Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Animal Horror Fiction?
6 quiz questions to test your knowledge of animal horror stories
Put animals into horror stories and you get frightening and/or comedic scenarios.
From the smallest to the biggest, every real-life animal can be twisted enough to become horrific.
Animals make fantastic horror villains, especially the ones with sharp teeth and sharp attitudes.
Test your knowledge of some classic animal horror stories with these six quiz questions.
Contents
1. Book: Jaws (1974) by Peter Benchley
What type of scientist is Matt Hooper?
Herpetologist
Nope. Try again. A herpetologist studies reptiles and amphibians.
Ornithologist
Nope. Try again. An ornithologist studies birds.
Ichthyologist
Yes. Matt Hooper is an ichthyologist, which is a marine biologist who studies various species of fish classified as bony, cartilaginous, or jawless.
What this book’s about
Jaws is an action horror story about a killer shark that terrorizes a small town one summer.
Also see the movie: 13 Animal Horror Movies with Bite: Jaws (1975)
2. Movie: Grizzly (1976)
What sort of trap does Stober and Kelly set for the grizzly?
They use a bear cub as bait
Nope. Try again. Three amateur hunters use a bear cub as bait, believing that it’s the offspring of the rampaging grizzly. However, the grizzly just eats the cub.
They dig a pit in the ground
Nope. Try again.
They hang a deer carcass in a tree
Yes. They hang a deer carcass in a tree but the grizzly takes it without getting caught.
What this movie’s about
3. Book: Cujo (1981)
Who is the first person Cujo kills?
Gary Pervier
Yes. Gary is the sixty-year-old war veteran neighbor of the Cambers.
Joe Camber
Nope. Try again.
George Bannerman
Nope. Try again. Sheriff George is number three.
What this book’s about
See: 13 Animal Horror Novels to Sink Your Teeth Into: Cujo (1981)
4. Movie: Kong: Skull Island (2017)
What are the reptilian creatures that Kong protects the islanders from called?
Killercrawlers
Nope. Try again.
Lizardcrawlers
Nope. Try again.
Skullcrawlers
Yes. The Skullcrawlers are subterranean reptilian creatures that live underground and are awakened by the seismic charges the army guys detonate.
What this movie’s about
In 1973, a group of scientists and soldiers travel to the newly discovered Skull Island. They encounter locals and mega-fauna on the Eden-like island, including a gorilla and vicious reptilian creatures.
5. Book: The Rats (1974) by James Herbert
Who is the first victim of the rats?
A vagrant
Yes. The vagrant is resting in an abandoned shack near a canal when a pack of rats the size of small dogs attacks and eats him.
A baby girl
Nope. Try again. The baby girl and her dog are the second and third victims.
A student
Nope. Try again. The student is bitten and taken to the hospital but all the survivors die within twenty-four hours of being bitten.
What this book’s about
The Rats is a thriller horror story. Out of the sewers and streets comes the biggest threat London has ever faced – rats, hungry for human flesh.
6. Movie: Black Sheep (2006)
What does Henry do when he sees a sheep in the hallway of the farmhouse where they find the dead farmer?
Shuts the door
Yes. Because of his sheep phobia, Henry quietly shuts the door and locks it before the sheep tries to crash through it.
Shoots the sheep
Nope. Try again. Tucker shoots the hallway sheep.
Faints
Nope. Try again.
What this movie’s about
Published: 2 December 2022
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