- Forbidden Planet (1956) is loosely based on what Shakespearean play? ?????
- In the 1930s Adolf Hitler ordered the destruction of all available prints of Fritz Lang's 1928 file Die Frau im Mond (The Girl in the Moon). Why? ?????
- In The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Boris Karloff, of course, played the monster and Elsa Lanchester played his bride. But who played the role of Mary Shelley, the author of the classic novel Frankenstein? ?????
- Steve McQueen made his screen debut in what 1958 horror film? ?????
- Where was Bela Lugosi born? (Once you know, it's easy to remember.) ?????
- The actor who played the title role in I Was a Teen-age Werewolf (1957) later went on to star in two long-running TV series. Who is he? ?????
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- Boris Karloff has portrayed Frankenstein's monster, the Mummy, and Dr. Fu Manchu. What other screen star has also played those three roles? ?????
- What actor played the Thing, in the 1951 classic The Thing? ?????
- In what sf film can audiences see three well-known radio and newspaper reporters - Drew Pearson, H.V. Kaltenborn, and Gabriel Heater? ?????
- In Star Wars a character mentions a certain cell block. The number of the cell block alludes to an earlier film directed by George Lucas. What is the number, and what is the other film? ?????
- Woody Woodpecker is alluded to, or can be seen, in almost every post-1950 film made by what noted producer of sf classics? ?????
- In what Boris Karloff film does Karloff deliver an invocation to Satan, including numerous inappropriate Latin phrases, such as In vino veritas ("in wine, truth"), Cave canem ("beware of the dog"), and ruductio ad absurdum? ?????
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