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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET TRIVIA II

11) Where does A Nightmare on Elm Street take place?


Although the setting is never mentioned in the first movie, multiple sequels confirm the location as Springwood, Ohio.

12) Nancy tries to kill Freddy with a _______.


Nancy is able to light him on fire with a Molotov cocktail and lock him in the basement.

13) Which rapper sang about Freddy Krueger in the 1988 hit single "Nightmare on My Street"?


Will Smith raps about this guy who's "burnt up like a weenie and his name is Fred" and who "wears the same hat and sweater every single day."

14) The Freddy Krueger character was inspired by _________.


Craven has said he based Freddy on a bully named Fred Kreuger who menaced Craven in his youth. Freddy's famous hat and sweater is said to be influenced by a homeless man whom Craven remembers staring at him through his bedroom window when he was 10. The colored sweater was also a nod to the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man.

15) In which film does Nancy Thompson train a group of kids to fight Freddy?


The plot of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors centers around Freddy's attempt to kill the remaining children of the parents who murdered him. The kids are committed to a psychiatric hospital where Nancy Thompson works. Having dealt with Freddy before, she helps the kids discover their dream powers so they can fight him.

16) What color is Nancy's front door in A Nightmare on Elm Street?


Nancy's house has a blue door in the first film. In all of the sequels, it has a red door.

17) In which video game did Freddy Krueger appear as a playable character?


Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon cited the character's violent nature and iconic status as a reason for including him in the game.

18) How did Freddy originally die?


The original film introduced his backstory as "The Springwood Slasher", a serial killer of children who had been burned to death by his victims' parents after evading prison on a technicality.

19) Which actor played Freddy's adoptive father?


In Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, it is revealed that he was adopted by an alcoholic named Mr. Underwood (Alice Cooper) who abused him throughout his childhood until Freddy finally murdered him as a teenager.

20) In the first film, what radio station was Glen listening to before Freddy killed him?


When Glen is lying in bed listening to music, the DJ announces that it's radio station KRGR -- Krueger without the vowels.

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