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Quiz about Stephen King and Peter Straubs The Talisman

Stephen King and Peter Straub's ' The Talisman' Quiz

This is a quiz about the book by Stephen King and Peter Straub. It is an excellent book, and one of my very favorites. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by sick_n_twisted. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
sick_n_twisted

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
58,199

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 20

Plays
2653

Last 3 plays: Guest 73 (8/20), Guest 174 (6/20), Guest 174 (14/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. What is the name of the hotel in New Hampshire that the story begins at? Hint

The Winchester

The Agincourt

The Alhambra

The Oatley Tap

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Question 2 of 20

2. What is the name of the other world Jack learns about from his old, black friend? Hint

The Outer Realms

Faraway

The Territories

Krynn

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Question 3 of 20

3. What is the name of the old black man that befriends Jack?

Answer: (one or two words - think fast)

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Question 4 of 20

4. What is the name of the amusement park the man mentioned above works at? Hint

Amusement Park of Arcadia

Arcadia Amusement Park

Arcadia Fun World

Arcadia Beach Fun World

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Question 5 of 20

5. What is the name of the cruel proprietor of the Oatley Tap that practically holds Jack hostage?

Answer: (First and Last name)

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Question 6 of 20

6. What is the name of his woman? Hint

Lori

Leslie

Lani

Lola

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Question 7 of 20

7. What is the name of Morgan Sloat's twinner?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 8 of 20

8. What is the name of the scarfaced captain who helps Jack see the Queen? Hint

Captain Talon

Captain Frennen

Captain Scarface

Captain Farren

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Question 9 of 20

9. What was the phrase Jack's friend Wolf said all the time?

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 10 of 20

10. What was the name of the home for troubled boys that Jack and Wolf were sent to?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 11 of 20

11. What was the name of the boy in the home, who tries to run away, and who is befriended by Jack? Hint

Fred Jordan

Flip Jorgenson

Frank Jenson

Ferd Janklow

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Question 12 of 20

12. What is Sunlight Gardener's twinner's name?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 13 of 20

13. What is the name of the school Jack's buddy Richard attends? Hint

Thayer

Durmstrangs

Etheridge

Clinton

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Question 14 of 20

14. What does Richard call the unexplained, the impossible, and the nonsensical?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 15 of 20

15. Jack is single-natured because his twinner died. What was his twinner's name? Hint

Jordan

Jeremey

Jason

Jonathan

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Question 16 of 20

16. Richard is also single-natured. What was his twinner's name? Hint

Rushton

Roscoe

Rocky

Reynard

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Question 17 of 20

17. What was the name of the black hotel that held the Talisman captive? Hint

The Alhambra

The Winchester

Holiday Inn

The Agincourt

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Question 18 of 20

18. Who was waiting for Jack and Richard to drive them back to New Hampshire? Hint

Uncle Tommy

Speedy

Another Wolf

Phil Sawyer

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Question 19 of 20

19. What was the favorite Creedence Clearwater Revival song that their driver liked to listen to over and over? Hint

Run Through the Jungle

Have You Ever Seen the Rain

Proud Mary

Bad Moon Rising

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Question 20 of 20

20. What was Lily Cavanaugh Sawyer's nickname?

Answer: (Four Words)

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Nov 02 2024 : Guest 73: 8/20
Nov 02 2024 : Guest 174: 6/20
Nov 02 2024 : Guest 174: 14/20
Nov 02 2024 : Guest 12: 14/20
Nov 02 2024 : Guest 174: 12/20
Nov 02 2024 : Guest 73: 10/20
Nov 02 2024 : Guest 107: 9/20
Oct 31 2024 : Guest 155: 14/20
Oct 23 2024 : Guest 77: 8/20

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the hotel in New Hampshire that the story begins at?

Answer: The Alhambra

This is where Lily and Phil came for two weeks,when they heard that Lily won her award. This was where she spent the happiest two weeks of her life, and where little Jacky was conceived.

