KSR's One True King Quiz

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A JQEQ Quiz on the Master of Horror/Messenger of Hope

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(1) Saviour signs…….Significant monogram.
There is a certain interesting, not-so-subtle trope utilized by writers,
through which they show a character’s elevated, redeemer level
state in the world of the story.
This trope has been utilized to varied effect in several movies, two famous
and unique examples would be something to do with the protagonist
of the terminator series and Forrest Gump's Love interest.
A recent,more localized example could be seen in the 2020 Malayalam
Movie ‘Trance’.
Stephen King uses the same trope in his novel “The Green Mile”with
regard to the innocent,gentle giant John Coffey who is on
death row.
He has been critized for his lack of subtlety on this.
After all,we all know another more famous innocent miracle man who
paid for the sins of his fellow beings.’We get the comparison without it
being in the face through this tactic’is how the general criticism goes.
All details given,please name the tactic.

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Answer :Names with the initials JC, alluding to Jesus Christ.
(when the character has a saviour/redeemer role in the plot)
John Coffey –Jesus Christ
Jenny Curran –JC-Forrest Gump,Joshua Carlton-JC-Trance
In his book On Writing, Stephen King touches upon how he hit on the name...
and then subtly mocks the critics who chastised him for going with the obvious
initials. "Well, duh! It's not rocket science, guys."

2. A ‘rabid’ classic
Karl Miller,the dog trainer for this movie had a
very difficult time adjusting to the breed of the dog
specified in the 1981 source material.
“There are no - - - - - - - - - - - - who are trained,” Miller
explained, during pre-production. In the DVD documentary
‘Dog Days: The Making of - - - - ’ producer Daniel H. Blatt
revealed that Miller was apprehensive about the prospect
of working with this difficult breed in the film. In a
discussion with Blatt, the animal handler asked “Why don’t
you use a different kind of dog? I have lots of
Dobermans and things like that that are trained.”
Obviously, the idea wasn’t even considered because the
true terror of the story is in the fact that a dog from a
‘gentle giant’ breed goes crazed beyond
recognition.
Identify the book/movie and the
‘noble steed’ breed.

(3)From the description,
identify the character and the series.
Name:derived from a Robert Browning Poem
(series name is derived from the same poem)
Age: 336-337 years old (at Quest end)
Monikers:The Gunslinger,The Really Bad Man
Character sketch influence:The Man with no name
(Dollars Trilogy)
Portrayed by :Idris Elba in 2017.
Identify this series protagonist and the series that is
still going on
(with no end in sight if we are to believe King)

Answer :Roland Deschain from The Dark Tower Series.

(4)‘C’ is a 10 word proverb that all of us have heard and even
quoted because it seemingly appeals to laidback nature and
pokes at overproductive,overworked entities.
Although the spirit of the proverb had been existing since an
indefinite time , the modern saying was first seen in James Howell's
Proverbs in English, Italian, French and Spanish (1659),and was
included in later collections of proverbs.
This proverb took an ominous turn for us in pop culture through the
eerie usage in perhaps the most acclaimed Horror
adaptation of a King work.
A popular misconception is that this proverb and scene were
faithfully adapted from the novel.In Reality,this too was a scene
crafted and added by the auteur ,much to the chagrin of King,
who still has issues with the film.
Name the proverb and the movie
(proverb and protagonist share the same name)

Answer :’All work and no play makes Jack a dull Boy”, ’The Shining’

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(5)Despite being a prolific author,Stephen King hasn’t
been known for penning down stand-alone poems.
This changed in 2009 when he wrote a poem titled
“The Bone Church” and it was published in the Playboy
magazine.The Stature of the author and the nature of
the magazine woud’ve made it the natural highlight of
the issue at that point,but it wasn’t so.
This was because the cover of that particular issue was
shocking,(even by Playboy standards,some would say)
It featured an illustrated character,an iconic
homely woman in a risqué fashion
characteristic of the magazine.The criticism was
unanimous and the move was termed unwarranted by
all.
In this process,King’s poetry attempt almost went
unnoticed.
Name the iconic illustrated,homely,cobalt haired
character.

Answer : Marge Simpson !
From ‘The Simpsons’

Hint : Blank Length.

