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The First "Salem's Lot" Trivia Quiz

I have loved this adaption of the Stephen King novel for years. If the book could have been duplicated on-screen it would have been even better, but at that time the movie makers didn't have the technology. This aired in 1979.

A multiple-choice quiz by Gamemaster1967. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Gamemaster1967

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
59,443

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
15 / 25

Plays
707

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Steelflower75 (16/25), Guest 2 (23/25), Guest 24 (16/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. What town does the movie start off in? Hint

Salem's Lot

Rio De Janeiro

Ximico

Mexico City

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Question 2 of 25

2. What actor plays the main character Ben? Hint

Richard Hatch

David Soul

James Gandolfini

Marc Singer

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Question 3 of 25

3. What is Ben's last name? Hint

Mears

Means

Meyers

Marshall

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Question 4 of 25

4. Who directed 'Salem's Lot' ? Hint

Tobe Hooper

Terry Ford

Stephen King

George Seinfeld

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Question 5 of 25

5. On his way into town Ben passes a sign with the population of Salem's Lot. What does it state is the population? Hint

2013

315

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Question 6 of 25

6. When Ben meets Susan for the first time in the park she has one of his books open on the ground. What is the name of the book? Hint

To Kill a Vampire Slayer

Dancer in the Dark

Air Dancer

Loretta's Daughter

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Question 7 of 25

7. What color is the Jeep Ben drives? Hint

yellow

clear

black

pink

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Question 8 of 25

8. The town realtor, Larry Crockett, sends Ben to Eva Miller's Boarding House after informing him there is nothing available to rent. What street did Crockett say it was on? Hint

Railroad St.

UPN Crossing

HBO Lane

Pabsquitty St.

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Question 9 of 25

9. Which room did Ben stay in at Eva's? Hint

666

777

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Question 10 of 25

10. What is the name of the town's newest establishment? Hint

Straker and Barlow Fine Antiques

Vampire and Son's Fine Furniture

Stephen King Rules Book Store

Barlow and Straker Fine Antiques

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Question 11 of 25

11. Who is Larry Crockett having an affair with? Hint

Betty Sawyer

Boom Boom

Brenda Sawyer

Bonnie Sawyer

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Question 12 of 25

12. What color are the letters in the sign of the antique store that read, 'Watch for grand opening'? Hint

blue

black

clear

yellow

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Question 13 of 25

13. Who is sent to Portland to pick up a crate for Mr. Straker? Hint

Mike and Ned

Cullen and Mike

Buffy and Spike

Ned and Cullen

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Question 14 of 25

14. Where did Ben and Susan have dinner on their first date? Hint

Del's Bar

at the Bada Bing

Susan's parents' house

in Bangor

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Question 15 of 25

15. The actresses that play Susan Norton and her mother both have the same first name. What is it? Hint

Bonnie

Mary

Jane

Susan

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Question 16 of 25

16. Who was the first child taken by Mr. Straker for Mr. Barlow? Hint

Casper Glick

Danny Glick

Ralphie Glick

Glickie Glick

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Question 17 of 25

17. How many times is the oldest Glick boy visited by his younger brother before he dies? Hint

40 days and 40 nights

none

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Question 18 of 25

18. How many men does Constable Gillespie tell Weasel Phillips that Ben has killed? Hint

none

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Question 19 of 25

19. How many padlocks did Straker tell Crockett needed to be secured when the crate was delivered to the Marsten House? Hint

zero

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Question 20 of 25

20. What was Mike Ryerson's day job? Hint

gardener

nostril excavator

gravedigger/grounds keeper

undertaker

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Question 21 of 25

21. Who did Mike stay with after he became ill? Hint

Jason Burke

Jimmy Cody

Eva Miller

George Clooney

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Question 22 of 25

22. Who was the first to leave town after Ben arrived? Hint

Eva and Weasel

Eddie Murphy

Constable Gillespie

Cullen and Bonnie

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Question 23 of 25

23. What disorder are several townspeople diagnosed with by Dr. Norton? Hint

leukemia

hepatitis

meningitis

pernicious anemia

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Question 24 of 25

24. What two people escape Salem's Lot together at the end of the movie? Hint

Mark and Susan

Susan and her mother

Ben and Mark

Ben and Susan

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Question 25 of 25

25. How do the two survivors know when another vampire has found them? Hint

Buffy shows up to kill it

glowing Holy Water

E.S.P.

Prophetic dreams

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What town does the movie start off in?

Answer: Ximico

Ximico is located in Guatemala. In the book they were staying in Los Zapatos.

2. What actor plays the main character Ben?

Answer: David Soul

David Soul also played in the TV series, 'Starsky and Hutch'. Marc Singer was in the mini series 'V', Richard Hatch was in 'Battle Star Galactica' and James Gandolfini is Tony Soprano.

3. What is Ben's last name?

Answer: Mears

His full name is Benjamin Mears. You hear that later when the constable runs a background check on him. In the book Ben and Mark both have black hair, in the movie they are both blonde.

4. Who directed 'Salem's Lot' ?

Answer: Tobe Hooper

He also directed "Poltergeist".

