Quiz Questions - 28th October

Pre-halloween…. quiz time

Maybe a theme to the questions in the quiz this week?

Q1. From which 1973 spooky movie is this a scene?

Q2. Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic horror’s title character is believed to be based on Prince Vlad III the Impaler - who is the title character?

Q3. Which Halloween themed 1962 song has these lines in it?

I was working in the lab, late one night When my eyes beheld an eerie sight For my monster from his slab, began to rise And suddenly to my surprise

Q4. Who wrote the poem that contains the following lines ?

Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore— Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!” Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”

Q5. Between 1692 and 1693 a series of witchcraft trials were held in Massachusetts, how are these trials known?

Q6. The United States is projected to spend how much on halloween in 2016? a) $8.4 million b) $84 million c) $840 million d) $8.4 billion

Q7. Other than a “carved pumpkin” how else is this known?

Q8. What is this halloween “sport” called?

Q9. One of the world’s most famous magicians and escapologists died on halloween in 1926 as a result of being punched in the stomach - who was he?

Q10. On 31st October 2011 the global population of humans reached a new milestone - what was that milestone?

Answers

Question 1

The Exorcist

Question 2

Dracula

Question 3

Monster Mash

Question 4

Edgar Allen Poe

Question 5

Salem Witch Trials

Question 6

$8.4 Billion - http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/09/22/americans-spend-billions-halloween/90802610

Question 7

Jack O'Lantern or in this case a Trumpkin

Question 8

Apple Bobbing

Question 9

Harry Houdini

Question 10

7 Billion