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?

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