John Carpenter Quiz Questions and Answers
1. In which year was John Carpenter born?
A) 1945
B) 1948
C) 1950
D) 1952
Answer: B) 1948
2. Which film marked John Carpenter’s directorial debut?
A) Dark Star
B) Halloween
C) Assault on Precinct 13
D) The Fog
Answer: A) Dark Star
3. John Carpenter is best known for directing films in which genre?
A) Comedy
B) Horror/Sci-Fi
C) Drama
D) Romance
Answer: B) Horror/Sci-Fi
4. Which 1978 film by John Carpenter is considered a landmark in the horror genre?
A) The Thing
B) Halloween
C) Escape from New York
D) Christine
Answer: B) Halloween
5. What is the name of the iconic masked killer in John Carpenter’s Halloween?
A) Jason Voorhees
B) Freddy Krueger
C) Michael Myers
D) Leatherface
Answer: C) Michael Myers
6. Which John Carpenter film features a shape-shifting alien creature?
A) The Thing
B) The Fog
C) They Live
D) Big Trouble in Little China
Answer: A) The Thing
7. In which year was The Thing released?
A) 1980
B) 1982
C) 1984
D) 1986
Answer: B) 1982
8. John Carpenter often composed the music for his own films. Which instrument is he most associated with?
A) Guitar
B) Piano
C) Synthesizer
D) Drums
Answer: C) Synthesizer
9. Which Carpenter film features the character Snake Plissken?
A) Escape from New York
B) Escape from L.A.
C) Both A and B
D) The Thing
Answer: C) Both A and B
10. What is the setting for the majority of The Fog (1980)?
A) A small coastal town
B) A spaceship
C) A prison
D) A big city
Answer: A) A small coastal town
11. Which actor played the lead role of Snake Plissken in Escape from New York?
A) Kurt Russell
B) Jamie Lee Curtis
C) Donald Pleasence
D) Roddy Piper
Answer: A) Kurt Russell
12. Which John Carpenter film is based on a Stephen King novel?
A) The Fog
B) Christine
C) Halloween
D) They Live
Answer: B) Christine
13. In They Live (1988), what do special sunglasses reveal?
A) Ghosts
B) Aliens disguised as humans
C) Hidden treasure
D) Time travel portals
Answer: B) Aliens disguised as humans
14. Which Carpenter film is a satire on consumerism and societal control?
A) They Live
B) Big Trouble in Little China
C) The Thing
D) Halloween
Answer: A) They Live
15. What is the name of the high school in Halloween (1978)?
A) Haddonfield High
B) Springwood High
C) Woodsboro High
D) Crystal Lake High
Answer: A) Haddonfield High
16. Which Carpenter film features a possessed car?
A) The Fog
B) Christine
C) Vampires
D) The Thing
Answer: B) Christine
17. In Big Trouble in Little China, what is the name of the main character played by Kurt Russell?
A) Jack Burton
B) Snake Plissken
C) R.J. MacReady
D) John Nada
Answer: A) Jack Burton
18. Which of the following films did John Carpenter NOT direct?
A) The Exorcist
B) The Fog
C) Halloween
D) The Thing
Answer: A) The Exorcist
19. What is the profession of Laurie Strode in the original Halloween?
A) Teacher
B) Babysitter
C) Nurse
D) Police officer
Answer: B) Babysitter
20. Which Carpenter film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles?
A) Escape from New York
B) Escape from L.A.
C) They Live
D) Ghosts of Mars
Answer: B) Escape from L.A.
21. In The Thing, what is the name of the research station where the events take place?
A) Outpost 31
B) Station Alpha
C) Arctic Base
D) Snowfield One
Answer: A) Outpost 31
22. Which actor starred in Carpenter’s They Live as the lead character, Nada?
A) Kurt Russell
B) Roddy Piper
C) Jamie Lee Curtis
D) Keith David
Answer: B) Roddy Piper
23. Which Carpenter film features ghost pirates?
A) The Fog
B) Vampires
C) Ghosts of Mars
D) Halloween
Answer: A) The Fog
24. In Halloween, what is the name of the psychiatrist who pursues Michael Myers?
A) Dr. Sartain
B) Dr. Wynn
C) Dr. Loomis
D) Dr. Ranbir
Answer: C) Dr. Loomis
25. Which John Carpenter film was a commercial failure upon release but later gained a cult following?
A) Halloween
B) The Thing
C) Christine
D) Escape from New York
Answer: B) The Thing