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Halloween Quiz 2 – Round 2 – Phobias

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Phobias Quiz – Of what are the following a phobia?

1. Somniphobia

Fear of sleep

2. Wiccaphobia

Fear of witches and witchcraft

3. Pathophobia

Fear of disease

4. Ichthyophobia

Fear of fish

5. Agoraphobia

Fear of open or public places

6. Dementophobia

Fear of insanity

7. Catoptrophobia

Fear of mirrors

8. Heliophobia

Fear of the sun

9. Spectrophobia

Fear of mirrors/reflections (Accept also a fear of ghosts/spectres)

10. Arachnophobia

Fear of spiders

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Halloween Quiz 2 – Round 3 – Music

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Halloween Music Quiz

1. Which supernatural creature gave the Cranberries a 1994 hit and a ‘Best Song’ award at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards?

Zombie

2. In which year was Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ released as a single?

1984 (The video was released at the end of 1983, the single wasn’t released until 1984)

3. Who recorded the 1962 novelty song ‘Monster Mash’?

Bobby (Boris) Pickett

4. Who ‘Went Down To Georgia’, according to the Charlie Daniels Band?

The Devil

5. Which band reached number one in the UK singles charts in 1986 with a cover version of Norman Greenbaum’s ‘Spirit in the Sky’?

Doctor and the Medics

6. On which Rolling Stones album would you find the track ‘Sympathy for the Devil’?

Beggars Banquet

7. Who recorded the original Ghostbusters theme tune?

Ray Parker Jr.

8. Which spider gave Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora a 2014 hit?

Black Widow

9. In which musical would you find the songs ‘Over at the Frankenstein Place’, ‘Super Heroes’ and ‘Science Fiction/Double Feature’?

The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show

10. The opening piano solo of which famous song was used in the theme tune to the 1973 horror film ‘The Exorcist’?

Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield

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Halloween Quiz 2 – Round 4 – Languages

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The following are all words and phrases for Halloween ‘ghost’ in different languages. Can you identify the language?

Please note that there is not only one translation of the word, so we have taken one most common version.

1. Fantôme

French

2. Púca

Irish

3. Fantasma

Italian/Spanish/Portuguese

4. Ysbryd

Welsh

5. Duch

Polish/Czech

6. Geist

German

7. Hayalet

Turkish

8. Taibhs

Scottish Gaelic

9. Spöke

Swedish

10. Geest

Dutch

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Halloween Quiz 2 – Round 5 – TV and Film

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Halloween Film Quiz – Can you identify the horror films from the taglines?

1. “The monster demands a mate!” (1935)

The Bride of Frankenstein

2. “If Nancy doesn’t wake up screaming, she won’t wake up at all…” (1984)

A Nightmare on Elm Street

3. “They’re here.” (1982)

Poltergeist

4. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” (1980)

The Shining

5. “We dare you to say his name five times.” (1992)

Candyman

6. “Check in. Relax. Take a shower.” (1998)

Psycho (remake)

7. “Who will survive and what will be left of them?” (1974)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

8. “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” (1986)

The Fly

9. “Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far. Solving this mystery is going to be murder.” (1996)

Scream

10. “He’ll tear your soul apart.” (1987)

Hellraiser

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Halloween Quiz 2 – Round 6 – Anagrams

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Halloween Anagrams – The following are all anagrams of horror stories.

1. Company Cashier

American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)

2. Car Dual

Dracula (Bram Stoker)

3. Heroic Texts

The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)

4. Tanners Knife

Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)

5. Highest Inn

The Shining (Stephen King)

6. No Eclair

Coraline (Neil Gaiman)

7. Thinkable Cowman

The Woman in Black (Susan Hill)

8. Lost Meals

Salem’s Lot (Stephen King)

9. Leading Me

I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)

10. Few Coherent Truths

The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)

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Halloween Quiz 2 – Round 7 – General Knowledge

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1. Which collective noun is given to a group of witches?

Coven/Incantation

2. Which prolific horror writer has published novels entitled ‘Demon Seed’, ‘Odd Thomas’, ‘Fear Nothing’ and ‘Sole Survivor’?

Dean Koontz

3. Which 1938 song was written by Harry Warren, was first performed by Louis Armstrong and was featured in the 1938 film ‘Going Places’?

Jeepers Creepers

4. What are the first names of the two children in ‘The Addams Family’?

Wednesday and Pugsley

5. In which of Shakespeare’s plays does the sorcerer ‘Prospero’ appear?

The Tempest

6. Which famous illusionist died on Halloween in 1926?

Harry Houdini

7. Which former Apollo 11 astronaut was born on Halloween in 1930?

Michael Collins

8. In which horror film series is Jason Voorhees the main character?

Friday 13th

9. What is the main food source of a vampire bat?

Blood

10. Who played the ‘Grand High Witch’ in the 1990 film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Witches’?

Anjelica Huston

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