"Child's Play" has had quite an extensive history. Since it's beginning in 1988 it's spawned 6 sequels, and the inevitable remake in 2019. Unlike many horror slasher series, aside from the remake every film was written (and sometimes directed) by its original creator, Don Mancini. Also unlike many series, it's changed dramatically over the years. It went from several straight horror films to jokey, self-aware comedy horror movies for the 4th and 5th entries ("Bride of Chucky" (1998) and "Seed of Chucky" (2004)), and then kind of back to horror again with the later entries (2013's "Curse of Chucky" and 2017's "Cult of Chucky"). Anyway, enough background, let's get into the very challenging trivia about the original film. As always, I acknowledge that these questions aren't important, for the most part, so even folks who have seen the movie a dozen times or more probably won't know the answers. And also as usual, there are obviously many SPOILERS throughout. The format is questions first, followed by the answers afterwards. Enjoy!
Questions:
1) Back when Chucky was in his human, Charles Lee Ray body, what was his serial killer nickname?
2) What is the name of the street where Charles Lee Ray dies?
3) What ethnic restaurant is located very near to the store where Charles dies?
4) What is the name of the toy store where Charles dies?
5) What Barbie product is seen, right behind Charles in the store, as he rants at Mike?
6) According to the commercial, how many sentences does a Good Guy doll utter?
7) In the Good Guy doll commercial, what is the featured doll's name? (Every Good Guy doll has a separate name.)
8) What constitutes the breakfast that Andy Barclay brings to his mom, Karen?
9) Unlike many horror movies, this one tells us the name of the city where it's set, and it's a real city. Name it.
10) What disappointing birthday gift does Andy open first?
11) What Good Guy product does Karen give Andy at first, since the doll is too expensive?
12) According to Karen's friend Maggie, how much does a Good Guy doll cost?
13) How much does Karen spend for the Good Guy doll she purchases from the creepy peddler?
14) What is Karen's exact job?
15) What is the name of the place where she works?
16) What is the full name of Karen's boss?
17) What department does Maggie work in?
18) Maggie has to babysit Andy because Karen is forced to work at night to cover for another sick employee. What is this employee's name?
19) Charles Lee Ray's accomplice Eddie Caputo escapes from police custody shortly after Charles is killed. What precinct does he escape from?
20) A television channel has information about Caputo on a news segment, which Chucky wants to watch. What channel is it?
21) Who are the anchors of this news segment?
22) We see Karen getting off a bus to return home. What bus route was she taking?
23) According to the police, what floor is the Barclay apartment on?
24) What is the name of the apartment building that the Barclays live in? (Mike's partner mentions it briefly while calling for backup and an ambulance at the end.)
25) What street is it on?
26) What is the Barclay apartment number?
27) Where is Andy's father?
28) What train stop do Andy and Chucky use to hunt down Eddie Caputo?
29) Who is the doctor that treats Andy?
30) What size batteries are needed to power a Good Guy doll?
31) What was Charles Lee Ray's last known address?
32) What is the name of the god or spirit that Chucky prays to, which gives him the power to transfer his soul?
33) What is the name of the religious instructor who taught Charles Lee Ray about this spirit?
34) How old is Andy?
35) What room number is Andy put into at the psychiatric hospital?
36) How does Chucky kill his four victims in the movie? (Not counting those he killed in human, Charles Lee Ray form.)
37) What company makes the Good Guys line?
38) In the beginning of the film we briefly see a Good Guy set that features a toy machine gun. What is this set?
39) As Eddie Caputo is sleeping, we see a container of alcohol next to him. What is it?
40) As the Barclays are confronting Chucky at the end, we see a framed poster on the wall in the hallway. What is it featuring?
41) Detective Mike Norris has two guns, a primary one, and a secondary one on his ankle. What kind are each?
42) What kind of gun does Eddie Caputo use?
43) What kind of gun does Charles Lee Ray use?
