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THE SHINING TRIVIA II

11) What kind of car does Jack drive?


Jacks car, featured in the opening sequence, is a yellow 1973 Volkswagen Beetle.

12) Who was the bartender of the Overlook Hotel?


Lloyd was a bartender who worked in the lounge at the Overlook Hotel. After he died, his ghost remained behind, cleaning glasses and serving drinks.

13) What drink does Jack have in the Overlook lounge?


LLOYD: What'll it be, sir?
JACK: Hair of the dog that bit me.
LLOYD: Bourbon on the rocks.
JACK: That'll do it.

14) What kind of ball does Jack play with instead of writing?


The throwing around of the tennis ball inside the Overlook Hotel was Jack Nicholson's idea. The script only specified that "Jack is not working".

15) Which character says: "The loser has to keep America clean"?


When Wendy races Danny into the hedge maze, she says, "The loser has to keep America clean," a reference to the "Keep America Beautiful" public service announcements of the 1970's featuring Iron Eyes Cody who portrayed a Native American shedding a tear over pollution.

16) Who lets Jack out of the pantry?


When Jack gets violent, Wendy locks him in the pantry, but the ghost of Delbert Grady, the former caretaker who "corrected" his family, slides open the bolt of the larder door, allowing Jack to escape.

17) What does Wendy fix Jack for breakfast?


Before things get scary, Wendy wakes Jack up to a breakfast of sunnyside up eggs, bacon, and juice.

18) In which ballroom does Jack discover a ghostly masquerade party?


Jack encounters a ghostly masquerade party in the Gold Room. One of the ghosts, Delbert Grady, tells Jack he must "correct his family."

19) When was the Overlook Hotel built?


During Jack's interview, Mr. Ullman tells Jack construction was completed in 1909.

20) Who is featured on a poster in Dick Hallorann's room?


The poster which sits symmetrically between two table lamps and directly above the TV of a naked woman with an afro and an unusual necklace is a photo of model Azizi Johari in the early 1970s. Johari was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in June 1975.

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