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It's the movie Kevin Bacon probably wishes you'd forget... but it's also the movie that launched a decade of slasher films! Now, return to Camp Crystal Lake with our quiz!
Let's get this classic out of the way: Who's the killer in Friday the 13th?
Jason
Jason's mother
Yes, it's Mrs. Voorhees. Drew Barrymore got this question wrong, famously, in the opening sequence of Scream.
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And this one: Which of the female camp staffers will be the Final Girl?
Alice
Yes, it's Alice who survives to the very end. But that's getting ahead of things. First ...
Annie
Brenda
Marcie
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In what year does the film's prologue take place?
1958
The film opens by showing two counselors being killed in 1958. A crew member, Willie Adams, played the male counselor, thus becoming the first victim in the entire Friday the 13th franchise.
1966
1969
1974
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After the 1958 segment, when does the story pick up again?
1975
1978
1980
"The Present"
A title onscreen says, "Friday, June 13, The Present." Not anymore! From Annie's willingness to hitchhike to the preponderance of beer and marijuana, the movie is full of late-'70s touches.
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In what state is Camp Crystal Lake located?
Minnesota
New York
New Jersey
A cemetery gate -- foreshadowing! -- prominently displays a town name: Hope, N.J. Camp Crystal Lake is not far away.
Wisconsin
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Who is the first character (in the present-day story) to die?
Annie
Annie doesn't even make it to the camp. After she accepts a ride from the unseen Mrs. Voorhees, the woman slashes her throat. Remember, kids: Hitchhiking is not safe.
Brenda
Ned
Jack
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What was Annie's role at the camp supposed to be?
archery instructor
cook
Annie tells the truck driver, Enos, that she's going to cook at Camp Crystal Lake. Of course, she doesn't make it to the kitchen.
custodian
swim instructor
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Which character drives a Jeep?
Jack
Steve Christy
Mrs. Voorhees
The only difference is, Mrs. Voorhees drives the Jeep with its top up, while Steve keeps it down. This, of course, leads to a classic fake-out late in the movie.
both #2 and #3
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What is Alice's talent?
ballet
drawing
Annie's talent is only referred to once, when Steve looks at her drawings while she fixes a rain gutter. Even so, Annie's artistic sensitivity might be a hint that she'll be the eventual survivor.
doing impressions
playing the piano
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Who is the practical joker of the group?
Brenda
Jack
Ned
Ned was played by Mark Nelson. He suggested that Ned made jokes to cover up his insecurities, especially around girls.
Marcie
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When the motorcycle cop arrives at camp, what is Ned dressed as?
an Indian chief
It isn't a full costume, just a headdress. He's jumping around in imitation of a tribal dance when he sees the officer, stops, and says, "Oh, s**t."
a bear
a girl
he's naked
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Who is the motorcycle officer looking for?
Crazy Ralph
Crazy Ralph is an eccentric local who warned Annie not to take the job at Crystal Lake. In a meta sense, he serves as a red herring, a guy who might be the killer.
Pamela Voorhees
Steve Christy
Annie
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Where does Crazy Ralph show up later?
in the kitchen closet
Ralph turns up to tell the kids, "I'm a messenger of God. You're doomed if you stay here." Then he rides off on a women's bicycle. Seriously.
in the woods
in the girls' bathroom
under the dock
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What has Marcie been afraid of since childhood?
drowning
snakes
storms
Marcie describes her recurring nightmare about a storm in which rain turns to blood. This was the monologue the auditioning actresses were required to perform.
spiders
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As Jack and Marcie have sex, what's in the bunk above them?
a bloody axe
Ned's body
This is one of the film's truly effective scares. The camera pans up from the contented lovers to Ned's glassy eyes and gaping throat wound.
the killer
bloodstained sheets
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How does Marcie die?
she's shot by an arrow
her throat is cut
she's struck with a sledgehammer
she's struck in the head with an axe
Until this point, Mrs. Voorhees has had a preference for throat-cutting. Here, she mixes it up a little.
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What game do Bill, Alice, and Brenda play?
backgammon
checkers
Monopoly
strip Monopoly
The film was shot in 1979, and the swinging '70s come through clearly in this scene. The kids drink beer, smoke grass, and strip down around the Monopoly board.
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What breaks up the Monopoly game?
a power failure
it starts raining
Brenda remembers she left the windows to her cabin open. So, the game breaks up before anyone is naked. And allows the next victim to get killed, of course.
Bill and Alice want to be alone
nobody has any clothes left to take off
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What lures Brenda out of her bed?
she hears a dog whining
she hears Marcie being killed
she hears a child calling for help
Of course, it's Mrs. Voorhees instead. We see her later talking in her son's voice, perhaps an homage to Norman Bates being "Mother" in Psycho.
she remembers she forgot to roll up her car windows.
