Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Toy Horror Stories?
6 quiz questions to test your knowledge of killer toys in horror
Toys are inanimate objects.
Aren’t they?
Do you know what they get up to when you’re not looking?
Are you sure?
Can you really trust those blank, lifeless eyes? Horror stories will tell you what happens when toys take a disliking to you. Horror stories will make sure you’re ready for when killer toys attack.
Test your knowledge of killer toys in horror stories with these six quiz questions.
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1. Book: Frozen Charlotte (2016) by Alex Bell
What’s the first message from the Ouija Board app on Jay’s phone?
Charlotte is cold
Nope. Try again. This is the third message.
Daddy says never ever open the gate
Nope. Try again. This is the second message.
Black sand
Yes. When Jay and Sophie start using the Ouija Board app, the first thing it spells out is Black Sand.
What this book’s about
See: 8 Horror Novels and 3 Anthologies Featuring Creepy Toys and Games: Frozen Charlotte 2016)
2. Movie: Benny Loves You (2019)
How does Benny kill the realtor?
Lawnmower
Nope. Try again. Benny kills a cat with the lawnmower.
Impaled
Yes. Benny impales the realtor with a wooden sign.
Thrown out a window
Nope. Try again. Jack’s boss’s dog Precious is thrown out a window but Benny’s already killed it with a hatchet.
What this movie’s about
See: 13 Toy Horror Movies to Play Around With: Benny Loves You (2019)
3. TV: Ash vs Evil Dead (2015)
In Season 1, Episode 1 'El Jefe', what does the doll grab to attack Ash with?
Scissors
Nope. Try again.
X-Acto knife
Yes. As Ash is trying to get the doll off his face, it bites his thumb and he throws it on the floor where it grabs an X-Acto knife and charges at him.
Hammer
Nope. Try again.
What this show’s about
Ash vs Evil Dead is a comedy horror TV show that’s a sequel to the first three Evil Dead movies. The TV show ran for three seasons from 2015 to 2018.
Thirty years after Ash Williams returned from 1300 AD, he’s working as a stock boy at a nondescript store and living a lonely, dull existence. However, Ash once again becomes the only hope for mankind’s survival when a new plague threatens to destroy us all.
4. Short story: Chattery Teeth (1992) by Stephen King
What are the chattery teeth made of?
Metal
Yes. The chattery teeth are unusually large and made of metal.
Plastic
Nope. Try again.
Real human teeth
Nope. Try again.
What this story’s about
Chattery Teeth is a Stephen King short story. First published in Cemetery Dance magazine in 1992, it was also included in Nightmares & Dreamscapes in 1993.
A set of walking ‘chattery teeth’ save a travelling salesman from a carjacking hitchhiker.
5. Movie: Dolls (1986)
What’s the name of the doll Gabriel gives Judy?
Mr Punch
Yes. When Gabriel learns Judy has ‘lost’ her teddy bear (her stepmother threw it away), he gives her Mr Punch.
Annabelle
Nope. Try again. Annabelle has a movie of her own and it isn’t this one.
Charles
Nope. Try again.
What this movie’s about
6. Short story: The Monkey (1980) by Stephen King
At the end of the story, where does Hal throw the cymbal-banging monkey?
Into a well
Nope. Try again. As a child, Hal did throw the monkey into his uncle’s well, but as an adult at the end of the story, he threw it somewhere else.
Under a train
Nope. Try again.
Into Crystal Lake
Yes. Hal throws the monkey into Crystal Lake and the story ends with a newspaper article reporting mysterious fish deaths in the lake.
What this story’s about
The Monkey is a short story by Stephen King. It was first published as a booklet in Gallery magazine in 1980, then revised and included in the Skeleton Crew collection in 1985.
Two young boys find a cymbal-banging monkey in their great-uncle’s attic. It’s revealed that their father, as a child, found the monkey inside an antique chest owned by his missing father. It soon becomes clear that every time the monkey clashes its cymbals, someone close to Hal dies.
Published: 13 December 2022