5. On his way into town Ben passes a sign with the population of Salem's Lot. What does it state is the population?

Answer: 2013

The sign also shows the elevation as 289.

6. When Ben meets Susan for the first time in the park she has one of his books open on the ground. What is the name of the book?

Answer: Air Dancer

She recognizes him right away from his picture on the back cover of the book.

7. What color is the Jeep Ben drives?

Answer: yellow

The Jeep is also a convertible.

8. The town realtor, Larry Crockett, sends Ben to Eva Miller's Boarding House after informing him there is nothing available to rent. What street did Crockett say it was on?

Answer: Railroad St.

Larry, 'It's on Railroad St.'
Ben, 'I remember.'
Larry, 'You remember?'
Larry didn't know Ben was originally from Salem's Lot.

9. Which room did Ben stay in at Eva's?

Answer: 6

You see the number displayed a few times. Once right off after Eva has explained to Ben the rules and again when Ben gets a early morning phone call from Jason Burke.

10. What is the name of the town's newest establishment?

Answer: Barlow and Straker Fine Antiques

The sign is displayed on the side of the building and can be seen from across the street at Crockett Realty.

11. Who is Larry Crockett having an affair with?

Answer: Bonnie Sawyer

This is kind of a tricky one since Mike Ryerson later refers to her as 'Boom Boom Bonnie'. In the book Bonnie is having an affair with a younger man, but it is not Larry Crockett.

12. What color are the letters in the sign of the antique store that read, 'Watch for grand opening'?

Answer: yellow

It is a blue small blue sign with yellow letters. Later in the movie a white sign with red letters replaces it stating, 'Opening Soon'.

13. Who is sent to Portland to pick up a crate for Mr. Straker?

Answer: Mike and Ned

Mr. Straker asks Larry Crockett to arrange for the transport. He hires Cullen Sawyer in hopes of having some time alone with Cullen's wife, Boom Boom Bonnie, who is also Larry's secretary. Cullen then hands the task over to Mike Ryerson and Ned Tebbets for $50 so he can catch Bonnie and Larry in the act. Buffy Summers had not even been born when this movie was made.

14. Where did Ben and Susan have dinner on their first date?

Answer: Susan's parents' house

Here you get to meet another key player, Susan's father, Dr. Norton. In the book Bill Norton is not a doctor. The doctor character is James Cody. Ben does meet his former teacher, Jason Burke, in Del's later in the movie.

15. The actresses that play Susan Norton and her mother both have the same first name. What is it?

Answer: Bonnie

There were an interesting number of Bonnies in association with this movie!

16. Who was the first child taken by Mr. Straker for Mr. Barlow?

Answer: Ralphie Glick

Danny and Ralphie were separated in the woods on their way home from Mark's house. Ralphie never made it home, but later Danny shows up stumbling and disoriented. In the book we never know for sure what did happen to Ralphie, but in the movie he is the first one made a vampire. Casper is that 'friendly' ghost you always hear about!

17. How many times is the oldest Glick boy visited by his younger brother before he dies?

Answer: 2

Ralphie visits Danny twice. One time he comes to his window at home and the other to the window at the hospital.

18. How many men does Constable Gillespie tell Weasel Phillips that Ben has killed?

Answer: 18

'He killed 18 men all asking 'What did he do?' Gillespie jokes to Weasel as he tries to get Weasel to spy on Ben at Eva's.

19. How many padlocks did Straker tell Crockett needed to be secured when the crate was delivered to the Marsten House?

Answer: 4

He said that the keys to all four where to be left on the basement table. That never happened. Mike and Ned heard a nose in the house, and ran frightened from the cellar. Ned threw the padlocks and chains down into the cellar, but locked nothing.

20. What was Mike Ryerson's day job?

Answer: gravedigger/grounds keeper

He was the grounds keeper for the Harmony Hill Cemetery.

21. Who did Mike stay with after he became ill?

Answer: Jason Burke

Jason Burke was the junior high Drama teacher that inspired Ben to become a writer. In the book Jason and Ben meet for the first time when Ben comes back to Salem's Lot. I don't think George Clooney would have been too receptive to old Mike! Jimmy Cody was the doctor in the book, instead of Susan Norton's father.

22. Who was the first to leave town after Ben arrived?

Answer: Cullen and Bonnie

After catching Bonnie and Larry together in bed, Cullen scares Larry with his shotgun. Larry runs out of the house into the arms of a mysterious assailant. The next day you see Cullen and Bonnie leaving town. Was Eddie Murphy in Salem's Lot that day?

23. What disorder are several townspeople diagnosed with by Dr. Norton?

Answer: pernicious anemia

Anemia huh? Yes, I think a vampire could cause that!

24. What two people escape Salem's Lot together at the end of the movie?

Answer: Ben and Mark

Only Ben Mears and young Mark Petrie escape the town at the end of the movie. In the novel they return to Salem's Lot to take care of unfinished business, but in the movie Susan finds then in Ximico. Susan the vampire is taken care of before they ever leave Salem's Lot, in the book.

25. How do the two survivors know when another vampire has found them?

Answer: glowing Holy Water

That one should be pretty easy. Mark and Ben see the bottle of Holy Water glow at the beginning and end of the movie.

Source: Author Gamemaster1967

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