The Shawshank Redemption trivia
The Shawshank Redemption Mini Quiz
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The Shawshank Redemption is based on a non-horror novella featuring actress Rita Hayworth in its title written by which horror author?
The original 1982 novella is titled Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption and was published in King's collection Different Seasons.
In The Shawshank Redemption, Andy hides a tunnel with posters of Rita Hayworth and which star known for One Million Years B.C.?
Welch's iconic fur bikini poster from One Million Years B.C. is the final pin-up used to conceal Andy's escape route over his 19-year excavation.
Prisoner Andy Dufresne uses a large Rita Hayworth poster in The Shawshank Redemption to do what?
Andy carves the hole over two decades using a small rock hammer, relying on the large pin-up to seamlessly conceal the cavity from the guards.
Andy Dufresne broadcasts an Italian opera across the prison yard in The Shawshank Redemption to do what?
The piece he plays is "Sull'aria" from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, earning him two weeks in solitary confinement for the rebellious act.
In The Shawshank Redemption, Warden Norton murders inmate Tommy to prevent what outcome?
Tommy reveals he met the real killer, which could exonerate Andy. Norton silences him to keep Andy imprisoned as the accountant for his illegal money-laundering scheme.
In The Shawshank Redemption, Andy hides his rock hammer in a hollowed-out Bible, starting in what specific book about a mass escape?
Exodus comes from a Greek word meaning "departure." When the warden opens the Bible, he finds the hammer's outline and Andy's message, "Salvation lies within."