Sunday 28th October 2007

Halloween Quiz

Round One – General Knowledge

1. In 1926, which Hungarian magician and escapologist failed to avoid the Grim Reaper on Halloween?

2. Which film company produced the Dracula and Frankenstein films of the 50’s starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee?

3. Which small primate has a name that is derived from the Latin word for “ghost”, due to its nocturnal habits and ghostly stares?

4. Which fictional wizard had a horse called Shadowfax?

5. Which TV presenter and author of the X-Files: Unexplained also co-wrote the screenplay for the film “Stardust”?

6. Who released the 1981 album “Ghosts In The Machine”?

7. If a month has a Friday The Thirteenth, on what day does it begin?

8. Which TV ghost has been played by both Kenneth Cope and Vic Reeves?

9. Where would you find the ghosts Blinky, Pinky, Inky & Clyde?

10. Which mystery is investigated by Ichabod Crane in a 1820 novel by Washington Irving, set in a small American village?

Round Two - Celebrity Zombies
Identify the ten "photoshopped" celebrities here...

Round Three - Who Am I?

All the following were born on Halloween...
1. Born on October 31st 1926, who was the first and last presenter of Top Of The Pops?

2. Robert Van Winkle was born on October 31st, but which name did he use when he had a Number One UK single in 1990?

3. Born on October 31st 1963, which guitarist is currently teaching students at Salford University as part of the BA Degree in Popular Music And Recording?

4. Born on October 31st 1961, who is the film director responsible for 2005’s King Kong remake?

5. Appropriately born on October 31st, what are the names of the Cheeky Girls?


Round Four – Film
1. Which 80’s horror film features five college students in a cabin, who resurrect the demons of evil spirits after playing an audio tape?

2. Which 3 actresses played the three witches in the 1987 film “The Witches Of Eastwick”?

3. Who played the title role in he 1994 film Frankenstein?

4. Which part did Jonathan Evans play in the 1975 film adaptation of The Rocky Horror Picture Show?

5. Which 1997 film was advertised with the tagline “If you want to bury the truth, make sure it stays buried”?

6. Who played Dana Barrett in both Ghostbusters films?

7. Who won a worst supporting actress award at the Golden Raspberry Awards for her performance in the horror film “House OF Wax”?

8. Which film features Monsters called Mike Wazowski and James P Sullivan?

9. What is the name of the clown in Stephen King’s “It”?

10. Which 1987 film ends with the line “One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires”?


Round Five – Stick Or Twist
1. What 5-letter word is given to a meeting of witches?

2. Who published “The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde” in1886?

3. What are the names of the two children in The Addams Family?

4. What is the only American state, which has none of the letters of the word Halloween in its name?

5. Which are the only two Number One singles to have the word “Devil” in them (1963 & 1974)?





Round Six - The Number Of The Beast
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