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(10)Stephen King wrote seven novels under a pseudonym,
Richard Bachman.The hoax was complete,even had a fake author
photo.
So,when news broke out that J.K.Rowling tried the same tactic
with the pseudonym Robert Galbraith,King said "I would have
told her it's an impossible secret to keep for long."
The incident also made King recollect a story about X,a
popular singer-songwriter suggesting to the rest of his
band that "they try playing as Randy and the Raiders — or some
such — and come onstage dressed in capes and masks. Y,the
other frontman laughed at him and said, 'They'd know who
it was as soon as we opened our mouths.’ “
Identify X,Y, and the famous ‘mania’ inducing band
whose frontman is still a matter of argument owing to X and Y’s
equal stature.
(X and Y can be interchanged,no issues,just ID both)

Answer: X-Paul McCartney Y-John Lennon,The Beatles.

(11)Which Pulitzer prize winning writer/analyst
gave King two thumbs up approval with
these words???
“A lot of people were outraged that [King] was
honored at the National Book Awards, as if a popular
writer could not be taken seriously. But after finding
that his book “On Writing” had more useful and
observant things to say about the craft than any book
since Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, I have
gotten over my own snobbery.”

Answer : Noted film critic Roger Ebert

(12)Stephen King is a huge celebrity Fan
of this baseball team
(even wrote a book titled “The Girl who loved Tom Gordon”)
Some of the old names and nicknames of the
team are :
Olde Towne Team
Pilgrims (hardly used)
Medias Rojas (called such by Spanish Media)
Their name comes from the shortened form of
a piece of garment,their uniform.
If this team is known to be associated with a
certain “curse of the bambino”,
Which Baseball Team is Stephen King a
Die Hard fan of ???

Answer : Boston Red Sox

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(13) Apart from the many digs at Maine for being the setting of its native lad
Stephen King,there is one more thing that the people of Maine take very
seriously, X,a food product.
The University of Maine even has its own X Institute, dedicated to learning
more about the marine creatures. Founded in 1987, the main purpose of
the institution is to support the state’s X industry, and to help industry men
around the world in developing sustainable practices.
For numbers, since 2005, Maine’s annual X yield has weighed in at more than 60
million pounds, with nearly 124 million pounds caught in 2014.
To put that in perspective,That’s almost 90 percent of the United States’ total X
supply.
Give me X,something that was once considered poor man’s chicken.
(Yorgos Lanthimos fans,F.R.I.E.N.D.S fans would know it well,by
name)

Answer : X – Lobsters

(14)Having a huge fanbase in India,Stephen King often
comes here on promotional tours.
On one such tour,he said
"I am very interested in Indian cinema. I have never seen
any but I have read lot about the film music.
There's this book I read called “B" by author X. He wrote
some very funny things about Indian cinema and people.
I would love to see a couple of films," King concluded.
The Book in question is a tome of a novel with 1000+
pages chronicling the social dynamics of
a post-independence,post partition India.
Name the book B and author X who have been in the
news lately vis a vis BBC and Netflix.

Answer : ‘A Suitable Boy”(B) by Vikram Seth (X)

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(15)FITB with the name of a legendary actor/narrator who has worked
in two King adaptations.
One universally praised,oft quoted,non-horror classic
(where he became the narrator of a movie for the first time)
and the other 2000s movie which was unanimously panned.
Name the actor.
And maybe the movies for brownie points :)

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Answer :

(16)Thriller ? Chiller ? Not so much…….
This is a still from a forgotten forty minute short film made in 1996.Titled ‘Ghosts’it was
an unusual collaboration between the ‘Master of Horror’ and the “King of Pop”
The short movie was an intended retaliation to the various allegations faced
by this particular performer.He was so determined to control and project that element,he
even used extensive prosthetics in order to play the Caucasian mayor
character shown here.
Simply name this legendary performer.

Answer : Michael Jackson.

(17)Around 1977 when Stephen King began gaining popularity,he devised an arrangement
which is now called the “dollar babies” system.This system meant that for the token fee of
one dollar,student filmmakers could adapt one of his short stories into a non-commercial
student film.
In King’s own words "Many of these adaptations weren't so great, but a few showed at least
a smattering of talent...in many cases one viewing was all a person could bear.“
He has also declared that "The Woman in the Room" is "clearly the best of the short films
made from my stuff.“
The significance of this short film,is the fact that the then 20 year old filmmaker
went on to direct three extremely well made feature length King
adaptations.
Two of those adaptations helped build Stephen Kings reputation outside the horror genre.
If the first is the highest rated movie on IMDB,the second launched
Michael Clarke Duncan into stardom and the third is a fictionalized
adapation of a real thunderstorm King faced,
Name the director please.

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Answer : Frank Darabont
(The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and The Mist)

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