DAY 31: "REDRUM......REDRUM......REDRUM....."

DAY 31:  Estes Park, CO - July 31, 2010

IT'S MOVIE TRIVIA TIME!!!!

Here's the deal; have you ever watched Stephen King's movie "The Shining" with Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall?  Well of course you have.......you remember; its the one where he takes the axe, slices and dices his way right through the bathroom door, sticks his face in the hole he just made and says, "Heeeeere's Johnny.....".  You remember now, right??!!

Ya, its a little creepy, but the hotel that inspired Steven King to write this novel is right mack here in Estes Park, Colorado called The Stanley Hotel (built by the Stanley Steamer guy) and I plan on taking a tour of that place......Chuck is just going along for the ride!

I was SO excited when my friend Jana wrote me several weeks ago and told me about The Stanley Hotel and that it was here in Estes Park.  I immediately Googled it to get the scoop and have been anxious to see it ever since.  So, since we plan on visiting it this coming week, we decided to rent the movie tonight and watch it again.  Sooooooo.........








It's time to play....................MURPHY'S MOM MOVIE TRIVIA..........

1) What was the name of the hotel in the movie?

2) What was Jack Nicholsons' character's name and what "had" been his occupation?

3) What was Shelley Duvall's character's name? (BTW, she is NOT a good actress!)

4) What was their son's name and what was "special" about him?

5) What was the sons' imaginary friend's name?

6) What was the position they were hired for?

7) Where did the name "The Shining" come from?

8) What room number was the little boy told NOT to go into?

9) What word did the little boy write on the bathroom door?

10) And the best trivia question......In the opening credits of the movie, there is footage of a VW Beetle traveling up a mountain road taken from a helicopter.  It is made to appear as though it is in the Rocky Mountains which is where the movie is based.  It is NOT the Rocky Mountains.....where is it?  (No Googling allowed...............oh okay, go ahead and Google it...)

Now, while you're thinking about your answers, here's a quick recap of our day today:  We loaded up Chuck, Murphy, myself and Chuck's portable scooter and saw the town.

Chuck only ran over my heels twice with the scooter and Murphy had major attitude with each and every dog we passed, with the exception of this little white dog which he promptly tongued.
They then exchanged email addresses....

And this picture..........wellllll........this explains "why" we're waiting for Sturgis to be over with before proceeding to S. Dakota......










Answers to MURPHY'S MOM MOVIE TRIVIA Quiz.....

1)  Overlook Hotel
2)  Jack Torrance; Teacher
3)  Wendy
4)  Danny; He had ESP
5)  Tony
6)  Winter Caretakers of the hotel
7) Another way to describe ESP per the Head Chef who also had this "gift" or ability.
8)  237
9)  REDRUM (which is MURDER spelled backwards)
10) Glacier National Park in Montana on the "Going-To-The-Sun" road........