Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein is the scientist, not the creature. This topic is part of Literature within Literature. This page currently draws on 9 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Frankenstein trivia questions
What is the surname of the scientist who creates the creature?
Answer: Frankenstein
Bonus fact: Victor Frankenstein is the scientist, not the creature.
Frankenstein was first published when Mary Shelley was in approximately what age range?
Answer: Late teens
Bonus fact: She began the story at 18 and it was published when she was 20.
Which filmmaker is famous for movie parodies such as Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs?
Answer: Mel Brooks
Bonus fact: Brooks built a career on genre parody.
Mary Shelley wrote which novel about Victor Frankenstein?
Answer: Frankenstein
Bonus fact: Frankenstein was first published in 1818.
Mary Shelley began conceiving Frankenstein during a famous stay near which lake?
Answer: Lake Geneva
Bonus fact: She was staying near Lord Byron in Switzerland.
In what year was the first edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein published?
Answer: 1818
Bonus fact: The Library of Congress holds an 1818 edition of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Who directed Young Frankenstein?
Answer: Mel Brooks
Bonus fact: Gene Wilder co-wrote the screenplay.
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Answer: Mary Shelley
Bonus fact: Mary Shelley published Frankenstein anonymously in 1818.
Which classic monsters became closely associated with Universal films?
Answer: Dracula and Frankenstein's monster
Bonus fact: Universal's monster films became iconic in the 1930s and 1940s.