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Throughout history, trivia has always been more than a game.

In ancient Greece, scholars tested each other’s wit in symposiums. In 12th-century Baghdad, thinkers debated questions in bustling libraries. Even in medieval Europe, monarchs used riddles and logic games to assess the sharpness of their advisors.

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He’s the Monster. Or Is He?

👉 Marquee Event

On November 21, 1931, Frankenstein premiered in the United States, becoming one of the most influential horror films ever made. Directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as the Monster, the film was adapted from a stage play, which itself was based on Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's groundbreaking 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

The film not only revolutionized horror cinema; it cemented Frankenstein’s Monster as a universal symbol of misunderstood creation, scientific ambition, and existential dread.

📌 Why This Matters

Shelley’s novel was one of the earliest works of science fiction, but it was Hollywood that gave the Monster its face: the flat head, neck bolts, and lumbering gait, all trademarks of Karloff’s legendary portrayal.

Frankenstein's tale—of a man playing God and facing the horrifying consequences—resonated deeply with 20th-century fears of unchecked science, moral responsibility, and the outsider.

The 1931 film was a critical and commercial success, setting the tone for decades of horror filmmaking and establishing Universal Pictures as the house of monsters.

🎯 How Much do you Know about Frankenstein?

Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was only 18 years old, during a storytelling challenge among literary giants like Lord Byron and Percy Shelley. It was published anonymously at first, as a woman's authorship of such a tale was seen as scandalous.

The novel itself explores themes far deeper than horror: identity, alienation, scientific ethics, and the nature of humanity. The Monster is not a villain by nature, but a creation abandoned and reviled by society.

Ironically, Frankenstein is not the name of the monster—but of his creator, Victor Frankenstein. The confusion between the two has become a cultural phenomenon in its own right.

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