2. What is the name of the other world Jack learns about from his old, black friend?

Answer: The Territories

The Territories is a medieval place, and they speak another language there, that you speak automatically.

3. What is the name of the old black man that befriends Jack?

Answer: Speedy

Although Lester 'Speedy' Parker is far from fast, that's his nickname.

4. What is the name of the amusement park the man mentioned above works at?

Answer: Arcadia Fun World

5. What is the name of the cruel proprietor of the Oatley Tap that practically holds Jack hostage?

Answer: Smokey Updike

Smokey Updike always has a white paper cook's hat perched on his head at a precarious angle.

6. What is the name of his woman?

Answer: Lori

Lori seems to like being slapped around by Smokey, because whenever he hits her, she always gets this expression, like this is the way things are supposed to be.

7. What is the name of Morgan Sloat's twinner?

Answer: Morgan of Orris

Morgan of Orris is in body shape, nothing like Morgan Sloat. Morgan of Orris is skinny, and has a clubbed foot. Morgan Sloat is a somewhat large man, with perfectly normal feet.

8. What is the name of the scarfaced captain who helps Jack see the Queen?

Answer: Captain Farren

Captain Farren drags Jack around, yelling at him for not washing all the flagstones as a coverup to get Jack in to see the queen.

9. What was the phrase Jack's friend Wolf said all the time?

Answer: right here and now

He also said 'Wolf!' a lot, but i think that was supposed to be some sort of bark or something.

10. What was the name of the home for troubled boys that Jack and Wolf were sent to?

Answer: Sunlight Home

The motto for the Sunlight Home was something like 'Put a little Sunlight in your soul.'

11. What was the name of the boy in the home, who tries to run away, and who is befriended by Jack?

Answer: Ferd Janklow

When Wolf and Jack later flip into the Territories in the bathroom at the home, they flip into one of Morgan of Orris's pits, where people are slaves of horrible gargoyle type things, and Jack sees Ferd.

12. What is Sunlight Gardener's twinner's name?

Answer: Osmond

These two are far more similar than Morgan Sloat and Morgan of Orris. They both have that dancing craziness about them.

13. What is the name of the school Jack's buddy Richard attends?

Answer: Thayer

Etheridge is one of the older boys that attend Thayer, Durmstrangs is from Harry Potter, and Clinton is my school.

14. What does Richard call the unexplained, the impossible, and the nonsensical?

Answer: Seabrook Island Stuff

As kids, they used to go to a place called Seabrook Island, and that was where they used to play their pretend games. That's why Richard calls stuff that should be pretend 'Seabrook Island Stuff.'

15. Jack is single-natured because his twinner died. What was his twinner's name?

Answer: Jason

To the people of the Territories, Jason is like Jesus. They use his name as a blessing, or as a blasphemy. Jason died when Jack almost died. Jack was almost smothered as a baby in his crib by a pillow wielded by Morgan. We can only guess the Jason died much the same way. The only reason that Jack lived was because he was discovered quickly, and Phil Sawyer performed CPR.

16. Richard is also single-natured. What was his twinner's name?

Answer: Rushton

Rushton wandered into a small lake by his house as his parents were fooling around. He drowned in the Territories, but he too was also saved in the regular world by the marvels of modern technlogy.

17. What was the name of the black hotel that held the Talisman captive?

Answer: The Agincourt

The hotel was pretty much alive, and did whatever it could to keep Jack from getting the Talisman. But of course, it failed.

18. Who was waiting for Jack and Richard to drive them back to New Hampshire?

Answer: Another Wolf

This Wolf was Jack's Wolf's litter brother.

19. What was the favorite Creedence Clearwater Revival song that their driver liked to listen to over and over?

Answer: Run Through the Jungle

'Good tune, Jack! Heavy! Wolf! God-pounding heavy tune!'

20. What was Lily Cavanaugh Sawyer's nickname?

Answer: Queen of the Bs

This is because all the films she did were 'B-Rated' films.

Source: Author sick_n_twisted

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