Frankenstein

DIRECTED BY JAMES WHALE, 1931

1. Who introduced the film with the words, "I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. It might even horrify you"?

2. What was Henry Frankenstein's (Colin Clive) primary concern when he remarked, "We've got no time to lose"?

3. Fill in the blank: Henry's research in the field of ____________ and electro-biology were far in advance of the theories that were taught at the Goldstadt Medical College. That was why he left the university.

4. We're not going to ask you why Henry used an abnormal brain for the monster (Boris Karloff). That would be too easy. So let's try this - The brain that Fritz (Dwight Frye) was supposed to get fell out of his hands when which of the following happened?

     A. He backed a skeleton.
     B. He saw the sight of his own shadow.
     C. Someone banged a gong.
     D. None of the above. The jar just slipped out of his hands.

5. Henry could have used the brain of the first corpse he stole. But he chose not to. Do you remember why?

6. The brain that Henry unknowingly used for his creation fit the history of a man of brutality, violence and murder. That was indicated by what abnormality?

7. The electrodes in the monster's neck needed no explanation. But one of the creature's other physical abnormalities did - its droopy eyelids. Was that because it was kept heavily sedated?

8. True or False: Henry re-animated a few animals before he brought the monster to life. He also kept a human heart beating for three weeks.

9. When did Henry tell Elizabeth (Mae Clarke) about his experiments, before or after they announced their engagement?

10. Henry said it himself, he doubted his own sanity, but no one likes to be called crazy. Did he become defensive when Victor (John Boles) used that term?

11. When Elizabeth asked Dr. Waldman (Edward Van Sloan) for his help, he replied, "I'm sorry." Was that because he had already tried and failed to bring Henry to his senses?

12. Which of Henry's demands were called "unreasonable"?

13. What question drew the following response from Henry: "That body is not dead. It has never lived. I created it. I made it with my own hands. From the bodies I took from graves, from the gallows, anywhere"?

21. The Baron complained about the stairs that led to his son's laboratory. What didn't he like about them, other than the fact that they were long and winding?

22. What would the Baron have been referring to if he joked, "I see why you keep him around. His loyalty is admirable, but there aren't many people who can do that"?

23. The local townsfolk seemed to adore the Baron, but that was probably because they didn't know what he was really like. Arrogant and inconsiderate are two adjectives that immediately come to mind. Just ask anyone who worked for him. Give us an example.

24. How many men would it have taken to subdue the creature if Dr. Waldman's half-grain solution didn't work?

25. What did the last entry in Dr. Waldman's journal conclude?

26. Which (if any) of the following statements are incorrect?

     A. The sound of the creature's heartbeat was the last sound that
     Dr. Waldman heard.
     B. Fritz never questioned anything he was asked to do.
     C. The monster strangled Fritz to death with the chains it was bound with.
     D. Henry blamed himself for Fritz's death.

27. Three characters in the film lit up either a cigarette or a pipe. We'll give you a point for each character you can name, and another three if you answer the question in reserve order. Meaning, start with the name of the last person to do it.

28. When Maria (Marilyn Harris) saw the monster, she asked him who he was. Did the creature respond in any way to that question?

29. Where was Maria's father (Michael Mark) when she cried, "You're hurting me!"?

30. What sound did the creature mimic in the chapter entitled The Uninvited Guest?

31. Elizabeth kept referring to the monster as "it." Where was she when she repeated the words, "Don't let it come here"?

32. You remember how the monster got into the House of Frankenstein without being heard or seen, don't you? It climbed in through an open window while Elizabeth's back was turned. Did it get out of the house the same way?

33. Ludwig led the group that looked for the monster in the woods. Who searched the area near the lake?

34. Think about this next question before you answer it. Did the mob set fire to the old windmill before Henry was thrown from the roof?

35. Raise your hand if you knew that Henry died before the monster in the original version of the film. His fall was broken by one of the sails in the revised ending. Our question is this, what part of his body struck the sail first?

36. What was the last question in the film, and to whom was it addressed?

14. What part of the monster's body was moving when Henry exclaimed, "It's alive! It's alive!"?

15. The monster could have been introduced in any number of ways after it was resurrected - slowly walking out of the shadows, the camera panning up from Fritz's point of view after some type of fall, etc. What did the viewer see?

16. How did Henry prove to Dr. Waldman that the monster understood what he was saying?

17. What was Henry referring to when he sighed, "If I could discover just one of these things, I wouldn't care if they did think I was crazy"?

18. Was Henry speaking figuratively or literally when he made the following observation: "I've got to experiment further. He's only a few days old, remember. So far, he's been kept in complete darkness. Wait till I bring him into the light"?

19. What did Dr. Waldman want Henry to do before Elizabeth returned to his laboratory with his father (Frederick Kerr) and Victor?

20. SPOILER ALERT: You might want to skip this next question if you haven't taken our Psycho quiz yet. Marion (Janet Leigh) honked her horn to get someone's attention when she arrived at the Bates Motel. What did the Baron do when no one came to the door?

Answers

1. Carl Laemmle Jr.

2. The setting sun. He wanted to get the corpse he exhumed back to his laboratory before nightfall.

3. Chemical galvanism

4. He dropped the jar when someone banged a gong. He was also startled by the skeleton he backed into. So the correct answer is A & C.

5. Your guess is as good as ours. The question was never answered in the film.

6. A distinct degeneration of the middle frontal lobe and a scarcity of convolutions.

7. No

8. True

9. He told her about his experiments on the same day.

10. No, but it did bother him.

11. Yes and no, he didn't feel he was obligated to help since Henry was no longer his pupil.

12. Henry wanted the university to get him better bodies to experiment on. He said they were being "too particular" as to where and how they got them.

13. Dr. Waldman asked Henry if he really believed that he could bring "life to the dead."

14. Its right arm

15. The creature walked backwards through a doorway before turning around.

16. The monster obeyed Henry when he asked it to sit.

17. What caused the trees to bud, what changed the darkness into light, and what eternity was.

18. He was speaking literally.

19. He wanted him to get rid of the blood on his shoes.

20. He scraped the bars on the door with his walking cane.

21. There was no banister to hold onto.

22. Fritz could climb like a cat.

23. The Baron embarrassed the Burgomaster in front of Victor and Elizabeth when he shouted, "I know that. Don't keep on saying so, you idiot!" The second incident came when the Baron remarked, "Give the servants some champagne. (The wine) is wasted on 'em."

24. The monster had the strength of ten men, so we'll accept any answer close to that number.

25. He wrote that the monster had to be dissected at once because it was showing an increased resistance to the injections he was giving it.

26. A. The last sound he heard was his own last gasp for breath. C is also incorrect. Fritz was found hanging in the monster's cell. How that happened is anyone's guess. The monster may have killed him with its bare hands.

27. Henry Frankenstein, Henry's father and the gravedigger.

28. No

29. He was somewhere in the woods, laying some traps.

30. Elizabeth's scream

31. She was in a bedroom in the House of Frankenstein.

32. Yes, it did.

33. The Burgomaster's (Lionel Belmore) group

34. No, they torched the mill after Henry was thrown from the roof..

35. His chest

36. The Baron asked one of his chambermaids, "What's all this?" when he saw what was on the tray she was carrying (a bottle of his grandmother's finest wine).