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Halloween quiz

Spooky quiz questions for Halloween: witches, ghosts, vampires, horror films and pumpkins.

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  • Next: Sunday 31 October 2027.

1. Matthew Hopkins, responsible for the death of an estimated 300 women between 1644 and 1646, gave himself which title?

2. Who had a no 1 in July 1981 with Ghost Town?

3. "Jack Torrence thought: officious little prick." is the opening line to which 1977 horror novel?

4. Classic horror film directed by Jacques Tournier in 1942 and remade in 1982 by Paul Schrader. Which film?

5. Which word connected with sorcery has 10 letters and 5 consecutive consonants?

6. Who or what was Casper?

7. Which famous british actor portrayed dracula in the video to pet shop boys song Heart??

8. On which island did Captain Flint bury his treasure in 'Treasure Island'?

9. In literature, who was the shadowy infamous character aboard the ill fated ship Demeter?

10. On what did Marley's ghostly face first appear to Scrooge in Dickens' A Christmas Carol?

11. In which European country does a kindly witch named La Befana deliver childrens' Christmas presents?

12. One actor plays the conductor, Santa, a ghostly hobo, the father and more on a magical train ride. Who is the actor, and who wrote the book the film is based on?

13. What is the name of Dracula?s insane henchman? Is it Vladimir, Renfield, Victor, Karlof or Bill

14. Which athlete lit the Olympic cauldron at Sydney 2000 and then won the 400 metres?

15. The cosmic entity known as Cthulhu appears in stories from which cult horror fiction writer?

16. In which European country is Cro-Magnon, famous for the discovery of four Palaeolithic skeletons in 1868?

17. Which animals name stems from the Latin word for spirit or ghost?

18. In the 1994 movie "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein", Robert DeNiro played the monster. Who played the role of Victor Frankenstein?

19. Which Wes Craven horror film featured Henry 'The Fonz' Winkler as a school principal?

20. According to legend, which very small animal saved Mohammed the Prophet, Frederich the Great and the Scottish King Robert Bruce?

ANSWERS

1. Witch Finder General

2. The Specials

3. The Shining (Stephan King)

4. Cat People.

5. Witchcraft.

6. A ghost

7. Ian McKellen

8. Skeleton Island

9. Dracula (Bram Stocker's Dracula)

10. The door knocker

11. Italy

12. Tom Hanks. The book is by Chris Van Allsburg (The Polar Express).

13. Renfield

14. Cathy Freeman

15. H. P. Lovecraft

16. France

17. Lemur

18. Kenneth Brannagh

19. Scream

20. A spider

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