies in this movie, but a few come close! Robbie almost dies twice, once by an evil tree outside his yard, and another by a possessed clown that almost strangles Robbie to death. Carol Anne comes close to dying when she's in another dimension, trapped with a horrible monster. Diane almost gets electrocuted by the stairway and doorknobs, but thankfully they don't kill her.

17. What was in the pool with Diane when she fell in?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: Skeletons

Diane's neighbor Mr. Tuthill helped her out of the pool.

18. In the first movie, which family members will Carol-Anne respond to, when she is on the the other side?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: Mom, Dad and Robbie

Carol-Anne only responds to her mom's voice, and she responds to her dads voice when he threatens to spank her. Carol-Anne also says good-night to Robbie when he says good-night to her while she is in the TV.

19. What does the dad teach Robbie to do to overcome his fear of thunderstorms?

From Quiz "Poltergeist" in the House!

Answer: Count the seconds between the lightning strike and thunder

Robbie is scared of thunderstorms in the movie, and the strange events that occur (like chairs stacking themselves, or a t.v. reaching out to Carol Anne) add to the fear! Robbie learns that light travels faster than sound, so if you count the seconds in between when you see the lightning and you hear the thunder, you know how far away the storm is. Usually lightning happens in the middle of a storm, so the longer you count, the farther away a storm is. When Robbie uses this method, he smiles in relief when he realizes he's counting longer.

20. Who or what dragged Robbie under the bed?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: Clown

Robbie was scared of the clown throughout the whole movie.

21. Who brings Carol-Anne back to her parents in the second movie, after she is taken to the other side?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: grandmother

Carol-Anne's grandmother dies shortly after the beginning of the movie, and her love for Carol-Anne was so strong that she brought Carol-Anne back.

22. What happens to the Freeling's house in the end of the movie?

From Quiz "Poltergeist" in the House!

Answer: It collapses on itself

After the family quickly drives away from this mess, it collapses, while floating and shining with a white-blue light, then disappears.

23. What was the name of the housing development that the Freelings lived in?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: Cuesta Verde Estates

The Freelings were the first family to live in Phase 1 of the development.

24. In the first movie, what is the Freeling's house built on top of?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: an old cemetery

The person who built the houses, removed the grave stones but didn't move the bodies, and the dead peoples' spirits can communicate with Carol-Anne through the T.V.

25. What is the family paying workers to do?

From Quiz "Poltergeist" in the House!

Answer: Build a pool

They are getting a new pool built in! Unfortunatly Diane slips and gets trapped in the pool while there's skeletons in it. Fortunatly, after struggling, she gets out!

26. What was wrong with the land the houses were built on?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: Built on a cemetery

The headstones were removed but the bodies never were.

27. Who is attcked by the ghosts in the first two "Poltergeist" movies?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: Robbie, Diane and Steven

Robbie is attacked twice in the first movie. The first time the tree attacks him, and the second time the scary clown doll attacks him. In the second movie, he is attcked by his braces. The ghosts attack Robbie in order to get to Carol-Anne. The gohsts also attack Diane causing her to hang from the cieling.In the second movie, Steven ends up getting a ghost inside of him.

28. What does Carol Anne hang on to to prevent herself getting sucked into the closet?

From Quiz "Poltergeist" in the House!

Answer: Her bedrest

The closet starts making funny noises. Later, while the whole family other than Carol Anne are outside trying to save Robbie, the closet starts sucking like a vacuum. Carol Anne is holding on to her bed rest. In one angle, she lets go of the bedrest, but in the next shot she is holding on to it while being sucked into the closet! She eventually flies into the closet.

29. When the tree grabbed Robbie, who saved him from the unthinkable?

From Quiz Poltergeist

Answer: Steven

While Steven was saving Robbie, Carol Anne was swept away into her bedroom closet.

30. Who finally leads the ghosts into the light?

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Answer: Tangina

Tangina tells Kane that she has the power and the knowledge to lead them into the light - they don't need Carol-Anne.

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