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.

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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.

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