Oct. 28, 2025

Halloween Trivia - Frankenstein

Halloween Trivia - Frankenstein
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Exploring the story of a scientist and his misunderstood monster, from the novel's young author to the creature's iconic film appearance and the comedy classics it inspired.

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Calarogus Shark Media Greeting's Trivia Fans. I'm Mark Ellison and

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we're continuing our Halloween week with trivia about Frankenstein, the

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story of a scientist and his misunderstood monster. Question one,

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who wrote the eighteen eighteen novel Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus?

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Question two? What is the first name of doctor Frankenstein,

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a scientist who creates the monster in the novel? Question three?

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Which British actor portrayed the monster in Universal's nineteen thirty

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one film Frankenstein by with iconic flat top head and

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bolts in his neck. Question four? In the novel, where

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does doctor Frankenstein first encounter his creation after it comes

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to life and flees? Question five? What nineteen seventy four

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comedy film directed by Mel Brooks parodies the Frankenstein story

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with Gene Wilder as the scientist's grandson. We'll be right

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back with these electrifying answers after this break. Welcome back,

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Trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers. Question one, Who wrote Frankenstein? Answer?

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Mary Shelley. She wrote the novel when she was just

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eighteen years old during a summer vacation in Switzerland. The

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group challenged each other to write ghost stories, and Mary's

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contribution became one of the most important works in science

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fiction and horror. Question two, what is doctor Frankenstein's first name?

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Answer Victor. Victor Frankenstein is often mistakenly called doctor Frankenstein

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in popular cure, though in the novel he's actually a

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university student who never completes his formal education. The monster

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itself has no name and is often incorrectly called Frankenstein.

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Question three which actor portrayed the monster in nineteen thirty

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one Answer Boris Karloff. The English actor's sympathetic portrayal of

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the monster made him a star. The iconic makeup, designed

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by Jack Pierce, took several hours to apply and included

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the famous flat top head, neck bolts, and heavy eyelids

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that became the definitive look of the monster. Question four.

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Where does Victor first encounter his creation after it flees?

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Answer in the mountains or on a glacier, specifically the

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Mayor de Glass near Mont Blanc. The creature tracks Victor

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down and tells him his story of rejection and loneliness,

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demanding that Victor create a companion for him. Question five What.

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Nineteen seventy four met El Brooks film parodies Frankenstein Answer

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Young Frankenstein. The black and white comedy features Gene Wilder

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as doctor Frederick Frankenstein pronounced Frankenstein, who inherits his grandfather's

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estate and laboratory. The film lovingly spoofs the classic universal

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horror films and has become a comedy classic itself. That

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concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison. CE

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you tomorrow.