Stephen King's "Thinner" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Robert John Burke

Robert John Burke starred as Billy Halleck, a man who accidentally ran over a gypsy woman and then had a curse placed upon him that made him get thinner and thinner each day. Burke can also be seen in "Robocop 3", "Tombstone" and "Cop Land".

Answer: Mayo Clinic

Leda was Judge Rossington's wife. Initially she told Billy that her husband had gone to visit relatives in Minnesota. After he kept pressuring her she finally told him about her husband being cursed by the old gypsy man.

Answer: Lawyer

Billy was a successful lawyer. After the accident it was decided that Judge Rossington and Chief Hopley would cover up the incident for Billy since they felt he was such an upstanding citizen. It was because of the fact that Billy wasn't made to pay for his crime that the old gypsy man placed the curse on him along with Judge Rossington and Chief Hopley.

Answer: Linda

Billy was beside himself when he realized that she had eaten a piece of the cursed pie and would soon die. Joie Lenz played the young teenage daughter of the Hallecks. Joie has since changed her name to Bethany Joy Galeotti. Other works of hers include a stint as Michelle Bauer on "The Guiding Light" and as Haley James Scott on "One Tree Hill".

Answer: True

Stephen King is known to play several small parts in a lot of films that have been made based upon his novels. In "Thinner" he portrayed the quirky pharmacist Dr. Bangor. His name in this film was based upon the town that he lived at in Maine. Other films that he has had bit parts in include "Sleepwalkers", "Rose Red" and "Pet Sematary".

Answer: DOC MIK

Dr. Mike was a long time friend of the Halleck family. He had absolutely no trouble consoling Heidi while Billy was going through his tremendous weight loss. Billy became obsessed with the idea that Heidi and Dr. Mike were having an affair.

Answer: Richie Ginelli

Richie was a former client of Billy's. Billy had gotten him out of a rather serious charge and Richie told him that any time he needed help to call him. He was able to scare the gypsies so that they would take the curse off of Billy.

Answer: Lincoln

If you recall the dream that Billy had, the judge came along and picked him up in a silver Lincoln Continential. In Billy's dream it was smashed between a school bus and a semi truck.

Answer: The Glassman Clinic

Billy felt that Heidi and Dr. Mike were conspiring against him, but he agreed to go and get checked out for his extreme weight loss. By the time he checked into the clinic he was consuming up to 12,000 calories per day.

Answer: Lucinda Jenney

Heidi Halleck was the ever concerned wife of Bill Halleck. She was constantly worrying with her husband's weight problem. Lucinda Jenney has often been compared in looks to Naomi Watts. She was born in Long Island City, New York on April 23, 1954. Other film projects that she can be seen in include "Rain Man", "Peggy Sue Got Married" and "Hide and Seek".