# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 8
**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 28, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/141 "2012-01-28T04:33:59Z")
> [@tavalla](#): > > I think it was something like you can’t argue with her when she’s right? Not quite. He was explaining to Tabitha why he included a bunch of back story in one of his novels (can’t remember which) and she said, “fine, but do you have to bore me with it?” He said he couldn’t argue with that. ---
**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 28, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/142 "2012-01-28T12:50:38Z")
> [@tavalla](#): > > Donald Edwin Melbert? Close enough for government work! It was Donald Merwin Elbert. ---
**Author:** ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/143 "2012-01-28T19:49:09Z")
Awsome to see this thread still alive! I’ll answer one of my old ones… > [@](#): > > What does Scott Landon soak his shredded hand in to heal it? Tea ---
**Author:** ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/144 "2012-01-28T19:51:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by HotDogWater > Go ahead, ask me. I’ve read every book, and seen most shows and movies made from his name. And I’m bored at work today. > > What is his street address in Bangor, ME? West Broadway ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/145 "2012-01-28T21:16:34Z")
What well-known pop songs play a role in _Dreamcatcher_? The second question is non-trivia, it’s not a trick question and there’s no wrong answers: I just finished Dreamcatcher (clearly) and it’s the first book by King that I’ve read. I liked it a good deal and I’d like to read some more. Any recommendations/things I should avoid? ---
**Author:** ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/146 "2012-01-28T23:28:09Z")
I bet this is not the song you’re looking for for Duddits sang “Scooby Doobie Doo where are you?” a bit 🙂 And if you like _Dreamcatcher_, I’m thinking you will like any of Kings work. My favorite is _Bag of Bones_, followed closely by _Christine_. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/147 "2012-01-28T23:50:52Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > What well-known pop songs play a role in _Dreamcatcher_? > > The second question is non-trivia, it’s not a trick question and there’s no wrong answers: I just finished Dreamcatcher (clearly) and it’s the first book by King that I’ve read. I liked it a good deal and I’d like to read some more. Any recommendations/things I should avoid? I have recently read The Long Walk and The Running Man. Running Man was entertaining, and had a bit of philosophical oomph to it. Mostly pulp, but very well done I think. Why they changed the movie so much I’ll never know, the book’s premise was much, much better. The Long Walk is a technical masterpiece as far as I’m concerned. I doubt anything I could read by King would ever top it. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Both of these are short mini-books so you can blow through them in a day if you are dedicated, or over a few nights if you only read for an hour here and there. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/148 "2012-01-29T00:12:44Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > What well-known pop songs play a role in _Dreamcatcher_? > > The second question is non-trivia, it’s not a trick question and there’s no wrong answers: I just finished Dreamcatcher (clearly) and it’s the first book by King that I’ve read. I liked it a good deal and I’d like to read some more. Any recommendations/things I should avoid? I would say Dreamcatcher is one of his worst books (but i did like it, as I like most of his stuff). If you liked it, you’ll probably be happy with most anything he wrote. You might try It or Stand By Me, which I don’t even think is the name of the story; that’s the movie’s name. And it’s a novella, not a novel. The book it’s in is called Different Seasons, and it has four novellas. It’s pretty great. They both have the group-of-friends thing happening, like Dreamcatcher. The Stand is also good, and the whole Dark Tower series is wonderful, but long. And Misery DID have the missing “n” first, not an “e”, although by then end it’s dropped the “e” and a couple other letters as well, I think. I pulled out the book to check the “n”, though. It’s definitely the first letter missing. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/149 "2012-01-29T00:22:05Z")
It nagged at me, so I checked the end. It came missing the “n”, then drops the “t” and finally the “e”, but at that point he switches to longhand, except to type the last chapter. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/150 "2012-01-29T00:36:59Z")
> [@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?[\b] > > What/who “came back wrong” from the Pet Sematary besides the primary examples? Is it Sasha? She died in childbirth, after Flagg instructed the midwife to make a tiny cut… ---
**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 29, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/151 "2012-01-29T02:05:58Z")
I liked “Dreamcatcher,” too, and I also have liked almost everything I’ve read by King (I haven’t read “Gerald’s Game” yet, and I didn’t like “The Survivor Type”). I’m really enjoying his modern works (“Duma Key,” “The Dome,” and now “11/22/63”); I think he’s writing better than he ever has, but I know not everyone agrees with that. I think he’s turned down the gross-out factor and turned up the storytelling. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/152 "2012-01-29T13:42:08Z")
Which of you King fans have already read his newest book [“UR”](http://www.amazon.com/UR-Stephen-King/dp/1442303093/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327844561&sr=8-1) ? Stephen King wrote it only as audiobook and as an e-book for the Kindle, and there has not been a lot of publicity about it. It is about an English teacher (duh :)) who reluctantly starts using a Kindle, and it goes all King-y from there. Alternate universes are involved. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/153 "2012-01-29T14:02:33Z")
And look! Another new King just available as E-book. “[Blockade Billy.](http://www.amazon.com/Blockade-Billy-ebook/dp/B003HKR18Y/ref=amb_link_352924602_3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-2&pf_rd_r=0GQ1QXZ2XW9W5RNWGHYS&pf_rd_t=4401&pf_rd_p=1260999782&pf_rd_i=B000AQ0842)” ---
**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 29, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/154 "2012-01-29T21:15:37Z")
I read “UR” when I got my Kindle (since replaced by my iPad). It’s not his latest book, as he’s had a few novels, and two short anthologies out since, but it was a fun read despite feeling like a bit of a marketing stint for the Kindle. Haven’t read “Blockade Billy” yet though. **Question:** How many productions based on King’s stories has Kathy Bates appeared in? ---
**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 30, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/155 "2012-01-30T14:17:15Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Which of you King fans have already read his newest book [“UR”](http://www.amazon.com/UR-Stephen-King/dp/1442303093/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327844561&sr=8-1) ? I read UR as the second or third purchase on my Kindle.Really kind of meta. ---
**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 30, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590/156 "2012-01-30T15:03:30Z")
> [@HotDogWater](#): > > And if you like _Dreamcatcher_, I’m thinking you will like any of Kings work. I was thinking, “Well, there’s nowhere to go but up, after that…” 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-trivia/609590.md?page=7)