QUIZ: How Well Do You Know The Nightmare Before Christmas?

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Since it was released, The Nightmare Before Christmas has been regarded as one of the best stop-motion animation films of its time. Originating as a poem written by Tim Burton, the film was both critically an financially successful, grossing over $76 million on its initial run. Over the years, it has become a cult classic, although there is still a heated debate among fans whether it’s a Halloween movie, a Christmas movie, or both. Now, test your knowledge to see if you’re a Nightmare Before Christmas fanatic or someone that’s seen it only once or twice.

Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas?

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Retry Correct Incorrect Contrary to popular belief, Henry Selick was the director. He is a respected American director of stop-motion animation films and has directed movies such as Coraline and James and the Giant Peach, though his best-known isThe Nightmare Before Christmas

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Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas?

Chris Sarandon
Neil Gaiman
Tim Burton
Henry Selick

What is the name of Jack’s dog?

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Retry Correct Incorrect Jack’s faithful ghost dog in The Nightmare Before Christmas is named Zero. He is translucent and has floppy ears with a collar that is a faded brown color. In order to perfect Zero’s appearance, the filmmakers actually used lead to accomplish the translucent look.

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What is the name of Jack’s dog?

Bones
Zero
Ghost
Cackles

What do Lock, Shock, and Barrel travel in to capture Santa Claus?

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Retry Correct Incorrect While on their way to go capture “Sandy Claws,” the three mischievous boys hop into a bathtub that has legs and sing their demented song as the bathtub hobbles out of the scene.

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What do Lock, Shock, and Barrel travel in to capture Santa Claus?

Kitchen Sink
Bathtub
Washing Machine
Dishwasher

Which is the portal into Christmas Town?

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Retry Correct Incorrect After walking in the forest through the night, Jack stumbles upon seven trees that represent different Holidays. When he opens the Christmas Door, he is sucked in by a whirl of air and finds himself in Christmas Town.

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Which is the portal into Christmas Town?

A tree
Jack’s basement
Door in Jack’s closet
The well in Halloween Town

What is the name of the place that Jack goes to and discovers Christmas?

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Retry Correct Incorrect In the film, Christmas Town is a holiday world that is based entirely on Christmas. Located in the North Pole, it is where Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus live along with elves.

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What is the name of the place that Jack goes to and discovers Christmas?

Christmas Town
Christmas Village
Christmasville
The North Pole

What is the name of the villain covered in burlap material?

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Retry Correct Incorrect Oogie Boogie is the antagonist of the film. His arch-nemesis is Jack Skellington after Oogie Boogie was exiled to the outskirts of town for his wicked intentions and evil behavior.

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What is the name of the villain covered in burlap material?

Boogaloo
Oogie Boogie
Master Boo
Monster Goo

What is the name of the girl that Jack is involved with?

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Retry Correct Incorrect Sally is a human ragdoll that was created by Dr. Finklestein. She is in love with Jack Skellington and is largely unsuccessful in her attempts to show him her affection. However, at the end of the film, he reveals that he loves her as well.

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What is the name of the girl that Jack is involved with?

Sally
Sandy
Sarah
Suzy

What does Sally use to poison Dr. Finklestein in order to escape?

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Retry Correct Incorrect Sally used Frog’s Breath in order to cover up the smell of the Deadly Night Shade. She then added Worm’s Wart to balance out the bad smell of the Frog’s Breath, a very tactical plan.

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What does Sally use to poison Dr. Finklestein in order to escape?

Frog’s Breath
Bird Brains
Worm’s Wart
Deadly Night Shade

What animal is a part of the Mayor’s suit?

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Retry Correct Incorrect The Mayor has a living spider that stands in for what would normally be a bow tie. This is Halloween Town after all, what can you expect?

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What animal is a part of the Mayor’s suit?

Snake
Black Cat
Spider
Owl

What nickname do the musicians call Jack as he walks by?

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Retry Correct Incorrect After Jack finishes his grant entrance in the song “This Is Halloween,” he solemnly walks by a group of street workers and gives them a coin. One of them lifts his head and says “Nice work, Bone Daddy.”

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What nickname do the musicians call Jack as he walks by?

