# Stephen King trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590 "2012-01-15T12:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/121 "2012-01-24T03:11:50Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > When his wife reads his stuff, which of her criticisms does he say there is no argument against? I don’t think anyone got this yet, so here’s a hint: the answer is in _On Writing_. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/122 "2012-01-24T13:14:03Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > In cheating and looking up his real name, I found this - [Trashcan Man trivia game!](http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Literature/The-Unforgettable-Trashcan-Man-279996.html) Thanks, I had some fun with this last night! **koeeoaddi** , I think his wife says he can’t write well about sex? Or maybe women. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/123 "2012-01-24T16:44:19Z")
Okay, I’m going to give the answers to these old ones: \*\* In what city did Annie Wilkes go up on the stand?\*\* “The problem was, Annie Wilkes had been on the stand up there in Denver…_and not as a supporting witness either, Paul thought. I’d bet the house and lot on that_.” **The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is named Trish. What is her best friend’s name?** Trish’s friend is Pepsi Robichaud; she would have found it “em-BARE-ASS-ing” to get caught peeing in the woods. \*\* Besides Church, can you name any animal that was buried in the pet sematary?\*\* Among…others, the pet sematary contains Smucky (“he was obediant”), Jud Crandall’s good dog Spot, Biffer (“a helluva sniffer”), Hanratty the bull, Ringo the hamster, and Polynesia (who would be a parrot, if Louis remembered his Doctor Doolittle correctly). Also Hannah, Marta, General Patton, and Trixie, according to this [site](http://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/pet_sematary_characters.html). ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/124 "2012-01-24T16:48:13Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Okay, I’m going to give the answers to these old ones: > > \*\* > In what city did Annie Wilkes go up on the stand?\*\* > “The problem was, Annie Wilkes had been on the stand up there in Denver…_and not as a supporting witness either, Paul thought. I’d bet the house and lot on that_.” :smack: > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > **The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is named Trish. What is her best friend’s name?** > Trish’s friend is Pepsi Robichaud; she would have found it “em-BARE-ASS-ing” to get caught peeing in the woods. :smack: > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > \*\* > Besides Church, can you name any animal that was buried in the pet sematary?\*\* > Among…others, the pet sematary contains Smucky (“he was obediant”), Jud Crandall’s good dog Spot, Biffer (“a helluva sniffer”), Hanratty the bull, Ringo the hamster, and Polynesia (who would be a parrot, if Louis remembered his Doctor Doolittle correctly). Also Hannah, Marta, General Patton, and Trixie, according to this [site](http://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/pet_sematary_characters.html). :smack: ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/125 "2012-01-24T16:49:46Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Thanks, I had some fun with this last night! > > **koeeoaddi** , I think his wife says he can’t write well about sex? Or maybe women. Yeh, I can remember reading she always had sound advice when it came to strong women protagonists. But I’m not sure if that’s what it was. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/126 "2012-01-24T18:22:24Z")
The Yellow Card Man: What is the sequence of colors the card goes through? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/127 "2012-01-24T18:38:31Z")
Green, yellow, orange, red, black. I think. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/128 "2012-01-24T18:58:40Z")
Okay, after reading the “11/22/63” thread, I change my answer to yellow, orange, and black. 😃 My trivia question - what country does “'Salem’s Lot” open in? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/129 "2012-01-24T19:05:39Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Yeh, I can remember reading she always had sound advice when it came to strong women protagonists. But I’m not sure if that’s what it was. She may have said that, but it wasn’t what I was thinking of.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/130 "2012-01-25T00:04:56Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Okay, after reading the “11/22/63” thread, I change my answer to yellow, orange, and black. 😃 > > My trivia question - what country does “'Salem’s Lot” open in? Mexico. What is that kind of literary device called? The opening chapter is current then the author flashes back to tell the rest of the story. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/131 "2012-01-25T15:25:17Z")
I’m going to go out on a limb and say “extended flashback.” I didn’t look at the Trashcan trivia thing. Isn’t his name Melvin? Erving? I know he got Old Lady Semple’s check out of her mailbox, though. Cibola! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/132 "2012-01-25T15:52:42Z")
You’re warm! His initials are D. M. E. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/133 "2012-01-25T16:19:00Z")
Damn if I can’t remember Trashcan’s name. Must. Resist. Google… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/134 "2012-01-25T16:38:39Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Anyone know the name of Steve’s dad, or his occupation? Here’s another unanswered one: hint, The Trashcan Man and Steve’s dad share the same first name! ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/135 "2012-01-26T04:27:44Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > You’re warm! His initials are D. M. E. Donald Merton something, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/136 "2012-01-26T14:21:00Z")
Getting warmer…you’re gonna catch fire! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/137 "2012-01-27T07:45:26Z")
Donald Edwin Melbert? ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/138 "2012-01-27T07:46:35Z")
I think it was something like you can’t argue with her when she’s right? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/139 "2012-01-27T12:43:43Z")
Ooo ooo I know one (an easy one, but still) What was Roland (from The Eyes of the Dragon) best at? Hunting. TEoTD is one of my favorite books. I _know_ that beyotch! And questions: What was King Roland’s mother’s name and how did she die? What/who “came back wrong” from the Pet Sematary besides the primary examples? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/140 "2012-01-28T00:21:31Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Ooo ooo I know one (an easy one, but still) > > What was Roland (from The Eyes of the Dragon) best at? > > Hunting. TEoTD is one of my favorite books. I _know_ that beyotch! > > And questions: > > What was King Roland’s mother’s name and how did she die? > > What/who “came back wrong” from the Pet Sematary besides the primary examples? Well, nothing ever came back ‘right’ from the pet sematary, but there’s reference to an adult male, and a bull. What was the weapon of choice of The Juice? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590.md?page=8)