44) How do Karen, Andy, Mike, and Mike's partner Jack explain what happened at the end of the movie?
Answers:
1) The Lake Shore Strangler.
2) Wabash, near the intersection with Van Buren. Which are both real streets.
3) Jimmy Wong's which serves Cantonese Food. This was a real establishment, but reportedly it closed around 20 years ago.
4) Playland.
5) The Barbie and the Rockers series, which the internet tells me came out in 1986.
6) 3.
7) Oscar.
8) A bowl of Good Guy cereal, with way too much milk, two pieces of burnt toast, with much too much butter or margarine, washed down with a glass of orange juice.
9) Chicago, Illinois. The streets and locations for questions #2 and #3 refer to Chicago as well.
10) A pair of jeans, which Karen wrapped in an inexplicably large box.
11) The Good Guy tool chest.
12) $100.
13) $30.
14) She works the jewelry counter in the department store.
15) Carson's department store. Also a real store, full name Carson Pirie Scott & Company, which was a big chain in the American Midwest. This store has been bought out several times over the decades, and currently exists only as an online retailer.
16) Walter Criswell.
17) The shoe department.
18) Mrs. Howe.
19) The Michigan Avenue precinct.
20) WDOL, Action News at 9.
21) Steve and Terry.
22) 76 Diversey, which is a real Chicago bus route.
23) The 6th floor.
24) The Brewster Apartment Building, which is a real Chicago landmark. I thought it was a reference to Director Tom Holland's Charlie Brewster from his earlier film "Fright Night," but apparently not.
25) North Grand Street. In reality the Brewster is located at 2800 Pine Grove Avenue, and there's apparently not a Grand St. in Chicago, although there is a Grand Boulevard.
26) 8C. Odd number for a 6th floor apartment, but that's it.
27) From Chucky's lie to Andy about being sent from heaven, we find out he's dead.
28) The 43rd Street stop, which once again is real.
29) Dr. Ardmore.
30) 2 "D" batteries. Chucky, of course, is self powered, though!
31) 730 Stony Island Avenue, in the South Side. This is evidently a real street, but a fictional address.
32) Damballa. Who's a real spirit in the Voodoo/Vodou/Obeah religions. I'm pretty sure this is the Hollywood, highly exaggerated,/fictionalized version of this spirit.
33) John Bishop, who also goes by "Dr. Death."
34) According to Chucky, he's 6.
35) 7.
36) He smashes Maggie in the head with a toy hammer, causing her to fall out of the window and to her death down below. He turns the gas on, but blows out the pilot light in the oven in the kitchen of the house where Eddie Caputo is hiding. Then he tricks Eddie into firing his gun into the kitchen, causing most of the house to explode. Using John's voodoo doll of himself, Chucky breaks John's leg and arm, and then stabs him to death in the chest. Dr. Ardmore is slashed on the leg, and then fried to death using the hospital's shock treatment machine. Ironically, the Lake Shore Strangler only tries this method once, on Mike's partner Jack at the end of the movie.
37) It's confusing. Early in the movie they mention Play Pals, but the doll box reads "Play Partner Toys." Maybe one of these is a subdivision of the overall company.
38) The Good Guys Courageous Soldier set.
39) This isn't 100%, but it sure looks like a bottle of J&B whiskey, that staple of movies.
40) The Young Playwrights Festival, which lasted from April 27th to May 16th, 1982, out of the Circle Repertory Theatre in New York City.
41) His primary is a Smith & Wesson Model 10HB (a .38 caliber), and his backup is a Beretta Model 70, which is a .32.
42) A Ruger Blackhawk revolver, with a 4 and 5/8 inch barrel. It's a .357.
43) A Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose. Also a .357.
44) There's no good answer for this! Although I'm curious if Chucky's blood on the curtains and wall matches Charles Lee Ray's. I guess that's why in the sequels we hear that Karen was put in a mental hospital, and thus Andy is put into foster care, and then later a military boarding school.
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