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Where is Brenda killed?
the main cabin
the dock
the archery range
The lights flood the range, where a rain-soaked Brenda is still looking for the nonexistent child in trouble. Her death, though, takes place offscreen.
in the woods
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What do Bill and Alice find in Brenda's bed?
her body
the axe that killed Marcie
The killer taunting his or her victims is a classic of slasher movies. The killer never seems to get caught setting up these tableaus.
bloodstained sheets
nothing
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Where does Alice discover Bill's body?
on the floor next to the generator
impaled to a closet door
In this scene, Harry Crosby's eye is twitching, even though he is supposed to be dead. The stage makeup was badly irritating his eye.
hanging from a pine tree
in the lake
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What crashes through the window and shocks Alice?
Brenda's body
To be honest, Mrs. Voorhees must be in her late 50s or older. How she has the strength and stamina to do all of this is something we're not supposed to question.
Marcie's body
a rock with a death threat attached
a tree limb
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Why does Alice, after barricading herself in a cabin, suddenly run outside?
she thinks the killer is in the cabin
she sees headlights and thinks it's the police
she sees headlights and thinks it's Steve returning
Remember that Steve drives a Jeep, like Mrs. Voorhees. Steve had gone to town for supplies and Alice is ready to relax in his protection, but it's Mrs. Voorhees instead.
she's decided to make a dash for the main road
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What does Mrs. Voorhees identify herself as?
an off-duty policewoman
an old friend of the Christys
Mrs. Voorhees knows the Christys -- Steve recognizes her just before she kills him. She also tells Alice that she used to work at the camp.
Steve Christy's mother
Marcie's mother
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What does Mrs. Voorhees wear while committing her murders?
the classic white hockey mask
a simple ski mask
a black leather apron
a sweater and trousers
We can't believe the producers missed the opportunity to call the movie Death Wears a Cable-Knit Sweater.
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What does Mrs. Voorhees repeatedly say to herself, in Jason's voice?
"Kill her, Mommy."
"Jason" says other things, but this is the most frequent. In fact, the franchise's trademark "ki-ki-ki-ma-ma-ma" sound effect is said to be Jason urging his mother to kill.
"Don't kill her, Mommy."
"Let's get her, Mama."
"You can run but you can't hide."
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How does Alice kill Mrs. Voorhees?
with a kitchen knife
with a machete
At a certain point you have to ask: Does a summer camp need this much fatal hardware?
with an axe
with a shotgun
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What does Alice do after killing Mrs. Voorhees?
faints
runs down to the main road for help
takes the canoe out on the lake
The idea to have Jason jump out of the lake and grab Alice was Tom Savini's. He worked on the film's effects and stunts, and he felt the movie needed one last, unexpected scare.
goes back into the main cabin to wait for dawn
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Friday the 13th rode the coattails of which film's success?
The Fog
Halloween
A Nightmare on Elm Street hadn't been released yet. The Fog and Prom Night were competing horror films of 1980.
Prom Night
A Nightmare on Elm Street
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Which character did Kevin Bacon play?
Bill
Ned
Steve Christy
Jack
Director Sean S. Cunningham said he was only looking for attractive kids "you might see in a Pepsi commercial." Apparently he didn't realize the acting talent he was working with.
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Which actor had a famous parent?
Harry Crosby
Crosby was the son of singer Bing Crosby. Some people saw this as another attempt to emulate Halloween, which cast Jamie Lee Curtis, the daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, in its lead role.
Adrienne King
Rex Everhart
Mark Nelson
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Who played Mrs. Voorhees?
Sally Field
Gaylen Ross
Betsy Palmer
Betsy Palmer was a regular on the TV show, Knots Landing. Don't laugh about Sally Field. She actually auditioned for the role of Alice.
Claire Higgins
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Which 2000s heartthrob starred in the Friday the 13th reboot?
Orlando Bloom
Jason Dohring
Jared Padalecki
The reboot came out in 2009. Jared Padalecki played Clay Miller, who has to rescue his kidnapped sister from Jason.
Usher
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Which of the following is NOT a Friday the 13th sequel?
Freddy vs. Jason
Jason Vs. the Evil Dead
Yes, Jason's gone to hell, into space (and the future), and into the dream world. But he's never battled Sam Raimi's zombies.
Jason Takes Manhattan
Jason Goes to Hell
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Which film critic was so annoyed by Friday the 13th that he/she gave away the ending?
Pauline Kael
Roger Ebert
Gene Siskel
Siskel was also so unhappy with veteran actress Betsy Palmer playing Pamela Voorhees that he revealed her address and encouraged people to write to her. Nowadays, this is called "doxing" and taken much more seriously.
Rex Reed
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