Bone Daddy
Mr. Bones
Lord of Bones
Bonemeister

What’s on the tip of Zero’s nose?

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Retry Correct Incorrect Much like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Jack’s dog Zero has a glowing object on his nose too. It is in the shape of a jack o’ lantern, which Jack uses to help guide him through the sky when he’s pretending to be Santa.

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What’s on the tip of Zero’s nose?

Skull
Jack o’ lantern
Bat
Flame

What year was the movie released?

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Retry Correct Incorrect Disney decided to release the film in 1993 under their adult film label Touchstone Pictures, because they believed that it might be too scary and dark for children. It was given a limited release on October 15 before its wide theatrical release on October 29.

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What year was the movie released?

1993
2004
2001
1990

What does Santa give Halloweentown at the end of the movie?

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Retry Correct Incorrect After Jack saves Santa from Oogie Boogie, Santa sets off to fix everything that went wrong with Christmas. On his way out, he gives Halloween Town its first snowfall.

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What does Santa give Halloweentown at the end of the movie?

Snow
Decorations
Presents
Christmas Trees

What do Lock, Shock, and Barrel accidentally capture instead of Santa Claus?

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Retry Correct Incorrect After the trick or treater’s Lock, Shock, and Barrel are sent off by Jack to capture Santa Claus, they come back with the Easter Bunny, having painstakingly gone through the Easter door in the forest.

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What do Lock, Shock, and Barrel accidentally capture instead of Santa Claus?

Thanksgiving turkey
Leprechaun
Cupid
Easter Bunny

What does Oogie Boogie love to do?

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Retry Correct Incorrect Oogie Boogie loves to roll the dice in order to make his decisions or decide the fates of his victims. His entire lair is decorated like some kind of twisted casino.

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What does Oogie Boogie love to do?

Eat
Party
Drink
Gamble

Who was the singing voice behind Jack?

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Retry Correct Incorrect From 1975 to 1995, Danny Elfman was the lead singer and songwriter for the band Oingo Boingo. He is well known for scoring numerous projects for Tim Burton and took over Jack’s singing voice in the film.

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Who was the singing voice behind Jack?

Danny Elfman
Ken Page
Glenn Shadix
Paul Reubens

What happens in Sally’s vision about Christmas?

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Retry Correct Incorrect After Jack makes his announcement about Christmas, Sally sings a song about her love for Jack. While fiddling with a plant, it turns into a Christmas tree and then catches on fire, foreshadowing the disaster that will follow if they try to take over Christmas.

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What happens in Sally’s vision about Christmas?

A Christmas tree is on fire
Zero dies
Jack disappears
Halloween Town is set on fire

What does Jack do to recite “Shakespearean quotations”?

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Retry Correct Incorrect While describing his boredom in Halloween Town, Jack sings “And since I am dead, I can take off my head to recite Shakespearean quotations” in his song “Jack’s Lament.”

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What does Jack do to recite “Shakespearean quotations”?

He knew Shakespeare
Speak in sonnets
Take off his head
Memorize books

What wind-up toy do the elves ride on in Christmas Town?

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Retry Correct Incorrect During the song “What’s This?” while Jack is exploring Christmas town, he hides as a snowman as a group of elves go by riding on a wind-up polar bear which amazes him.

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What wind-up toy do the elves ride on in Christmas Town?

Reindeer
Horse
Polar Bear
Penguin

When Jack is shot out of the sky, where does he land?

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Retry Correct Incorrect After Jack is shot out of the sky by the army, he lands in the arms of an angel statue in a graveyard. Here, he sings the song “Poor Jack” where he realizes what he has done.

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When Jack is shot out of the sky, where does he land?

Pumpkin Patch
A Coffin
The Spiral Hill
The Arms Of A Statue

Congrats, you finished! Here are your results:

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Congrats, you finished! Here are your results:

Retry Ouch! Unfortunately, you didn’t do very well. Maybe it’s time to re-watch the movie and take the quiz again after. Close, but no cigar. You didn’t do horrible, but you didn’t do great either! Could have been worse! You remembered a lot about the movie but not quite all of it! Amazing! You know enough to impress Henry Selick and Tim Burton!

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